BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group

Another BBC piece about the value of theology and religious studies degrees! Three interviews, starting at about 18 minutes 30. @thebasr.bsky.social @bsasocrel.bsky.social

The nonreligious are Britain’s hidden majority - British Politics and Policy at LSE Filling out all sorts of forms often and increasingly includes the disclosure of faith, under which the option ‘none’ frequently appears. Yet it is unclear how homogenous the beliefs of those who comp...

..."no religion" or the "nones", a rising trend in, eg, the UK national census. @loielee.bsky.social Linda Woodhead and others @bsasocrel.bsky.social are developing methods and tools that might transfer well to news audiences. @sethclewis.bsky.social #FOJ25 blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Chaired a great SocRel PGR/ECR training session on public speaking, communication, and accessibility this week as PGR Officer.

Grateful to our three brilliant speakers for sharing such insightful and practical advice with great humour!

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Great talk by Michael Munnik @michaelmunnik.bsky.social
at #SocRel2025: More than Flirting with Media in the Sociology of Religion. Sharp, funny, and on point — and this meme was a brilliant touch 👇📺😂 #SocRel #MediaAndReligion

Listening to @carostarkey.bsky.social talk about new, developing research on spiritualism in the North - specifically Morley, which voted in Reform in recent council elections. Suddenly makes the party chair's GMB interview anecdote on paranormal possession less reflexively laughable. #Socrel

A lovely evening celebrating @bsasocrel.bsky.social's 50th anniversary with my better half, and by that I do mean @jen-studies-death.bsky.social

Powerful testimony in the Q&A at Socrel 25 conference Dr Monique Moultrie on the question of being a scholar-activist: what conditions held her back for years and the specific personal and national conditions that compelled her to speak up and out. @bsasocrel.bsky.social

Abby Day shares fantastic advice for ECRs on Publishing your Thesis in three easy steps

Morgana @morganajane.bsky.social & Ellie @ellieatayeebennett.bsky.social

Formal welcome at 11.45 in the main lecture room W103 #socrelconference25

Up and away to BSA SOC Rel today. Looking forward to running our workshop on Race, Class and Religion and taking in some great papers. Happy to connect with folks doing anticolonial research, feminist religious studies, religion and climate change, religion and gender :) @bsasocrel.bsky.social

The people behind the social media! Morgana (short hair) here on Bluesky and Ellie (long hair) covering things on our Discord channel #socrelconference25

The SocRel Conference registration is open! See you soon

We are putting together a slide slow to commemorate our 50th Anniversary & need your help. If you have photos from previous SocRel conferences that we could include, please send them to: Jennie jennifer.riley@abdn.ac.uk, Alex alex.arthur-hastie@york.ac.uk, or Anna-Marie a.mcglanaghey@britsoc.org.uk

Looking forward to gathering with friends and colleagues this July for the SocRel Annual Conference - always a highlight in the sociology of religion calendar.

I’m especially excited to be organising the PGR/ECR workshop this year, focused on communicating research to a range of audiences 🎤

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We are thrilled to announce the addition of a tour of World Heritage Site Durham Cathedral lead by Professor Emeritus Walter Moberly to our 50th anniversary celebrations. The tour will take place on Monday the 14th of July at 8pm, at a cost of £20 per person with 28 spaces available.

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We have extended the registration deadline for our annual conference by one week! The final deadline to secure your place in Durham is: 23rd May 2025
For those of you who have had an abstract accepted, we urge you to register as soon as possible to safeguard your place in the programme.

Registration for this year’s @bsasocrel.bsky.social 50th Anniversary Annual Conference – book now for ‘Charting Challenges and Change: The Past, Present and Future of the Sociology of Religion’, 14–16 July, Durham University https://tinyurl.com/2peb98hx #sociology

Registration for this year’s @bsasocrel.bsky.social 50th Anniversary Annual Conference – book now for ‘Charting Challenges and Change: The Past, Present and Future of the Sociology of Religion’, 14–16 July, Durham University tinyurl.com/2peb98hx #sociology

A reminder that registration for this year’s BSA SocRel Annual Conference closes on the 16th of May. As such we urge all delegates, particularly those who have had an abstract accepted, to secure their spaces now: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Such a fun day indulging one of my favourite ever topics with the best people and the best co-organiser! @renasha.bsky.social ✨

#ReligiousStudies #DisabilityStudies #SociologyOfReligion

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Last chance! Help shape the future of sociology – nominations sought for new trustees to join our Board – two Publications Trustees and one Membership Services Trustee. Any UK-based BSA member may apply, by today, 8 April www.mi-nomination.com/bsatrustee

Our recent Response Day was filled with fascinating research and critical insights on lived experiences, structural inequalities, & the intersections of faith, neurodivergence, & social justice. Thank you to our speakers, attendees, & our keynote speaker, @naomijacobs.bsky.social

Just listened to @naomijacobs.bsky.social on how we do research & which stories gets heard at #SocRelResponse2025 it reminded me again that we need to tell all disabled & Neurodivergent stories. We need to tell angry stories, sad stories, stories that don't fit the "good" disabled person narrative.