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Monthly Archives: January 2005
Social Context of Death Dying and Disposal
From an email:We are pleased to announce that the University of Bath will be hosting the 7th International Conference on the Social Context of Death Dying and Disposal from 15-18th September 2005. The conference covers all social aspects of death, … Continue reading
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CFP: Religion and Inequalities in a Global World
7th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) Torun, Poland, September 9th-12th, 2005Rethinking Inequalities Research Stream Religion and Inequalities in a Global World Call for Papers Various forms of inequalities through History Through History, forms of inequalities have been diverse … Continue reading
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Pentek delutani burokracia
Kezdek belejonni abba, hogy a szombat legyen a hetvegem. Ami azzal jar, hogy a bejovetele elott le akarom zarni a heti ugyes bajos dolgaimat. Mult heten nagyot takaritottam es mostam pentek delutan. Ezen heten ezert csak kicsit kellett, de volt … Continue reading
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The Last Jew in Kabul
This article tells the story of an lederly Jew sharing a synagogue as his home with a young Muslim in Afghanistan. The self-appointed ‘Last Jew’ in Kabul may very well be what the last one there. The articlle sadly is … Continue reading
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Faith’s Public Role: Politics and Theology
Received via email: Faith’s Public Role: Politics and Theology Cambridge, 6-8 April 2005 Von Hugel Institute St Edmund’s College Religion’s social and political significance is re-emerging in new and dramatically diverse contexts, from the Jubilee 2000 to religiously inspired terrorism. … Continue reading
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Coming to terms with leadership
Late last week I got an inquiry from the director of the University Religious Center (where I go for the interfaith devotions Wednesday nights) asking whether I would be interested on being on the panel of a conference about “Spirituality … Continue reading
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Do not touch my neighbour
A nice collection of positive Dutch initiatives in the midst of wave of violence and and racist rhetoric following the murder of Theo van Gogh by a Muslim extremist. I am guessing the backgrounds of the projects’ leaders, based on … Continue reading
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Modern Religion in 2005
Got it in an email: Dear Colleague, Our Institute for State-Church Relations intends to prepare a monograph under the name Modern Religion in 2005. For this reason, we are expecting Your and/ or Your colleagues’ essays (30-40.000 characters) written in … Continue reading
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Tsunami victim: SoR scholar
It was confirmed that a professor of Sociology of Religion who visited a few years ago my school, UCSB, was amongst the victims of the tsunami. Iskandar was a professor of the sociology of religion and political Islam from the … Continue reading
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Lecture on the “Nation’s Religion And Influence On Morality”
It seems obvious to me that the answer for the question below is yes: Does the religious context of a nation influence morality of its residents, regardless of their personal beliefs? However Dr. Roger Finke, professor of sociology and religious … Continue reading
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