Paradox and Prophecy: Why the Study of Lived Catholicism Matters

Online: 15-16 November

The Lived Catholicism conference is a project of the Centre for Catholic Studies at Durham University. The conference is organised in conjunction with the Department of Catholic Studies, Duquesne University, in association with The Tablet.

More information can be found here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lived-catholicism-online-conference-tickets-161077734841

(Free) Webinar Series on Personal & Public Dimensions of Religions

Research on Sociology of Religion at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalization at the University of Groningen, co-organized a webinar series that explores the relation between personal and public dimensions of religious identities, practices, and movements. The series brings together an innovative group of scholars with diverse theoretical perspectives and empirical foci spanning Europe, Latin America, and North America.

  • October 5,  2021: Dr. Gustavo Morello, Boston College. “Eppur si muove. Religious practices and Latin American modernity”
  • November 2, 2021: Dr. Sarah-Jane Page, Astor University. “Religion, gender and sexuality: Embodiment as a key theoretical tool”
  • December 14, 2021: Dr. Ruth Braunstein, University of Connecticut.”The moral meanings of fiscal earmarking: War taxes, patriotism, and resistance”
  • January 11, 2022: Dr. Monika Wohlrab-Sahr, University of Leipzig. TBA

Participation is free. Registration is required. Find more information here:  http://isor.cat/en/seminar-series/

Virtual Symposium: “Opacity, Transcendence, and Tradition in African Diaspora Religion of The Americas: Horizons of Knowing.” October 15, 2021

The Michigan State University African Atlantic Research Team (AART) cordially invites you to attend its
25th Anniversary Symposium to be held virtually, October 15, 2021.
Given our on-going research on religion and African descendants in the Americas, and the indebtedness we owe to those who mentored and inspired that work, the conceptual and thematic focus of the Symposium will be: “Opacity, Transcendence, and Tradition in African Diaspora Religion of the Americas: Horizons of Knowing.”

Among confirmed program participants are Veronique Altglas, Queen’s University Belfast; David Carrasco, Harvard University; James Spickard, University of California Redlands; James H. Sweet, University of Wisconsin; and a keynote address by J. Lorand Matory, Duke University. We also will recognize the legacy of Michigan State University’s late Dr. Ruth Simms Hamilton who introduced ideas of the African Diaspora as a global social phenomenon to many in academic arenas. An academic gift presentation will be made to her Alma Mater, Talladega College of Alabama.

The Symposium’s conceptual intent also is to elaborate Dr. Charles H. Long’s ‘counter-hegemonic’ metaphor of opacity as a challenge to repressive analytical typologies that impose meanings inappropriate and hostile to the ‘lived reality’ they seek to describe.

The focus is derived from AART’s cross-disciplinary research into sacred ideas and practices of African descendants of the Americas’ African Diaspora as fundamental contributions to the hemisphere’s diverse and ever-evolving religious landscape.

The Symposium Program will simultaneously celebrate the 25 Years AART has mentored students of color toward the academic PhD as we include a keynote address and two panel dialogues discussing the State of Research regarding Opacity, Transcendence, and Tradition of African Descendant Religion in the Americas’ Portion of the African Diaspora.

Registration is now available via Eventbrite at http://bitly.com/3n0qkw1. Cost is $25 for professionals and $10 for students. Please share this announcement with researchers, scholars, educators, and serious others who may wish to join us in this historic event.

The African Atlantic Research Team – aart.symposium@gmail.com

Webinar on Roberto Cipriani’s new volume–Saturday April 17, 2021

sabato 17 aprile 2021 (ore 10:00-12:00) proseguirà il ciclo di webinars di presentazione e discussione delle pubblicazioni relative alla ricerca sulla Religiosità in Italia.

Il secondo webinar sarà dedicato al volume di Roberto Cipriani, L’incerta fede. Un’indagine quanti-qualitativa in Italia (FrancoAngeli) e vedrà la partecipazione di Enzo Pace, Maria Carmela Agodi, Costantino Cipolla e Marco Marzano.

Per partecipare: https://bit.ly/3mohmqa

La registrazione del precedente webinar si può trovare qui: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BACkvaB-UNM

Cordiali saluti,
La Segreteria Organizzativa
Ricerca sulla Religiosità in Italia

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Dear Colleague,

On Saturday 17 April 2021 (10:00-12:00) the cycle of webinars for the presentation and discussion of publications relating to research on Religiosity in Italy will continue.

The second webinar will be dedicated to Roberto Cipriani’s volume, L’incerta fede. Un’indagine quanti-qualitativa in Italia (FrancoAngeli) and will see the participation of Enzo Pace, Maria Carmela Agodi, Costantino Cipolla and Marco Marzano.

To participate: https://bit.ly/3mohmqa

The recording of the previous webinar can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BACkvaB-UNM

Kind regards,
the Organising Secretariat
Research on Religiosity in Italy
Religiosità in Italia