Category Archives: Sociology of Religion

The next European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies‘s conference will be held on the 10-13 June 2005 at the Benedictine Abbey of St Ottilien, outside Munich. The theme is “Conversion and Religious Identity”, and it will feature a session with Paul … Continue reading →

Published by Edinburgh University Press this book (by Tariq Modood) combines a discussion of racism and Muslim politics in Britain, offers an interdisciplinary combination of empirical sociology with political theory of multiculturalism and challenges the secularist bias of liberals and … Continue reading →

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Religious Archives Network (LGBTRAN) at Chicago Theological Seminary announces the establishment of an annual LGBT Religious History Award to honor outstanding research and writing. Papers are welcome from established and junior scholars, independent scholars, … Continue reading →

Koyasan University, Japan, is scheduling an International Conference on Esoteric Buddhist Studies for Sept. 2006.Theme: The Scope of Esoteric Buddhism: Identity in Diversity An International Conference on Esoteric Buddhist Studies is to be held at Kôyasan, which maintains the Shingon … Continue reading →

Here is a more reflective blog entry with comments on the study I blogged earlier about Religion and America’s youth. Worth reading it there, as I didn’t go into details here.

September 16-18, 2005, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UKAn international three-day conference to examine the state of the study of indigenous religions. Increased interest in indigenous religions – contemporary and historical – has led to a number of significant publications … Continue reading →

The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion offers an annual research awards competition, for which members are invited to apply. Funded by a generous bequest from long-time SSSR member Jack Shand, these awards are intended to encourage scholarship in … Continue reading →

This would be might kind of class: the “spiritual significance of U2″. It is taught at Calvin College a Christian U. This article pointed me one hand to a collection of sermons, based on their lyrics, titled Get Up Off … Continue reading →

SACRED SPACE IN CONTEMPORARY ASIA American Academy of Religion, Nov. 19-22 2005, Philadelphia PA Theme: “Map and Reality: Evolving Sacred Spaces in Asia.”This consultation solicits various methodological approaches to topics such as: 1) UNESCO World Heritage Sites (especially their early … Continue reading →

One learns about grants in mysterious places. For example I just camme across of the Fichter research grant in a Guardian article about about the European Union’s information network aimed at luring researchers back from the US. BTW the deadline … Continue reading →