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Call for Papers: Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR), University of Groningen, May 11-15, 2014
sorbackend2013-10-10T18:11:57-04:00Conference 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 of knowledge, knowledge and space, materiality of knowledge (goods, objects, machines, instruments), aesthetics of knowledge, knowledge as related to gender and race, etc.;
- Various forms of knowledge about religion: rational knowledge, imaginative and poetic knowledge, explicit and implicit knowledge, embodied knowledge, ritual knowledge, etc.;
- Historical developments, changes, and reconfigurations of knowledge systems that […]
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A Short Essay in Memory of Robert N. Bellah (1927-2013) by Richard L. Wood
sorbackend2013-09-25T21:16:39-04:00In 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
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The Passing of William R. Garrett, a former president of ASR
sorbackend2013-09-04T21:34:34-04:00Bill 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 in the Burlington Free Press, states that Bill “greatly enjoyed teaching, presenting papers at conferences in the United States and abroad, as well as conducting two week courses in Paris, France.” Click here to view the full obituary from the Burlington Free Press.
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Otto Maduro: A Personal Memorial, by Laurel Kearns and Jim Spickard
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Assistant Professor Position in Sociology of Religion at Purdue University
sorbackend2013-08-26T01:30:11-04:00The Department of Sociology at Purdue University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position beginning Fall 2014. To learn more about the position and the application process, please click on the following link:
Assistant Professor Position in Sociology of Religion at Purdue University
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