👩‍💻👨‍💻 #ConferenceWeek #Today at #INSBS21 Science & Belief in Society #ISORResearchers Mar Griera chair the session “Influential Figures in Science and Belief” with presentations from Joseph Satish Vedanayagam f Univ of Hyderabad, Alexandra Roginski f (Con)spirituality in Australia Project & Pete Jordan f University of Oxford

We invite you to take the Deakin/WSU #Spirituality and #Wellness in #Australia Survey: researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_9G… #yoga #mindfulness #NewAge #consciousdance #holistichealing @Deakin_ADI Religion @ WSU

Our project lead, A/Prof Anna Halafoff spoke on 'Mental and #spiritual wellness in isolation' on ABC RN's God Forbid. Tune in: abc.net.au/radionational/… #conspirituality @Deakin_ADI Religion @ WSU Deakin Sociology

Great to hear @DeakinSoc's A/Prof Anna Halafoff chatting on ABC Radio National - check it out

A/Prof Anna Halafoff recently spoke on 'Mental and #spiritual wellness in isolation' on ABC RN's God Forbid. Tune in: abc.net.au/radionational/… #conspirituality @Deakin_ADI Religion @ WSU Deakin Sociology

Alexandra Roginski starts of with Craig Kelly's so-called-data-backed research. How can we communicate effectively in face of denial? These questions link to Roginski's (Con)spirituality in Australia Project work, and to her historical work on discredited phrenology.

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How do we decide who to trust? In a piece for our oped series on ABC Religion&Ethics, David Voas outlines how "In the spiritual marketplace, it is common to declare that the self is the ultimate authority. That idea resonates strongly with conspiracists". abc.net.au/religion/consp…

Vaccine conspiracy theories date back to the invention of the smallpox vaccine. We just see a lot more of them now in our digital world, writes David G. Robertson 🍉 in the latest piece from our Conspirituality oped series on ABC Religion&Ethics. abc.net.au/religion/how-n…

Tony’s son believes the moon landing was faked and Covid is a hoax: this weekend, the families torn apart by Covid conspiracies. ⁦ABC News⁩ ⁦ABC Melbourne⁩ abc.net.au/news/2021-10-0…

Factual truth vs 'sincerity'. "The case of Serbia shows that once leaders seek popularity by offering anti-scientific views about the pandemic it can be especially hard for them to start speaking accurately." abc.net.au/religion/lesso…

In the latest from our series for ABC Religion&Ethics, Matthew Sharpe looks at the melding of ideas that serves to attract new followers to the extreme right.

AVERT Research Network (Con)spirituality in Australia Project Great insights here! The dark underbelly of white privilege & deeply gendered framing of society is sharply at odds with romanticised views of the wellness/new age spirituality & goes some way, as (((Mia Bloom))) points out, to explaining the openness to QAnon & other conspiracies

Really interesting article from our (Con)spirituality Special Issue by the lovely Alexandra Roginski & Cristina Rocha on how the healed body is evidence for alternative medicine & spirituality: bit.ly/3OH86tA (Con)spirituality in Australia Project @Deakin_ADI Deakin RSC - account no longer in use. Religion @ WSU Science & Belief in Society

Hot off the press: my new article with Alexandra Roginski on what counts as evidence for many spiritual people and how to counter anti-vax fears. 😷Religion @ WSU (Con)spirituality in Australia Project Australian Anthropological Society Western Sydney University - Social Sciences Western Sydney University

More from our special issue. Bernard Doherty addresses conspiracism in Catholic Church history, "outlining ...five major permutations: anti-Masonry, antisemitism, anti-communism, anti-Satanism and anti-modernism". @conspiritaus Science & Belief in Society Deakin RSC - account no longer in use. journal.equinoxpub.com/JASR/

We're pleased to announce that our Special Issue on '(Con)spirituality, Science and COVID-19' has been published with Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. Eds: Anna Halafoff, Enqi Weng @enqiweng .bsky.social, Alexandra Roginski and Cristina Rocha. Access: journal.equinoxpub.com/JASR/ Intro: journal.equinoxpub.com/JASR/article/v… Science & Belief in Society

New journal issue on "(Con)spirituality, Science and COVID-19", Guest Edited by Anna Halafoff, Enqi Weng @enqiweng .bsky.social, Alexandra Roginski and Cristina Rocha journal.equinoxpub.com/JASR/issue/vie…