Assistant Professor Position in Sociology of Religion at Purdue University

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Adam

Assistant Professor Position in Sociology of Religion at Purdue University The Department of Sociology at Purdue University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position beginning Fall 2014. http://www.cla.purdue.edu/sociology/documents/asst_religion2013.pdf

Power/Religion: A Revanche of Reaction or a Metaphor of Revolution?

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Adam

Power/Religion: A Revanche of Reaction or a Metaphor of Revolution? Venues: Helsinki (University of Helsinki) and St Petersburg (European University at St Petersburg and Russian Christian Academy for Humanities) Date: September 10-15, 2013 After a short-lived belief in the secularization … Continue reading →

Religious Right-wing Radicalism: Mapping the Territory

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Adam

Religious Right-wing Radicalism: Mapping the Territory. Conference on the Study of Right-wing Radicals use of religious belief systems Date: 26 – 27 September 2014 Place: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Humanities, Njalsgade 122, 2300 Copenhagen S Official website: http://tors.ku.dk/religiousrightwingconference/ In … Continue reading →

Religious Conversions in the Mediterranean World

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Adam

Religious Conversions in the Mediterranean World Edited By Nadia Marzouki and Olivier Roy Palgrave Macmillan, August 2013 While globalization and the European construction increasingly undermine the model of the nation-state in the Mediterranean world, conversions reveal the capacity of religion … Continue reading →

The Secular Studies Series

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Adam

Announcing a New Book Series from NYUPRESS THE SECULAR STUDIES SERIES GENERAL EDITOR: PHIL ZUCKERMAN, PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AND SECULAR STUDIES, PITZER COLLEGE There are more secular people in the world than ever before. And simultaneously, various forms andmanifestations of … Continue reading →

Islamism versus Post-Islamism? Mapping topographies of Islamic political and cultural practices and discourses

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Adam

CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS “Islamism versus Post-Islamism? Mapping topographies of Islamic political and cultural practices and discourses” University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany December 13-15, 2013 The general view seems to be that in countries the cultural space shaped by Islamic discourses … Continue reading →

Williams College, Religion Postdoctoral Fellowship in Islam in Context

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Adam

Williams College, Religion Postdoctoral Fellowship in Islam in Context Location: Williamstown, MA Closes: Nov 1, 2013 The Department of Religion at Williams College seeks to appoint a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Islam in Context, beginning in the fall of … Continue reading →

Religions: fields of research, methods and perspectives

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Adam

Religions: fields of research, methods and perspectives International Krakow Study of Religions Symposium Jagiellonian University Krakow, Poland 25 – 27 November 2013 CALL FOR PAPERS Attempts to define the subject of religious studies and to specify the boundaries of our … Continue reading →

Change and Continuity – Religion, State, Civil Society, NCSR 2014

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Adam

22ND NORDIC CONFERENCE FOR SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION 2014 Change and Continuity – Religion, State, Civil Society We are delighted to invite you to submit proposals for sessions and papers under the theme Change and Continuity – Religion, State, Civil Society. … Continue reading →

The Religious and the Political: A Comparative Sociology of Religion

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Adam

The Religious and the Political: A Comparative Sociology of Religion Bryan S. Turner Cambridge University Press, 2013 Description While the relationships between ethics and religion, and violence and politics, are of enduring interest, the interface between religion and violence is … Continue reading →

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Author Archives: Adam

Assistant Professor Position in Sociology of Religion at Purdue University

Power/Religion: A Revanche of Reaction or a Metaphor of Revolution?

Religious Right-wing Radicalism: Mapping the Territory

Religious Conversions in the Mediterranean World

The Secular Studies Series

Islamism versus Post-Islamism? Mapping topographies of Islamic political and cultural practices and discourses

Williams College, Religion Postdoctoral Fellowship in Islam in Context

Religions: fields of research, methods and perspectives

Change and Continuity – Religion, State, Civil Society, NCSR 2014

The Religious and the Political: A Comparative Sociology of Religion