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| Conference on Manichaean Studies in Arizona |
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Northern Arizona University holds seminar on Manichaean studies from 1-5 August 2005.
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Tehran, 23 August 2005 (CHN) – An international conference on Manichaeism is to be held in Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, from 1st to 4th of September.
The conference is devoted to intensive, collaborative investigation of the sources for the study of Manichaeism both as a distinct religious system and as part of the dynamic religious environment of late antiquity.
The conference is the 6th international meeting of the International Association of Manichaean Studies. All interested members of the SBL and AAR are invited to participate.
The conference will be chaired by Dr. Jason David BeDuhn, Department of Humanities, Arts, and Religion of Northern Arizona University, Flagsaff. BeDuhn has a Ph.D. in comparative study of religions. He is the author of “The Manichaean Body in Discipline and Ritual. Baltimore”, 2000, John Hopkins University Press, and has several edited books on the subject of Manichaeism.
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