Dear list members, You are invited to participate in the Grounding the Sacred through Literature and the Arts Conference. This event will bring writers, artists, musicians, academics, researchers, religious and members of the public together to discuss where creativity sits in relation to religion and the search for meaning. Guest presenters include Imam Afroz Ali, Carmel Bird, Kathleen Deignan (Iona Spirituality Institute), Kevin Hart (University of Virginia), Maeve Louise Heaney, David Jasper (Glasgow University), Vivien Johnson, Rachael Kohn, Genevieve Lacey, David Malouf, Michael McGirr and Thaddeus Metz (University of Johannesburg).  More than 60 papers will be delivered by researchers and practitioners. Late offers of papers relevant to the conference theme, ‘grounding the sacred through literature and the arts’, will be considered. A post-graduate seminar, facilitated by Professors Kevin Hart, David Jasper and Thaddeus Metz, Dr Alison Jasper and Dr Dermot Nestor, will encourage interdisciplinary discussion and networking. Bookings are essential, preferably by 8 July 2015. Program and registration details are available here, or from elaine.lindsay@acu.edu.au. The conference is supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. Date: 23-26 July 2015 Place: Australian Catholic University, 25A Barker Road, Strathfield NSW 2135, Australia Kind regards, AABS Executive   Gold leaf covered schist reliquary in the form of a stupa.  Kusana period, North Western India. National Museum, Karachi, Pakistan. Copyright: Huntington, John C. and Susan L.Huntington Archive