Religiøse billeder og politisk teologi i popkultur
Et af de mest likede og delte opslag på det sociale medie Instagram er af den amerikanske sangerinde Beyoncé, som på billedet er gravid og omgivet af blomster. Billedet er en kraftig symbolsk omfavnelse af religiøse sorte madonna-billeder og et hårdt politisk teologisk budskab. Man kan nærmest høre tonerne til "Who run the world? (Beyoncé)"
Billedet er et ud af mange eksempler på, hvordan religiøse former og teologiske budskaber anvendes i populærkulturens kaskader af billeder, sound-bites og hurtige snapshots af en formgivet virkelighed. Dette omfangsrige fænomen kalder på et nærmere studie, da populærkulturen er en aktiv medspiller i kirkelivet, religiøse forestillinger og ikke mindst næste generations livssyn.
Konferencen ”Religiøse billeder og politisk teologi i popkultur” den 16. – 17. november 2020 tager emnet op bl.a. via konferencens tre nordiske hovedtalere. Teemu Taira (University of Helsiniki) tager emnet om religion i James Bond film op, Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme (Oslo Universitet) vil tage fat på bibelske kogebøger og måltider, mens Jonas Otterbeck (Aga Khan University, London) ser nærmere på religion i arabisk popmusik.
Konferencen afholdes i samarbejde med Lund Universitets Center for Teologi og Religionsviden og er derfor delt i en dansk del (den 16. november) og en svensk (den 17. november).
OBS: Zoom-links til de forskellige foredrag står i programmet.
Program
Alle keynote-oplæg varer i 45 minutter med en efterfølgende diskussion i 15 minutter.
10:00 – 11:00 Introductory Session
https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/65363239613
10:00 – Opening of the conference
10:05 – Carsten Selch Jensen, the Dean of the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) – Introduction
10:20 – Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg, the Deputy Head of Center for Theology and Religion (CTR), Lund University – Introduction
10:35 – Questions and Comments
10.45-11 – Break
11:00 – 12:00 Keynote Lecture #1: Anne Katrine Gudme, Oslo University - Reception of the Bible through Food: Bible Cookbooks and Maundy Thursday Church Meals
https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/66777606047
12.00-13.00: Lunch break
13:00 – 13:45 Paper Session #1: Popular Culture as a Source of Inspiration (Moderator: Teemu Taira)
https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/65784932964
13:00 - Marie Vejrup, Aarhus University - Popular culture as source of inspiration for religious organisations
13:15 – Rabbi Rebecca Lillian, Shir Hatzafon Synagogue, Denmark
13:30 – Q&A
13.45-14 - Break
14:00 – 15:00 Keynote Lecture #2: Teemu Taira, University of Helsinki - “History Isn’t Kind to Men Who Play God”: Can the Study of James Bond Films Help Us Re-Imagine Religion and Popular Culture?
https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/62476140959
15-15.30 - Break
15:30 – 16:30 Roundtable on the Song of Songs in Popular culture
https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/64737773302
Outreach roundtable in Danish with
- Emil Hilton Saggau (host)
- Jan Nejdl: Translator of “Kvinde i flertal” (2019) from Vítězslav Nezval (Czech author)
- Theresa Salomonsen: author of the collection of poems “Kast himlen i havet” from 2017 / "Kasta himlen i havet" 2019 (Swedish translation, eng. Through heaven into the Sea). Winner of the Danish Award “Klaus Rifbjergs Debutantpris” 2018 by the Danish Academy.
16.30-16.45 – Break
16:45 – 17:30 Paper Session #2: Can Popular Culture Make Religion More Accessible? (Moderator: Anne Katrine Gudme)
https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/68458241741
16:45 - Virginia Bemis, Methodist Theological School in Ohio – “Do Not Get Lost in a Sea of Despair” - The MARCH trilogy of graphic novels
17:00 - Sreyasi Mukherjee - Foreigner’s God: Christian Metaphor and Subversion in Andrew Hozier-Byrne’s Music
17:15 – Q&A
10:00 – 11:00 Keynote Lecture #3: Jonas Otterbeck, Aga Khan University in London - An Islamic ethical masculinity
https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/63297708946
11-11.15 - Break
11:15 – 12:00 Paper Session #3: Representation of Religion in Cartoons (Moderator: Jonas Otterbeck)
https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/68196570405
11:15 – Emil Bjørn Hilton Saggau, UCPH – My “Superbest friend” Jesus and his pals: representation of class, organized religion and Christ in South Park
11:30 – Ryszard Bobrowicz, Lund University – The Sign of Times: The Image of Religion in Family Guy
11:45 – Q&A
12-13 – Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00 Keynote Lecture #4: Erik Steinskog, UCPH - Spirituality and Beyoncé’s Lemonade
https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/65470821573
14-14.15 - Break
14:15 – 15:00 Paper Session #4: The Sense of Wonder in Film and TV (Moderator: Erik Steinskog)
https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/61829187235
14:15 – Linette Floutrup, UCPH - Sex or Power: The Hot Catholic Priest Phenomenon in Popular Culture
14:30 – Ive Brissman, Lund University - Wild Enchantments - The Landscape of Loss in Ben Wheatley’s A Field in England
14:45 – Q&A
