SocRel

Making Sense of the Census – Change of Venue Due to High Demand

carl — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:57:52 +0000

Making Sense of the Census: Framing the Socrel Response The UK government Office for National Statistics (ONS) administers a census questionnaire every ten years. The purpose is to provide data to inform decisions about policy and resource allocation. In 2001, for the first time in its 150-year history, the census contained a question about religious …

Finalised Programme for the Socrel Annual Conference

carl — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000

This conference will focus on the physical, material dimension of religious life and practice, one of the major themes of religious research over the last decade. Material forms express and sustain the human search for holiness, transcendence and identity, and attention to the physical can lead scholars to unique and valuable insights. Commitment to religious …

Deadline Extended – Peter B. Clarke Memorial Prize

carl — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:05:57 +0000

We are delighted to announce that the 2013 Peter B. Clarke Memorial Prize essay competition is now open. Working in partnership with the Journal of Contemporary Religion, we welcome essay submissions from postgraduates on any aspect of contemporary religion written from a sociological perspective. The deadline has now been extended to 15th June 2013 – more details can …

Call for Papers – Censuses and Surveys: Issues in Religious Self-identification

carl — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:45:01 +0000

Panel at the 12th EASR conference, 3-6 September, Liverpool Hope University. Organised by Dr Abby Day, Chair of SOCREL (Sociology of Religion study group, British Sociological Association) and Dr Bettina Schmidt, Honorary Secretary of the BASR (British Association for Study of Religions). Self-identification on instruments such as surveys and censuses presents unique challenges and opportunities. The …

Professor Linda Woodhead awarded MBE

carl — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:34:03 +0000

Professor Linda Woodhead – director of the Religion & Society Programme and former chair of the Sociology of Religion Study Group – has been awarded a Member of the British Empire (MBE) for her services to higher education. More details of this announcement can be found here.

Religion and Citizenship – Symposium Feedback

carl — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:42:20 +0000

Socrel / HEA Teaching and Studying Religion 2nd Annual Symposium: Religion and Citizenship: Re-Thinking the Boundaries of Religion and the Secular Held: 13 December 2012, BSA Meeting Room, London Following on from the success of the inaugural Teaching and Studying Religion symposium in December 2011, funded by the Higher Education Academy, SOCREL organized a second …

Sacred Space in Secular Institutions – Call for Papers

carl — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:37:57 +0000

The role, form and affect of sacred space(s) within ‘secular’ institutions is a theme that is increasingly attractive to scholars within the social sciences. This Socrel study day will consider how different types of organisation – including but not limited to educational establishments, hospitals and hospices, airports, public buildings, shopping centres, etc – ‘make space’ …

Book: Religion and Knowledge

carl — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:25:29 +0000

Religion and Knowledge Edited by Matthew Guest and Elisabeth Arweck Ashgate, 2012 This book addresses the relationship between religion and knowledge from a sociological perspective, taking both religion and knowledge as phenomena located within ever changing social contexts. It builds on historical foundations, but offers a distinctive focus on the changing status …

Conference Bursaries

carl — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:08:21 +0000

We are very pleased to announce that the bursaries available to attend our annual conference in 2013 will more than double and will cover the full-cost of the conference. They will also, for the first time, be available to Early Career Scholars who are struggling financially. More information on this bursary scheme and details on …

Socrel Newsletter

carl — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:48:43 +0000

The most recent newsletter for the Sociology of Religion Study Group has just been published. Containing a number of announcements, and with a letter from the chair, it is certainly well worth reading. You can access the full newsletter by clicking here.