As part of the Faith Interviews, organised by the the Religion and Society programme, Professor Sir John Sulston (humanist and Nobel Prize Winner for work on the genome) will be interviewed by Andrew Brown of The Guardian.
WEDS, 7TH NOVEMBER 2012, 5.30 – 7.00 RUSI, 61 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
To register for a free place, email p.ainsworth@lancaster.ac.uk
Please see below, details of CFP for a conference on New Forms of Public Religion organised as part of the AHRC/ESRC funded Religion and Society Programme. The conference will take place at the Divinity School, St John’s College, Cambridge, CB2 1TW
The fact that religion has not privatised, but remains an important aspect of public life, is now well recognised. But talk of ‘public religion’ can be vague and unfocused. The aim of this conference is to explore – with new findings – the forms which public religion is taking today, not only in the West, but elsewhere in an increasingly connected world.
The conference streams indicate the main arenas in relation to which public religion will be discussed, and on which papers are invited. Additional suggestions are also welcome:
Speakers include:
Lori Beaman
José Casanova
The Rt Hon Charles Clarke
Grace Davie
Pamela Dickey-Young
Stewart Hoover
The Rt Revd Graham James
Meredith McGuire
Nancy Nason-Clark
Jim Spickard
Linda Woodhead
The conference will showcase thirty or so projects funded by the Religion and Society Programme which have new findings in this area. These will be supplemented by the papers received through this open call.
Individual paper proposals (max. 200 words) should be submitted to: Peta Ainsworth: p.ainsworth@lancaster.ac.uk by 30th April 2012.
The conference is subsidised by the sponsors and costs £100 per delegate, £50 for postgraduates/unwaged (for the entire conference) or £50 per day, £25 for postgraduates/unwaged. The conference fee excludes accommodation and evening meals. For further details and registration go to:http://www.religionandsociety.org.uk/events/programme_events/show/new_forms_of_public_religion
A limited number of bursaries are available for postgraduates in the UK who need to travel some distance to Cambridge. Please send an email with your registration form to Peta Ainsworth stating in one paragraph why you require assistance and how much your travel costs will be.
Wednesday 07 March 2012, 5.30-7pm, 61 Whitehall
Details below or visit the Religion and Society webpage
Since 9/11 and 7/7 billions have been invested in tackling and understanding religious radicalisation. This debate brings together academic and policy experts to consider what have we learned:
About its nature and causes?
About parallels and precedents?
About the effect of policies designed to tackle the problem?
About future threats and where we go from here?
Download the academics’ presentations below, under their photographs
Register your place
If you would like to take part in the debate, please email
p.ainsworth@lancaster.ac.uk
When registering, please let us know which of the following categories best describes you ‘Academic’, ‘Faith-based Organisations and Voluntary Sector’, ‘Media’, ‘Policy’, ‘Religious Communities’ or ‘Other’
Mat is editor of radicalisationresearch.org for the Religion and Society Programme and Researcher on the Religious Literacy Leadership Programme.
Mark is a Professor in the Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University. His publications include Muhammad Abduh (2009) and he recently wrote a piece for radicalisationresearch.org
Dr Shterin is Lecturer in Sociology of Religion at King’s College London. His publications include Dying for Faith co-authored with Madawi Al-Rasheed (2009) and he recently co-edited a special issue of Religion, State and Society.
Ed is co-founder of the Quilliam Foundation and author of The Islamist (2007).He is currently a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC.
A conference of interest of that perhaps has space for a nonreligious and civic perspective on the notion of the Sacred?
AHRC/ESRC RELIGION AND SOCIETY PROGRAMME
9th to 11th May 2012
The John McIntyre Conference Centre (Edinburgh University), 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5AY
Call for Papers
Roadside shrines; divorce parties; tattoos made with ink containing a loved one’s ashes; spiritual retreats; prayer cairns; naming ceremonies; healing rituals; contacts with the dead: however ‘disenchanted’ the world may be, there is plenty of evidence of enchantment and re-enchantment all around. Life and death are still rendered meaningful through ancient and reinvented practices, rituals, beliefs and symbols which attach sacredness and significance to what would otherwise be merely mundane.
The purpose of the conference is to explore new evidence, analysis and theory concerning the sacred practices of everyday life. There is a particular focus on the varied ways in which the life course is being re-enchanted in the 21st century, but papers looking at other eras and/or larger forms of sacred practice (e.g. civic rituals) are also welcome. The scope is global.
The conference will showcase thirty or so projects funded by the Religion and Society Programme which have new findings in this area. These will be supplemented by the papers received through this open call.
The conference streams are:
Individual paper proposals (max. 200 words) should be submitted to:
Peta Ainsworth: p.ainsworth@lancaster.ac.uk by 29th February 2012.
The conference is subsidised by the sponsors and costs £95 per delegate, £60 for postgraduates/unwaged (for the entire conference) or £45 per day, £30 for postgraduates/unwaged. The conference fee excludes accommodation and conference dinner. For further details and registration go to: http://www.religionandsociety.org.uk/events/programme_events/show/sacred_practices_of_everyday_life
Peta Ainsworth
Administrator
AHRC/ESRC Religion & Society Programme
C14 FASS Building
County South
Lancaster University
Lancaster LA1 4YD
Tel. (01524) 510826
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