Religionresearch.org » marten http://religionresearch.org everything worldviewish Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:40:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Pentecostalism conference, Amsterdam http://religionresearch.org/blog/2008/03/06/pentecostalism-conference-amsterdam/ http://religionresearch.org/blog/2008/03/06/pentecostalism-conference-amsterdam/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:09:17 +0000 marten http://religionresearch.org/blog/2008/03/06/pentecostalism-conference-amsterdam/ March 11, 2008toMarch 13, 2008

Conversion and Time in Global Pentecostalism:
a lifelong ‘live’ experience

VU University Amsterdam
11-13 June 2008
Venue: Gebouw Pinkstergemeente Amsterdam
Arent Janszoon Ernststraat 302 Amsterdam

The conference seeks to explore new directions for the study of conversion looking specifically to Pentecostalism. The need for new directions emerged out of the work of the research program Conversion Careers and Culture Politics in Global Pentecostalism at the VU University in Amsterdam.

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]]> http://religionresearch.org/blog/2008/03/03/server-problems/feed/ New anti spam and stats solution http://religionresearch.org/blog/2008/02/05/new-anti-spam-and-stats-solution/ http://religionresearch.org/blog/2008/02/05/new-anti-spam-and-stats-solution/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:38:44 +0000 marten http://religionresearch.org/blog/2008/02/05/new-anti-spam-and-stats-solution/ I’ve done some maintenance to the site. A few things have been changed:

1. We now have a reliable anti spam solution, akismet. If you want to use it, activate it in the “Manage >> Plugins” menu. You also need an API key, which you can get at wordpress.com

2. You can now track the number of visits to your blog. Activate it in the “Manage >> Plugins”  menu. If you log in, you will now see a new tab at your Dashboard, “Blog stats.” Again, you need a wordpress.com API key to make it work, but you can fill in the same key you use for akismet.

Happy blogging! If you have any comments drop a line at m DOT vdmeulen AT gmail DOT com

]]> http://religionresearch.org/blog/2008/02/05/new-anti-spam-and-stats-solution/feed/ RR.org upgrade to newest version http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/11/12/rrorg-upgrade-to-newest-version/ http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/11/12/rrorg-upgrade-to-newest-version/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:18:49 +0000 marten http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/11/12/rrorg-upgrade-to-newest-version/ Religionresearch.org has been upgraded to the latest and greatest wordpress version. One of the new features is a new tagging system, which you can use to organize and structure your posts — that is, if you have a blog at Religionresearch.org. If you don’t have one yet, sign up for one and become part of this friendly academic community. If any problems occur, please drop a note at m.vdmeulen@gmail.com

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Conference Announcement: Spirituality(ies) and the Public Sphere

January 5-8, 2008

University of Colorado, Boulder

Center for Media, Religion and Culture;  www.mediareligion.org

What: A interdisciplinary conference for the exploration of spiritual expression outside of the formal institutions of religion and implications for social change and civic engagement.

Description: Non-institutional spiritual practices and discourses from the so-called New Age to those expressions that occur in the mundane market-based activities of daily life, are often dismissed by the academy as of social importance. Yet the language, practices and imagery of spiritualities can be found to be directly engaged with ideas about the collective including social transformation, community development, environmentalism, social justice, fair trade, equal opportunity, and respect for cultural difference. If spirituality  can lead to public life and public action, then how does the practice of spiritualities in this public sphere look and sound and how do they come to take shape, hold power, and expand? This conference seeks to bring together multiple disciplines to address the expression, practice and implications of formations, structures, and expressions called “spirituality” as they engage with the idea of the collective “good.”

Papers/Panels: We invite papers and panel proposals that look at the form of spiritualities and the manner of  their engagement with public life and broader cultural conversations about global and local society. Such papers might address the following topics (but are not limited to these):

  • Economic reform
  • Environmentalism/sustainability
  • Relationships to religion; definitions of spirituality and religion
  • Fair Trade and conscious or natural capitalism,
  • Tourism/eco travel/spiritual tourism
  • Social anomie/collective consciousness
  • The New Age; Alternative lifestyles
  • Social justice; socially responsible markets
  • Community activism/development
  • Media; mediated representation; ideology and power
  • Cultural identity
  • Ethics

Abstracts and panel proposals due: May 1, 2007 to: Dr. Monica Emerich, Monica.emerich@colorado.edu.

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From September 2nd till 9th 2007, the University Centre Saint-Ignatius Antwerp organises for the first time the UCSIA summer school on “Religion, Culture and Society” in Antwerp, Belgium. With this, the centre continues its tradition it started in 2003 with the summer seminars on intercultural dialogue and on faith-based radicalism.

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Muslim World in Transition – Contributions of the Gulen Movement

at House of Lords, SOAS & LSE

25, 26 and 27 October 2007

The “Muslim World” is going through a period of transition entailing changes with far-reaching consequences, both political and sociological. How Muslims cope with the challenges they face necessarily impacts on the wider, non-Muslim world.

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Thanks for your understanding!

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]]> http://religionresearch.org/blog/2006/11/20/time-magazine-the-united-stats-of-america/feed/ WRR Lecture 19 december - Voorbij de scheiding tussen kerk en staat? http://religionresearch.org/blog/2006/11/15/wrr-lecture-19-december-voorbij-de-scheiding-tussen-kerk-en-staat/ http://religionresearch.org/blog/2006/11/15/wrr-lecture-19-december-voorbij-de-scheiding-tussen-kerk-en-staat/#comments Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:29:33 +0000 marten http://religionresearch.org/blog/2006/11/15/wrr-lecture-19-december-voorbij-de-scheiding-tussen-kerk-en-staat/ WRR Lecture - Voorbij de scheiding tussen kerk en staat?

Zowel in de wetenschap als in het publieke debat is er sprake van een voor velen onverwachte en verwarrende ‘come back’ van religie. Godsdienstsociologen stellen de eerder dominante hypothese van steeds voortgaande secularisering van moderne samenlevingen ter discussie. Recent empirisch onderzoek dat verder kijkt dan kerkbezoek biedt inzicht in een zich ingrijpend transformerende ‘religieuze praxis’. In het publieke debat wordt gewezen op de waarde van religie voor de samenleving, maar blijkt telkens ook de felle weerstand die zij oproept. Er worden veel vragen gesteld over de rol die religie mag spelen in het publieke domein en over de trekken grenzen van staatsinvloed op de manifestatie van religie. Deze vragen doen zich voor terwijl de grenzen van het publieke domein vervagen onder invloed van internationalisering en virtualisering. Het nadenken over de verhouding tussen religie en publiek domein kan daarom niet worden opgesloten in discussies over het beginsel van de scheiding tussen kerk en staat.

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