News and Event Posts for Sociologists of Religion

• Exploring Belief: Religion and the Media 2022

  Mon 16 May 2022 – 11:00am Presented by Roger Bolton and Hannah Scott Joynt 300 minutes The fourth Religion in the Media festival is packed full of stand-out keynote speakers,…

  May 8, 2022

• Muslims and Humour: Essays on Comedy, Joking, and Mirth in Contemporary Islamic Contexts

  Edited by Bernard Schweizer and Lina Molokotos-Liederman with Yasmin Amin (Bristol University Press, 2022, 280pp) This thought-provoking collection offers a multi-disciplinary approach to the connections between Islam, Muslims and humour. Beginning with theoretical perspectives on the subject and scriptural guidance…

  April 10, 2022

• PETER B. CLARKE Memorial Essay Prize 2022: Call for Essay Submissions 

  The BSA (British Sociological Association) Sociology of Religion Study Group (Socrel) invites essay submissions from postgraduates or early career researchers on any aspect of contemporary religion addressed from a sociological…

  April 10, 2022

• Religiologiques – APPEL À CONTRIBUTION pour un NUMÉRO THÉMATIQUE: « Discours et pouvoir dans et sur les religions »

  ARGUMENTAIRE Très marqués par la philosophie foucaldienne, les concepts de « discours » et de « pouvoir » sont utiles pour réfléchir aux nouvelles configurations religieuses, tant en ce qui concerne la construction et…

  April 10, 2022

• Adjunct Professor James Cox Public Lecture, Book launch and reception, Western Sydney University

  You are Invited to attend the Public Lecture, Book launch and reception presented by Adjunct Professor James Cox  on 5th May 2022. This event will be held at Western Sydney…

  April 10, 2022