The Religion Graduate Students' Association of Columbia University is accepting proposals for its eighth annual conference, Pray, Kill, Eat: Relating to Animals across Religious Traditions. The conference will take place Friday, April 20, 2012, at Columbia, with keynote speakers Wendy Doniger (University of Chicago) and Kimberly C. Patton (Harvard Divinity School). Details below.
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Debate on the state of U.S. religious freedom
by Grace YukichIn its Room for Debate forum, The New York Times recently published a debate on the state of religious freedom in the United States.
January 3, 2012
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Frequencies 81/100 – 90/100
by The EditorsToday marks the ninetieth entry in Frequencies. In the ten most recent entries, Benjamin Zeller climbs a stairway to heaven, David Shorter looks for Indian spirit, Lynne Gerber weighs in, Christopher White bathes in the blood of William James, Susan Stinson sings a sweet song of salvation, Randy Martin dissects the debt crisis, Benjamin Anastas prospers, Shaul Magid prevaricates, Darren Grem fries chicken, and Elijah Siegler submits to the algorithm.
January 4, 2012
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Global Christianity
by Wei ZhuThe Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life has recently published a new study on global Christianity.
January 4, 2012
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What are the uses of religion?
by Wei ZhuRaising issues central to post-secularism, Ryan Gillespie reviews three distinct recent works---Steven D. Smith's The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse, Terry Eagleton's Reason, Faith and Revolution, and Jürgen Habermas' Between Naturalism and Religion--- in the International Journal of Communication.
January 5, 2012
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Ministerial exception upheld
by Jessica PolebaumEarlier today, the Supreme Court released its decision in Hosanna-Tabor v. E.E.O.C., a case that brought into question the validity and boundaries of the "ministerial exception," a legal doctrine that exempts religious organizations from the anti-discrimination standards of US employment law.
January 11, 2012
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Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network launches website
by Wei ZhuThe Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network (NSRN) recently launched its new website.
January 12, 2012
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An uncomfortable spotlight
by Wei ZhuThe Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life has released a comprehensive survey of more than 1,000 Mormons living across the country.
January 13, 2012
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Eagleton against reluctant nonbelief
by John D. BoyReviewing Alain de Botton's Religion for Atheists for the Guardian, Terry Eagleton expresses his distaste for the tradition of "reluctant nonbelief"—thinkers who do not themselves believe, but find some sort of social utility in belief.
January 17, 2012
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Conference: Reworking Political Concepts
by Charles GelmanOn Friday-Saturday, Feb. 3-4, the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University will host Reworking Political Concepts II: A Lexicon in Formation, featuring presentations by Gil Anidjar, Susan Buck-Morss, Stathis Gourgouris, Jacques Lezra, and Uday Mehta, among others.
January 17, 2012