http://religionresearch.org/marten Humble thoughts and academic ramblings Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:15:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Space is the place the context of my construct's walk through landscapes of being http://religionresearch.org/marten/2008/10/29/anthropology-is-poetry/ I'm half way the Calvin College seminar program "Congregations and religious diversity in contemporary America" led by Stephen Warner. And because tomorrow will be the fourth of July -- we have a few days off! OMG, I feel like a student again. It's time for some procrastination. http://religionresearch.org/marten/2008/07/03/procastination/ Het lege land waar keien schuilen in een grijze waas en mossig groen. Het zwarte land waar een poel de grond herschept tot aardse hemelspiegel. Het moederland herbergt haar dochter in witte lakens en mat beton. Haar oude land beklijft in zwart - wit, in nachten vol van herinnering. Haar nieuwe land tekent zich af in felle kleuren, een regenboog van een kind. http://religionresearch.org/marten/2008/04/06/groningen/ My dad recently won the Frisian chess championship for seniors (60+). In his younger years he unsuccessfully tried his hand before, but now he has won convincingly with six points out of seven. He acts like winning the championship is nothing, but we, his family, are very proud! Read more about ... http://religionresearch.org/marten/2008/03/24/proud-son-of-frisian-chess-champion/ Elaine Howard Ecklund published an interesting blogpost on the religiosity of scientists on SSRC's The Immanent Frame weblog. The post is based on research she already has published about in Social Problems (54:2, 2007). She however does not talk about her research findings too much, but instead argues how universities ... http://religionresearch.org/marten/2008/02/25/beyond-the-god-delusion-with-elaine-ecklund/ Conferencing is mainly: meeting people and getting new ideas. The most important harvest of the SSSR 2007 conference is new people I know, and this must-read list. Succesful conferences last weeks, instead of days... Bader, V. 2007. Secularism or Democracy? Associational Governance of Religious Diversity. Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam Press. Byrnes, T. ... http://religionresearch.org/marten/2007/11/07/sssr-2007-digest-books-to-read/ I've been to an interesting session at the SSSR conference 2007 about the process of academic publishing. Several editors and publishers of JSSR and Oxford University Press presented their thoughts on the subject. Some tips & don'ts on how to get your work published. http://religionresearch.org/marten/2007/11/07/the-process-of-academic-publishing/ Last week I've attented the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) conference in Tampa, Florida. Very interesting conference. If your interested in what I had to say, read my post at immigrantchurches.nl. http://religionresearch.org/marten/2007/11/07/sssr-2007/ Don't leave a blog unattended, when you return to it you'll find it infested with spam. That's what I learned when I returned to Forum Fridinum recently. I am working on cleaning the blog. In the meantime, if you want to comment on my posts, please register here  (either with ... http://religionresearch.org/marten/2007/11/07/spam-problems/ Inbound, Bolivar Roads Originally uploaded by OneEighteen De wereld kan mooi zijn, bewijst de fotoset van OneEighteen. Kan iemand me vertellen hoe ik zeeschepen kan leren sturen... http://religionresearch.org/marten/2007/07/26/schoonheid-op-zee/