Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 8 June 2012 Edition
HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL announces five full-time positions as Research Associate and Visiting Faculty for 2013-14 in its Women’s Studies in Religion Program. Proposals for book-length research projects utilizing both religion and gender as central categories of analysis are welcomed. Priority will go to book projects for which most research has been completed.
Religious Studies Opportunities Digest (1 June 2012) – Calls for Papers, Jobs, Conferences and more…
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Studying “Cults”
What is a ‘cult’, and how are they generally perceived? How does one distinguish between new religious movements and cults? And what’s at stake in that distinction? Tune in to learn more with Eileen Barker and Chris Cotter!
Opportunities Digest (11 May 2012) – Conferences, Jobs, Degree Programmes and More…
Registration is now open for the 4th Exploring the Extraordinary conference, which will take place in York (UK) on the 21st-23rd September. Exploring the Extraordinary is an interdisciplinary network for those engaged/interested in research into the ‘extraordinary’ – topics often regarded as paranormal, supernatural, religious, transcendent, ecstatic, exceptional, mystical, anomalous, magical, or spiritual.
Opportunities Digest (4 May 2012) – Books, Conferences, Journals, Jobs and more…
This illustrated guide traces the evolution of Benzaiten iconography in Japanese artwork and explores her role as a beacon of Japan’s combinatory Deva-Buddha-Kami religious matrix. To a lesser degree, it also examines the ritualistic context of her worship – how her art was employed in religious rites, state functions, Shintō ceremonies, and folk practices. It includes special sections on her Hindu associations,
Roundtable: Can We Trust the Social Sciences?
In another roundtable gathering, conversation ranges from the strengths and weaknesses of such data, whether there is more to the social sciences than quantitative methods, and the place of the social sciences within a multi-disciplinary Religious Studies field. Can we trust social sciences when we study religion? Is a social scientific approach the future of religious studies?
Opportunities Digest (27 April) – New Books, Conferences, Jobs, Scholarships…
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Weekly Opportunities Digest (March 30 2012) – Journals, Papers, Jobs and more
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Meeting at the crossroads of public and private: sexuality and religion
In a recent podcast on Youth, Sexuality and Religion, Dr Sarah-Jane Page discusses research that she conducted along with several colleagues, that concerned young people, sexuality and religion. This is an immediately controversial subject and one that generates many questions. As this research focused on “lived religion”, that is how people experience religion in their everyday lives,