Mózg – Umysł – Religia

The proposed thematic fields include
- Physical Anthropology and the Study of Religions
- Psychosomatic Processes and Religious/Spiritual Practices
- The Biological Background of Religious/Spiritual Experience
- The Cognitive Paradigm and Cognitive Study of Religions
- Enactivism, Embodiment and the Study of Religions
- Neurotheology
- Philosophy of Mind from the Perspective of the Study of Religions
- Altered States of Consciousness
- Near-Death Experience
- Transhumanism
- The Future of Religion in the Technological Perspective
- The Category of Mind in Religious Discourse
- The Biochemical Basis of Magic Rituals and Folk Medicine
- Neural Networks in the Perspective of the Study of Religions and Cognitive Science
- Mind and Religion in the Information Era
- The Modelling of Religious Behaviour
- Biological Cycles and Initiation Rituals
- Ideology from the Perspective of the Study of Religions

Papers transcending the thematic limitations listed above, but fitting within the scope of the conference subject matter are also welcome.
This year we plan a poster session as well.

FORMAL REQUIREMENTS
The submission should be prepared according to the following rules:
- it should be written entirely in English
- Times New Roman font, 12 p., single line

The abstract should contain
- the first and last name of the applicant
- the full list of applicants [if the presented paper shall have more than one author]
- affiliation of applicant(s)
- the title of proposed paper
- the description of the discussed problem (no less than 1 000 and no more than 3 600 characters, including spaces)
- literature references

The time scheduled for each presentation is 20 minutes.
In case of submissions for the poster session, please do not include any graphs and tables in the abstract.

If, within a week from the submission of the application form, you do not receive a confirmation from us, please contact us promptly at mozgumyslreligia@gmail.com

NOTE: If one of the foregoing requirements is not fulfilled, the abstract will be disqualified and as such will not be evaluated.

Fees
The fee is payable only by those applicants, whose abstracts are accepted for the conference. If an abstract has more than one author, all the authors are obligated to pay the fee.

The fees are as follows:
- undergraduate, graduate and PhD students under 35: 100PLN (25 EUR)
- academic staff and other participants: 300 PLN (75 EUR)
The fees are payable between 15th December 2014 and 16th January 201.

Deadlines
Deadline for abstract submissions: 14.12.2014.
Announcement of selected papers: 21.12.2014.
Conference fee payment: 22.12.2014 – 16.01.2015.

Please send all questions to: mozgumyslreligia@gmail.com

We invite you cordially to submit abstracts and participate in the conference!!!