December 12th 2018 UTC
Call for Papers:*Social Movements, Rebellions and Revolutions through Religious Contention* A Thematic Session at theInternational Society for the Sociology of Religion Conference35th CongressBarcelona, Spain9-12 July 2019 While religion is often recognized as a social force that maintains, if not legitimates, the socio-political order, religion has also played a role in contentious politics. For this panel, we will invite papers that explore the relationship religion – as a shared cultural system, sourc ...Continue Reading
December 6th 2018 UTC
*From: *Francis Stewart <francis.stewart@PROTECTED>*Date: *Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 5:01 AM*Subject: *Implicit Religion USA conference Hello Colleagues, I am writing to you in regards to a new USA based conference I have created for Implicit Religion, which is intended to run alongside the UK conference of over 40 years. The US Implicit Religion Conference will be held from 3 -5th June at Monmouth University in New Jersey, with the key speaker being Dr Elayne Oliphant of NYU. The th ...Continue Reading
November 28th 2018 UTC
* **** **The Routledge Handbook of Postsecularity*1st Edition*Edited by Justin Beaumont* https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Han…/…/9781138234147 'This is an exceptionally strong collection examining one of the defining issues of our era. Readers will find it both broadens and deepens their thinking about changing roles of religion and secularism in contemporary society.' - Craig Calhoun, Professor of Social Sciences, Arizona State University, USA 'It is increasingly clear that what comes af ...Continue Reading
November 27th 2018 UTC
Hi Warren, Hope you are well. It was nice chatting on Facebook the other day. Would you mind kindly circulating the Routledge Handbook flyer again via the CCRR listserve, Facebook and Twitter? Maybe this time we can include the link to the website (see below) and stress the Hardback for libraries, and ebook for purchase but also for 6 or 12 month rental. I think that way we can ensure a wider and more relevant reach. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Postsecularity/Beaumont/p/book/97811 ...Continue Reading
November 9th 2018 UTC
*New Research Network: “Categories of Religion and the Secular in Islam” (CRSI)*CRSI is an interdisciplinary network for scholars and graduate students interested in critical approaches to ‘religion’ and ‘the secular/non-religious’ as discursive categories in Islamic contexts. Contact Alex Henley (alex.henley@PROTECTED) to join our email discussion list. Further details here: https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/categories-religion-and-secular-islam-crsi Best regards, Alex *Dr Alex Henley*University ...Continue Reading
November 6th 2018 UTC
***** **The Center for Critical Research on Religion*is pleased to announce the following sessions and events at theAmerican Academy of Religion Annual MeetingsDenver, ColoradoNovember 17-20, 2018 More details about the sessions can be found here: http://www.criticaltheoryofreligion.org/announcements/ *Currents in Sociology of Religion in Africa and the African Diaspora*co-sponsored by Sociology of Religion Unit and /Critical Research on Religion/A17-233Saturday – 1:00 PM-3:00 PMLoc ...Continue Reading
October 17th 2018 UTC
The Center for Critical Research on Religionis pleased to announce the publication of: ***** **Sean Durbin**/Righteous Gentiles: Religion, Identity, and Myth /**/in John Hagee's Christians United for Israel/* Studies in Critical Research on Religion Brill Academic Publishers https://brill.com/abstract/title/36344 ——————————————————-*Warren S. Goldstein*, Ph.D.Center for Critical Research on Religion47 Cotton StreetNewton, MA 02458 USA1(617) 678-2180goldstein@PROTECTEDwww.criticaltheoryofre ...Continue Reading
September 24th 2018 UTC
Dear List, Attached you will find a flyer for /The Routledge Handbook of Postsecularity/ edited by Justin Beaumont, which includes a table of contents and here is a link to the publisher’s page: https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Postsecularity/Beaumont/p/book/9781138234147. Please feel free to share with friends and colleagues. Thanks! Sincerely, Warren ——————————————————-*Warren S. Goldstein*, Ph.D.Center for Critical Research on Religion47 Cotton StreetNewton, MA 02458 USA1( ...Continue Reading
September 23rd 2018 UTC
Hi Warren, sorry for the delays. Yours messages are fine. I addressed the plural Habermas’s issue but it appears the copyeditors have followed their own guidelines. I sent a flyer around just now. Would you be so kind to post on the CCRR website, also to the CCRR, facebook, Twitter and listserve networks? I’d be most appreciative. Trust you are well. Justin ...Continue Reading
September 19th 2018 UTC
*From: *Christian Smith <grri@PROTECTED>*Date: *Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 6:32 PM*To: *Christian Smith <grri@PROTECTED>*Subject: *$900,000 of funding for 50 Faculty and Graduate Student Projects on Global Religion is available -- apply now! Hi, I am writing to ask you to share this announcement about *five major grant and fellowship opportunities worth $900,000 *with your faculty and graduate student colleagues. Could you please forward this email to them and anyone else you know who stu ...Continue Reading
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