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24 05, 2020

News and Announcements Summer 2020

2020-05-24T15:53:16-04:00

Typically, around this time of year, our News and Announcements would include highlights from our Annual Meeting.  Unfortunately, we are all aware that Covid-19 has led the ASR Council to cancel our 2020 Annual Meeting.  The ASR Council recognizes that not having a conference this year may be very disappointing.  Every year, we look forward to intellectually stimulating research and conversation, sharing teaching experiences, and navigating grant opportunities.  The ASR Council will begin preparations for our 2021 Annual Meeting in the coming weeks.  Our Chicago hotel is conveniently located on the Magnificent Mile between the ASA hotel and the heart of Chicago.

Congratulations, again, to the winners of ASR’s 2020 election.  Gerardo Marti will serve as President-Elect.  Tricia C. Bruce, Damon […]

News and Announcements Summer 20202020-05-24T15:53:16-04:00
18 03, 2020

Wade Clark Roof (1948-2019), by Dusty Hoesly

2020-03-18T14:51:22-04:00

The Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, announces with deep sadness the sudden passing of our colleague Wade Clark Roof on August 24, 2019, in his sleep.  Professor Roof, who was J.F. Rowny Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religion and Society from 2013, joined the department in 1989 as J.F. Rowny Professor of Religion and Society, at that time already a compelling figure in the sociology of religion.  Previously, he had been Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  Raised in rural South Carolina, he graduated magna cum laude from Wofford College in Spartanburg, went on to Yale Divinity School, where he received a master of divinity degree in […]

Wade Clark Roof (1948-2019), by Dusty Hoesly2020-03-18T14:51:22-04:00
13 02, 2020

ASR News & Announcements

2020-02-13T16:33:44-05:00

ASR News & Announcements

Rachel Kraus, Executive Officer

Preparations for this summer’s 82nd Annual Meeting are in full swing.  The meeting will be held August 7-9, 2020 at the Hotel Nikko San Francisco, located in Union Square and around the corner from the ASA hotel.  We will begin with a Welcoming Reception on the evening of Friday, August 7th.  Similar to last year, we are planning a joint Closing Reception with the ASA Religion Section for the evening of Sunday, August 9.  The Presidential Address will be given by James C. Cavendish, and the Furfey Lecture will be delivered by Kelsey Burke.  The ASA Sociology of Religion Section day is Monday, August 10th.

The hotel reservation link, meeting registration page, and information about […]

ASR News & Announcements2020-02-13T16:33:44-05:00
4 02, 2020

SSSR – RRA Call for Proposals

2020-02-04T15:23:52-05:00

What will you present this year?

The proposal and registration system is officially open for the SSSR+RRA 2020 annual meeting. We will meet October 23 – 25 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Westin Hotel. Please visit the annual meeting page to read our call for papers, submit a proposal, and register. We also invite members to submit applications for our grants and awards.

Presentation Formats

The annual meeting will include paper sessions, author meets critics panels, and roundtable sessions. Paper sessions comprise three to four papers and may be proposed as a complete session. Individual paper proposals are built into sessions by the program chairs. Author meets critics panels include the author(s) of a recent book and three to four panelists. Roundtable sessions may be submitted […]

SSSR – RRA Call for Proposals2020-02-04T15:23:52-05:00
4 02, 2020

AAR-Sociology of Religion Call for Proposals

2020-02-04T15:18:06-05:00

Call for Proposals

The purpose of the Sociology of Religion program Unit of the American Academy of Religion is to bridge the gap and generate cross-fertilization between the Sociology of Religion and Religious Studies. We are open to papers in all areas and therefore encourage submissions of any topic relevant to the sociology of religion. This year, we are particularly interested in the following topics:

  • Topics related to Boston (and the contributions of prominent sociologists in the region)
    • Links between capitalism, consumerism, neoliberalism and climate change issues
    • Conflicting identities (intersectional identities in conflict)
    • Disciplinary boundaries between sociology of religion and religious studies
    • Sociology of knowledge – especially an exploration of the relationship between religion and STEM
    • In anticipation of the 2020 […]
AAR-Sociology of Religion Call for Proposals2020-02-04T15:18:06-05:00
13 01, 2020

ASR News & Announcements

2020-01-13T16:34:33-05:00

ASR News & Announcements

Rachel Kraus, Executive Officer

The theme for this year’s annual meeting is “Communicating Religion’s Relevance.” The meeting will be held August 7-9, 2020 at the Hotel Nikko San Francisco, located in Union Square and around the corner from the ASA hotel.  Our President, James C. Cavendish, and Program Chair, Brian Starks, have promised to make this year’s meeting unique in terms of both its intellectual content and social gatherings.  We can look forward to unique Presidential sessions, our Presidential and Furfey (Kelsey Burke) lectures, and receptions.  As usual, we will begin our meeting with an Opening Night Reception on Friday, August 7, and we are working with the ASA Religion Section on another joint reception for Sunday, August […]

ASR News & Announcements2020-01-13T16:34:33-05:00
18 09, 2019

Call for Proposals:  China, Christianity, and the Dialogue of Civilizations

2019-09-18T12:05:38-04:00

The US-China Catholic Association will host a conference on “China, Christianity, and the Dialogue of Civilizations” to take place March 13-15, 2020 on the campus of Santa Clara University. This conference will examine efforts to locate engagement between Christianity and Chinese civilization in the context of shared values and the common good. See conference homepage for more information: www.uscatholicchina.org/conference-2020.

Conference organizers seek proposals for panels from potential panel conveners. Panels will address a given topic from several mutually illuminating perspectives, taking into account Catholic and other Christian experience. Panels that have already been proposed include:

  • The Sino-Vatican accord in historical and comparative perspective
  • Sinisization: Meaning and application in China’s context of faith and culture
  • Environmental issues, faith communities and the common good

Panel conveners can simply […]

Call for Proposals:  China, Christianity, and the Dialogue of Civilizations2019-09-18T12:05:38-04:00
11 09, 2019

University of Memphis Hiring in Sociology of Religion

2019-09-11T10:43:24-04:00

Assistant Professor – Sociology of Religion

The Sociology Department at the University of Memphis invites applications for a tenure track faculty position to be filled at the Assistant Professor rank.  Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Sociology no later than August 2020. Area of specialization for both research and teaching is the sociology of religion.  Applicants for this position will be expected to teach in both the Sociology Department and in the Religious Studies Program.

Applications must be made on-line at https://workforum.memphis.edu/postings/23269. Please upload a letter of application which includes teaching interests and research plans, a curriculum vita, publications or samples of written work (up to a maximum of 3 items), evidence of teaching effectiveness, and three professional references. Review of […]

University of Memphis Hiring in Sociology of Religion2019-09-11T10:43:24-04:00
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