2016
AAR Officer Elections: Voting closes 20 October!
For those AASR members who are also AAR members, the AAR is currently holding elections for the following:
Vice President: Janet R. Jakobsen and Laurie L. Patton
Program Unit Director: Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado and Kathryn McClymond
At-Large Director: Afe Adogame and Leela Prasad
The voting closes tomorrow, 20 October at 12:00PM Eastern Time. For more information about the candidates, visit the AAR Website.
2016
AASR e-Journal Issue 2.1 now online!
The new issue of the Journal for the Study of the Religions of Africa and its Diaspora is now available online: Issue 2.1 (October 2016). You can also download it here as a PDF file.
CONTENTS:
Afe Adogame: Editor’s Note
Charles Prempeh: Peeping into the Sacralisation of Marijuana in Urban Slums: A Study of Muslim Youth in Maamobi, Ghana
Thomas W. Seat II: Christian Confrontations with Indigenous Beliefs in the Niger Delta
Mobolaji Oyebisi Ajibade: A Christian Construction of Domestic Violence in Electronic Media: A Case Study of Ìdààmú Ilémoṣú by Kolade Segun-Okeowo
Briana Wong: Review Essay
2016
2 PhD Positions and 1 Faculty Position at University of Groningen
PhD scholarship in Theology and Religious Studies: Comparative Studies of Religion
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PhD scholarship in Faculty Theology and Religious Studies: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Origins
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Assistant/Associate Professor Religion, Law and Human Rights (1.0 ate)
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2016
Job post: Assistant Professor in Material Culture and Religion at UPenn
Position Description: The Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in the field of Religious Studies and Material/Visual Culture. Time period, religious tradition, and sub-specialization are open and may include scholars who approach the study of religion through related methodological approaches in the areas of art history, archaeology, architecture, ethnography, film and media studies, gender and embodiment, material texts, and visual studies. The search committee is interested in specialists with research experience in religions in Africa and the African Diaspora, the Americas, Asia, or the Middle East. The successful candidate for this new faculty position should have a compelling and original research agenda and a commitment to pursue it within the interdisciplinary framework offered by the Department of Religious Studies, the School of Arts and Sciences, and the wider University. Recent PhDs are particularly welcome to apply. The successful candidate will participate in the departmentas undergraduate and graduate teaching mission. A normal teaching load is 4 courses per year on a semester system. Interested candidates should apply at http://facultysearches.provost.upenn.edu/postings/960 and submit a letter of application, CV, statement of research, writing sample, and the contact information for three individuals who will be asked by the University to submit a letter of recommendation. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2016 and continue until the position is filled. The Department of Religious Studies is strongly committed to Pennas Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence and to creating a more diverse faculty (for more information see: http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v58/n02/diversityplan.html). The University of Pennsylvania is an EOE. Minorities/Women/Individuals with disabilities/Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply.
2016
NASR Conference: 12-15 September 2016
NIGERIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS (NASR)
37th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
THEME: RELIGION, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY VALUES IN AFRICA
In contemporary society, the issues of religion, family and marriage have received different conceptions and interpretations. These range from the role of religion in marriage and family formation as well as the definitions of the latter. The budding or thriving debates bordering on family conception and size; marriage, conceived from its heterosexual and homosexual union and the place of religions in Africa are not just interesting but more importantly affecting their traditional understanding. Although a lot of debates have been had from Christian and Islamic viewpoints, the African Traditional/Indigenous Religious perspectives have been skewed or lost in cultural argument. In fact, some have argued that there are metaphysical implications of family and marriage within the scope of African Traditional/Indigenous Religion, which align with the eschatological arguments in Christianity and Islam. Other religious perspectives are also visible. All of this also has existential implications on Nigerian (African) societies. This is so because of the criminalisation and decriminalisation of homosexuality/gay/lesbianism and how Africa has become the ground for further contest. Consequently, the Nigerian Association for the Study of Religions (NASR) calls for papers that will investigate the issues raised above and other related ones in her 37th Annual Conference.
Sub-themes
- Conceptual and empirical definitions of marriage and family in Africa
- African religious thoughts on traditional marriage and family
- African values of extended families, past and present
- African religion, Christianity and Islam on nuclear family
- Christian perspectives on marriage and family
- Islamic perspectives on marriage and family
- African cultural perspectives on marriage and family
- Modernity, marriage and family in Africa
- Homosexuality and African religious thought
- Metaphysical implications of homosexual unions in Africa
- (Social) change, marriage and family values in Nigeria
- African Christianities and homosexuality debates
- African Islam and homosexuality debates
- The future of marriage and family in Nigeria
- Western influences on African/Nigerian family values
- Globalisation, migration, religion and family values in Africa
- African Diaspora, marriage and family values
- Religion, gender, feminism and gay/lesbianism
- History of homosexuality in Nigeria
- Philosophical debates on marriage, family values and homosexuality
- Moral and ethical implications of homosexuality and family values in Nigeria
- Sociological understanding of marriage, family and homosexuality in Nigeria
- Marriage, family values and human rights in Nigeria
- Other related topics
Date: 12th – 15th September, 2016
Venue: Department of Religious Studies, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State.
Keynote Speaker: Professor Afe Adogame (Princeton, USA)
Lead Paper Presenters: Professor A. R. O. Kilani and Professor (Mrs.) Martina Atere
Dr. Benson Ohihon Igboin bensonigboin@gmail.com, nigeria.nasr@gmail.com 08160220622 General Secretary, NASR
LOC, Secretary Dr. Lateef K. Adeyemo lateef.adeyemo@uniben.edu 08035814343
Registration fee: Old members: N12000; New members: N15000; Postgraduate students: N5000.
Skye Bank Account No: 1140071667
