Religion & the Public Sphere

Read the July 2025 edition of the @ssrc.org Intersections newsletter to learn about our recent webinar on religion, gender, and populism, as well as the conclusion of our essay forums! #polrel #polisky #academicsky

SSRC The Immanent Frame | Secularism, religion, and the public sphere The Immanent Frame publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere.

Greetings Bluesky! Founded in 2007, The Immanent Frame is an award-winning online interdisciplinary forum on religion, secularism, and the public sphere, managed by @religionssrc.bsky.social.

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Edited by Heidi Campbell (Texas A&M Univ), "A Call to Action" is an essay forum that explores the ethical implications of emerging digital technologies on spiritual life. Check out the essays on Intersections:

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Join us TODAY at 11AM via Zoom. There's still time to register:

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Join us for our webinar hosted by the SSRC and the Berkley Center at Georgetown Univ:

"Notes from the Field: Studying the Nexus of Religion, Gender, and Populism from a Global Perspective".

WHEN: Wed, May 14, 2025, 11 AM EDT
WHERE: Zoom

🔗 Learn more and register here: tinyurl.com/ssrcberkleyc...

(Re)membering Artificial Intelligence: Human Leadership, Labor and Religious Human-Machine Communication A long time ago, on one auspicious day, a robot cardinal was elected to be pope. “All factions now are agreed on itself has taken a hand in the deliberations. The computer has been strongly urging the...

Essay | In her contribution to our Religion & AI forum, Pauline Hope Cheong (@arizonastateuni.bsky.social) carefully considers the human labor, agency, and innovation underlying AI systems in religious spaces.

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Learning Through Stories: Bringing Indigenous Muslim Wisdom into Science Education In this article, we provide an overview of “The Art of Knowing” project, a pedagogical intervention and research project that utilizes Indigenous Muslim storywork as a foundation for an extracurricula...

New Essay | As part of our Religion & Civic Engagement forum, the "Art of Knowing Project" team explain their "pedagogical intervention and research project that utilizes Indigenous Muslim storywork as a foundation for elementary school science curriculum."

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Considering the Role of Religion and Agency in an Age of AI and Digital Mediation We live in interesting times. Our daily encounters and experiences are increasingly mediated and shaped by digital and emerging technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI). Wearable smart ri...

Essay | Introducing our essay forum on Religion and Artificial Intelligence, Heidi Campbell (Texas A&M) gives a history of digital religion and observes, “within the hype of AI’s potential, we must consider how human needs and values, ... may be overlooked.”

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April 2025 Newsletter | Check out the latest edition of Intersections' newsletter:

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Essays on Religion and Civic Engagement; Religion and AI | The Global Flourishing Study launch at Gallup headquarters | A public webinar on Religion, Gender, and Populism

WHAT: Official launch of the Global Flourishing Study at Harvard + conversation
WHEN: April 30 2025
WHERE: Gallup Headquarters, Wash. DC
WHO: Harvard, Institute for the Study of Religion (Baylor University), and the Center for Open Science

More info: globalflourishingstudy.com

4-30-25 | In collaboration with the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard, Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion, and the Center for Open Science will host a landmark conversation at its global headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Register Here: event.gallup.com/exploring-th...

Thanks for your question. The SSRC does not take positions on these issues. Our role is to support academic study on religion, spirituality, secularism, and related phenomena.

Wrote a short piece on the Shambala Energy Center in the Mongolian Gobi for @religionssrc.bsky.social
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Climate Futures This topic focuses on two key questions: what is the relationship between religion and climate change? And what kinds of alternative climate futures can we imagine through the lens of religion?

I'm proud of this collection of online essays on "religion and energy" published by @religionssrc.bsky.social.

In addition to the introductory essay, there are pieces on healing energies in rural Mongolia, lithium mining in Bolivia, and electrical salvation.

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Religion and Civic Engagement Forum

The 1st 2 essays of "Religion and Muslim Civic Life" series on SSRC's "Intersections" platform with generous support from the SSRC's Religion & Public Sphere initiative @religionssrc.bsky.social.

@evanstewart.bsky.social & I were excited to platform these amazing scholars. shorturl.at/ZtHBP

Such a joy to work with @themodsisyphus.bsky.social on this collection for @religionssrc.bsky.social. You have to check out Seyma Kabaoglu's "Men, Money, and Hijab: Financial Labor and Politics of Visibility in Islamic Banking in Turkey." Cool stuff!
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Follow our program here on #Bluesky and on all our platforms to stay up to date on Intersections:

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Religion and Civic Engagement Forum

NEW | Intersections at SSRC's new essay form: "Religion and Civic Engagement"

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Religion and Energy Forum Evan Berry and Terra Schwerin Rowe open this forum by exploring the intersections of religion and energy, examining how religious traditions influence energy practices and how energy infrastructures, ...

NEW | Intersections at SSRC's "Religion and Energy" Essay Forum

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Funding and Grant Writing for Research on Religion and Spirituality | Full Webinar Recording In October, the SSRC hosted an instructional webinar designed to give attendees practical training to find grants from European and North American grantmakers, develop a clear research question, craft...

In October, our program held a webinar on research funding and grant writing for global scholars of religion and spirituality:

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Intersections in its First Year In May, the Social Science Research Council launched the Intersections platform to explore and advance research at the convergence of religion and international affairs. Since its debut, we are proud ...

Since its debut in May, the SSRC's religion & internat'l affairs platform Intersections has produced a range of exciting projects and publications. Read our LinkedIn newsletter to learn more:

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To Evangelical Christians, What Does it Mean to "Welcome the Stranger"? — The Revealer A surge in White evangelicals working to help immigrants and refugees—and if that influences their politics

We are proud to share a new essay written by Emily K. Fraser (Missouri State Univ) for @therevealer.bsky.social with the support of our summer RSDR Fellows Workshop on Christianity in the US led by journalist Rebecca Randall.

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Today at the AAR Annual Meeting in San Diego

Join us 11/23, at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Organized by the SSRC, a panel of esteemed experts will discuss the importance of expanding public involvement with religion. The session will also highlight our new religion & int'l affairs platform.
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A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #2,468,467, Religion & the Public Sphere ‪@religionssrc.bsky.social‬, joined on Dec 11, 2023"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,468,467!

Funding Scholarship on Religion and Spirituality An interactive workshop series for scholars in Africa and Latin America Thank you for your interest in the Fall 2024 Research Funding Workshop organized by the Religion and the Public Sphere program a...

Application: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Funding Scholarship on Religion and Spirituality: An interactive workshop series for scholars in Africa and Latin America The Social Science Research Council is looking to support the growth of an international cohort of scholars of religion and spirituality by offering two workshops on how to find funding for research o...

The SSRC is offering two workshops on funding for religion and spirituality research aimed at scholars in the Global South: one for scholars in Latin America (Oct 8th), and another for scholars in Africa (Oct 9th). #polrel #academicsky #phdchat #blacksky

Details: tinyurl.com/relfundingssrc