Conferences and Calls for Papers
Papers are invited for a special issue of Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and Ministry (SHERM Journal)
Papers are invited for a special issue of Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and Ministry (SHERM Journal) on the claims, achievements, challenges, failings, and the very possibility or desirability of a theology without walls. Papers from any discipline, including theology, philosophy of religion, anthropology, cognitive science, etc., are welcome, as are papers written from the perspective of other faith traditions outside of Christianity. The submission date is open, but ideally collected papers would be delivered to the journal no later than Spring 2024.
Nova Religio, the quarterly journal on alternative and emergent religions, is seeking articles for a special issue dedicated to the Afro-Cuban tradition of Lucumí/Santería.
Nova Religio, the quarterly journal on alternative and emergent religions, is seeking articles for a special issue dedicated to the Afro-Cuban tradition of Lucumí/Santería.
CFP for AAR Sociology of Religion Unit - Proposals Due Feb. 29
The purpose of the Sociology of Religion Unit of the American Academy of Religion is to generate cross-fertilization between the Sociology of Religion and Religious Studies. We are open to papers in all areas and therefore encourage submissions of any topic relevant to the sociology of religion. This year, we are particularly interested in the following topics:
Looking for a Home for Your Religion and Politics Research
Looking for a home for your religion and politics research? Consider submitting to our special issue of the Religions journal: "Religion and Politics: Historical Developments and Contemporary Transformations."
2nd International Congress on Freedom of Religion and Conscience
We invite you to participate in the Second International Congress on Religious Freedom and Conscience, which will take place on the 5th and 6th of June 2024 at the Blanquerna Faculty of Communication and International Relations of Ramon Llull University. The Congress is organized by the Chair of Religious Freedom of Catalonia and will feature simultaneous panels in Catalan, Spanish and English.
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion
We invite contributions with a wide range of theories and methods in analyzing this topic, and in particular, papers dealing with the following issues: • family structure and religious and non-religious landscapes • religious and non-religious parenting cultures in the Global South and North • spiritual diversity and family life • religion/non-religion and conflict in marital and parent‐child relationships • family schooling and parents' (non)religiosity • family and religious and non-religious activism • religious and non-religious dimensions and transformation of family relationships, including issues like separation/divorce, work-life balance, new family forms
American Muslims: Beyond 9/11 Review of Religious Research Special Issue Call for Papers
The Review of Religious Research invites paper submissions for a special issue on American Muslims. This special issue will draw upon contemporary research on Muslims in the United States. In 2003, Karen Leonard’s Muslims in the United States: The State of Research suggested that scholarship on American Muslims was growing rapidly and starting to shift in two important ways: One was a move away from purely descriptive analyses, toward theorizing that both drew on and contributed to broader social scientific understandings. Another shift was from a focus on Muslim American subgroups in isolation, toward considerations of Muslims complete as Americans with multiple identities and affiliations.
International Sociological Association Forum of Sociology, 6 – 11th July 2025, Rabat, Morocco
Session Title: Religion and the Culture Wars: Transnational Perspectives "Since sociologist of religion James Davison Hunter published the first academic account of the culture wars in America in 1991, the phenomenon has seemingly only intensified, with religion enduring as a key factor. Some US-based research argues that the divisions exist more in the civil sphere than individual attitudes. Yet, some similar patterns of conflict between “conservatives” and “liberals” on moral and social issues have also emerged in other societies in the twenty-first century. To what extent is the culture wars a useful frame beyond (and within) America? Are there direct connections between contexts? What role does religion play in differing contexts and transnational connections contributing to culture wars? This panel aims to explore these dynamics."