2015
Assistant or associate professor in Religion and Society, Dept. of Religious Studies, San Diego State University
San Diego State University’s Department of Religious Studies invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant or associate professor in Religion and Society with a specialization in the social scientific study of religion (anthropology of religion, or sociology of religion) to begin fall semester 2016. The faculty member will bring the methods and tools of the social sciences to researching the contemporary nexus between religion and social issues. We seek a specialist in an area outside the USA, including, but not limited to, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, or India. The candidate must be trained in the social scientific study of religion and should demonstrate expertise in particular areas of study and in specific religious communities. Areas of specialization could include racial ideology, gender and equality, environmental theology, or other possibilities, but the primary requirement is expertise in social science methods. The successful candidate will combine historical and language expertise with modern social theory using their object of study as an example of wider, cross-cultural social forces and issues. Engagement with issues of methodology in the academic study of religion is essential.
Applicants must apply via Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/30156. Applicant screening will begin September 15, 2015 and the position will remain open until filled.
2015
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion 8 (2017): Pentecostals and the Body, Call for papers
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion 8 (2017): Pentecostals and the Body, Call for papers
2015
Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Call for Papers
The Yale Journal of Music & Religion (YJMR) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal of interdisciplinary scholarship that provides a forum for the study of sacred music in all of its ritual, artistic, and cultural contexts. Twice a year, YJMR publishes scholarship on religious music of all traditions across a range of methodologies, with the goal of encouraging the study of the full array of musical, ritual, literary, and other artistic forms that co-constitute the worlds of beliefs and practices.
YJMR is inviting papers for
• Vol. 2, No. 1, which will be published on March 1, 2016. The submission deadline is September 1, 2015. Interested contributors should submit their manuscripts/papers via the journal website: http://ism.yale.edu/yjmr
• Vol. 2, No. 2, a themed issue on The Sounds of Processions that will explore the role of music in religious processions. More information is forthcoming on the website.
For additional information, please email the managing editor (yjmr@yale.edu).
2015
Assistant Professor Comparative Study of Religion, Groningen University, The Netherlands
Assistant Professor Comparative Study of Religion, Groningen University, The Netherlands; deadline June 7, 2015
2015
Spirit and Sentiment: Affective Trajectories of Religious Being in Urban Africa; International Conference, Free University, Berlin, Germany, 28-30 May 2015
Call for Papers: Spirit and Sentiment: Affective Trajectories of Religious Being in Urban Africa; International Conference of the Research Network on Religion, AIDS and Social Transformation in Africa (RASTA), Free University, Berlin, Germany, 28-30 May 2015
