The ESRC has produced a report and press release on Humanist Funerals, announcing the work of Dr Matthew Engelke, which explores early outcomes from his year researching with and within the British Humanist Association. For more details about the research please contact Dr Mathhew Engelke Email: m.engelke@lse.ac.uk Telephone: 020 7995 6494 or 07800 835403 ESRC … Continue reading
Please find attached below the provisional schedule for the forthcoming NSRN conference, to be held at Goldsmiths, University of London, in July. NSRN 2012 Conference Schedule (provisional) Please kindly circulate widely. To register please visit this link http://nsrn.net/2012/04/23/registration-now-open-for-the-nsrn-annual-conference/ we are pleased to be able to extend the period of ‘early-bird’ registration until 1 June.
Call for papers Religions: Fields of research, methods and perspectives The First International Krakow Study of Religions Symposium, 12-14 September 2012 Keynote speakers: Prof. Grace Davie (University of Exeter) Prof. Ralph W. Hood Jr (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) Prof. Barnaba Maj (University of Bologna) Organisers: International Journal “Studia Religiologica” and Institute for the Study … Continue reading
Please see below for details of an electronic advance publication of Tariq Modood’s talk at the the annual conference at Chester SocRel. On a personal note I can attest to how thought provoking and insightful I found this lecture, Modood invites comments and it would be interesting to hear people’s thoughts via the NSRN-Discuss. 2011 Paul Hanly … Continue reading
Researching the Contemporary Moral Landscape: Concepts, Methods and Approaches to Public Engagement An intensive residential training programme for doctoral students and early career researchers run by the Centre for Religion and Contemporary Society, University of Kent in conjunction with the RSA Monday 10 – Friday 14 September, 2012 The AHRC’s Care for the Future research … Continue reading
Perhaps of interest to the network, Dr Matthew Engelke writes for the Guardian on his work with the British Humanist Association Celebrants. “As an anthropologist, one of the reasons I wanted to study the BHA is because of this commitment to the experiential and embodied side of being non-religious. As an increasing number of philosophers … Continue reading
An interesting conference for the network, regarding forms of secularism and trends of believing without belonging. ESA Research Network 34 – Sociology of Religion Transformations of the Sacred in Europe and Beyond First bi-annual conference, 3-5 September 2012 at the University of Potsdam, Campus Griebnitzsee The thesis of secularization, once sheer uncontested in the social … Continue reading
Alternative Salvations University of Chester, 18 September 2012, 10:30-4:30 CFP DEADLINE 18 May 2012 The Conference To speak of salvation is, broadly, to speak about transformation from one present reality into a new, transformed and better reality. While the language of salvation itself is not necessarily found in every religious tradition, the hope of, or incentive … Continue reading
Religion, Value, and a Secular Culture Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP) University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban (South Africa) 5 & 6 November 2012 By the term “secular culture” is meant one which problematizes the foundations for the various religious beliefs that make up the traditions of that society, though the public order may not … Continue reading
Please see below, details of CFP for a conference on New Forms of Public Religion organised as part of the AHRC/ESRC funded Religion and Society Programme. The conference will take place at the Divinity School, St John’s College, Cambridge, CB2 1TW Call for Papers The fact that religion has not privatised, but remains an important … Continue reading
