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Monday 21 August
10:00	Registration opens
1300 – 1600	Pre-conferences
1300 – 1430	Dr. Pierre-Yves Brandt, Dr. Christelle Cocco, Dr. Grégory Dessart: Annotating images: two methods developed on children’s drawings of gods (Limited to 20 participants) Read more…
1430 – 1600	Dr. Kenneth I. Pargament: From Research to Practice: Advances toward an Applied Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Read more…

1630 – 1715	Opening Ceremony
1715 – 1815	Keynote lecture – Dr. Valerie DeMarinis: Why Culture Matters: For public health, existential health, and health promotion
1830	Social event 1: Opening Dinner at Conference Hotel
Tuesday 22 August
0900 – 1000	Keynote lecture – Dr. Kenneth I. Pargament: Culturally-Integrated Religious Coping: Advances from 30 Years of Research and Clinical Practice

1015 – 1145	Parallel session 1
1A Paper Aging, illness and spirituality Chair: Oddgeir Synnes a) Ingebrigt Røen b) Zhargalma Dandarova-Robert c) Oddgeir Synnes d) Kjetil Moen	1B Panel Psychoanalysis and Religion: Contextualizing the believer and unbeliever, mysticism and metaphors – In honor of Ana-Maria Rizzutto Chair: Göran Ståhle a) Mario Aletti b) Herman Westerink c) Gry Stålsett, Leif Gunnar Engedal, Arne Austad	1C Paper Fanaticism and fundamentalism Chair: Gregory Dessart a) Geraldo de Paiva b) Ragnhild Elisabeth Sørbotten Moen c) Wellington Zangari d) Igor Pietkiewicz	1D Paper Violence and agentic evil Chair: Hetty Zock a) Zumrut Gedik b) Hisham Abu-Raiya c) Tomas Lindgren d) Laird Edman	1E Panel Meaning and health Chair: Peter la Cour a) Jessie Dezutter b) Heidi Frølund Pedersen c) Peter la Cour	1F Panel Religion and Obsessionality/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Chair: Kate Miriam Loewenthal a) Christopher Alan Lewis b) Lamis Solaim c) Kate Miriam Loewenthal

1145 – 1215	Poster presentation
1215 – 1315	LUNCH

1315 – 1445	Parallel session 2
2A Paper Measures in spirituality/religiosity Chair: Torgeir Sørensen a) Emin Cihan Duyan b) Pavel Moravec c) Joanna Witowska	2B Paper Health professionals, psychotherapy and spiritual comepetence Chair: Marie Farstad a) Amalia Carli b) Fatima Fontes c) Marta Helena Freitas d) Jaclin Freire	2C Panel Religiosity, Prejudice and Xenosophia Chair: Constantin Klein a) Constantin Klein b) Matthias Lühr c) Heinz Streib d) Sakin Özisik	2D Paper Sexual orientation, marital satisfaction and gender issues Chair: Mikael Lundmark a) Michael Nielsen b) Mohammad Hassan Asayesh c) Aryeh Lazar d) Paweł Łowicki	2E Paper Children, adolescence and new media Chair: Halina Grzymala-Moszczynska a) Rosa Scardigno b) Gregory Dessart c) Cecilia Melder d) Enza Altomare Zagaria	2F Paper Severe illness, religiosity and meaning-making Chair: Hans Stifoss-Hanssen a) Ingela Visuri b) Üzeyir Ok, Ayşe Burcu Goren c) Hans Stifoss-Hanssen d) Aleksandra Niemyjska

1500 – 1630	Parallel session 3
3A Paper Cognitive science and religion Chair: Knut Hestad a) Valerie van Mulukom b) Halvor Kvandal c) Konrad Szocik d) Katie Givens Kime	3B Paper Psychotherapy and religious/spiritual issues Chair: Dorte Toudal Viftrup a) Christina Sophia Lloyd b) Ricko Damberg Nissen c) Sebastian Murken d) Dorte Toudal Viftrup	3C Panel Multidisciplinary perspectives on the projection of beliefs about science and religion Chair: Carissa Sharp a) Emma Preece b) Stephen H. Jones c) Carissa A. Sharp	3D Panel The Social Functions of Religiousness and Spirituality: Virtue, Vice, and Sex Chair: Sarah Schnitker a) Kevin Ladd b) Sarah Schnitker c) Patty Van Cappellen d) Caroline Rigo	3E Paper Secular contexts and meaning-making/world views Chair: Hans Alma a) Christina Prinds b) Torgeir Sørensen c) Hans Alma d) Miguel Farias	3F Panel Complex roles and manifestations of religion in psychopathology. Clinical studies from the Netherlands Chair: Anja Visser a) Hanneke Muthert b) Hanneke Schaap-Jonker c) Eva Ouwehand d) Hetty Zock

1630 – 1700	Coffee break
1715 – 1815	Godin prize winner lecture – Dr. Wade Rowatt
Wednesday 23 August
0900 – 1000	Keynote lecture – Dr. Tatjana Schnell Meaning in Life, Mental and Physical Health: Insights, Interpretation, Implementation

1015 – 1145	Parallel session 4
4A Panel Longitudinal Study of Religious Development: Toward a Typology of Different Trajectories Chair: Barbara Keller a) Barbara Keller b) Ramona Bullik c) Ralph W. Hood Jr. d) Christopher Silver	4B Panel Perceiving God in our Minds: Advancing Research on God Representations and God Attachment Chair: Daryl Van Tongeren a) Daryl R. Van Tongeren b) Frances Nkar c) Kari Halstensen	4C Panel Religion and morality: cross-cultural, multidimensional, and bidirectional Chair: Jonathan Jong a) Aiyana Willard b) HughTurpin c) Jennifer Brown	4D Paper Theoretical perspectives and human development Chair: Robert Dykstra a) Jorien Copier b) Benjamin Purzycki c) Göran Ståhle d) Robert Dykstra	4E Panel Cultivating Resilience in the Midst of Hardship: A Psychosocial, Spiritual, and Physical Health Study among Syrian Refugees in Istanbul Chair: Önver Cetrez a) Önver Cetrez b) Valerie DeMarinis, Victor Dudas c) Halina Grzymala-Moszczynska	4F Paper Young adults, identity and religion/sprituality Chair: Christoffer Alan Lewis a) Kyoung Ok Seol b) Ulrike Popp-Baier c) Sari Murtonen

1145 – 1215	Poster presentation
1215 – 1315	LUNCH

1315 – 1445	Parallel session 5
5A Panel Recent Methodological Advances in the Study of Religion: A Panel Organised by the International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion (IACSR) Chair: John Shaver a) LeRon Shults b) Martin Lang c) Uffe Schjødt	5B Paper God and Jesus representations Chair: Christina Lloyd a) Karisha George b) Kathryn Johnson c) Christopher Silver	5C Paper Culture, place, spirituality, and pananormal experiences Chair: Fereshteh Ahmadi a) Joel Gruneau Brulin b) Hasan Kaplan c) Victor Counted d) Leonardo Martins	5D Paper Chaplaincy and near death experiences Chair: Heidi F. Pedersen a) Hanne Bess Boelsbjerg b) Yukako Nahlbom c) Saliha Uysal d) Øystein Buer	5E Panel Researching “lived religion” from a psychological perspective Chair: Adam Anczyk a) Adam Anczyk b) Anna Górka c) Jacek Prusak d) Agnieszka Krzysztof-Świderska	5F Panel The Existential dimension and health: Recognizing existential needs within different Norwegian health care settings Chair: Anne Austad a) Hilde Frøkedal b) Tor-Arne Isene c) Ingvild Engh Vattø d) Ane Inger Bondahl Søberg

1500 – 1630	Parallel session 6
6A Panel The Cognitive Science of Religion, Culture, and Individual Differences: Examining the Boundaries of the Theory Chair: Laird Edman a) Kirsten Lesage b) Erin I. Smith c) Julie E. Yonker d) Paricia L. Bruininks	6B Paper Emotions, religiosity and meaning-making Chair: Gunn-Ingrid Ulstein a) Jonathan Morgan b) Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska c) Einar Eidsaa Edland, Marie Farstad d) Marte Bygstad-Landro	6C Paper Cultural changes and conversion Chair: Valerie DeMarinis a) Insook Lee b) Hannes Sonnenschein c) Ketevan Mosashvili d) James Murphy	6D Paper Spirituality and spiritual care Chair: Kirsten Tornøe a) Katarzyna Skrzypińska b) Nihal Işbilen Esendir c) Elisabeth Mæland d) Kirsten Tornøe	6E Panel Understanding Unbelief Chair: Kyle Messick, Miguel Farias a) Kyle Messick, Blanca Aranda, Jonathan Jong, Valerie van Mulukom, Miguel Farias b) Nick Stauner c) Tommy Coleman, Jonathan Jong, Valerie van Mulukom, Miguel Farias d) Hugh Turpin	6F Paper Cancer patients and religious/spiritual coping and struggles Chair: Kevin Ladd a) Mikael Lundmark b) Fereshteh Ahmadi c) Suvi-Maria Saarelainen d) Tor Torbjørnsen

1630 – 1700	Coffee break
1715 – 1815	Young Career Award lecture – Dr. Patty Van Cappellen
1830	Social event 2: Pilgrims’ walk Concert in the Old Glass Cathedral Domkirkeodden Dinner
Thursday 24 August
0900 – 1000	Keynote lecture – Dr. Mohammad Khodayarifard: Religiosity enhancement in adolescents: Using life skills training

1015 – 1145	Parallel session 7
7A Paper Religious orientation Chair: Jacob Belzen a) Shawn Makadia b) Anna-Konstanze Schröder c) Fatima Regina Machado d) Victor Dudas	7B Paper Religious experience and development Chair: Hilde Frøkedal a) Marianne Rodriguez Nygaard b) Jonathan Doner c) Aino-Elina Kilpeläinen d) Peter Hill	7C Panel Psychology of Religion and/or Psychology of Spirituality? Does Psychology of Religion Actually Need the Notion of Spirituality? Chair: Mario Aletti a) Mario Aletti and Alessandro Antonietti b) Geraldo José De Paiva c) Daniela Fagnani and Mario Aletti d) Stefano Golasmici	7D Paper Trauma and religious/spiritual changes Chair: Sebastian Murken a) Habibe Erdis Gökce b) Chang-Ho Ji c) Michael Galea	7E Paper Non-ordinary experiences and the main concepts in psychology of religion Chair: Niels Christian Hvidt a) Ann Taves b) James Meredith Day c) Niels Christian Hvidt d) Raymond F. Paloutzian	7F Panel Acts of God in the Mind, Body and Soul Chair: Nick Stauner a) Julie J. Exline b) Seyma N. Saritoprak c) Jessica R. Kusina d) Valencia A. Harriott

1145 – 1215	Poster presentation
1215 – 1315	LUNCH

1315 – 1445	Parallel session 8
8A Workshop Exploring and concentrating on character strengths of oneself and the others in positive religious psychotherapy Facilitator: Mohammad Khodayarifard	8B Paper Mystical experience and transcendence Chair: Katarzyna Skrzypińska a) Lotte Pummerer b) Maryam Bakhtyar c) Jarosław Piotrowski	8C Open forum discussion Open Science Ideals, Practices, and Dissemination Within the International Psychology of Religion Community Chair: Alex Uzdavines a) Peter Hill b) Thomas J. Coleman III c) Nicholas J. S. Gibson d) Nick Stauner		8E Paper Positive variables, mental health and religiosity/spirituality Chair: Amalia Carli a) Connor Wood b) Jordan LaBouff c) Ali Ayten d) Fatumetul Zehra Guldas

1500 – 1600	General Assembly
1600 – 1630	Closing Ceremony