Perhaps some room for an NSRN panel or presentation; particularly to address challenges to the epistemological models implied in the secularity thesis and structures of modernity and enlightenment thought, assumptions about belief as a central tenet to religion and critiques of secular ideologies outside mono-theistic traditions. The ongoing visibility of religious practices and role of new … Continue reading
ENDS AND BEGINNINGS, Annual Conference of the European Association of the Study of Religion (EASR) Södertörn University, Stockholm. 23-26 August, 2012 This years theme address moments of ending and beginning in the everyday practices of religious ritual and promises of new beginnings offered by the hereafter or a renewed existence. Scholars of secularism and nonreligion may find the the conferences larger … Continue reading
Perhaps there might be some interest for applications which include a persective on secularism and nonreligion in this special issue of Gender, Religion and Migration. The special issue on Gender, Religion and Migration will look at the intersectional dimension of gender, ethnicity and religion where religion in particular plays a central role in providing a … Continue reading
Series Editors: Dr Stephen Parker The Rev’d Canon Professor Leslie J. Francis Dr Rob Freathy Dr Mandy Robbins Debates about religion, education and values are more central to contemporary society than ever before. The challenges posed by the interaction between these different spheres will continue to increase as the effects of globalization and cultural pluralization … Continue reading
AHRC/ESRC RELIGION AND SOCIETY PROGRAMME 5th to 7th September 2012 The Divinity School, St John’s College, Cambridge, CB2 1TW Call for Papers The fact that religion has not privatised, but remains an important aspect of public life, is now well recognised. But talk of ‘public religion’ can be vague and unfocused. The aim of this conference … Continue reading
2012 Annual Meeting August 17-18 – Denver, Colorado Religion and Social Change Papers and discussion sessions on all themes within the sociology of religion are welcome, but especially those related to the meeting theme, including, but not limited to, the following: Religion is both an agent and a product of social change. Closely linked to … Continue reading
New Forms of Public Religion AHRC/ESRC RELIGION AND SOCIETY PROGRAMME 5th to 7th September 2012 The Divinity School, St John’s College, Cambridge, CB2 1TW Call for Papers The fact that religion has not privatised, but remains an important aspect of public life, is now well recognised. But talk of ‘public religion’ can be vague and unfocused. The aim … Continue reading
Please see below for details of the conference, for further information please contact bcellard@numericable.fr International Conference on Mormonism: The evolution of Mormonism from sect to Church and from Church to sects Université de Bordeaux 3 6 et 7 décembre 2012 Maison des Sciences de l’Homme d’Aquitaine Organized par Bernadette RIGAL-CELLARD with the Master Religions et Sociétés and … Continue reading
This CFP is the result of a discussion a few of us have been having about putting together an exploratory session at this year’s AAR, in the hope that we can create a group within the AAR yearly program to deal with irreligion/nonreligion and secularism topics going forward. “Irreligion, Secularism and Social Change” Exploratory session, American … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Joint BASR/BSA-SOCREL panel on the ‘Public benefit in the study of religion’ with keynote panel speakers Prof. Eileen Barker and Prof. Douglas Davies. BASR annual conference, September 5-7 2012 University of Winchester. Abstracts to Dr Abby Day a.f.day@kent.ac.uk and Dr Bettina Schmidt b.schmidt@tsd.ac.uk by 1 April 2012. Who benefits from the study of … Continue reading
