
The following paper was presented by Chris
Hartney to the Annual Conference of Australian Association for the Study of
Religions (AASR), held at St John's College , University of Queensland , 10-13 July
1997. Besides the key addresses, there were over 50 papers presented by
academics, scholars, and researchers from different universities and religious
organisations in Australia and
overseas. The topics covered different aspects of various religions in the
world.