The past two decades have witnessed the publication of several fine studies of religion and material culture. Thanks to the work of David Morgan, Sally Promey, and Colleen McDannell, we know a lot more about the place of visual piety in American religion.
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Nobel Peace Prize winners featured on PBS series “Women, War and Peace”
by Annie Hardison-MoodyOn October 7th, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, and Tawakul Karman, three women who have worked to foster peace and gender equality in Africa and the Arab world. Johnson Sirleaf, the President of Liberia, and Gbowee, a Liberian peace activist, are both featured in the film Pray the Devil Back to Hell, which aired on October 18th on PBS as part of the "Women, War and Peace" series.
October 24, 2011
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CFP: Speculation, philosophy, and the end of religion
by John D. BoyA call for papers for a conference on "Thinking the Absolute" at Liverpool Hope University in the UK, June 29–July 1, 2012, co-sponsored by the Association for Continental Philosophy of Religion.
October 25, 2011
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Tony Judt on Religion in America
by Charles GelmanIn addition to an excerpt from the introduction to Denis Lacorne's Religion in America, as well as Joseph Blankholm's response to Lacorne's recent presentation of the book at Columbia University, you can also read the book's foreword by the late Tony Judt, available from Columbia University Press.
October 25, 2011
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Qatar hosts interfaith dialogue conference
by Brandon Vaidyanathanhe Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue is currently hosting its ninth annual conference on interfaith dialogue from October 24-26.
October 26, 2011
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Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildings: closing ceremony and panel discussion
by Charles GelmanOn November 5, 2011, there will be a closing ceremony for the Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildings exhibition curated by Matilde Cassani, hosted by Storefront for Art and Architecture. The event will feature a panel discussion with Courtney Bender, Columbia University, Department of Religion; Maria Gonzales Pendas, GSAPP Columbia University; Patricia Bellucci, Fordham Center on Religion and Culture; along with representatives from religious communities and individuals who submitted to the project's open call.
October 29, 2011
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“iReligion”
by Amanda KaplanIf the medium is the message, then what can we make of digitized religious texts? In The New Yorker, Macy Halford explores the implications of media and technology for religion.
November 1, 2011
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Shared sovereignty
by Stephen Hopgood and Leslie VinjamuriOn October 21, at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, an interdisciplinary group of scholars from Europe, India, and the United States met for a workshop, "Shared Sovereignty: Rights, Religion and the Problem of Authority," organized by Leslie Vinjamuri, Matt Nelson, Stephen Hopgood, and Rochana Bajpai.
November 2, 2011
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Jürgen Habermas on myth and ritual
by Wei ZhuThis video is an excerpt of a lecture by Jürgen Habermas, delievered at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs on October 19th.
November 2, 2011
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The SSRC at the AAR annual meeting
by Taline CoxThe SSRC will host two sessions at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, to be held November 19-22 in San Francisco.
November 3, 2011