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CFP: (Non)religion in Question: Ethics, Equality and Justice.

ISA World Congress

Yokohama, Japan; July 13-19, 2014

Theme – Facing an Unequal World: Challenges for a Global Sociology

RC22 theme is “Religion and Social Inequality”

Chair and Discussant: Johannes Quack and Jonathan VanAntwerpen

(Non)religion in Question: Ethics, Equality and Justice.

Call for Abstracts

Dear Colleagues,

You are invited to submit an abstract for possible inclusion in this session.

Recent research shows how in different parts of the world expressive nonreligiosity goes hand in hand with aims for social reform. Competing visions of ontology and normative orders are played out in societal battles over education, sexual rights, gender equality and social justice. For a number of outspokenly nonreligious groups in Europe, the United States, but also the Philippines, India and other regions, demonstrating the secular nature of our world is a key strategy in socio-political activism.

Concurrently, the normative and ontological base of secularism has been criticized as a culturally specific yet powerful form of moderating legitimacy. Secularism has thus been discussed in relation to the legal and moral reshaping of colonial states. In a similar take political liberalism has been the subject of considerable debate regarding its potential to grant equal access to the public sphere to both secular and religious citizens.

More research about how (non)religious ways of ‘being in the world’ and social activism are linked is needed. The panel therefore provides space to discuss the multiple entanglements of (non)religion with questions of justice, equality, and ethics. Conceptual contributions, as well as empirical research from different regions are welcome.

Deadline for submission is September 30th 2013 as laid out in the conference guidelines. Please submit the abstract (max 300 words) at:

http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2014/rc/rc.php?n=RC22.

We wish to thank you in advance for your interest and look forward to your contributions.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate contacting us.

–          s.schenk@em.uni-frankfurt.de

–          Schuh@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Best regards,

Susanne Schenk, Cora Schuh (Session Organizers)

(http://www.nonreligion.net)

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Event: Forum on Religion Seminar at LSE

Secular Temples

Speaker: Courtney Bender (Columbia University)
Chair: Lois Lee (Kent University)

Date: Monday 22 July
Time: 3pm – 5pm
Venue: Seligman Library, LSE, 6th Floor Old Building

Co-sponsored with the Centre for Religion in Contemporary Society, University of Kent

In this informal seminar, Professor Bender will discuss some of her recent research on art museums in New York City. Join us for what promises to be a stimulating conversation and exchange with one of the most prominent sociologists of religion in the US.

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CFP: ISA World Congress–(Non)religion in Question: Ethics, Equality and Justice.

ISA World Congress
Yokohama, Japan; July 13-19, 2014
Theme – Facing an Unequal World: Challenges for a Global Sociology
RC22 theme is “Religion and Social Inequality”
Call for Papers: (Non)religion in Question: Ethics, Equality and Justice.

Dear Colleagues,
You are invited to submit an abstract for possible inclusion in this session.
Recent research shows how in different parts of the world expressive nonreligiosity goes hand in hand with aims for social reform. Competing visions of ontology and normative orders are played out in societal battles over education, sexual rights, gender equality and social justice. For a number of outspokenly nonreligious groups in Europe, the United States, but also the Philippines, India and other regions, demonstrating the secular nature of our world is a key strategy in socio-political activism.

Concurrently, the normative and ontological base of secularism has been criticized as a culturally specific yet powerful form of moderating legitimacy. Secularism has thus been discussed in relation to the legal and moral reshaping of colonial states. In a similar take political liberalism has been the subject of considerable debate regarding its potential to grant equal access to the public sphere to both secular and religious citizens.

More research about how (non)religious ways of ‘being in the world’ and social activism are linked is needed. The panel therefore provides space to discuss the multiple entanglements of (non)religion with questions of justice, equality, and ethics. Conceptual contributions, as well as empirical research from different regions are welcome.

Chair and Discussant: Johannes Quack and Jonathan VanAntwerpen
Deadline for submission is September 30th 2013 as laid out in the conference guidelines. Please submit the abstract (max 300 words) at:
http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2014/rc/rc.php?n=RC22

We wish to thank you in advance for your interest and look forward to your contributions.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate contacting us.
– s.schenk@em.uni-frankfurt.de
– Schuh@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Best regards,
Susanne Schenk, Cora Schuh (Session Organizers)
(http://www.nonreligion.net)

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Position available: William Temple Foundation Assistant Director: Communications and Development

The trustees of the 

William Temple Foundation

wish to appoint an

Assistant Director: Communications and Development

We are looking for someone who can make a significant contribution to the development of the William Temple Foundation’s influence in the growing debate about the relationship between religion, society, economics and human flourishing. The successful candidate will be either London or North West based, and have skills in communication, media relations and network creation as well as being knowledgeable in the areas of social justice, politics and faith communities.

The post holder will achieve their goals by:

  • Engaging with potential new stakeholders in public life, the churches and the academy
  •   Generating media networks for the dissemination of research findings, including front of camera and audio representative work
  • Using social media for tweeting and re-presenting research findings for public and media engagement with the work of the William Temple Foundation.
  • Working collaboratively on scoping new research projects and funding bids with our Research Director and Senior Honorary Fellows.

The successful candidate will enjoy enhanced opportunities for networking, research and travel in an exciting and expanding area of public policy and research, engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders including the faith and voluntary sector, media (at all levels), academic departments and think tanks, the public and private sector and government policy makers. For the right person and with the anticipated growth of the William Temple Foundation’s work there could be the possibility to extend the role to include the conducting, writing up and publishing of empirical research projects.

This is an appointment on a three year fixed-term contract. The post is 25 hours a week on an annual salary of approximately £30, 000 (paid pro-rata).

For the application pack see the William Temple Foundation’s website www.wtf.org.uk or contact:

Dr Chris Baker

Director of Research, William Temple Foundation

Tel: 07779000021

E-mail: chris.baker@wtf.org.uk.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 23rd July 2013 in Manchester

Applications to be made by Friday 12th July 2013

  

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Position available: William Temple Foundation Assistant Director: Communications and Development

 

The trustees of the

 

William Temple Foundation

 

wish to appoint an

 

Assistant Director: Communications and Development

 

We are looking for someone who can make a significant contribution to the development of the William Temple Foundation’s influence in the growing debate about the relationship between religion, society, economics and human flourishing. The successful candidate will be either London or North West based, and have skills in communication, media relations and network creation as well as being knowledgeable in the areas of social justice, politics and faith communities.

 

The post holder will achieve their goals by:

  • Engaging with potential new stakeholders in public life, the churches and the academy
  •   Generating media networks for the dissemination of research findings, including front of camera and audio representative work
  • Using social media for tweeting and re-presenting research findings for public and media engagement with the work of the William Temple Foundation.
  • Working collaboratively on scoping new research projects and funding bids with our Research Director and Senior Honorary Fellows.

 

The successful candidate will enjoy enhanced opportunities for networking, research and travel in an exciting and expanding area of public policy and research, engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders including the faith and voluntary sector, media (at all levels), academic departments and think tanks, the public and private sector and government policy makers. For the right person and with the anticipated growth of the William Temple Foundation’s work there could be the possibility to extend the role to include the conducting, writing up and publishing of empirical research projects.

 

This is an appointment on a three year fixed-term contract. The post is 25 hours a week on an annual salary of approximately £30, 000 (paid pro-rata).

 

For the application pack see the William Temple Foundation’s website www.wtf.org.uk or contact:

Dr Chris Baker

Director of Research, William Temple Foundation

 

Tel: 07779000021

E-mail: chris.baker@wtf.org.uk.

 

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 23rd July 2013 in Manchester

Applications to be made by Friday 12th July 2013

 

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PSA specialist group on politics and religion

Here’s a new proposal for a PSA specialist group on politics and religion (including nonreligion) by Steve Kettel:
Dear colleagues,
We are currently in the process of setting-up a new PSA specialist group on politics and religion. The remit of the group will be broad, and will cover all aspects of the interrelationship between religious (as well as ‘non-religious’ – e.g. secularism, secularisation, atheism etc.) and political issues. At the moment we are finalising the  proposal for consideration by the PSA, and are looking to see how many potential members might be interested. Membership will be free, but is only open to members of the UK’s Political Studies Association. If you would like to be included as a potential member (at the moment this is all non-committal), then please send your details (name, institution etc.) to Steven Kettell (s.kettell@warwick.ac.uk). The proposal is going to the PSA on Wednesday 19 June (this has all come together fairly late in the day), so it would be great to have as many names as possible ahead of this deadline.
Thanks,
Steve Kettell
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Event: Charles Taylor: Religion and Its Others

Religion and Its Others: http://www.iwm.at/events/event/modes-of-secularism-and-religious-responses-2/

13 June 2013 6:00pm – 7:30pm , IWM library

The conference “Modes of Secularism and Religious Responses”, that  takes place in Vienna for the fifth time, concentrates on Latin America, the Mediterranean Muslim world and religious pluralism in Europe. The conference will be opened by a public keynote speech by Charles Taylor.

Charles Taylor, Professor em. of Philosophy, McGill University, Montréal; IWM Permanent Fellow

With the generous support of the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and the Institut Francais d’Autriche – Vienne
Please register via mail events@iwm.at or phone +43-1-313-58-0

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CFP: EASR Annual Conference: RELIGION, MIGRATION, MUTATION

The 12th EASR Annual Conference will be hosted by the Bristish Association for the Study of Religions at Liverpool Hope University, 3-6 September 2013.

The conference theme will be RELIGION, MIGRATION, MUTATION.The 12th EASR Annual Conference will be hosted by the British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR) at Liverpool Hope University. This will also be a Special Conference of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR).

The conference theme will be RELIGION, MIGRATION, MUTATION.

Please see 12th EASR Annual Conference web site for more information.

Call for Papers

The conference invites papers and panels  that examine what happens to religious beliefs and practices when they are displaced, and what occurs to religions when new cultural practices interact with them. The focus on transformation is not only to be taken in connection with movements of people but panels and papers are invited that deal with the issue of mutation in the broadest sense. We invite scholars from different disciplines to participate in the conference. RELIGION, MIGRATION, MUTATION is the 12th annual conference of the EASR and the second to be organised in collaboration with the BASR.

Panels will be 2 hours long and consist of 4 speakers (papers should be no more than 25 minutes long, allowing a 20 minute discussion period). Proposals should include Panel/Papers information: title, abstract for the panel and the individual papers (150 words), any unusual IT required, list of chair, panellists, and abstracts for both the panel and the individual papers.

Individual papers are welcomed.

Submission deadline has been extended: 15th June 2013

Proposed Papers and Panels should be sent to the Conference Administrator (Sara Fretheim): easrconference(à)hope.ac.uk

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Job opening: SSRC

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) seeks a Program Officer or Program Coordinator to work with the Council’s Program on Religion and the Public Sphere. The Program Officer/Coordinator will work closely with the Program Director on a variety of program management and development activities. S/he will also be responsible for a range of social media and communications activities emanating from the program’s various projects and will play a central editorial and managerial role for two digital publications (The Immanent Frame and Reverberations).

Qualifications include a PhD, MA, or professional degree with relevance to the social sciences, humanities, or a closely related field of study. Demonstrated achievement in editorial/communications-oriented work is strongly preferred, as is academic training or interest in religion.

Annual salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Comprehensive benefits include health, prescription, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance; gym reimbursement; an outstanding pension plan and tax savings programs; generous vacations and sick leave; and more. Provisions are made for professional staff to continue their development as academics or researchers while at the Council.

For more information, see: http://www.ssrc.org/about/employment/

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Postdoctoral position: Laboratory for Experimental Research of Religion

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cognition and Culture

The Laboratory for the Experimental Research of Religion at Masaryk University is looking to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cognition and Culture. The successful candidate will be employed to work under the supervision of Dr. Dimitris Xygalatas (Director) on experimental studies of religion. The post involves carrying out behavioural experimental research in the LEVYNA lab facilities and in naturalistic settings.

Responsibilities include contributing to the training and mentoring of graduate researchers from the humanities who work in experimental methods, providing help with research design and data analysis, and publishing peer-reviewed articles.

Candidates are expected to hold a PhD in Psychology, Cognitive Science, or any related discipline with a focus on behavioural research (e.g. Behavioural Economics, Behavioural Ecology, Behavioral Neuroscience, etc). The successful candidate will be required to have experience in running empirical studies and good knowledge of statistics and quantitative data analyses (SPSS or other statistical packages). Prior theoretical and empirical knowledge in the area of the scientific study of religion is desirable but not necessary.

The position will be located at the LEVYNA Laboratory for the Experimental Research of Religion, in Brno, Czech Republic, an interdisciplinary institute dedicated to the use of experimental methods in researching religious belief and behaviour. LEVYNA is hosted by the Department for the Study of Religion at Masaryk University, and is a senior partner of the Cultural Evolution of Religion Research Consortium (CERC). The centre has excellent connections with all major Cognitive Science of Religion centres.

The post is a full-time position starting September 2013. The appointment will be made for one year, renewable contingent upon external funding.

The deadline for applications is June 19, 2013.
For information on how to apply, please contact the programme manager Kristyna Brožková: brozkovak@phil.muni.cz