Position on the Role of Islam in African Societies
| Date Position is Available: | Fall 2014 |
| Listing Active: | 04/24/2013 to 05/24/2013 |
| Job Listing Title: | Professor |
| Job Position/Rank: | Academic Positions – Associate Professor Academic Positions – Full Professor |
| Special Programs and Areas of Faculty Expertise: | Cultural Sociology |
| Special Programs and Areas of Faculty Expertise: | Religion |
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Call for Papers: Global ReOrient: Chinese Pentecostal/Charismatic Movements in the Global East
An Interdisciplinary Conference at Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, 1-2 November, 2013
The importance of Pentecostal-charismatic movements in the “Global South” has been well established. We would like to call for a scholarly reorientation toward the “Global East” where economic miracles go hand in hand with rapid growths of Christianity. This symposium particularly focuses on Chinese Pentecostalism in Asian societies. With its innovative styles […]
Call for Applications – RELIGION, REFORM AND THE CHALLENGE OF PLURALITY – UCSIA Summer School, 25 Aug-1 Sept 2013, Antwerp, Belgium
In 2013 the UCSIA summer school focuses on the topic of Religion, Reform and the Challenge of Plurality. We will research processes of change that arise in the interaction between religions and societies in contexts of plurality – especially and also in a global world. Where a diversity of religions and societal perspectives are present, identity-claims are problematised, and the understanding of citizenship is evolving. What role can religions […]
Call for Proposals on Women and Religion / Women in the Americas
ELEVEN ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE INSTITUT DES AMÉRIQUES, 4-6 DECEMBER 2013, AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY
The 11th Institut des Amériques Conference Call for papers interrogates the theme of “Women in the Americas.” A generation of scholars in the humanities and social sciences have paid considerable attention to gender- and women-related issues. This more comprehensive framework, constructing North/South and transamericanist paradigms, ambitions to revisit such topics from interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives. Beyond […]
ASR’s News & Announcements
2013 marks the 75th anniversary of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, and we’re planning to use our meeting in Manhattan this year to celebrate. Our hotel will be the Doubletree Metropolitan, which is part of the Hilton group in New York City, and we were able to get a phenomenal rate — just $179/night for rooms with one queen- or king-sized bed, and just $199/night for rooms […]
Congregational Studies Fellowships
The Congregational Studies Team is pleased to announce the availability of Fellowships* to support scholars who are interested in disciplined inquiry into the life of local communities of faith. These 18-month fellowships include $18,000 in research support, plus $2000 for related travel. In addition, Fellowships include a program of mentoring by a senior-scholar coach and participation in two summer consultations that bring together the Fellows and coaches with the […]
The 11th Conference of the European Sociological Assocation: August 28-31, 2013, Torino, Italy
The 11th Conference of the European Sociological Association will be held 28-31 August in Torino, Italy.
The Research Network Sociology of Religion (RN34) has issued its call for papers. The call includes joint sessions with Sociology of Culture at https://dl.dropbox.com/u/56963/CFP%20RN35.pdf, Society and Sports, Sociology of Emotions, Qualitative Methods, and Sociology of Migration.
Click here to download a PDF of the Call: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/56963/CfP%20-%20RN34%20-%20Sociology%20of%20Religion.pdf
Click here to visit the main conference website: […]
Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University
The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University invites researchers who are conducting research on the Catholic Church to consider sending research briefs, news releases, or summaries of their research to CARA@georgetown.edu for publication in its quarterly publication The CARA Report. To learn more about CARA go to cara.georgetown.edu.
Dissertation Fellowships from The Louisville Institute
Vocation of the Theological Educator Dissertation Fellowship
ANNUAL APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 1
The Dissertation Fellowship program is designed to support the final year Ph.D. or Th.D. dissertation writing for students engaged in research pertaining to North American Christianity, especially projects with the potential to strengthen the religious life of North American Christians and their institutions, including seminaries, while simultaneously advancing American religious and theological scholarship.