Job opening: Assistant Professor in Urban Religions
Assistant Professor in Urban Religions – Position # 53620
The Department of Religious Studies in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences at Southern Methodist University invites applications for a tenure track position in Urban Religions at the rank of Assistant Professor. The position requires residency in Dallas and begins August 1, 2024.
As one of eight tenure-line positions associated with Southern Methodist University’s faculty cluster […]
ASR News and Announcements 9/1/2023
ASR News & Announcements
Rachel Kraus, Executive Officer
In many ways, the Association for the Sociology of Religion has enjoyed much success over the past year and is in excellent shape as we enter 2024. Our 84th annual meeting was a great success. Highlights of this year’s meeting included Gerardo Martí’s Presidential Address, “Racial […]
CfP: Special Themed Issue “Church.Power.Abuse. Sociological Approaches”
Special Themed Issue of the Journal for Religion, Society and Politics
Edited by Udo Kelle, Andreas Schmitz & André Armbruster
This special issue of the Journal for Religion, Society and Politics will adopt a decidedly sociological perspective as a starting point for understanding religious abuse: because abusive practices occur in huge numbers, in many regions of the world, in almost all forms of institutionalized […]
Postdoctoral Fellow Position
Postdoctoral Fellow Position
The Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IUPUI invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow research position. The appointment is for one year with an option for renewal, which is preferred. The target start date is January 1, 2024.
Project description: The position is part of a five-year collaborative project between the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IUPUI and […]
BU School of Theology job posting
Assistant Professor of Religion and Society, School of Theology
Job Description
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY invites applications for a full-time tenure track assistant professor position in religion and society or practical theology, with a specialization in Black Church Studies and/or African American religious communities. Competence with social-scientific research methodologies is central to this position, with a preference for scholars who have experience with ethnographic methods, especially emerging forms […]
In Memory of James D. Davidson, Jr. (1942-2022) by Mary Gauthier
James D. “Jim” Davidson, Jr., 79, passed away on May 22, 2022. Dr. Davidson was President of the Association for the Sociology of Religion from 2006 to 2007. He was a national authority in the sociology of religion and a popular keynote speaker at gatherings of bishops, religious educators, and other church leaders. He was also an avid golfer, achieving four holes in one on the golf course.
Jim earned […]
Survey of US Catholics shows refreshed enthusiasm among women
National Catholic Reporter, Jan 11 2018
ASR Past-President Michelle Dillon reports on the changing levels of religious commitment among American Catholic women, based on the April, 2017, sixth iteration of the Catholics in Transition survey. Among the findings is a difference from the 25-year decline in commitment that the team found from its 2011 survey:
“The overall story is one of stability, and even slightly increased commitment, rather than further decline. […]
ASR News and Announcements (June 3, 2023)
The theme for this year’s annual meeting is “Justice and Religion.” The meeting will be held August 19–21, 2023 at the Bellevue Hotel Philadelphia. We will begin with a Welcome Reception on the evening of Saturday, August 19. We are planning this reception as a joint reception with the ASA Religion Section. The ASA Sociology of Religion Section day is Saturday, August 19.
Our President, Gerardo Marti, and Program Chair, […]
Young Scholars in American Religion announcement
Attention young(er) scholars of American religion: the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture are inviting applications for the next cohort of Young Scholars of American Religion. Applications due June 20th!
Beginning in the fall of 2023, a series of seminars devoted to the enhancement of teaching and research will be offered in Indianapolis. The aims of all sessions of the program are to develop ideas and methods […]
In Memory of Roland Robertson (1938-2022) by Michael A. Cavanaugh
Google “Roland Robertson” and you will immediately encounter the terms “globalization” (and “glocalization”). Strict priority might be disputed, but if any single name is rightly associated with these concepts, it is his.
On the other hand, read his Wikipedia entry and you come away with the impression that the globalization work is all he ever did. This is of course not so, and today I wish to speak to the […]