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Full Professor, Trent University; Editor of Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

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T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding at Harvard Divinity School

Jocelyne Cesari

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Ariela Keysar, Ph.D.

Student at Calvin College

Janelle Apol

Congratulations to Rachel Ellis winner of the SSSR's 2024 Distinguished Book Award for "In This Place Called Prison: Women's Religious Life in the Shadow of Punishment" published by the University of California Press. Ellis is Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland. #Prison #Religion #ReligiousStudies #Criminology #Ethnography University of California Press University of Maryland https://lnkd.in/eZJztBUK

Congratulations to Lucas Sharma winner of the SSSR 2024 Student Paper Award (unpublished) for "The Francis Effect: American Catholic Priests' Attitudes on Lay Same-Sex Behavior and Homosexual Clergy." The award recognizes the best papers, both published and unpublished, presented by a student at an Annual Meeting. Sharma was a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Seattle University and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of California, San Diego. #Religion #Sociology #SociologyOfReligion #Catholic #LGBTQ https://lnkd.in/ehuVS7UW

Andrew Whitehead, Professor of Sociology at Indiana University Indianapolis, will host the conversation 'Religion & the Aftermath of the 2024 Election' on Thursday, November 14, from 3–4 p.m. EST, via Zoom. Panelists include: -Katie Gaddini, Visiting Scholar at Stanford University and Associate Professor of Sociology at the Social Research Institute, University College London (UCL) -Nancy A. Khalil, Assistant Professor in American Culture and Core Faculty in the Program on Arab and Muslim American Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor -Eric L. McDaniel, Professor in the Department of Government and Co-director of the Politics of Race and Ethnicity Lab at the University of Texas at Austin #Religion #Election2024 #Politics https://lnkd.in/e6ejbMiQ

📢 Job Opportunity: Assistant Professor - Biblical Studies/Christian Studies Crandall University , New Brunswick, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Biblical Studies or related disciplines within Christian Studies. Other academic ranks may also be considered. 📅 Start Date: July 1, 2025. 🕘 Application Deadline: Review of applications will begin after November 22, 2024, and continue until the position is filled. 🔗 For more details and to apply, visit: https://lnkd.in/eUUwCfge #JobOpportunity #BiblicalStudies #ChristianStudies #CrandallUniversity #AcademicJobs #CSSR

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Read more about "In This Place Called Prison Women’s Religious Life in the Shadow of Punishment" in this Q&A with Rachel Ellis on the University of California Press Blog. Ellis is Assistant Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland and winner of the 2024 SSSR Distinguished Book Award. #Religion #Prison #Ethnography #Gender https://lnkd.in/erpyquHe

We proud to introduce the Sacred Writes Spirituality & the Ethics of Religious Borrowing working group, funded by the John Templeton Foundation ! 13 scholars will spend 2 years researching how and why religious practices get "borrowed" for "wellness" purposes. Meet them below: - Elizabeth (Liz) Bucar , Sacred Writes Director & Professor of Religion Northeastern University will lead & participate in the group, which grows out of her research interests. - Natalie Avalos , Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies, University of Colorado Boulder , is an ethnographer of religion whose research examines contemporary Indigenous religious life, healing historical trauma, and decolonization. - Dr. Tara Isabella Burton , Visiting Fellow Mercatus Center at George Mason University George Mason University & Visiting Research Fellow, Institutional Flourishing Lab, The Catholic University of America is a theologian & culture critic studying how Western esotericism helped develop ideas of "scientific progress." - Susannah Crockford , Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Exeter UK, is an anthropologist of New Age spirituality, ecology, and conspiracy theories. - Nalika Gajaweera, Ph.D , Research Affiliate, Walter H. Capps Center, University of California, Santa Barbara, is an anthropologist of Buddhism, race, and ethics, with a focus on community well-being and resilience. - Shreena Niketa Gandhi, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University , is a cultural historian of Hinduism who studies how race, gender, and class inform the practice of yoga in the contemporary United States. - Kira Ganga Kieffer, Ph.D. , Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Wesleyan University studies contemporary American spiritualities, health, gender, and marketing. - Ann Gleig, Associate Professor of Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Central Florida , studies spirituality emerging from the encounter between Buddhism and American culture, particularly meditation and mindfulness. - Ira Helderman, Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University studies how psychotherapists’ definitions of what is and is not religious shape their understandings of caregiving, health, and illness. - Cody Musselman , Preceptor, Harvard University , is a scholar of American religion, popular culture, and exercise. - Kaitlyn Ugoretz , Lecturer at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture at Nanzan University , Japan, is an anthropologist of religion focused on the globalization of Japanese Shinto practices through popular culture such as anime, video games, and Marie Kondo’s decluttering. - Michiel van Elk , Associate Professor in Psychology, Leiden University , the Netherlands, is a psychologist, neuroscientist, & PI of the PRSM lab, which focuses on Psychedelic, Religious, Self-transcendent and Mystical experiences.

Sacred Writes: Public Scholarship on Religion

Job alert at University of South Florida ! Assistant Professor Position in Sociology https://lnkd.in/egQ--H-2

Religious Research Association

💡 Calling scholars of race and religion 💡 The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JSSR) is pleased to invite manuscripts for a special issue on Race and Religion. The special issue will be edited by Korie Little Edwards (Editor-in-Chief) and Oneya Fennell Okuwobi, Ph.D. and Rachel C. Schneider, PhD (Guest Co-editors). In recent years, scholarship on race and religion has come to the forefront, generating fruitful discourse both within and outside of the academy. Yet, there remains a need for globally relevant, theoretically driven studies that do not just include race and religion but also shift our understanding of each field and the intersections between them. For this special issue, we are interested in empirical studies that cross boundaries constructed in studies of race and religion, both topically and disciplinarily. We are particularly interested in studies that break new methodological or theoretical ground, and those that focus on inequality driven by race and religion. Papers with a geographic focus or authorship outside of North America are especially welcome. We will engage submissions that address all aspects of religion (including non-religion) and race, broadly construed; however, they will need to substantively engage the current body of race literature. We are currently soliciting abstracts for proposed papers for this special issue. Abstracts should be 250- 500 words and be accompanied by up to six keywords. Inquiries regarding article ideas are welcome. Email abstracts and keywords to the guest editors ( Edwards.623@osu.edu , Oneya.okuwobi@uc.edu , and rsv2@rice.edu ) by November 1, 2024. Please put “Abstract for JSSR Race and Religion Issue” in the subject. Full papers will be invited no later than November 8, 2024. Manuscripts are due on December 31, 2024, and are expected to be no more than 35 pages. Each submission will be rigorously refereed using a double-blind peer review process with reviewers from relevant disciplines. Please note: positive review of an abstract does not mean automatic acceptance of the full paper. In the event the full paper is not written to the standards of the reviewers and editors, the full paper will not be accepted for publication. Full submissions will be submitted via JSSRs online submission system. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

Rachel C. Schneider, PhD

Congratulations to Jonathan Fox & Jori Breslawski, winners of the SSSR's 2024 Distinguished Article Award for “State Support for Religion and Government Legitimacy in Christian-Majority Countries,” published in the American Political Science Review. In their study, the researchers found "that state support for religion is associated with lower levels of individual confidence in government." #Religion #Government #PoliticalScience Cambridge University Press & Assessment American Political Science Association https://lnkd.in/gvSdDsbp

Folks I am so pleased to share with you a piece Denise Daniels Chris Scheitle and I just wrote in the conversation https://lnkd.in/grhcQstD

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