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20 07, 2019

Davidson College Hiring Quantitative Sociologist

2019-07-20T14:26:54-04:00

Assistant Professor in Sociology (Quantitative Methods)

The Department of Sociology at Davidson College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Sociology starting July 1, 2020. Area is open, but the candidate must have expertise in quantitative methods. The successful candidate will teach five courses annually (reduced to four courses in the first year), which includes one introductory social statistics course, one quantitative methods course, and three other courses in areas of the applicant’s expertise.

New sociology courses and potential contributions to Davidson College’s interdisciplinary programs (including Africana Studies, Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Latin American Studies) will be viewed favorably. The position includes mentoring senior thesis projects.

Candidates are expected to be highly committed to excellence in both […]

Davidson College Hiring Quantitative Sociologist2019-07-20T14:26:54-04:00
1 05, 2019

Religion and Public Life Program at Rice Seeking Post-docs

2019-05-01T15:45:44-04:00

The Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP) at Rice University is offering one postdoctoral fellowship that is two years in length that will begin on July 1, 2019. The fellow will be housed in the Religion and Public Life Program in the Department of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences. The fellow will work primarily on quantitative analyses related to the Faith at Work and Religious Discrimination in the Workplace Study (Elaine Howard Ecklund, PI, and Denise Daniels, co-PI), a U.S.-based study that examines the impact of gender, race, and social class on perceptions of faith expression in the workplace and religious discrimination. In addition, the postdoctoral fellow will work on other research […]

Religion and Public Life Program at Rice Seeking Post-docs2019-05-01T15:45:44-04:00
1 05, 2019

Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies GID Sociology of Religion Program

2019-05-01T15:37:08-04:00

The Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California (USC) is seeking applications for its Generations in Dialogue (GID) program about the Sociology of Religion.

The GID program involves a widely-recognized senior Catholic scholar sharing his or her time, expertise, and wisdom with several junior scholars in the same or related disciplines. Over a two-year period these scholars convene for four weekend dialogues that include discipline-specific discussions, personal reflection, shared prayer, and presentations from distinguished scholars and public intellectuals.  Besides benefiting from two years of mentorship, junior scholars will establish relationships with other dedicated scholars in their field.

A generous stipend is included. Early-career (pre-tenure and dissertation stage) social scientists are eligible. Applications are welcome from […]

Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies GID Sociology of Religion Program2019-05-01T15:37:08-04:00
13 03, 2019

ASR News & Announcements

2019-03-13T16:22:11-04:00

ASR News & Announcements

Rachel Kraus, Executive Officer

Thank you to everyone who attended our 81th annual meeting in New York City and helped make it a great success.  I hope you all found intellectually engaging conversations, met some new people, and enjoyed NYC sites.  Highlights of this year’s meeting included Paula Nesbitt’s Presidential Address, Peter Beyer’s Furfey Lecture, “Religion in Interesting Times: Contesting Form, Function, and Future,” two joint ASR-ASA Sessions, five book salons and discussions, and a joint ASR-ASA Religion Section Reception.  The annual meeting also featured two professionalization workshops focusing on teaching sociology of religion and Louisville Institute research funding opportunities for social scientific studies of religion.  Along with our McNamara and Distinguished Article Awards, we also presented our […]

ASR News & Announcements2019-03-13T16:22:11-04:00
31 01, 2019

AAR Sociology of Religion Conference Call for Papers

2019-01-31T18:03:53-05:00

AAR

Sociology of Religion Unit

The Call for Papers can be accessed here

Statement of Purpose:

The Sociology of Religion Unit of the American Academy of Religion serves as a bridge between religious studies and the subdiscipline of sociology of religion. It functions as a two-way conduit not only to import sociological research into religious studies but also to export the research of religious studies into both the subdiscipline and the broader field of sociology. Only through a cross-fertilization transgressing departmental boundaries can there be breakthroughs in research in both fields. The unit has a wide conception of sociology of religion. It is open to a multiplicity of paradigms and methodologies utilized […]

AAR Sociology of Religion Conference Call for Papers2019-01-31T18:03:53-05:00
27 01, 2019

Sociology of Religion Study Group Annual Conference July 9-11, 2019 Cardiff University

2019-01-27T17:28:53-05:00

Communicating Religion

Charles Hirschkind (University of California-Berkeley)

Mia Lövheim (Uppsala University)

Jolyon Mitchell (University of Edinburgh)

As scholars of religion, we are all tasked with communicating religion in one way or another – to students, to the public, and to our research community. Moreover, what we study is itself a message: participants in our studies and creators of the documents we analyse are communicating religion, and what we receive as data is what Giddens referred to as the ‘double hermeneutic,’ or ideas and experiences that have already been mediated. What is the religion communicated to us? How do we communicate religion, and what is it that we communicate when we’re doing it?

Our focus is on “communicating” as a verb-like gerund rather than “communication” as […]

Sociology of Religion Study Group Annual Conference July 9-11, 2019 Cardiff University2019-01-27T17:28:53-05:00
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