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Dear All,
BSA SocRel Chair’s Response Day
Wednesday 2nd May 2018, Imperial Wharf, London
Faiths & Civil Society: Building Bridges or Walls?
Keynote speakers:
Professor Chris Baker
Dr Dan DeHanas
Old patterns of belonging are in flux, in politics and society as in religion. Strands of continuity are accompanied by fluidity and change. Brexit and Trump appear to be expressions of something
important – but what? Loss of trust in leaders? Growing poverty and inequality? A climate change crisis? Anxiety about migration? Fear of violent extremism? This event will explore faith-based engagement with these civil society issues – both responsive and
resistant: how faith in the public sphere forms part of new social movements, activism, digital spaces, the provision of services to meet need, critical voices, and emerging explorations of a new ‘common good’. Is public faith part of building bridges or walls?
We will consider how the political, social and identity shifts that are underway affect our discipline and its scholars. What conceptual preoccupations and practical impacts will continue and emerge? After the twists and turns of 2016 and 17, how will sociology
of religion respond?
Papers are welcomed which engage with these broad themes, preferably with examples and evidence of engagement, but also including theoretical explorations of changing boundaries of thought. Themes
may include:
• Changing patterns of action, participation and ‘joining’
• Volunteering and social action
• Food banks and social need
• Activism and protest
• Work with asylum seekers, refugees and migrants
• Community Development and Youth Work
• Digital spaces
• New ideas and practices of the common good
Please follow this link for more information and registration: https://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa-events/bsa-socrel-chair-s-response-day/
Key Dates:
- Abstracts should be received by 21st March 2018.
- Abstract decisions will be confirmed by 23rd March 2018
Please email socrel events officer, Rachael Shillitoe, at [log in to unmask] should you have any questions
or queries.
Best wishes,
Rachael