Tributaries, Eddies, and Cross-Currents: Religion Outside the Mainstream
August 11-12, 2013
New York, New York
NOTE: Our annual meetings take place immediately prior to the meetings of the ASA’s Religion Section, but will not overlap with those sessions. This will allow members to attend sessions at both meetings in a shorter window than previous years.
When operating in the mode of “normal science,” the sociology of religion has been dominated by studies of mainstream religious institutions, beliefs and practices. But there is much to be learned in science by exploring anomalies. Global changes in recent decades have dramatically increased religious pluralism and innovation in local and regional settings, raising serious questions about the character, relevance, perhaps even the very existence of the “mainstream.” Research in the sociology of religion has begun to reflect these shifts, challenging previously dominant theories of religion via studies of new religious movements, new immigrant/transnational religion, lived religion, and/or new spiritualities. The 2013 Annual Meeting will explore what we may learn by turning our attention to religious forms, practices and beliefs existing outside the mainstream, in both institutional and noninstitutional expressions.
Papers and discussion sessions on all topics within the sociology of religion are welcome, but especially those related to the meeting theme, including, but not limited to the following:
- Religion and politics
- Religion and state
- Religion and gender or sexuality
- Religion and race
- Religion and power
- Religion and science
- Religion and globalization
- Transnational religion
- Non-traditional and/or institutional religion
- Religion and culture
- Religion and morality
- Religion and spirituality
- Non-western religion
- “Lived” religion
- Religion and immigration
- Religious pluralism
- Religious conversion
- Theorizing religion
- Religion and missionizing
- New religious movements/Religious innovations
DEADLINES: Session Proposals are due by 15 March 2013
Paper Proposals and abstracts are due by 30 April 2013
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
(1) Email your proposal to ASR2013@augustana.edu. Place the title of your proposal first, then names, affiliations, and email addresses of all authors, then your abstract/ proposal, all on one sheet of paper.
(2) Limit paper abstracts to a maximum of 100 words, describing your research question(s), methodology, and preliminary results.
(3) 2013 membership in ASR is required for program consideration (one author, for multi-authored papers).
Do not submit proposals prior to 1 January, 2013.
PROGRAM CHAIR: Kelly H. Chong, University of Kansas.
