Конференция «Religion and the Legacy of the Soviet State: A 25-year retrospective» (2-4 июня, Тбилиси, Грузия

International Conference Religion and the Legacy of the Soviet State: A 25-year retrospective Call for Papers June 2-4 2017 Tbilisi, Georgia Organized by Free University of Tbilisi,School of Law and International Center for Law and Religion Studies Introduction to the Conference The year 2016 marked 25 years since the disbandment of the Soviet Union. This conference seeks to explore the long-term impact of the Soviet state in the sphere of religion. How have Soviet approaches been adapted or rejected in post-USSR countries? How have post-Soviet states responded legally to the restrictive regulation of religion, theappropriation of religious property, and other […]

CFP Religion in Social Movements, Rebellions and Revolutions

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  • 27 февраля, 2017

В рамках ежегодной конференции Ассоциации социологии религии состоится секция по социологии религии. Call for Papers Religion in Social Movements, Rebellions and Revolutions for a panel proposal to the Association for the Sociology of Religion Annual Meeting Montreal, Canada August 13-14, 2017 Karl Marx’s quotation that religion is the «opium of the people» is frequently taken out of context and misunderstood. In the same passage, he also wrote religion is «an expression of real suffering and a protest against» it. Historically, religion has not only been a source of domination but also an instrument of social change. A classic example of this […]

Конференция в Каунасе, Литва «Religion(s) and Power(s)»

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  • 13 февраля, 2017

Литовское общество религиоведов (LSSR) приглашает на свою очередную конференцию: Religion(s) and Power(s) Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania October 5-6, 2017 The Lithuanian Society for the Study of Religions in cooperation with Latvian Society for the Study of Religions and Estonian Society for the Study of Religions invites proposals for its upcoming international conference “Religion(s) and Power(s)”. To encourage new directions in the critical research of interrelations of religion(s) and power(s) from a broad range of approaches, we are seeking proposals on a wide range of topics including: Private and public religions; Religions and politics; Non-religion and power; Religious inequalities and […]