Em Londres, no âmbito do Projeto “Faith matters”, sobre Islamismo.

Vejam os pormenores abaixo:

“The Role

Faith Matters is offering an internship initially for a period of 3 months, with the possibility of extension. This position would be of interest to PhD candidates with a research interest in areas including:

Islam in the Contemporary West; Radicalisation and Extremism.

The intern will be the Lead Researcher, working on a research project funded by the European Union. This project seeks to evaluate links between Conversion to Islam and Radicalisation; specifically in the context of the British Government’s PVE agenda but also more widely.

Therefore, the research aims, objective and topic has been pre-identified and this can be discussed in further detail with interested applicants. Initially, the successful applicant will be responsible for identifying and evaluating secondary sources and for the production of a literature review, before moving forward to design a research model for conducting further primary qualitative research.

There is a possibility to continue with Faith Matters to assist in conducting this research.

Location and Compensation

The Faith Matters Office is in Central London, however interns based outside of London may choose to discuss working remotely.

Interns will receive a stipend of £100 per dium including travel expenses; and we anticipate the internship to commence in the first week of January, although this is negotiable.

To apply

Interested applicants should be familiar with the subject area and possess strong analytical skills, and should submit their CV and a Covering Letter.

For further information, or to apply please contact Sarah Barnes sarahb@faith-matters.co.uk

Sarah Barnes

Project Manager

Faith Matters

0044 (0)207 935 5573″

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Aqui fica o anúncio deste call da Rede de Pesquisa 34 da ESA – European Sociological Association, dedicada à Sociologia da Religião, com vista à Conferência próxima da rede em setembro de 2012.

O call encerra no dia 15 de março de 2012.

“Call for Papers

ESA Research Network 34 – Sociology of Religion

Call for papers – Mid-term Conference

University of Potsdam,, Germany

3-5 September 2012

Transformations of the Sacred in Europe and Beyond

The thesis of secularization, once sheer uncontested in the social sciences, is increasingly under fire. Secularization is nowadays often deconstructed as an ideology or mere wish dream that is intimately connected to the rationalist ambitions of modern Enlightenment. Such alleged blurring of morality and science, of what ‘is’ and what ‘ought’, informing sociological analysis obviously obscures clear sight on recent developments in the Western world.

Countless empirical and theoretical studies convincingly demonstrate that religion is alive and well in Europe and beyond. Particularly after the attacks of 9/11 in 2001, religious identities have become salient in a situation of cultural polarization and religious pluralization. Moreover, we are witnessing a trend towards ‘believing without belonging’ (Davie, 1994) and – particularly in those European countries that are most secular – a shift from organized religion to ‘spiritualities of life’ (e.g., Heelas and Woodhead, 2005), paganism and ‘popular religion’ (Knoblauch, 2009). And although the thesis of secularization has always been highly problematic from a non-European or global perspective, the rapid globalization of Islam and the Evangelical upsurge – especially in Africa, Latin America and East Asia – fly in the face of the long-held expectation that religion is doomed to be a marginal or socially insignificant phenomenon.

Evidently, then, the focus of sociological analysis has shifted over the last decades from religious decline to religious change. More than that: it is theorized that we are living in a “post-secular society” (Habermas, 2005) where religion is re-vitalized, de-privatized and increasingly influences politics, voting behavior, matters of the state and ethical debates in the public domain (e.g., Casanova, 1994). Motivated by such observations, the mid-term conference calls for papers addressing changes in the field of religion and, more in particular, transformations of the sacred in Europe and beyond.

Particularly we welcome studies covering the following topics:

• Studies on how and why conceptions of the sacred, religious beliefs, doctrines, rituals and organizations of long-standing religious traditions – such as Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism or Hinduism – transform under the influence of processes of globalization, individualization, mediatization as well as changing gender relations.

• Studies dealing with trends of believing without belonging, i.e. non-institutionalized beliefs, personal ‘bricolage’ and privatized conceptions of the sacred outside the Churches, Chapels and Mosques. Encouraged are also studies addressing new, more informal ways of ‘belonging’, religious communication and collective effervescence, i.e. in loose social networks, discussion groups or virtual communities on the internet.

• Studies covering popular religion and post-traditional spirituality, i.e., New Age, esotericism, paganism, occultism, discussing for instance an epistemological turn from belief to experience and emotion; a shifting emphasis from transcendence to immanence; from seriousness to playfulness; or a transition from dualism to monism.
• Studies dealing with implicit religion, i.e. addressing a re-location of the sacred to seemingly secular domains in society such as self-identity, sports, modern science and technology. This avenue of research may also include the place and meaning of the sacred (i.e., religious narratives, symbols and images) in popular media texts – in novels, films, series on television or computer games.

These topics are rough guidelines; papers dealing with religious change and the transformation of the sacred in Europe and beyond other than these outlined above are also very welcome. Furthermore we invite PhD and post-doc candidates to contribute to a poster session, including work in progress; the best poster will get a – small, but nice – prize.

Dates & Deadlines in 2012

March 15 Submission of abstracts and online registration starts

April 20 Submission of abstracts ends

May 10 Acceptance of abstracts

June 30 Early-bird registration ends

September 3 – 5 Conference

For further informationabout the midterm conference, abstract submission, registration and accomodation, please follow this link:
http://www.uni-potsdam.de/esa-religion/index.html

Contact: esa-2012@uni-potsdam.de“

O Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity abriu concurso para o preenchimento de posições de investigador em Sociologia da Religião, com níveis académicos diversos: 1 vaga para investigador em pós-doutoramento, 1 vaga para investigador em doutoramento, 1 vaga de research fellow a nível doutoral ou pós-doutoral.

Reproduz-se abaixo o anúncio:

“The Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen is establishing a new research group on legal regulations of religious diversity in modern nation-states. In comparative perspective, the research group will study the global diffusion of regulatory models; religious/secular conflicts in constitutional politics; and negotiations of religious rights in judicial arenas. Within the research group, the following positions are to be filled at the earliest possible date:

1. a post-doctoral researcher (sociology)

specializing in sociology of religion, political sociology, and/or socio-legal studies. The position is remunerated in equivalence to German civil service standards (level TVöD E13, full-time) and is to be filled for a period of two years (renewable after positive evaluation). The candidate’s primary task is to develop and carry out research projects that closely fit within the above-mentioned field of study. S/he is also expected to contribute to teaching in the Department of Sociology at the GeorgAugust-University of Göttingen (2 SWS, English or German). Requirements are an excellent PhD in sociology, expertise in empirical research methods, and a publication record with articles in international peer-reviewed journals.

2. a doctoral researcher (sociology)

specialized in sociology of religion, political sociology and/or socio-legal studies. The position is remunerated in equivalence to German civil service standards (level TVöD E13, half-time) and is to be filled for a period of three years. The candidate will contribute to research projects within the above-mentioned field of study and work on her/his own dissertation. S/he is also expected to contribute to teaching in the Department of Sociology at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen (1 SWS). Requirements are an excellent Master’s degree in sociology or a related discipline and solid experience in empirical research projects.

3. a (post)-doctoral fellowship (sociology)

for one or a half year fitting into the program of the research group. Requirements are a PhD (for post-doc) or an excellent Master’s degree in sociology or a related discipline.

The Max Planck Society wishes to increase the participation of women wherever they are underrepresented; therefore, applications from women are particularly welcome. Following its commitment to an equal opportunities employment policy, the Max Planck Society also especially encourages persons with a disability to submit their applications.

Please send your applications electronically (pdf), including your plans for research, a curriculum vitae and list of publications, by 06 January 2012, to albern@mmg.mpg.de.

For further information please contact Matthias Koenig, Max Planck Fellow and Professor at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen, at albern@mmg.mpg.de”

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Voltamos a disponibilizar este serviço de atualização, primeiro apenas na área das Ciências Sociais stricto sensu e progressivamente com extensão às Ciências Humanas. Esperamos que seja um contributo rico para a v(n)ossa atualização científica.

A lista referir-se-á sempre à data de disponibilização do conteúdo na internet, o que pode referir-se por atraso ou antecipação ao lançamento da edição física, quando a há.

Listam-se os números e links onde poderão ver os índices e abstracts, pontualmente também os textos.

SEMANA 2-9 de dezembro

1. Journal of Consumer Culture: 1 November 2011; Vol. 11, No. 3: Índice e Abstracts
2. Sociology of Religion: Winter 2011; Vol. 72, No. 4: Índice e Abstracts
3. Global Media and Communication, Special Themed Issue: 1 December 2011; Vol. 7, No. 3: Índice e Abstracts
4. International Social Work: 1 January 2012; Vol. 55, No. 1: Índice e Abstracts
5. Armed Forces & Society: 1 January 2012; Vol. 38, No. 1: Índice e Abstracts
6. British Journal of Criminology: January 2012; Vol. 52, No. 1: Índice e Abstracts
7. New Media & Society: 1 December 2011; Vol. 13, No. 8: Índice e Abstracts

Decorrerá no dia 25 de Março, próxima sexta-feira, das 14H às 18H, no Auditório Agostinho da Silva na Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades, um encontro promovido pela ACIDI – Alto Comissariado para a Imigração e Diálogo Intercultural que é representado por Filomena Cassis do projecto “Entreculturas”, cujo tema central é “Diversidade Cultural e Religiosa em Contexto Escolar”. Este evento tem entrada livre, dispensa inscrição prévia e concede certificado de participação.

Os temas abordados são (para além do tema principal) a Diversidade Linguística na Escola Portuguesa e Boas práticas em Interculturalidade.

Hoje temos um novo número da “Sociology of Religion” e do “Social Politics”. Podem aceder livremente aos abstracts. Procurem o texto nas bases de dados a que as Universidades nos dão acesso livre (Proquest e Jstor, essencialmente) para não terem que pagar os artigos que possam querer ler na íntegra:

(Via Oxford Journals)

I. “Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society Table of Contents

A new issue of Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society is available online:

Special Issue: Reproducing and Resisting Whiteness in Organizations, Policies, and Places:
Winter 2010; Vol. 17, No. 4

The below Table of Contents is available online at: http://sp.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol17/issue4/index.dtl

Articles

Shona Hunter, Elaine Swan, and Diane Grimes

Introduction: Reproducing and Resisting Whiteness in Organizations, Policies, and Places
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society Advance Access published on November 8, 2010
Soc Pol 2010 17: 407-422; doi:10.1093/sp/jxq020 [Full Text] [PDF]

Noémi Michel and Manuela Honegger

Thinking Whiteness in French and Swiss Cyberspaces
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society Advance Access published on November 8, 2010
Soc Pol 2010 17: 423-449; doi:10.1093/sp/jxq017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shona Hunter

What a White Shame: Race, Gender, and White Shame in the Relational Economy of Primary Health Care Organizations in England
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society Advance Access published on October 25, 2010
Soc Pol 2010 17: 450-476; doi:10.1093/sp/jxq015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elaine Swan

States of White Ignorance, and Audit Masculinity in English Higher Education
Soc Pol 2010 17: 477-506; doi:10.1093/sp/jxq016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pauline Leonard

Old Colonial or New Cosmopolitan? Changing White Identities in the Hong Kong Police
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society Advance Access published on October 25, 2010
Soc Pol 2010 17: 507-535; doi:10.1093/sp/jxq018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anne O’Connell

An Exploration of Redneck Whiteness in Multicultural Canada
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society Advance Access published on November 9, 2010
Soc Pol 2010 17: 536-563; doi:10.1093/sp/jxq019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]“

II. “Sociology of Religion Table of Contents

A new issue of Sociology of Religion is available online:

WINTER 2010; Vol. 71, No. 4

The below Table of Contents is available online at: http://socrel.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol71/issue4/index.dtl

Cover/Standing Material

Cover Page
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: NP; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq084 [PDF]

Editorial Board
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: NP; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq085 [PDF]

Subscription Page
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: NP; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq087 [PDF]

Contents Page
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: NP; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq086 [PDF]

CONTRIBUTORS

CONTRIBUTORS
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: NP; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq075 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EDITOR’S NOTE

David Yamane

Farewell
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: 389-392; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq076 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES

Sam Reimer

Higher Education and Theological Liberalism: Revisiting the Old Issue
Sociology of Religion Advance Access published on June 3, 2010
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: 393-408; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq049 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nicolette D. Manglos

Born Again in Balaka: Pentecostal versus Catholic Narratives of Religious Transformation in Rural Malawi
Sociology of Religion Advance Access published on April 8, 2010
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: 409-431; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joseph O. Baker

Social Sources of the Spirit: Connecting Rational Choice and Interactive Ritual Theories in the Study of Religion
Sociology of Religion Advance Access published on June 17, 2010
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: 432-456; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq050 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rachel Kraus

They Danced in the Bible: Identity Integration among Christian Women Who Belly Dance
Sociology of Religion Advance Access published on November 21, 2010
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: 457-482; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq077 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

BOOK REVIEWS

Scott Draper

Watch This! The Ethics and Aesthetics of Black Televangelism
Sociology of Religion Advance Access published on June 10, 2010
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: 483-484; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq056 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

James L. Guth

The Political Influence of Churches
Sociology of Religion Advance Access published on June 10, 2010
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: 484-486; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq057 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David Lehmann

Yeshiva Fundamentalism: Piety, Gender, and Resistance in the Ultra-Orthodox World
Sociology of Religion Advance Access published on June 10, 2010
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: 486-487; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq058 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Daniel H. Levine

Chanting Down the New Jerusalem: Calypso, Christianity, and Capitalism in the Caribbean
Sociology of Religion Advance Access published on June 17, 2010
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: 487-488; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq059 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Adair T. Lummis

American Muslim Women: Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender within the Ummah
Sociology of Religion Advance Access published on June 10, 2010
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: 488-490; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq060 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard Hughes Seager

Charisma and Compassion: Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement
Sociology of Religion Advance Access published on June 10, 2010
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: 490-491; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq061 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gabriel Weimann

iMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam
Sociology of Religion Advance Access published on June 17, 2010
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: 491-493; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq062 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jaime D. Wright

Witnessing Suburbia: Conservatives and Christian Youth Culture
Sociology of Religion Advance Access published on June 10, 2010
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: 493-494; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq063 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REVIEWERS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REVIEWERS
Sociology of Religion 2010 71: 495-496; doi:10.1093/socrel/srq081 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ASR News and Announcements

William H. Swatos, Jr.

Apesar de o acto, aparentemente tresloucado da jovem Susana Maiolo, que antes de ontem derrubou o Papa Bento XVI, não parecer ter sido motivado pelo desejo de fazer mal, mas antes de conseguir chegar perto do Sumo Pontífice, diversos grupos têm sido constituídos no Facebook (e possivelmente noutras redes sociais) de pessoas que se dizem fãs da agressão e assim se declaram fãs da rapariga.

Exemplos?

Susana Maiolo Fans Club

Susana Maiolo Vs Pape

O primeiro site, que é também o primeiro a ter sido constituído, conta já, no momento em que escrevo, com 994 fãs…

Apesar destas coisas serem bastante inevitáveis, e tudo isto ser uma gota no oceano, não deixo de anotar a minha opinião: bem triste!

Dia 15 e 16 de Outubro na Academia Portuguesa de História – Centro de História da Universidade de Lisboa. Cliquem nas imagens para ver o desdobrável.

O Twitter é um excelente meio para conhecer colegas… Professor Gerardo Martin da Universidade de Indiana, especializado na área dos Estudos Rácicos e Sociologia da Religião e Cultura. O blogue é muito interessante. Ver aqui ou clicar na imagem.

Ou sigam no Twitter.

A 3ª Conferência Internacional de Análises Interdisciplinares sobre Agressão e Terrorismo decorrerá em Belfast, na Irlanda do Norte, entre 2 e 5 de Setembro de 2009, subordinada ao tema “Political Violence and Collective Agression: Considering the Past, Imagining the Future”.  É organizada pelo Social and Policy Research Institute (SPRI) da Universidade de Ulster e co-promovido pelo International Colloquium on Conflict and Aggression (CICA) e pela Society for Terrorism Research (STR).

O Call for Papers decorre até 31 de Março. Todos os dados sobre a conferência aqui (ou em PDF aqui). Os dados do Call for Papers aqui.

São novos tempos e a prova de que o interesse persistente da nossa Andressa (2º ano de Mestrado em Comunicação Social) nas questões da Comunicação e do Marketing Religioso é actual, pertinente e ganhador :)

Fátima na Web: Site do Santuário de Fátima, Fátima Virtual e o sucesso do Site do Santuário via JN:

JN, “Santuário de Fátima em Directo na Net”, 03-01-2009

“O Santuário de Fátima está a transmitir desde quarta-feira em directo pela Internet imagens a partir da Capelinha das Aparições, iniciativa que pretende responder aos “pedidos que os internautas fizeram chegar nos últimos anos” à instituição.

“Desde há vários anos a esta parte que chegavam ao santuário mensagens, em especial via Internet, de pessoas devotas de Nossa Senhora de Fátima a solicitar que se possibilitasse a quem está mais longe uma imagem em directo do santuário”, explicou ontem à agência Lusa a responsável do Centro de Comunicação Social (CCS) do templo, Leopoldina Simões.

Segundo Leopoldina Simões, “praticamente todas as mensagens focavam que as pessoas gostavam de ver a imagem de Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima, permanentemente na Capelinha das Aparições”.

Ora, “é precisamente a imagem de Nossa Senhora que a câmara mostra”, acrescentou a responsável. Por outro lado, Leopoldina Simões sublinhou que o objectivo passa também por “colocar todos aqueles que o pretendam mais próximos, ainda que virtualmente”, do “coração do santuário” – a capelinha. Segundo o Santuário de Fátima, em 2008, acederam à página da instituição na Internet 700 mil visitantes, que “clicaram” 4,5 milhões de vezes no site.”

Vaticano no YouTube: Site do Vaticano, Canal do Vaticano no YouTube e a comunicação do lançamento via BBC News:

BBC News, “Pope launches Vatican on YouTube”, 23-01-2009

“Pope Benedict XVI has launched his own dedicated channel on the popular video sharing website, YouTube.

Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, head of the Vatican’s communications department, told the newspaper the Pope hoped to reach out to “the digital generation”.

Video and audio footage of his speeches as well as news of the Holy See will be posted on the site, the Vatican says.

Although the Vatican has its own website, the YouTube venture represents its biggest reach into cyberspace, says the BBC’s Duncan Kennedy in Rome.

Vatican officials say it is aimed at everyone from devout Catholics to the casual web user.

But there is a debate within the Catholic Church about the value of the internet as a missionary tool, our correspondent says.

‘Digital generation’

The 81-year-old Pope’s first YouTube message spoke of a new way to spread hope around the world:

“You must find ways to spread – in a new manner – voices and pictures of hope, through the internet, which wraps all of our planet in an increasingly close-knitted way,” he said in Italian.

Send us your commentsWorking in collaboration with YouTube’s owners, Google, the Vatican is to supply a variety of material for its new channel, which was launched on the Church’s World Day of Communications.

Featuring text, audio and video initially in English, German, Spanish and Italian, the channel marks the Vatican’s latest foray into new media. The Vatican’s own website (www.vatican.va) was launched in 1995.

The Catholic Church will retain full control of the content.

The aim of the deal was to “secure the Pope’s presence on the web”, said the Vatican’s Osservatore Romano newspaper.

It added that Pope Benedict had always been “fond of new technologies”.”

Há até quem tenha tempo de gravar e publicar um vídeo no seu canal YouTube tão simplesmente para dar as boas vindas ao Papa. Curiosamente a senhora não parece muito entusiasmada (nem sequer muito convencida) e talvez não fizesse expressão mais carrancuda e comprometida se estivesse a gravar sob ameaça… ;)

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São novos tempos. Acompanhem-nos e reflictam sobre eles. E claro, transformem-nos em oportunidades!