Monthly Archives: November 2011

THE MAKING OF SAINTS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD IN 20th CENTURY Paris - 2-3 December 2011

  Organisers: CNRS Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités GSRL - UMR 8582 - CNRS Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes - Sorbonne Department of Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews, Scotland Centre d’Études sur l’Inde et l’Asie du Sud CEIAS - UMR … Continue reading

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British Association for the Study of Religions

Call for papers Annual Conference 2012 Borders, Boundaries and Transgressions: within and between religions University of Winchester, UK 5-7 September Scholars of religion and religions are invited to submit paper proposals related to the topic. The question of what religion … Continue reading

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Religion as Communication. God’s Talk

A New Book by Enzo Pace, Sociology and Sociology of Religion, University of Padova, Italy Why do Gods persist in contemporary society? Religious revival and vitality all over the world contradict the vision of continuing declining of belief. This linear … Continue reading

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RELIGION AND NEOLIBERALISM

Symposium RELIGION AND NEOLIBERALISM Changes in Governance, Law, Security and Welfare 8 December 2011 Auditorium Stina, Axelia, Biskopsgatan 8, 20500 Åbo, Finland The conference looks at the impact of changes in global political economy and the associated ideology of neoliberalism … Continue reading

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International Symposium on Marriage in World Religions Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi İZMİR / TURKİYE 6-8 April 2012

https://web.deu.edu.tr/ilahiyat/ocs/index.php/nikah/nikah2012 The purpose of this syposium is to remind modern people of the significance of marriage and the family established by it. As the main pillar of family, marriage has been considered the only legal relationship in all world religions … Continue reading

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Sikhs in Europe: Migration, Identities and Representations

Edited by Knut A. Jacobsen, University of Bergen, Norway Kristina Myrvold, Lund University, Sweden Ashgate, November 2011 https://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&pageSubject=549&calcTitle=1&sort=pubdate&forthcoming=1&title_id=10934&edition_id=14157 Sikhs in Europe are neglected in the study of religions and migrant groups: previous studies have focused on the history, culture and … Continue reading

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Secularity, Globalisation and Power

Pakistan Workshop 2012 The Lake District, 11th-13th May 2012 Secularity, Globalisation and Power Both secularity and globalisation are understood to be phenomena that are intrinsically connected to rise of the post Enlightenment modern world. However, in order to understand the … Continue reading

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International interdisciplinary scientific conference Religious Experience and Tradition

Kaunas, Lithuania, May 11-12, 2012 During the last century, religious experience has been studied extensively from different points of view, such as: the revitalization of religion; New Age movements; new social roles of religion; the place of different religions in … Continue reading

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Black Church Activism and Contested Multiculturalism in Europe, North America, and South Africa - 29th & 30th May Two day conference at Birkbeck, University of London May 29th – 30th 2012

This conference, which is part of an ongoing Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race, will bring together academics, church leaders, practitioners and community activists to explore the role that churches play in the construction of identities in societies where issues … Continue reading

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POSTE DE PROFESSEUR

AU DÉPARTEMENT DE SCIENCES DES RELIGIONS POSTE DE PROFESSEUR TRADITIONS RELIGIEUSES DE L’ASIE DU SUD L’UQAM recherche des candidates et candidats qualifiés afin de renouveler son corps professoral et assurer un développement de qualité dans tous les domaines d’activités. SOMMAIRE … Continue reading

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