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For those who are not yet familiar with the volume, Religion and Knowledge: Sociological Perspectives, edited by Mathew Guest and Elisabeth Arweck, was published by Ashgate in November 2012. This is the collection of essays that grew out of the annual Socrel conference in Durham in 2009. More details below. A flier offering 20% discount on the book price is attached. Do please send this on to your libraries! Many thanks, Mathew Guest Dr Mathew J Guest Senior Lecturer in Theology & Religion Durham University Abbey House Palace Green Durham DH1 3RS tel: (0191) 334 3944 email: [log in to unmask] Religion and Knowledge Sociological Perspectives Edited by Mathew Guest, Durham University, UK and Elisabeth Arweck, University of Warwick, UK 'This book deals with a whole series of controversies over religion in a way that could make a real difference because it clarifies what a social scientific approach can and does involve when it comes to genuinely understanding what is at stake.It is a fresh, vital and an innovative contribution to what can sometimes appear tired topics.' - David Martin, Lancaster University and London School of Economics, UK 'A stimulating look at the interaction between religion and what people think they know. We learn how religion shapes knowledge in several concrete settings and how, in turn, knowledge shapes religion. Sociology needs case studies like these. Without ever losing their concreteness, the authors draw out the implications for social theorizing.' - Jim Spickard, University of Redlands, USA 'What counts as knowledge in both religious and not-so-religious contexts? This book is full of nuanced and at the same time engaging sociological studies of tensions, modes of co-existence and negotiations between carriers of knowledge in various parts of society. It is a well-integrated anthology, despite the broad empirical field it covers, including churches, universities, families, media and other social institutions.' - Pål Repstad, University of Agder, Norway Contents: Religion and knowledge: the sociological agenda, Mathew Guest; Part I Institutions of Knowledge: Reified knowledge about 'religion' in prisons, James A. Beckford; Faith and the student experience, Ian Fairweather; Young people in mixed faith families: a case of knowledge and experience of two traditions?, Elisabeth Arweck and Eleanor Nesbitt; The Amish in North America: knowledge, tradition and modernity, Elisabeth C. Cooksey and Joseph F. Donnermeyer. Part II The Religious Knowledge Economy: New atheism as identity politics, Teemu Taira; Rejection or accommodation? Trends in evangelical Christian responses to Muslims, Richard McCallum; Knowledge, tradition and authority in British Islamic theology, Stephen H. Jones; Choosing my religion: young people's personal Christian knowledge, Sylvia Collins-Mayo; Safe and risky readings: women's spiritual reading practices, Dawn Llewellyn; Intelligent design as a science enabler: prolegomena to a Creationist left, Steve Fuller; The influence of fundamentalist beliefs on evolution knowledge retention, Ryan T. Cragun, Deborah L. Cragun and Jason Creighton; The sea of faith: exemplifying transformed retention, Douglas Davies and Daniel Northam-Jones. Part III Knowledge, Religion and Academic Endeavour: On the materialization of religious knowledge and belief, Peter Collins; Bracketing out the truth? Managing bias in the study of new religious movements, Rebecca Catto. SOCREL-PG is the Postgraduate e-mail list of the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group. To join SOCREL-PG, send the following one-line message: join socrel-pg YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME to: <[log in to unmask]> Send contributions to the list by sending messages to: [log in to unmask] To leave SOCREL-PG, send the following one-line message: leave socrel-pg YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME to: <[log in to unmask]>