Monday, February 17, 2014, 5:15 – 6:00 pm IDEA Space

Reception and IDEA Cabaret Conversation:

Devotional Cultures with Gustavo Victor Goler and Devaka Premawardhana

Devaka Premawardhana is currently Riley Scholar-in-Residence in the Department of Religion.  He is an anthropologist of religion who studies the various expressions of Christianity in the Global South. His research also includes the study of indigenous religious traditions. His doctoral dissertation explores how religious change (conversion) is experienced among people for whom regional change (migration) has long been a livelihood strategy.