RELIGION, MEDIA AND CULTURE:
EXPLORING RELIGION AND
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CALL FOR PAPERS
RELIGION, MEDIA AND CULTURE:
EXPLORING RELIGION AND THE SACRED IN A MEDIA AGE
A conference co-organised by the British Sociological Association Sociology of Religion study group and the UK Research Network for Theology, Religion and Popular Culture.
St Catherine˘s College, Oxford, UK 2-4 April 2007
In recent years, there has been a growing awareness across a range of academic disciplines of the value of exploring issues of religion and the sacred in relation to cultures of everyday life. This is evident in the growth of interest in the study of religion and ˇpopular culture˘, including the inter-sections between religion and consumer culture, leisure cultures and lifestyles, changing forms of household space, technology and emerging forms of social network. There has also been growing attention paid to the relationships between religion and media, such as the use of new media and communication technologies by religious groups, the representation and exploration of religion and spirituality in the media, the religious significance and content of media texts and rituals, and the popular consumption of religious and spiritual media.
This conference will be a major event in consolidating the research already being conducted in this area, as well as stimulating further reflection on religion, media and popular culture amongst scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines. It will also be an opportunity to engage with researchers working in different parts of the world and to strengthen research networks amongst those with an interest in this field.
Short papers are invited for this conference, in particular on subjects such as:
- the religious significance of technology, media and cultures of everyday life
- the representation of religion and spirituality in media and popular culture
- the uses of media and other communication technologies by religious organizations and networks
- the role of media and popular culture in transforming contemporary religious organizations, identities and practices
- the consumption of media and popular culture with a religious or spiritual content
- the role of media and popular culture in shaping secular or ˇspiritual but not religious˘ identities, values and beliefs in contemporary society
- the significance of media and popular culture in the formation of trans-national religious movements, identities and ideologies, and in developing community and identity amongst diasporan religious groups
- the significance of debates and protests relating to the use of religious symbols and traditions in media, arts and popular culture
-the nature of religion and the sacred in a media age
Any paper exploring issues of religion, spirituality, media and cultures of everyday life will be welcome. As with other BSA Sociology of Religion conferences, papers which explore other issues relating to the sociological, anthropological and cultural study of religion may also be accepted, though priority may be given to accepting papers which are closer to the conference theme.
To submit a paper proposal for this conference, please send an abstract for the paper (around 250-400 words) to Dr Gordon Lynch:
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Address: Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
The deadline for paper proposals will be 15th December 2006, and confirmation will be given of whether a proposal has been accepted or not for the conference by 17th January 2007.
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