Category Archives: Sociology of Religion

Official words of a new book:Possamai, Adam (2005) Religion and Popular Culture: A Hyper-Real Testament, P.I.E.-Peter Lang, Bruxelles. Book synopsis: Popular culture can no longer be exclusively seen as a source of escapism. It can amuse, entertain, instruct, and relax … Continue reading →

Richard Swedberg (from Cornell U) book titled as above has just been published by Stanford University Press as I learned from Newswise. The single Amazon review did not look very positive though. But then I checked the reviewer’s other reviews … Continue reading →

Here is a basic Durkheim-ian analysis of the Superbowl. There is actually a quite decent volume of literature explaining US sports as religion in anthropological and sociological terms. The author appearently is oblivious to them, but it is always nice … Continue reading →

The Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, a referred academic journal dedicated to publishing cultural studies scholarship from both established and emerging scholars, is currently soliciting submissions for an upcoming special issue on:RELIGION, SECULARISM, AND CULTURAL STUDIES Guest Editors: Lori Branch … Continue reading →

17 – 18 March 2005, MexicoIt took me a while to find details, but even then the titles of the sessions are in Spanish. I understand though the themes: Religion and border Knowledge and rituality in the religious tradition of … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →