The Ford Foundation seeks a Program Officer for its work on religion in the public sphere.
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Light without Fire: The Making of America’s First Muslim College
by The EditorsScott Korb, who teaches at the New School and New York University, recently published a book, Light without Fire: The Making of America's First Muslim College, that describes the founding of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California.
September 10, 2013
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CFP: Religion and the Liberal Order
by Wei ZhuThe Transatlantic Academy is seeking candidates to serve as resident Fellows from September 2014-June 2015 to examine the research theme, Religion and the Liberal Order.
September 12, 2013
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CFP: Remixing Religion
by Claire MaThe University of Texas at Austin has announced a call for papers for the upcoming interdisciplinary graduate student conference, "Remixing Religion," to be held at UT Austin on April 4, 2014. Please send paper titles and abstracts (300 words or less) to RemixingReligion@gmail.com by November 27, 2013.
September 18, 2013
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Reverberations of cognition and culture
by The EditorsA lively interdisciplinary discussion about cognition and culture has emerged from Reverberations, the new digital forum on prayer produced in conjunction with the SSRC’s New Directions in the Study of Prayer (NDSP) initiative. The NDSP grantees share their thoughts about the study of prayer, interdisciplinary methodologies, and the nature and complexities of their research.
September 18, 2013
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Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship opening at Williams College
by Claire MaWilliams College has posted an opportunity in the Department of Religion. The college seeks a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Islam in Context, a position that begins in the fall of 2014.
September 20, 2013
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The Invention of Religion in Japan
by Claire MaIn the book The Invention of Religion in Japan, Jason Ananda Josephson traces the roots and history of religion in Japan.
September 23, 2013
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Treating religions (un)equally
by Claire MaEarlier this summer, The Immanent Frame published an off the cuff exchange about the State Department's new initiative to engage religious communities in US diplomacy. Conversation and critiques are still going strong; Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, an original contributor to "Engaging religion at the Department of State," has penned a commentary for Al Jazeera America in which she critiques US faith-based engagement abroad as a violation of the separation of church and state.
September 27, 2013
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Law’s fragile state
by Claire MaMark Fathi Massoud, Assistant Professor of Politics and Legal Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, examines the trials and tribulations of law in Sudan in his new book, Law's Fragile State: Colonial, Authoritarian, and Humanitarian Legacies in Sudan. In an interview with Jadaliyya, Massoud speaks about his motivation to uncover the essence of how law---and lawlessness---operate in the context of fragile states. Massoud also elaborates on his topic in a blog post at the Critical Investigations into Humanitarianism in Africa Blog.
September 30, 2013
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CFP: Working with A Secular Age
by Claire MaOn March 6-8, 2014, the University of Bern will host an international conference entitled "Working with A Secular Age: Interdisciplinary Reflections on Charles Taylor’s Conception of the Secular."
October 2, 2013