2016
New book from Gerald West: The Stolen Bible
Gerald O. West, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, has a new book out titled, The Stolen Bible: From Tool of Imperialism to African Icon. A discount (25%) is available using the following flyer: Discount Code
The Stolen Bible tells the story of how Southern Africans have interacted with the Bible from its arrival in Dutch imperial ships in the mid-1600s through to contemporary post-apartheid South Africa.
The Stolen Bible emphasises African agency and distinguishes between African receptions of the Bible and African receptions of missionary-colonial Christianity. Through a series of detailed historical, geographical, and hermeneutical case-studies the book analyses Southern African receptions of the Bible, including the earliest African encounters with the Bible, the translation of the Bible into an African language, the appropriation of the Bible by African Independent Churches, the use of the Bible in the Black liberation struggle, and the ways in which the Bible is embodied in the lives of ordinary Africans.
For more information, see Brill’s website: http://www.brill.com/products/book/stolen-bible
2016
Global Religion International Collaboration Research Grant Competition
The Global Religion Research Initiative (GRRI) of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society (CSRS) at the University of Notre Dame (IN, USA) will be awarding an average of 10 research collaboration grants each year over the next three years (30 grants total), to fund the development of new, collaborative, empirical research projects in the social sciences focused on the study of religions around the globe. The central purpose of this program is to foster new, potentially long-term, empirical research collaborations between social science scholars of religion in North America and those in countries beyond the North Atlantic world (i.e., not Canada, the U.S., and Western Europe). Each grant will provide up to $25,000 to be used by the research collaborators for transportation, lodging, communications, meeting expenses, data collection and analysis, the purchase of research materials, and other collaborative research costs. Grant money may not be used for researchers’ salaries, stipends, or teaching reduction. Ten fellowships will be awarded each year on average over the next three academic years (2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020). The Global Religion Research Initiative is funded by the Templeton Religion Trust of Nassau, Bahamas.
For the Program Goals, Eligibility Requirements, Application Timing, Selection Criteria, Application Requirements, & Application Procedure visit: http://grri.nd.edu/international
2016
New Yorùbá-German Dictionary
A new Yorùbá-German dictionary is being created by AASR member, Reto Melchior. See his academia page for an example chapter (letter ‘G’): Sample Chapter
2016
AASR Bulletin 44 now available
AASR Bulletin 44 (May 2016) is now available on the website: Bulletin Archive
2016
AAR Individual Research Grants
American Academy of Religion (AAR) Individual Research Grants
Application Deadline: August 1
To fulfill its commitment to advance research in religion, the AAR each year grants awards ranging from $500 to $5000 to support projects proposed by AAR members and selected by the AAR Research Grants Jury. These projects can be either collaborative or individual.
These grants provide support for important aspects of research such as travel to archives and libraries and field work. Grant awards range from $500 to $5000. Funds are not provided for dissertation research, research assistance, released time, publication expenses, or travel to attend the AAR Annual Meeting.
For more information, see the AAR Website.
