CALL FOR PAPERS
‘Religion and Social Theory: Developing a New Agenda for the Sociology of Religion’
11th April – 13th April 2011
Woodbrooke Conference Centre, Birmingham
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Bryan Turner (City University of New York)
Prof. Steve Bruce (University of Aberdeen)
An engagement with sociological theory holds great promise for the study of religion. The founders of sociological thought gave a great deal of attention to the questions of religion in modernity; after this golden age for the sociology of religion, mainstream sociology and sociological theorising seemed to lose interest in these questions. Of late, religion seems to be back on the agenda, although often such reflections are not well informed by the kinds of substantive expertise that sociologists of religion are able to offer. This presents sociologists of religion with real opportunities to engage in new ways with the core of the sociological enterprise. This conference will begin to develop a new agenda for sociology of religion and its engagement with social theory, both in its more abstract and concrete empirical forms. As such, the conference aims to promote an engagement with theory—which by no means suggests a wish to neglect empirical concerns.
We invite proposals for papers on the broad theme of the conference. The following subthemes are of particular interest:
* Reappraisal of classical sociological theories
* Contemporary Social Theory and religion (eg. Feminist, Risk, Actor Network, Globalisation)
* New theoretical paradigms
* Method and theory: conjunction and/or conflict
* Empirical uses of contemporary theory
* Theories drawn from other substantive areas (history, culture, migration, gender, class, consumption, politics), as applied to for the sociology of religion
* Secularism and post-secularism
Individual paper proposals (200 words) or proposals for panels of three or four related papers (300 words) should be sent to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by November 19th, 2010.
SOCREL is the British Sociological Association’s study group on religion (www.socrel.org.uk<http://www.socrel.org.uk/>).
If you have any queries about the conference, please do not hesitate to contact the organisers:
Andrew McKinnon ([log in to unmask])
Marta Trzebiatowska ([log in to unmask])
Dr Marta Trzebiatowska
Department of Sociology,
School of Social Science,
Edward Wright Building,
King's College,
Aberdeen,
AB24 3FX.
(01224) 27-2766
The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.
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