Religionresearch.org » johan http://religionresearch.org everything worldviewish Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:40:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Call for paper - Spirit possession http://religionresearch.org/blog/2008/02/21/call-for-paper-spirit-possession/ http://religionresearch.org/blog/2008/02/21/call-for-paper-spirit-possession/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:20:45 +0000 johan http://religionresearch.org/blog/2008/02/21/call-for-paper-spirit-possession/ Call for Papers – New Interpretations of Spirit Possession

The School of Theology and Religious Studies at Bangor University,
Wales, will host a conference about the interpretations of spirit
possession between the 16th and 17th of May.
Spirit Possession is the key practice in many religions worldwide and
the cause of many prejudices against certain religions. The aim of the
conference is to discuss, debate, and evaluate the relevance of new
interpretations of spirit possession and their application to new
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]]> http://religionresearch.org/blog/2008/02/21/call-for-paper-spirit-possession/feed/ Party Formations http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/09/17/party-formations/ http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/09/17/party-formations/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:35:47 +0000 johan http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/09/17/party-formations/ Invitation for
Party Formations
A seminar on dance events and the making of meaning
Friday 28, September 2007

In view of a research project on dance culture by social scientists from the Meertens Instituut and the VU University, both at Amsterdam, we organize a one-day seminar entitled ‘Party Formations’, in which experts on dance are invited to join the research team in thinking about the contents and practical aspects of this research. In this seminar we will explore what kind of research is needed and which specific research questions have to be posed for the disclosure of the political, moral and religious meanings of dance, and in particular, for the ways in which dance could be shaping identities and world views of ‘dancers’ and ravers. You are kindly invited to attend this seminar.

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]]> http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/09/17/party-formations/feed/ Symposium Zappers & Zieners, 30 maart http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/02/01/symposium-zappers-zieners-30-maart/ http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/02/01/symposium-zappers-zieners-30-maart/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:07:36 +0000 johan http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/02/01/symposium-zappers-zieners-30-maart/ Het is nog niet zolang geleden dat religie werd gezien als iets van oude mensen en het verleden. Het was in een rap tempo aan het verdwijnen. Tenminste dat was de algemeen geldende mening. Volgens recent onderzoek blijkt levensbeschouwing echter aan een ongekende comeback bezig te zijn. Hierbij blijkt van een grote verscheidenheid sprake te zijn. De één voelt zich thuis in bestaande stromingen, terwijl de ander als een volleerde zapper vrijelijk uit verschillende religies een eigen levenbeschouwing bij elkaar construeert. Wat zeggen deze ontwikkelingen over de toekomst van de religie in Nederland?

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]]> http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/02/01/symposium-zappers-zieners-30-maart/feed/ Conference The Power of Marian Pilgrimage, 1-3 February 2007 http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/01/22/conference-the-power-of-marian-pilgrimage-1-3-february-2007/ http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/01/22/conference-the-power-of-marian-pilgrimage-1-3-february-2007/#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:49:34 +0000 johan http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/01/22/conference-the-power-of-marian-pilgrimage-1-3-february-2007/ Conference The Power of Marian Pilgrimage. Religious objects, narratives and performances

International conference organised by the research group ‘The power of Pilgrimage. A comparative Study’, Institute for Gender Studies and Department of Cultural Anthropology, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Place of venue:
Nijmegen/Ravenstein/Soeterbeeck, The Netherlands.

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The Anthropology of Christianity

On Tuesday 30 January, 13.00-17.00, the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology (Vrije Universiteit) organizes a workshop session with and a lecture by Webb Keane.

  

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]]> http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/01/11/lecture-and-workshop-webb-keane/feed/ Lecture David Morgan on Religious Visual Culture http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/01/11/lecture-david-morgan-on-religious-visual-culture/ http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/01/11/lecture-david-morgan-on-religious-visual-culture/#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:27:17 +0000 johan http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/01/11/lecture-david-morgan-on-religious-visual-culture/ Op maandag 29 januari 2007 houdt  

Prof.dr. David Morgan, 

- David Morgan is Duesenberg Professor of Christianity and the Arts; Professor of Humanities and Art History at Valparaiso University in Indiana (USA) -

de zesde Meertens Ethnology Lecture, onder de titel:

  

Religious Visual Culture: Artifact, Practice, Paradigm

  

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]]> http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/01/11/lecture-david-morgan-on-religious-visual-culture/feed/ Nijmegen starts international research on religion and solidarity http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/01/11/nijmegen-starts-international-research-on-religion-and-solidarity/ http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/01/11/nijmegen-starts-international-research-on-religion-and-solidarity/#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:48:51 +0000 johan http://religionresearch.org/blog/2007/01/11/nijmegen-starts-international-research-on-religion-and-solidarity/ Today in Het Nederlands Dagblad: The Radboud University in Nijmegen starts an international research on secularization and the relation between religion and solidarity, partly financed by Norface. The research group under the leadership of the theologian Schilderman wants to compare research results on this topic taken from 22 European countries. For more information: visit the website of Het Nederlands Dagblad. See also the website of the Radboud University.

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Evangelicals, according to the dominant stereotype, will propagandyze, proselytize and they have a political agenda. The documentary Jesus Camp has all the ingredients to confirm this opinion: they are pro Bush, pro life/anti abortion, teach their children creationism in stead of evolution, they are anti gay and battle in the culture war for political power and influence all the way to and in the white house.

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]]> http://religionresearch.org/blog/2006/12/05/jesus-camp/feed/ Online dictionary http://religionresearch.org/blog/2006/11/30/online-dictionary/ http://religionresearch.org/blog/2006/11/30/online-dictionary/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:18:56 +0000 johan http://religionresearch.org/blog/2006/11/30/online-dictionary/ Religionstylebook.org is an online guide created for journalists who report on religion. Yet it is also a useful online source for those trying to read and understand the articles written by journalists in newspapers and magazines. So if you get lost in reading an article on religion in Iraq, or if you need clear definitions of the many ‘new’ religions today (neo-paganism, neo-evangelicalism, neo-pentecostalism, neo-orthodoxy, new age), try this dictionary.

]]> http://religionresearch.org/blog/2006/11/30/online-dictionary/feed/ Symposium over refogeschiedenis II - de lezingen http://religionresearch.org/blog/2006/11/29/symposium-over-refogeschiedenis-ii-de-lezingen/ http://religionresearch.org/blog/2006/11/29/symposium-over-refogeschiedenis-ii-de-lezingen/#comments Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:01:16 +0000 johan http://religionresearch.org/blog/2006/11/29/symposium-over-refogeschiedenis-ii-de-lezingen/ Vrijdag 24 november vond in Amsterdam een symposium over de reformatorische beweging in Nederland plaats, georganiseerd door ReLiC. De lezingen van dit symposium zijn te downloaden op deze website.

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