Editing Conferences

* Please remember that paper abstracts and session proposals for this year's SSSR meeting in Denver are now being accepted at: http://www.sssrweb.org


* The Henry Institute will sponsor the fifth biennial Symposium on Religion and Politics from April 23-25, 2009 at the Prince Conference Center on the Calvin College campus in Grand Rapids, MI  

-- Registration forms are available on the Henry Institute website at http://www.calvin.edu/henry/schedule/symposium/sympregistrationform.pdf

-- In order to position the Symposium on a calendar year that alternates with numerous other opportunities for scholarship and presentation, the Symposium is being scheduled for 2009, though our most recent Symposium was held last spring, in 2008.  After the upcoming April event, we will return to the biennial schedule. 


* Social Research is sponsoring a conference titled "The Religious-Secular Divide: The US Case" on March 5 and 6, 2009 at The New School.  Tickets are $50, but there are many discounts, including FREE for students.

-- Speakers include Charles Taylor, Jose Casanova, David Martin, Susan Harding, and Stephen Carter.

-- For more info: http://www.socres.org/religiousseculardivide/agenda.htm


* The Welfare and Values in Europe Conference, to be held in Uppsala, Sweden, has extended the deadline of its Call for Papers.  The conference is 26-28 March, 2009.  For more info, see http://www.akademikonferens.uu.se/wave09


* The British Sociological Association's Sociology of Religion Study Group announces its 2009 conference on Religion and Knowledge.  This will be held March 30-April 1, 2009, in Durham.  For more info see http://www.socrel.org.uk/conferences/Durham2009/index.html


* The American Political Science Association (APSA) holds an annual conference with one of the sections being "Religion and Politics:" http://www.apsanet.org/
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-* '''Religion in Unsettled Times:'''
--- http://rra.hartsem.edu/annual.htm
--- 2010 Annual Meeting, October 29-31
--- Sheraton Baltimore City Center
--- Although it can be argued that all times are to some degree unsettled, recent times have been tumultuous for many in the United States and other societies. Literal and figurative tsunamis have provoked change, realignment, and new practices. Such dynamics are not new, of course, but they do raise questions about what roles religion plays as societies experience dislocation of various sorts. The analysis of how religious individuals and organizations act in the face of perceived crises can add to our understanding of the interaction between religion and its contexts, and can shed light on many of the current challenges with which religious institutions wrestle.
--- We therefore solicit proposals for sessions and papers that examine how institutions and leaders define and respond to perceived crises or dislocation (financial, political, organizational, personal, etc.). Possible questions or issues to address include:
-The effect of the US financial meltdown on congregations, denominations, or other religious organizations
-The effect of the financial meltdown on religious restructuring in the US
-The social construction of crisis
-Ministries of relief and emergency response
-Improvisation in ministry
-The work of chaplaincy (in hospitals, airports, and other high stress settings)
-Ritual and crisis
-Religion and violence
-Prayer and the experience of crisis
-The religious practices and perspectives of stigmatized groups
-Religion and contentious politics
-Religion and insurgency
-Religion and climate change
--- We welcome papers on all topics of a practical or theoretical nature relating to religion, especially (but not limited to) organized religion, denominations, and congregations. This year, however, we encourage sessions, papers, and panels that address the larger question of religion in unsettled times.
--- Send all proposals by email to Deborah Kapp at dkapp@mccormick.edu
--- Include email addresses and affiliations of all participants/authors on proposals.
--- Submissions open: January 15, 2010 / Submissions due: March 1, 2010 / Decision notification: April 5, 2010
 * Please remember that paper abstracts and session proposals for this year's SSSR meeting in Denver are now being accepted at: http://www.sssrweb.org