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International Sociological Association Research Committee on the Sociology of Religion (RC 22) | Hashtag #ISARC22 for RT | RT is not Endorsement | EN/ES/FR https://isa-rc22.org/

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Call for Papers: Religious Emergence and The Sacred in Legends of Zelda Volume Editor: Michael Barros This book will explore how religion and the sacred emerge from within the structure and narrative of The Legend of Zelda series, one of the most influential …

Call for Papers: Religious Emergence and The Sacred in Legends of Zelda – Pop Culture and Theology popularcultureandtheology.com/2025/06/28/c...

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From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis Who bears responsibility when false information leads to real harm?

From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis
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BBC Audio | Everyday Ethics | JD Vance and Catholicism Rod Dreher on JD Vance's conversion to catholicism

Everyday Ethics.
JD Vance and Catholicism
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01.08.2025 23:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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INTERVIEW | María Pilar García Bossio: "I believe that Barcelona, and the OAR in particular, has managed to build an institutional continuity that serves as a model” | Religious Affairs Office | Barce... María Pilar García Bossio has a doctorate in Social Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and is a postdoctoral researcher at the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and the National C...

INTERVIEW | María Pilar García Bossio: "I believe that Barcelona, and the OAR in particular, has managed to build an institutional continuity that serves as a model”
ajuntament.barcelona.cat/oficina-afer...

01.08.2025 18:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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📍Programa V Congreso Latinoamericano de Teoría Social.
📚Paneles y mesas presenciales y virtuales.
🗓4 al 6 de agosto de 2025
Transmisión en el canal de youtube:
www.youtube.com/@CongresoTeo...
Programa completo 👇
diferencias.com.ar/congreso/ICL...

01.08.2025 17:17 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Map shows countries where Christians no longer in majority Pew Research Center has found an increase in the number of countries with religiously unaffiliated majorities—with 10 countries in that category in 2020.

Map Shows Countries Where Christians No Longer in Majority
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31.07.2025 20:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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S4 Episode 3: What do non-religious scientists think about their religious colleagues? - International Research Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society In the third episode of our new series, Dr Rebecca Catto, Associate Professor of Sociology at Kent State University (USA) who was for a decade a Principal Investigator on the Science and Religion, Exp...

A podcast interview with me on science & religion research just dropped: scienceandbeliefinsociety.org/s4-episode-3...

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Why government support for religion doesn’t necessarily make people more religious History shows that governments’ attempts to strengthen religious institutions can backfire.

Why government support for religion doesn’t necessarily make people more religious
theconversation.com/why-governme...

28.07.2025 13:43 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Hurry up!! Just 5 days to the deadline!! Please submit your session proposals for this event- the ISA RC-22, Mid term conference, to be held at South Asian University, New Delhi, India, on the 5th, 6th and 7th February, 2026!!!

27.07.2025 12:42 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Do we see religious belief as the default? | BPS A new study investigates 'belief in belief' around the world.

Do we see religious belief as the default?
A new study investigates 'belief in belief' around the world. www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

25.07.2025 23:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How Nazism ended centuries of Catholic-Protestant enmity | Aeon Essays In the 1930s, the rise of Nazism brought centuries of animosity between Europe’s Catholics and Protestants to an end. Why?

An unholy alliance.
In the 1930s, the rise of Nazism brought centuries of animosity between Europe’s Catholics and Protestants to an end. Why?
aeon.co/essays/how-n...

25.07.2025 12:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Segundo webinar del ciclo #ACSRAL2025 sobre Violencia de género en el mundo evangélico.
Fecha: Jueves 31 de julio, 15:00 hrs (CL); 13:00 hrs (MX); 16:00 hrs (ARG)
Modalidad virtual | Abierto a todo público

24.07.2025 21:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#ISAforum25 official statistics are here!

The 5th ISA Forum of Sociology brought together 4,842 registrants from 113 countries/territories. These numbers have shown us the power of global sociology!

Full statistics are available at www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferenc... @isa-sociology.org

23.07.2025 16:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ℹ️ Geopolitics, Media and Nation States: Local and Global Dynamics

Interim Conference of ISA WG01 Sociology on Local-Global Relations with Global Research and Educational Foundation India & Indian Sociological Society RC14 on December 2-6, 2025 at the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi

22.07.2025 17:51 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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¿Por qué las creencias, religiosas o no, generan bienestar? La neurociencia corrobora que tener convicciones profundas (ya sean creencias religiosas, espirituales, filosóficas o existenciales) activa ciertos resortes cerebrales vinculados al bienestar físico y...

¿Por qué las creencias, religiosas o no, generan bienestar?

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22.07.2025 22:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How religion’s brand became unpopular in Canada Religion has been on the decline in Canada for years. Understanding how religion is viewed in society can help explain why.

How religion’s brand became unpopular in Canada theconversation.com/how-religion...

22.07.2025 19:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Un escándalo de sexo y chantaje revela secretos inquietantes del budismo en Tailandia Más de 80.000 fotos y videos dejaron a la luz una trama que involucra millones de dólares y decenas de víctimas.Un caso que devela la vida fastuosa y sin escrúpulos de algunos monjes y causa inmensa i...

Un escándalo de sexo y chantaje revela secretos inquietantes del budismo en Tailandia.
Un caso que devela la vida fastuosa y sin escrúpulos de algunos monjes y causa inmensa indignación en el país asiático.

www.clarin.com/mundo/escand...

20.07.2025 11:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Call for Sessions!
RC22 Mid-Term Conference · South Asian University, New Delhi · 5–7 Feb 2026

Submit your session idea by 31 July 2025 (23:59 IST).
For full details, visit:
www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...

#ISA #RC22 #SociologyOfReligion #CallForSessions

17.07.2025 17:19 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Ep. 487: Is Traditional Religion Obsolete? Christian Smith Says “Yes” – MinistryWatch

Ep. 487: Is Traditional Religion Obsolete? Christian Smith Says “Yes”
ministrywatch.com/ep-487-is-re...

16.07.2025 20:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In a 2022 survey, most Americans opposed churches endorsing political candidates Majorities in both parties said in the 2022 survey that churches should avoid political endorsements.

Should churches make political endorsements? In a 2022 survey by @pewresearch.org, most Americans opposed churches endorsing political candidates.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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#CfP. Online Workshop: Asian Catholics in International Relations, 11-13 November 2025
Check out the full CFP 👉https://t.co/LaAPcEaAeo

16.07.2025 11:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Listening to nonhumans: What music can teach about humanity’s relationships with nature and the divine Music brings spiritual realms into the world of human senses.

Listening to nonhumans: What music can teach about humanity’s relationships with nature and the divine theconversation.com/listening-to...

14.07.2025 13:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Groups that Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say experience a lot of or some discrimination:

White people (55% of Republicans vs. 21% of Democrats)
Evangelical Christians (57% vs. 31%)
Men (42% vs. 27%)
People who are religious (63% vs. 51%)
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say that 15 of 20 groups included in the survey face a lot of or some discrimination. These are the widest differences:

People who are gay or lesbian (90% of Democrats vs. 50% of Republicans)
Black people (94% vs. 54%)
Immigrants who are in the U.S. legally (84% vs. 45%)
Hispanic people (90% vs. 54%)
Women (80% vs. 47%)

Groups that Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say experience a lot of or some discrimination: White people (55% of Republicans vs. 21% of Democrats) Evangelical Christians (57% vs. 31%) Men (42% vs. 27%) People who are religious (63% vs. 51%) Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say that 15 of 20 groups included in the survey face a lot of or some discrimination. These are the widest differences: People who are gay or lesbian (90% of Democrats vs. 50% of Republicans) Black people (94% vs. 54%) Immigrants who are in the U.S. legally (84% vs. 45%) Hispanic people (90% vs. 54%) Women (80% vs. 47%)

Republicans perceive more discrimination against people who are: White, evangelical, men & religious.

Democrats are much more likely to perceive discrimination against people who are: gay or lesbian, Black, immigrants in US legally, Hispanic, & women.

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“Importance of religion has declined dramatically across the world” Sociologists of religion present a new edition of one of the most comprehensive empirical studies of religious trends across the world – Detlef Pollack: the importance of religion has declined…

An updated and expanded new edition of “Religion and Modernity” finds that the importance of religion has declined dramatically across the world, even in former religious strongholds. buff.ly/aJjYN7n
#ReligiousStudies #NonReligion #SociologyOfReligion

11.07.2025 11:02 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Check out: Closing Ceremony 5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025) today, 17:30h #ISAForum25 @isa-sociology.org at École Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs (EMI) maps.app.goo.gl/bTzftyxuvJM5...

11.07.2025 10:26 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Fourth day of presentations at sessions by RC22 Sociology of religion. Thanks all for insightful and friendly Q&As. #ISAForum25 @isa-sociology.org

10.07.2025 11:49 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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"Reestablishing Religion"
A Conversation with Richard Schragger, Micah Schwartzman, & Nelson Tebbe

Religion, Authoritarianism, & Public Narratives - Part 4
18 August 2025

SORAAAD "Reestablishing Religion" A Conversation with Richard Schragger, Micah Schwartzman, & Nelson Tebbe Religion, Authoritarianism, & Public Narratives - Part 4 18 August 2025

Monday 18 Aug 2025
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"Reestablishing Religion" A Conversation w/ @richschragger.bsky.social @micahschwartzman.bsky.social & @nelsontebbe.bsky.social

Religion, Authoritarianism & Public Narratives prt 4

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Third day of sessions of RC22 Sociology of religion ar #ISAForum5 @isa-sociology.org
Tell us about your experience in Rabat!

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Right now: Business meeting of RC22 Sociology of religion! #ISAForum25

08.07.2025 14:49 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Day 2 of #ISAforum25 ! Join RC22 panels and activities.

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