Dr Louise Child
Lecturer in Religious Studies
- childl@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 4039
- 5.14, John Percival Building
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Research interests
- Tantric Buddhism
- Theories of Durkheim and Mauss
- Altered States of Consciousness (including Shamanism and Possession Trance)
- Gender
- Psychology
- Contemporary Film
- Ritual sacrifice
- Myth
Research networks and groups
- Crime Narratives Network, Cardiff University
- Interdisciplinary Film Network, Cardiff University,
- Sacrifice Project Team, School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University Project conference poster available:
- The power of sacrifice: context and representations conference poster [2.5 Mb]
Cyhoeddiadau
2023
- Child, L. 2023. Dreams, vampires and ghosts: Anthropological perspectives on the sacred and psychology in film and television. London: Bloomsbury.
2020
- Child, L. and Rosen, A. eds. 2020. Religion and sight. Equinox.
- Child, L. 2020. Sensing reelism: portals to multiple realities and relationships in world, indigenous and documentary cinema. In: Child, L. and Rosen, A. eds. Religion and Sight. Equinox, pp. 69-86.
2015
- Child, L. 2015. Maori Arts as film art: an analysis of ritual and myth in Whale Rider, Once Were Warriors and Te Rua. DISKUS 17(3), pp. 1-17. (10.18792/diskus.v17i3.73)
2013
- Child, L. 2013. Elementary forms versus psychology in contemporary cinema. In: Hausner, S. L. ed. Durkheim in dialogue: A centenary celebration of the elementary forms of religious life. Methodology & History in Anthropology Vol. 27. Oxford: Berghahn Books, pp. 86-108.
- Child, L. 2013. Relationships and visions: The Yogini as deity and human female in tantric Buddhism. In: Keul, I. ed. 'Yogini' in South Asia: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy London: Routledge, pp. 84-94.
2012
- Child, L. 2012. Initiation and communities of secrecy in Papua New Guinea, tantric Buddhism and contemporary serial drama. In: Wexler, P. and Garb, J. eds. After Spirituality: Studies in Mystical Traditions., Vol. 1. New York: Peter Lang, pp. 129-146.
2010
- Child, L. 2010. Spirit possession, seduction and collective consciousness. In: Schmidt, B. E. and Huskinson, L. eds. Spirit Possession and Trance: New Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Continuum Advances in Religious Studies London: Continuum, pp. 53-70.
2008
- Child, L. 2008. Possession in contemporary cinema: Religious and psychological themes. Diskus 9
2007
- Child, L. 2007. Tantric Buddhism and altered states of consciousness: Durkheim, emotional energy and visions of the consort. Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies. Aldershot: Ashgate.
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Undergraduate
- Emotions, Symbols and Rituals: Studying Societies Through Film.
- Bodies, Spirits, and Souls: The Person, Ethics, and Religion.
- Myth and the Movies
Postgraduate
- Myth, Narrative and Theory Pathway for MA in Religious Studies.
Poster about this MA pathway available: MA Religious Studies: Myth, Narrative and Theory poster [733.4 Kb]
The Power of Sacrifice: Contexts and Representations
The project brings together classicists, historians, philosophers, anthropologists, archaeologists and religious studies scholars to examine ways in which sacrifice has been received, theorised, reported and understood in a number of religious, social and cultural contexts, both ancient and modern.
A conference was held 18th and 19th of January 2012 and the project team are currently putting together an edited volume.
Project conference poster available: