Conference on Religion in South India

[Paul B. Courtright]

ANNUAL WORKSHOP
"NON-HINDU TRADITIONS OF SOUTH INDIA"
SNOW MOUNTAIN RANCH, GRANBY, COLORADO
Thursday evening, June 6 through Sunday noon, June 9, 1996

	This year's Workshop will focus on non-Hindu traditions of South 
India, their texts, conceptual systems, values, practices, architectures, 
social organizations, relations with other traditions, and media.  
Proposals for papers on any of the following topics:

*Aspects of Jain, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Dalit, and new religious 
movements in South India.

*Attitudes, dialogues, and polemics between Hindu and non-Hindu 
traditions, historically or in the contemporary situation.

*Religious dimensions of organizations and communities with secular or 
ethnic ideologies.

*Comparative studies of non-Hindu traditions in South India with other 
regions of South Asia.

*Religious practices in which the boundary of Hindu and non-Hindu are 
blurred.

*History and critique of the category "Hindu" as it applies to the South 
Indian cultural area.

	The Conference on Religion in South India seeks to provide a 
forum for new and exploratory scholarship in a more small-scale and 
leisurely context than is possible at large scholarly conferences.  
Participants make forty minute presentations followed by thirty minutes 
of discussion.  Ample time is provided during the Workshop for individual 
and small group conversations.  Many colleagues attend without making 
presentations in order to enjoy the scholarly community in a relaxed 
atmosphere.

	One page proposals for presentations should be sent by April 15th 
to Paul Courtright, CRSI, Department of Religion, Emory University, 
Atlanta, GA 30322.  Fax: 404-727-7597; Email:relpbc at emory.edu.  
Reservations for accommodations should be sent by April 30th.

	The Workshop will be held at the Indian Peaks Lodge at Snow 
Mountain Ranch, near Granby, Colorado, ninety minutes west of Denver 
International Airport.  Amenities include spectacular views of the 
Continental Divide, hiking, swimming, tennis, Rocky Mountain air.  
Accommodations are in cabins with three queen-sized beds per room.  Cost 
for the Workshop's three days will be $350 for a single room; $230 each 
for two in a room; $180 each for three to a room.  All meals included. 
Vegetarian meals are available.  Sorry,no discounts can be given for 
partial stays.  Transportation to and from Denver International Airport 
is not included.  Carpooling arrangements will be made at cost.