A central source of support for the Social Science Research Council’s program on religion and the public sphere (including ongoing support for the efforts of The Immanent Frame), the Henry R. Luce Initiative on Religion and International Affairs ”seeks to deepen understanding of religion as a critical but often neglected dimension of national and international policies and politics.” [...]
Posts Tagged ‘religion’
December 13th, 2012
Henry R. Luce Initiative on Religion and International Affairs
posted by The Editors
October 5th, 2012
Scientology not a religion?
posted by Candice ScharfAccording to a recent poll by 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair, a majority of Americans do not believe that Scientology is a real religion.
September 11th, 2012
The secular as space, the secular as process: The 2012 UCSIA summer school
posted by Grace YukichAt the end of August, the two of us joined approximately 30 scholars from around the world in Antwerp, Belgium for the 2012 Universitair Centrum Sint-Ignatius Antwerpen (UCSIA) Religion, Culture and Society Summer School. UCSIA annually invites select early-career researchers (doctoral and post-doctoral) and senior scholars for a weeklong program designed to stimulate interdisciplinary and international discussion on a theme, this year’s being “secularism(s) and religion in society.”
August 16th, 2012
Buddhism and the practices of contemporary education
posted by Candice ScharfRecently, Matt Bieber interviewed Peter Hershock, author of Buddhism in the Public Sphere, for his blog The Wheat and Chaff.
July 25th, 2012
The study of American religions in Religion
posted by Candice ScharfIn the most recent issue of Religion (subscription required), a peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research in the comparative and interdisciplinary study of religion, a number of TIF contributors reflect on the subject of this special issue, The Study of American Religion: Critical Reflections on Specialization.
July 19th, 2012
The “New New Atheists”
posted by Candice Scharf
July 17th, 2012
Wild Religion: Tracking the Sacred in South Africa
posted by The EditorsIn his new publication, Wild Religion: Tracking the Sacred in South Africa, David Chidester explores South African indigenous religious heritage and the meaning and power of this religion in a changing South African society.
July 11th, 2012
Exodus International renounces gay “cure”
posted by Candice ScharfRecently, the President of Exodus International, Alan Chambers, made statements renouncing some of his organization’s beliefs, such as the ability to “cure” homosexuality by Christian prayer and psychotherapy.
July 10th, 2012
Evolutionary theory and religion
posted by Candice ScharfCharles Mathewes, of The American Interest, discusses the role of religion in evolutionary theory and analyzes two publications on this topic.
June 26th, 2012
Knight Grants for Reporting on Religion and Public Life
posted by Candice ScharfThe Knight Program at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism is accepting applications until July 1st, for the Knight Grants for Reporting on Religion and Public Life.
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