“Thinking Out Loud: The Sydney Lectures in Philosophy and Society” aims to bring a leading international thinker to UWS annually to present a series of public lectures. The lectures presented by each speaker will have a common theme and they will subsequently be published by Fordham University Press. Lecture 1: Monday, 21 May, “Secular Criticism … Continue reading
NONRELIGION AND SECULARITY RESEARCH NETWORK CONFERENCE 2012 Call for Papers| 4-6 July 2012, Goldsmiths, University of London Nonreligion and the Secular: New Horizons for Multidisciplinary Research Registration now open! Conveners: Lois Lee (ll317@cam.ac.uk), Stacey Gutkowski (stacey.gutkowski@kcl.ac.uk), and Stephen Bullivant (stephen.bullivant@smuc.ac.uk) Conference Coordinator: Katie Aston (k.aston@gold.ac.uk) There is an urgent need to bring discussions of micro-level nonreligion, … Continue reading
The Forum on Religion is pleased to announce the establishment of a new Programme for the Study of Religion and Non-Religion at the London School of Economics. The Programme for the Study of Religion and Non-Religion, based in the Department of Anthropology, aims to bring together staff and research students from across LSE, and within … Continue reading
Martin Endreß Säkular oder postsäkular. Zur Analyse der religiösen Konturen der Gegenwart Reihe “Beyond Myth and Enlightenment. Re-thinking Religion in the Modern World” For details of this and other IWM events, please visit their events calender
Registration for the NSRN annual conference is now open. The conference will take 4-6 July 2012, at Goldsmiths, University of London further details and a programme will be published in late May 2012 Full conference (waged) £145 Full conference (unwaged) £110 Day registration, (waged) £65 Day registration, (unwaged) £45 Please download, complete and return the Registration Form, … Continue reading
A new journal dedicated to Japanese religions, the Journal of Religion in Japan (JRJ) published from Brill. Of particular interest to the network is the first issue, which focuses on Religion and the Secular in Japan and is now available. Brill is offering free online access to JRJ 1/1 Contents: JOURNAL OF RELIGION IN JAPAN … Continue reading
20-22 September 2012, Universiteit Antwerpen will host a conference on secularization theory. Conference organizers are currently accepting abstracts and will do so through May 1 “This three day international conference tries to frame a status quaestionis of secularization theory in the field of contemporary philosophy. It starts off with an assessment of the classic Löwith-Blumenberg debate. … Continue reading
Please see details below for a symposium on religion and belief in higher education, please note the inclusion of Dr Rebecca Catto and Dr Janet Eccles project findings, ‘Forming and Expressing Non-Religious Beliefs in Higher Education’. RELIGION & BELIEF IN HIGHER EDUCATION How are students and staff negotiating religion and belief in universities today? This symposium … Continue reading
One of the directors of the NSRN, Stephen Bullivant will be launching his new book, The Salvation of Atheists and Catholic Dogmatic Theology on Tuesday 17th April 2012. Please find details below 5.30pm-7pm with a drinks reception and light refreshments Senior Common Room, St Mary’s University College, Waldegrave Road, Twickenham TW1 4SX The Salvation of Atheists and … Continue reading
The Luce Project of Religious Freedom is launching a discussion series on the Immanent Frame. The series, guest edited by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd and Winnifred Fallers Sullivan in conjunction with a joint research project asks the question -”what is religious freedom, and why are we talking about it now?” Scholars contributing to the series consider the multiple histories and genealogies of religious freedom—and the multiple … Continue reading
