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• 22 mar 2020

  Paris

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Thinking with José Casanova. Deprivatisation of the clergy

  French Association for the Social Sciences of Religions

  José Casanova (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Université de Georgetown, USA)  a  contribué à renouveler l’étude des religions dans la sphère publique et dans les relations internationales. Théoricien de la déprivatisation (deprivatization) du religieux, il  est un des chercheurs les plus importants et les plus reconnus pour penser le  « retour des religions ». Nous entendons mettre en place sur toute une journée un dialogue direct et approfondi avec lui dans le cadre d’un format original : une masterclass. Le présent appel invite donc chercheuses et chercheurs souhaitant mener une discussion avec son œuvre à proposer une intervention.  L’enjeu est d’ouvrir le champ de la discussion sur son œuvre, sur les axes centraux de sa pensée (déprivatisation et transnationalisation du religieux), mais toute contribution sur un autre aspect de son oeuvre (politisation, désaffiliation, interreligieux, laïcité...) ou à partir de terrains nouveaux est bienvenue.

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• 15 mar 2020

  Budapest

  Call for papers - Religion

  Resistance to Order and Authority (ROAR)

  CEU/ELTE/Masaryk PhD Conference 2020

  Religion has served to legitimize political power, but it has also been a basis for resistance against order and authority. Be it the Maccabean revolt, Gandhi's practice of non-violence resistance, contemporary neo-pagan religions, or the counter-system movements portrayed by Mark Juergensmeyer in his 2001 book Terror in the Mind of God, religious beliefs have motivated people to reject social order that they deem as unjust, and possibly rise against it. Even in today’s secularized societies, religion has served as the ground for social movements and manifestations addressing pressing socioeconomic threats such as climate change, social inequality, authoritarian governments and minority discrimination. These observations have encouraged new trends in scholarly debate, especially regarding the emergence of alternative religious ideas and rituals in modern societies.  old and new religious convictions legitimized various resistance movements among different communities? Which causes have influenced violent mobilizations against established social order, non-violent struggle, or the establishment of alternative community frameworks? What can these movements and ideas tell us about the role that religion plays today both in secularized and non-secularized societies?

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