February 23rd 2017 UTC
Call for PapersSociology of Religion UnitAmerican Academy of ReligionAnnual MeetingBoston, MANovember 18-21, 2017deadline: March 1sthttps://papers.aarweb.org/content/sociology-religion-unit——————————————————-*Warren S. Goldstein*, Ph.D.Center for Critical Research on Religion47 Cotton StreetNewton, MA 02458 USA1(617) 678-2180goldstein@PROTECTEDwww.criticaltheoryofreligion.orgCo-editor/Critical Research on Religion/http://journals.sagepub.com/home/crrSeries EditorStudies in Critical Research on Religionbrill.com/scrrhay ...Continue Reading
February 22nd 2017 UTC
Çağdaş Dedeoğlu's piece on “The Theory of Evolution and Monotheism in Turkey: A Political Ecology Debate”is now posted on our blog at:http://www.criticaltheoryofreligion.org/cagdas-dedeoglu-the-theory-of-evolution-and-monotheism-in-turkey-a-political-ecology-debate——————————————————-*Warren S. Goldstein*, Ph.D.Center for Critical Research on Religion47 Cotton StreetNewton, MA 02458 USA1(617) 678-2180goldstein@PROTECTEDwww.criticaltheoryofreligion.orgCo-editor/Critical Research on Religion/http://journals.sagepub ...Continue Reading
February 20th 2017 UTC
The Center for Critical Research on Religion is pleased to announce the addition of two research associates: Rebekka King (Middle Tennessee State University) and Çağdaş Dedeoğlu (Istanbul Arel University). You will find links to their webpages on our homepage:http://www.criticaltheoryofreligion.org——————————————————-*Warren S. Goldstein*, Ph.D.Center for Critical Research on Religion47 Cotton StreetNewton, MA 02458 USA1(617) 678-2180goldstein@PROTECTEDwww.criticaltheoryofreligion.orgCo-editor/Critical Research o ...Continue Reading
February 17th 2017 UTC
From: Michael Ott <ottmi15@PROTECTED>Reply-To: Michael Ott <ottmi15@PROTECTED>Date: Friday, February 17, 2017 at 11:08 AMSubject: 2017 Future of Religion Course InvitationDear Friends,Attached to this email, you will find the 2017 Invitation to the Future of Religion Course that Professor Siebert has asked me to send to you. The Title of this year's Course is: The Future of Religion: Civilization or Barbarism?/*, which will be held in the Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia from April 24-2 ...Continue Reading
February 17th 2017 UTC
From: <historicalmaterialism@PROTECTED> on behalf of "Historical Materialism News news@PROTECTED [historicalmaterialism]" <historicalmaterialism-noreply@PROTECTED>Reply-To: <historicalmaterialism-owner@PROTECTED>Date: Friday, February 17, 2017 at 11:27 AMTo: <historicalmaterialism@PROTECTED>Subject: [historicalmaterialism] NEW BOOK: Histories of Violence: Post-war Critical Thought Histories of Violence: Post-war Critical Thought Edited by Brad Evans and Terrell Carver Published ...Continue Reading
February 16th 2017 UTC
From: Sociology of Religion <SOCREL@PROTECTED> on behalf of "Barker,E" <E.Barker@PROTECTED>Reply-To: "Barker,E" <E.Barker@PROTECTED>Date: Monday, February 6, 2017 at 12:08 PMTo: <SOCREL@PROTECTED>Subject: RASCEE Call for Papers 'Religion and Non-religion in Contemporary Societies' Please distribute – (but apologies for cross posting) Religion /& /Society in Central and Eastern Europe Journal of the International Study of Religion in Eastern and Central Eur ...Continue Reading
February 15th 2017 UTC
-----Original Message----- From: ll llang944@PROTECTED [Center for Critical Research on Religion Listserve] <ccrr_listserve@PROTECTED> To: Center for Critical Research on Religion Listserve <ccrr_listserve@PROTECTED> Sent: Wed, Feb 15, 2017 12:09 pm Subject: [CCRR_Listserve] Re: CFP: Religion in Social Movements, Rebellions and Revolutions (Mailing list information, including how to remove yourself, is located at the end of this message.) Dear Warren .... As you may, actually should, know, one of the ke ...Continue Reading
February 15th 2017 UTC
Dear Warren .... As you may, actually should, know, one of the key points that George and I made, and will make, in our work, is that the progressive shift, must first, involve a change of character, our Fromm rap, but need embrace 3 things, socialism, for real, not the Bernie FDR notion, democracy, for real, not the current facsimile, and a humanistic ethic based on care between people, nature and awe of nature, what EF called frame of orientation/devotion This is copied to George ...Continue Reading
February 14th 2017 UTC
-----Original Message----- From: Warren S. Goldstein goldstein@PROTECTED [Center for Critical Research on Religion Listserve] <ccrr_listserve@PROTECTED> To: Center for Critical Research on Religion Listserve <ccrr_listserve@PROTECTED> Sent: Sun, Feb 12, 2017 11:38 pm Subject: [CCRR_Listserve] Toronto Anyone? (Mailing list information, including how to remove yourself, is located at the end of this message.) CFP ISA RC22 http://www.isa-rc22.org/now-call-for-session-proposals-isa-research-committee-on-the ...Continue Reading
February 14th 2017 UTC
Karl Marx’s quotation that religion is the “opium of the people” is frequently taken out of context and misunderstood. In the same passage, he also wrote religion is “an expression of real suffering and a protest against” it. Historically, religion has not only been a source of domination but also an instrument of social change. A classic example of this is the English Revolution, which was the first political revolution and otherwise known as the Puritan Revolution. However, successful revolutions, as Charles T ...Continue Reading
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