Call for papers: Spirituality Research Conference, May 2015, Johannesburg, South Africa

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Jim

Holiness: On the Holy, the Holy One, Sanctification and Saints The Bi-annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Christian SpiritualitySaint Augustine College, Johannesburg (South Africa)Thursday May 21 – Sunday May 24, 2015 Also note the Pre-Conference Meeting:“An orientation … Continue reading →

PhD position Mecca in Morocco: Negotiating the Meanings of Hajj in Everday Life, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Adam

PhD position Mecca in Morocco: Negotiating the Meanings of Hajj in Everday Life (vacancy number: 214261) University of Groningen, The Netherlands. http://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/job-opportunities/overview?details=00347-02S000482P Job description The research project consists of extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Morocco to investigate the meanings and sociocultural … Continue reading →

Religion and AIDS Treatment in Africa: Saving Souls, Prolonging Lives

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Adam

Religion and AIDS Treatment in Africa: Saving Souls, Prolonging Lives Edited by Rijk van Dijk, Hansjörg Dilger, Marian Burchardt and Thera Rasing Ashgate September 2014 http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409456698 This book critically interrogates emerging intertconnections between religion and biomedicine in Africa in the … Continue reading →

New Technologies and Religious Communities

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Adam

The Center for the Study of Information and Religion in Kent State’s School of Library and Information Science welcomes abstracts for consideration for its fifth annual Conference on Information and Religion, scheduled for June 4 and 5, 2015, at Kent … Continue reading →

Faculty Position Available

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Adam

The Department of Religious Studies at the College of Charleston invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professorship, to begin August 16, 2015. We seek a candidate with a PhD degree in Religious Studies or a related discipline, with specialization … Continue reading →

Assistant Professor in Global Christianity, University of California, Riverside

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Adam

Assistant Professor in Global Christianity (University of California, Riverside) Job #JPF0019 College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences – Religious Studies Recruitment Period Open Aug 29, 2014 through Jun 30, 2015 Next review date: October 15th, 2014 Apply by this … Continue reading →

Religion, Diversity and Governance – AASR 2014 Conference – Registration now open

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Adam

3-5 December 2014: Religion, Diversity and Governance Registration is now open for the annual conference of the Australian Association for the Study of Religion, hosted in partnership with the Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation, the School of Humanities and Social … Continue reading →

Grant funding opportunity

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Adam

The Science of Hope and Optimism Funding Initiative We are pleased to announce a $1.4 million funding initiative for new research in the social sciences on hope and optimism. We encourage proposals for research using a variety of methods from … Continue reading →

Call: Law, Disability, Religion

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Adam

Call for proposals: “Law, Religion and Disability” Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies The relationship of law, religion and disability is complex, emerging and still in development as a research area. Scholarship on religion and disability has … Continue reading →

Sexualities Special Section – Sexuality & Religion

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Adam

Dear All, You may be interested in the Special Issue of ‘Sexuality and Religion’, available here http://sexualities.sagepub.com/content/current with contents copied below: Yvette Taylor and Ria Snowdon Introduction to the special issue: Sexuality and religion: ‘International’ and ‘early career’ perspectives Sexualities … Continue reading →

SISR / ISSR News and Events :: Nouvelles et Evénements

A list of conferences, calls-for-papers, etc. of interest to our members. Une liste des congrès, appels à communication, etc.

Call for papers: Spirituality Research Conference, May 2015, Johannesburg, South Africa

PhD position Mecca in Morocco: Negotiating the Meanings of Hajj in Everday Life, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Religion and AIDS Treatment in Africa: Saving Souls, Prolonging Lives

New Technologies and Religious Communities

Faculty Position Available

Assistant Professor in Global Christianity, University of California, Riverside

Religion, Diversity and Governance – AASR 2014 Conference – Registration now open

Grant funding opportunity

Call: Law, Disability, Religion

Sexualities Special Section – Sexuality & Religion