Posted on behalf of Dr David Voas:
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Colleagues are warmly invited to a symposium on
GEOGRAPHY AND RELIGION -
the first in a series of six ESRC Research Seminars on
'New perspectives in the multidisciplinary study of religion'.
Date: Wednesday 16 June 2004
Place: St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Morning session (10.00 to 13.00)
Professor Ceri Peach (Oxford)
The social geography of the Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and Jewish populations
of London
Revd Dr John Gay (Culham Institute)
The historical geography of the Christian churches in England
Afternoon session (14.00 to 17.00)
Professor Daniel Olson (Indiana)
The effect of local religious context on congregations in the USA
Dr David Voas (Manchester) & Dr Peter Vincent (Lancaster) Ecological
and
biogeographical models of religious change
The event is free and open to all. Morning coffee, lunch, and
afternoon
tea will also be free to participants, but we need to know numbers in
advance; please send a message to [log in to unmask] to express an
interest
in attending.
A limited number of travel bursaries are available to support the
participation of people (particularly postgraduates and research
users)
who would not otherwise be able to attend. Please send enquiries to
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For further details, see:
http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/events/ReligionAndSociety/geography/
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Dr David Voas
Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research
University of Manchester
Manchester
M13 9PL
UK
tel: +44 161 275 4836
fax: +44 161 275 4722
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