Call for Papers: Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR), University of Groningen, May 11-15, 2014
Conference 2014: “Religion and Pluralities of Knowledge”
Call for proposals
We invite contributions from various disciplines and perspectives to explore the nexus of religion, pluralism, and knowledge. We encourage a conversation among theoretical, historical, and empirical contributions. Papers and panels may address topics such as the following:
- The pluralistic nature of knowledge about religion, including different disciplinary perspectives and new concepts: history as imaginative knowledge, sociology […]
A Short Essay in Memory of Robert N. Bellah (1927-2013) by Richard L. Wood
In remembering Robert N. Bellah, I hope to evoke both the man and his intellectual work. So I offer here three ideas from Bob Bellah’s work that have made a difference in lives and intellectual trajectories, my own and others’, interspersed with two memories of my interactions with the man… [click link to continue]
A Short Essay in Memory of Robert N. Bellah (1927-2013) by Richard L. Wood
The Passing of William R. Garrett, a former president of ASR
Bill Garrett, ASR President in 1984-85 and editor of the journal Sociological Analysis from 1980 to 1982, died on Tuesday afternoon, August 27, 2013, at the age of 73 after battling a serious illness for the past few years. For most of his career, Bill taught at St. Michael’s College in Winooski, VT. A memorial service was held in Burlington, VT, on Saturday, August 31. His obituary, which appeared […]