N.J. Demerath III (‘Jay’), former president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (1997-99), and winner of two SSSR distinguished publication awards (article 1992; book 2002), passed away February 5, 2021 in Leeds, Massachusetts.

Wendy Griffin (September 23,1941-February 12, 2021), a longtime member of the SSSR died peacefully at home. Wendy is best known for her research on the Goddess movement and her work in establishing contemporary Pagan studies as its own interdisciplinary field. She published numerous articles and book chapters, and was the editor of Daughter of The Goddess: Studies of Healing, Identity, and Empowerment (AltaMira, 2000).

We are excited to welcome a new Editor-in-Chief for the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Korie Little Edwards, PhD!

James Arthur Beckford FBA (December 1, 1942 - May 10, 2022) was a British sociologist of religion. He was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Warwick and a Fellow of the British Academy. In 1988/1989, he served as President of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, and from 1999 to 2003, as the President of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion. He was President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in 2010. Apart from general writings on the sociology of religion, Beckford was a prolific author of books and articles on new religious movements and society's responses to them. He also researched and wrote about religious issues affecting prison inmates.

A native of Massachusetts, James D. Davidson earned his Ph.D. at University of Notre Dame in 1969. He specialized in the sociology of religion, studying religious stratification and trends among American Catholics.

Call for Papers International Conference - Religion Between Governance and Freedoms University of Padova, Italy, September 22-23, 2022

Louisville Institute is now accepting applications for its 2023 Grants and Fellowships.

Louisville Institute is now accepting applications for its 2023 Grants and Fellowships.

This is an open call for papers for the Research Committee 22 on the Sociology of Religion Program at the International Sociological Association World Congress that will take place in Melbourne, Australia from June 25th to July 1st, 2023.

Are you a religion scholar with a burning question you’d like to study? The Louisville Institute is now accepting applications for the 2023 Project Grant for Researchers (PGR) program, which offers grants of up to $30,000 for scholarly research projects.

Are you a religion scholar with a burning question you’d like to study? The Louisville Institute is now accepting applications for the 2023 Project Grant for Researchers (PGR) program, which offers grants of up to $30,000 for scholarly research projects.

On August 13th, the Association of Religion Data Archives will launch a completely redesigned website that offers enhanced reports, improved mapping, updated and expanded GIS tools, and more detailed information on religious groups, including greatly expanded and now interactive family trees.

The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy is searching for an Associate Director for Engagement (Curriculum Development Specialist.

The Louisville Institute seeks as its next Executive Director a visionary and energetic leader who is committed to advancing the vitality of faith communities and theological education in North America. The Executive Director of the Institute should be a person of passion, insight, and intellectual thoughtfulness, with experience and expertise in theological education, a dedication to the church, and the capacity to engage others in collaborative ventures.

Six or twelve months teaching period in Kassel (Germany) at YMCA University September 2023 to February 2024 or September 2023 to August 2024 For university lecturers or professors from outside Germany Deadline for application: 6 November 2022

“Open Theology” (https://www.degruyter.com/opth) invites submissions for the topical issue “Elders in Religions of Antiquity”, edited by Janelle Peters (Loyola Marymount University).

The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics seeks applications from junior scholars and recent Ph.D. graduates for up to four postdoctoral fellowships in residence at Washington University in St. Louis.

Drew University Theological School invites applications for the tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of Religion and Society to teach social ethics, critical social theories, and just community practices that equip students for inspiring leadership in varied public arenas in the church, academy, and society. We seek candidates rooted in decolonial understandings of religion who bring an intersectional approach to and depth of expertise in at least one of the following areas of specialization: Latine/x Studies, Eco-Justice, and Gender/Queer Studies. An intersectional approach should include attention to global economic and political realities in Christian/religious faith communities and their broader contexts. Position begins August 2023.

The Charles K. and Esther C. Krieger Visiting Scholars Program at Defiance College invites applications for a Visiting Scholar in Religious Studies for Fall 2023 through Spring 2025.

The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, invites nominations and applications for a visionary scholar to serve as a faculty member in the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

The tense relationship between religion and politics is one of the most important social issues of our time. Societal and scientific debates on the topic have been triggered by increasing religious pluralization, changing moral concepts, but also globalization and migration. How tolerant should societies be of religious groups and their rituals and practices? What values, such as equal rights for women and men, should not be open to discussion? What possibilities exist for cooperation between the state and religious communities and where is potential for conflict? How does religiousness or non-religiousness affect our identity? These are concrete sample questions that the Master's program, Religion, Ethics, and Politics, deals with.

The Society for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR) is hosting its 2023 Biennial Conference in Victoria, BC., May 12-14. This conference will examine the many ways religion, religious practices, and religious rationalities inflect upon putatively non-religious domains of social life. Go to https://sway.office.com/RI2deMObMaFPrYyr?ref=Link to access the full details for this Call For Papers, as well as submission protocols.

The Rome Summer Seminars on Religion and Global Politics includes a 10-day writing workshop for graduate students followed by a 2-day symposium for scholars and practitioners and will run from June 4th-June 17th, 2023 (Rome, Italy). The project is the fruit of a collaboration between a number of academic institutions, including the University of Notre Dame, the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Adyan Foundation, the Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies, and John Cabot University. The program will be hosted at the University of Notre Dame's Rome campus near the Colosseum and will include visits to Rome-based centers engaged in religion and policy work, as well as keynote lectures by Olivier Roy, Kristina Stoeckl, Mohammed Hashas, Anna Rowlands, David Buckley, Mahan Mirza and Scott Appleby, among others.

Louisville Institute is now accepting applications for the 2023 Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellowship (DF).  This program offers $25,000 grants to support the final year of dissertation writing for Ph.D. or Th.D. students whose research focuses on Christian faith and life, the practice of ministry, religious trends and movements, Christian and other faith-based institutions, and religion and social issues. Dissertation projects may emerge from diverse fields such as history, systematic and practical theology, social sciences, ethics, biblical studies, etc., or may be interdisciplinary in nature. Of particular interest to the Louisville Institute are projects with the potential to generate new knowledge that enriches the life of the church in North America. Students applying in 2023 should expect to complete their dissertations during the 2024 calendar year.

Pew Research Center is looking for an Associate Director for its Global Attitudes team. The Associate Director will play a key role in shaping the team’s research and editorial strategy, and will lead an evolving research agenda on religion, democracy, nationalism, tolerance and social values around the world. The Associate Director will conceptualize research products and manage day-to-day operations, including questionnaire development, translation, quality control, data analysis, writing and number checking. The Associate Director will also serve as a spokesperson for the Center’s research in their subject areas and assist with writing components of grant applications.

INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON RELIGIONS 1-4 March 2023 Università Roma Tre Dipartimento Scienze della Formazione Via del Castro Pretorio, 20 | Rome Organising Committee: Irena Borowik, Roberto Cipriani, Grace Davie, Enzo Pace, Philippe Portier, Helena Vilaça, Fenggang Yang, Siniša Zrinščak

The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) Director of Research provides oversight, management, and leadership to a growing research department. The incumbent oversees all phases of research including overall project conception, sampling and questionnaire design, data collection, analysis, and reporting. The Director of Research manages multiple projects and a research team of three. The incumbent serves as one of the organization’s on-the-record spokesperson for PRRI and writes occasionally for external audiences. The Director of Research is a member of the senior leadership team and reports to the CEO. This is a hybrid position with two days in the office and three days remote.

The Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance at Rice University is pleased to be hiring an associate director of research. The associate director of research will be responsible for helping spearhead the development of a new research arm through the Boniuk Institute and overseeing research through the Boniuk Institute and the Religion and Public Life Program, in addition to other programs and centers housed in the Boniuk Institute.

The Center on Religion and the Global East (https://globaleast.org) at Purdue University invites applications for two one-year postdoctoral research positions starting as early as July 1, 2023, however a later start date can be considered. The positions are renewable for a second year. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The positions are embedded in the funded multi-national project “Global East Religiosity and Changing Religious Landscapes,” which includes surveys of individuals, mapping religious sites, and the comparative historical studies of Christianity in East Asian societies.

PRRI is announcing an opportunity to join a diverse cohort of 16 non-residential Public Fellows who are engaged in public scholarship at the intersection of religion, culture, and politics. As a part of PRRI's Religion and Renewing Democracy Initiative, the organization is seeking applicants whose research agendas align with one of four principal vectors of PRRI's ongoing work: 1) religious, racial, and ethnic pluralism; 2) racial justice and white supremacy; 3) immigration and migration studies; and 4) LGBTQ rights. In each area of scholarship, PRRI will select four Public Fellows.

The 14th HudHud International webinar on "Islamic mysticism and Theory of being-centered Leadership". We're looking forward to seeing you online on Monday, 8th May 2023, 10:30 am, EST time, 4:30 pm CET time Here is the link of Registration: https://vdars.com/en/knysh/

The Religion and Social Change Lab at Duke University is looking to hire a postdoc with expertise in qualitative methods and substantive interests in the sociology of religion and/or education. The postdoc will focus on data collection and analysis for several large, longitudinal research studies focused on Mainline Protestant clergy and congregations, including a mixed-methods study of seminary education. The ideal candidate will have experience with in-depth interviews and ethnographic fieldwork in religious contexts. Familiarity with Nvivo and team-based qualitative analysis is a plus. Knowledge of and interests in clergy, congregations, and/or seminary education is also a plus. This is a 2-year postdoc, with the possibility of a one-year extension. The selected candidate will be expected to relocate to the Durham area and to travel for fieldwork in the Southeastern US. Please feel free to contact Erin Johnston (Senior Research Associate with RaSCL) with any questions: erin.johnston1@duke.edu Link to apply: https://careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-POSTDOCTORAL-ASSOCIATE-NC-27710/1027549000/