Dear List, Here is a good one: Job Announcement: Professorship in Critical Religion Studies and Comparative Philosophy, Ghent University https://jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-Professor-in-Critical-Religion-Studies-&-Comparative-Philosophy-%28BOF%29-9000/810167202/ Warren S. Goldstein, PhD Cener for Critical Research on Religion goldstein@PROTECTED www.criticaltheoryofreligion.org ...Continue Reading

Critical Research on Religion Volume 12 Issue 3, December 2024 Special Issue: Genders, Sexualities, and Theopastoral Imaginations in Southeast Asia Guest Editors: Joseph N. Goh and Michael Sepidoza Campos Table of Contents: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/CRR/current Introduction:  “Coming in and finding ground: Genders, sexualities, and theopastoral imaginations in Southeast Asia” by Joseph N. Goh and Michael Sepidoza Campos Articles: 1. “Who am I? Whom can I love? And why me? Queer Christians and the spi ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, The Sociology of Religion Unit is excited to share with you our sessions for this year’s AAR annual meeting. We also invite you to join us for our business meeting on *Sunday, Nov. 24* at 2:00-2:30, which is at the tail end of our 12:30-2:30 session. We would love to hear your ideas for next year's CFP! We also have an opening on our steering committee, so we welcome you to contact us about serving on the steering committee or participating in our unit. Saturday, Nov. 23, 3:00-4:30 *Atheist Influe ...Continue Reading

CURA's symposium on the Jewish left is now out in the journal Critical Research on Religion. For a limited time, these timely essays are available open access. Click the images or titles below to read the four essays:[*]"Introduction to the Symposium in the Jewish Left" by Jeremy Menchik[*]“Beyond Zionism and Anti-Zionism: A Future of the American Jewish Left and the Negation of the ‘Negation of the Diaspora’” by Shaul Magid[*]“What is “Jewish” about the Jewish Left in Palestine/Israel?” by Atal ...Continue Reading

Critical Research on Religion Volume: 12, Number: 2 (August 2024) Table of Contents https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/CRR/current Articles: “Instantiations of alterity: The goy as modern subject” by Sergey Dolgopolski and Jonathan Boyarin “Mohammad Nakhshab’s concept of dialectical Tawhid: Vitalism and the question of monotheism” by Babak Rahimi “The incurably incredulous living saint: a multidisciplinary approach to Mother Teresa’s spiritual darkness” by Gëzim Alpion “An analysis of the attacks on Christian ...Continue Reading

Dear List, Attached you will find a cfp for a conference on Religious World Making to be held at Science Po, Paris, Nov 25-26, 2024 ----------------------------------------------- *Warren S. Goldstein*, Ph.D. Center for Critical Research on Religion 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 Newton Centre, MA 02459 USA 1(617) 678-2180 goldstein@PROTECTED www.criticaltheoryofreligion.org Editor /Critical Research on Religion/ https://journals.sagepub.com/home/crr Series Editor Studies in Critical Research on Relig ...Continue Reading

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Dear List: Below you will find a link to a call for papers for a conference on Thomas Merton and Religion to be held on Saturday, October 26th. The deadline for proposals is August 15, 2024: https://www.rockhurst.edu/gabriel-marcel-society/conferences ...Continue Reading

Dear List, Attached you will find the Call for Papers for "Reassessing Religion and Social Movements: From Rebellious Clergyto Counter-Hegemonic Theology and Praxis" in Religions an Open Access Journal by MDPI, Guest Edited by Dr. Paul-Francois Tremlett and Dr. Anh Susann Pham Thi, Deadline September 1, 2024. ...Continue Reading

*Critical Research on Religion* *Volume 12, Issue 1 (April 2024)* *Table of Contents* https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/CRR/current *Editorial* “On climate apocalypse” by Warren S Goldstein *Articles* /Section on Critical Religion/ “The world religions paradigm: Why context matters in religious studies” by Beverly Vencatsamy “The Naha Confucius Temple lawsuit and religion-making in Japan’s courts of law” by Ernils Larsson /Section on Shi’a Islam/ “Mapping a good society model in Ayatollah Khomeini’s religious pol ...Continue Reading