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18 03, 2025

Announcing the Mentors for the 2025–2027 Young Scholars in American Religion Cohort

2025-03-18T16:01:58-04:00

2025–2027 Young Scholars in American Religion Mentors

Gerardo Martí

Gerardo Martí is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at Davidson College with expertise in race and ethnicity, immigration, religion, political power, and social change. A prolific and award-winning author, he has served as president of both the Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR) and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR). His current research is funded by a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc. and focuses on churches actively confronting racial injustice. His ninth book is under contract with Oxford University Press.

Tisa Wenger

Tisa Wenger is Professor of American Religious History at Yale Divinity School, with secondary appointments in American Studies, History, and Religious Studies at Yale. […]

Announcing the Mentors for the 2025–2027 Young Scholars in American Religion Cohort2025-03-18T16:01:58-04:00
10 03, 2025

Call for Nominations 2026 Boniuk Institute Senior Scholar

2025-03-10T10:02:10-04:00

Call for Nominations

2026 Boniuk Institute Senior Scholar

Nominations are invited for the 2026 Boniuk Institute Senior Scholar. The Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance’s Senior Scholar Award is given annually to the senior scholar who has made outstanding contributions to the public understanding of religious pluralism and tolerance, and who most exemplifies Boniuk Institute’s mission to understand the conditions which lead to religious pluralism, conflict, and violence, and help people apply its findings in their lives and communities.

The Senior Scholar will join the Boniuk Institute at Rice University in the Spring of 2026 for about three days, where they will participate in a variety of Institute programs, including the official award ceremony event. At this event, […]

Call for Nominations 2026 Boniuk Institute Senior Scholar2025-03-10T10:02:10-04:00
4 03, 2025

SSSR Executive Officer Position

2025-03-04T14:19:55-05:00

Dear Colleagues,

The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) seeks a dynamic and innovative leader to serve as its next Executive Officer. The SSSR is an interdisciplinary academic association that stimulates, promotes, and communicates social scientific research about religious institutions and experiences. SSSR was founded at Harvard University in 1949 as the Committee for the Social Scientific Study of Religion. From 1951 to 1956, the organization was called the Committee for the Scientific Study of Religion, and, with membership numbering in the hundreds, the change to the present name was made at the end of 1956. Today SSSR fosters interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration among more than a thousand scholars from sociology, religious and secular studies, psychology, political science, economics, […]

SSSR Executive Officer Position2025-03-04T14:19:55-05:00
3 02, 2025

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology

2025-02-03T10:54:31-05:00

Lafayette College Department of Anthropology and Sociology

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology

The Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Lafayette College invites applications for a one-year visiting assistant professor position in Sociology for the academic year 2025-2026. We seek candidates with a strong commitment to high quality undergraduate education to teach Introduction to Sociology and elective courses that fit within the department’s curriculum and their substantive areas of expertise. Area specialties in health, race and ethnicity, migration, labor, religion, and methods are welcome, but all areas will be considered. This is a full-time appointment with a 3/3 teaching load. A PhD is required, but ABD candidates with […]

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology2025-02-03T10:54:31-05:00
11 08, 2023

Postdoctoral Fellow Position

2023-08-11T14:31:29-04:00

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 the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis, which includes 47 congregations in central and southern Indiana. The project examines parenting and religious socialization in the contemporary context and is funded by Lilly Endowment Inc. Distinguishing characteristics of the Episcopal Church include its liturgical tradition, inclusivity, and public engagement. Topics on religious parenting […]

Postdoctoral Fellow Position2023-08-11T14:31:29-04:00
7 08, 2023

BU School of Theology job posting

2023-08-07T14:22:07-04:00

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 such as hybrid and digital ethnography.

Click here for full description and application directions

BU School of Theology job posting2023-08-07T14:22:07-04:00
12 06, 2023

Young Scholars in American Religion announcement

2023-06-12T12:15:50-04:00

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 of teaching in a supportive workshop environment, stimulate scholarly research and writing, and create a community of scholars that will continue into the future.

https://raac.iupui.edu/programs/young-scholars-in-american-religion/2023-25-ysar-application/

Young Scholars in American Religion announcement2023-06-12T12:15:50-04:00
18 01, 2023

In Memory of Gary Bouma, 1942-2021 by Jim Spickard

2023-06-12T20:04:23-04:00

Gary Bouma was Australia’s pre-eminent sociologist of religion and a major contributor to sociology worldwide. A professor at Monash University, he held the UNESCO Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious Relations – Asia Pacific from 2005–21 and directed or participated in scores of national and international research projects on such topics as religious pluralism, religious tolerance, and religions’ role supporting multi-cultural societies. He authored or edited over 30 books and 360 articles, including the path-breaking Australian Soul (2006). He was the Chair of the Board of Directors for the 2009 Parliament of World Religions and also an ordained Anglican priest. To all these roles, he brought a deep commitment to social justice […]

In Memory of Gary Bouma, 1942-2021 by Jim Spickard2023-06-12T20:04:23-04:00
16 01, 2023

INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON RELIGIONS

2023-01-16T12:06:40-05:00

INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON RELIGIONS (1st-4th March 2023)

Università Roma Tre, Dipartimento Scienze della Formazione, via del Castro Pretorio 20, Rome

Organising Committee:

Irena Borowik, Roberto Cipriani, Grace Davie, Enzo Pace, Philippe Portier, Helena Vilaça, Fenggang Yang, Siniša Zrinščak

PROGRAMME

Wednesday 1st March 2023

9:00 – Introduction by Roberto Cipriani (Roma Tre University)

9:30 – Opening speech by Patrice Brodeur (University of Montreal)

Coffee break

11:00 – Lecture on “Judaism” by Sergio Della Pergola (Hebrew University-Jerusalem)

Discussants: David Meghnagi (Roma Tre University), Ephraim Tabory (Bar-Ilan University-Ramat Gan)

INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON RELIGIONS2023-01-16T12:06:40-05:00
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