Academic conferences on religion in today's world
Colloques et séminaires sur les religions dans le monde contemporain
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06-08.04.2010
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| University of Edinburgh |
The Changing Face of Christianity in the 21st Century
British Sociological Association
Sociology of Religion Study Group |
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Christianity in the 21st century is characterised by rapid change, by both steep decline in membership in some areas, but resurgence in other contexts. At the same time, contemporary Christianity incorporates (sometimes uncomfortably) new forms and hybridisations. The lived experience and performance of Christianity in the West appears to be shifting according to influences from late-modern consumer and media cultures. World Christianities are increasingly influential and migration and diaspora Christianities are (re) shaping Christianity in the West. Meanwhile, far from disappearing from the agendas and language of the public arena, Christianity continues to excite debates around the place and importance of religion in the public arena, as well as discourses of citizenship, equality and well-being. |
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http://www.socrel.org.uk/conferences/Edinburgh2010/index.html |
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28.04.2010
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| Washington DC |
U.S. Engagement with the Muslim World: One Year After Cairo
CSID's 11th Annual Conference |
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In a much-anticipated speech in June 2009, President Barack Obama, speaking from the Egyptian capital, sought a "new beginning" in U. S. relations with the Muslim world. Promising to move beyond terrorism and security to focus on issues of mutual interest, the President laid out an ambitious agenda for overhauling ties between his country and the world's 1.57 billion Muslims. Since the speech there has been considerable debate over its meaning and significance: were Obama's words to be accompanied by new programs and concrete initiatives, or were they merely intended to signal a new diplomatic posture towards the Muslim world? Muslim audiences tended to welcome the speech, but indicated that they would reserve judgment until it was translated into action. Months after the speech-with the U. S. administration bogged down by healthcare reform, economic recovery, and ongoing challenges in Afghanistan-the path towards improved relations with the Islamic world remains unclear. |
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https://www.csidonline.org/ |
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03-05.06.2010
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| Toronto, Canada |
| Veiled Constellations: The Veil, Critical Theory, Politics, and Contemporary Society |
This conference offers a forum to problematize the prevailing discourses surrounding the veil while exploring the veil's subversive potential. The extent to which the veil can erode, or even invert power and oppression is, with the exception of various Islam-inspired positions, an overlooked and under-explored area of academic theorizing. We ask what new insights may be unearthed in moving beyond the impetus to repudiate, fear, or adore the veil.
The conference is a unique opportunity to discuss those contested voices situated within the interstices of the liberal, conservative and Islamic constellations, and, in the process, to re-evaluate the veil in an entirely new light by intersecting multiple disciplinary perspectives. |
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http://www.veiledconstellations.com |
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16-18.06.2010
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| Abo / Turku (Finland) |
Religion and the Body
21st Donner Institute Symposium |
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One of the places where religion and culture intersect is the body. The body can be manipulated using various methods; methods that are also used in a non-religious context. Examples of such are asceticism, fasting and other dietary restrictions, and various psycho-techniques such as yoga. The body is also mutilated for religious reasons, as in the case of circumcision |
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http://web.abo.fi/instut/di/congress2010/index.html |
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17-20.06.2010
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| Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan |
| Esotericism, Magic, and Radicalism |
Jointly sponsored by the Association for the Study of Esotericism, the Societas Magica, and JSR: Journal for the Study of Radicalism.
The many and varied associations between esoteric religion, magic, and radical politics are all more urgently in need of study in an era of rapidly increasing globalization. However these associations are not new, and indeed have a long and complex history. The connections between esoteric religions and politics may be specular and fantastic (as in the accusations of conspiracy so often leveled at witches and heretics), or may be very real (as with the movement led by the Franciscan Bernard Délicieux to suppress the inquisition against the Cathars in Southern France; Bernard was later accused of political sorcery himself). From early Gnostic movements to Rosicrucianism to recent movements like Traditionalism and its offshoots, figures and groups within Western esotericism have been seen, variously, as progressive, conservative, or radical. Many esoteric movements, groups, and individuals have tended either to gain some autonomy from normative religious or political institutions, or to set themselves up as a rarefied elite within such institutions through their beliefs and practices. Often, such figures, groups, or movements are much more complex in their political dimensions than it may at first appear. |
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http://www.aseweb.org/ |
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26-29.06.2010
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| Kazan |
| 2nd International Islamic Business and Finance Summit |
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Public discussions and develop recommendations on operation of the Islamic financial system. |
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http://www.kazansummit.com |
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23-24.07.2010
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| University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus |
| Mysticism, Myth, Nationalism |
Mythical and mystical localities figure prominently in canonical literature and popular culture. This conference will explore how notions of the mystic past inflect current debates about nationhood and/or regionalism.
The conference aims to address such questions as: How are some places, such as Cornwall, felt to be particularly ‘haunted’ by a mythologised, mystic past? What impact does this perception have on their identity politics? How do different nations and regions compare? We are especially interested in how ‘Celtic’ areas such as Wales and Scotland compare to the rest of Britain, but are also keen to explore other locations. |
Shelley Trower
University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus
Email: s.j.trower@exeter.ac.uk |
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04-06.08.2010
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| University of Agder Kristiansand, Norway |
Multi-Religious Societies: Polarization, Coexistence, Indifference
20th Nordic Conference in Sociology of Religion |
The world, including the Nordic countries, is becoming increasingly muliti-religious in the sense that different religious and secular world-views co-exist. Sometimes they live "parallel lives", while in other instances we find intense forms of exchange and mutual influence between world-views. Sometimes different religious groups live in harmony, but there are also examples of tension and outright conflict. Conflicts over religion may dominate the whole society, or the majority of a society's population may be rather indifferent to these issues. In some instances social scientists and the media tend to see religion as a fundamental force in society, in other situations religion is seen as an epi-phenomen and a mere reflection of social, economic, ethnic or nationalistic forces.
In this conference, plenary speakers – and also, hopefully, papers presented – will shed light on the nature of multi-religious societies, and how such societies meet the challenges of religious plurality.
The language of the conference will be English. |
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http://prosjekt.uia.no/ncsr2010/ |
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09-13.08.2010
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| Toronto, Canada |
| 7th International Conference on Media, Religion and Culture |
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The International Conferences on Media, Religion and Culture have been welcoming events for the scholars who have attended every conference, as well as for new arrivals, including graduate students. New ideas and approaches flourish during these gatherings, and the 2010 meeting in Toronto promises the same. |
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http://www.journalism.ryerson.ca/websites/cmrc2010/index.aspx |
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13-15.08.2010
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| Atlanta, GA |
Religion, Identity, and Place
Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion |
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For many people, "place" has a particular religious meaning, and it must be modified or recreated as part of developing and expressing religious identity. In that sense, place is both a geographical and social location. We can see its dynamics in the processes accompanying immigration, but we can also see them as people try to pass their faith on to future generations or develop a new religious identity themselves. New places mean encounters with new and different religious others, with effects on identity that range from the syncretic to the defensive. The dynamics of place and religion have obvious implications for citizenship and national identity, as many religious groups have commitments that put them in tension with the nation-state. Similarly, different faith traditions have different relationships to and conceptions of the body in both the spiritual and material worlds. While theoretical calls to understand identities as embodied are important, they do not always reflect the ways people themselves experience their bodies—nor do they always capture the ways in which technologies, theologies, and socio-cultural developmental processes shape the private and public expression of religion. All considerations of the dynamics of and interactions among religion, identity, and place are welcome. |
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http://www.sociologyofreligion.com/ |
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