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Did you know what Slovakia's fastest-growing alternative faith actually is?

#modernpaganism #SociologyOfReligion #Slovakia #ReligiousStudies #witchsky
April 20, 2026 at 11:40 AM
julieingersoll.bsky.social
Ezra Levin from #Indivisible on #MSNBC citing Durkheim collective effervescence!
#sociology #sociologyofReligion
#NoKings
June 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
nancyross.bsky.social
Exciting news! "Mormon Garments: Sacred and Secret," co-authored by me, Jessica Finnigan, and Larissa Kanno Kindred, will be published by the University of Illinois Press! Release date TBA#MormonGarments #MormonStudies #LivedReligion #ReligiousStudies #SociologyofReligion #HistoryofReligion
January 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
jlkucinskas.bsky.social
I’m thrilled to chair @asanews.bsky.social’s #sociologyofreligion section this year. If anyone has ideas of how to develop the section, support members, and/or would like to be involved or serve on a committee dm me.
August 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
sssreligion.bsky.social
"According to social scientist and author Christian Smith, a professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame, 'obsolete' describes the situation facing traditional organized religion in the United States."

@rns.org #Sociology #SociologyOfReligion

religionnews.com/2025/04/03/s...
Sociologist's new book explains why organized religion has lost relevancy
(RNS) — Christian Smith’s research shows traditional religion isn’t just declining. It’s culturally obsolete.
religionnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
sssreligion.bsky.social
Many #SociologyOfReligion conversations and more happening around the theme 'Religion and Resilience' this weekend at the ASR Annual Conference in Chicago. Check out the program ⬇️
@ntammerman.bsky.social @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social @gerardomarti.bsky.social
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Chicago skyline
August 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
naomijacobs.bsky.social
'At the Gates: Disability, Justice & the Churches' is on sale (50% discount), to celebrate its longlisting for the Michael Ramsey Prize. Offer code mrp www.dartonlongmantodd.co.uk/titles/2360-... Thanks to publishers DLT! #DisabilityTheology #DisabilityStudies #SociologyOfReligion #Theology
October 19, 2023 at 11:51 AM
sam-stroope.bsky.social
Our new longitudinal study of religious change and murder rates just went up at Social Forces. Nice to finally see it in print: academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a... @bumblebacon.bsky.social @crimlizzie.bsky.social @sfjournal.bsky.social #CrimSky #socsky #polrel #SociologyofReligion #ReligiousStudies
February 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
sociologyprof1.bsky.social
I've been using this text for years - excellent book for #sociologyofreligion . I ordered my desk copy of the new edition a couple weeks ago.
October 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
sssreligion.bsky.social
Grace Davie, Emeritus Professor of Sociology (University of Exeter), will be among the keynote speakers for the #EUARE conference happening July 8-12, 2025 in Vienna. The Call for Papers within open panels starts on Jan 15. #SociologyOfReligion www.europeanacademyofreligion.org/it/keynote-l...
Keynote Lectures 2025 | euare
www.europeanacademyofreligion.org
December 18, 2024 at 1:57 AM
sssreligion.bsky.social
New research by #SociologyOfReligion scholars from the
@uottawa.ca Nonreligion in a Complex Future project suggests death doulas "are filling a gap that both medicine and religion have traditionally occupied."
@nonreligioncf.bsky.social @utas.edu.au

theconversation.com/what-death-d...
What death doulas can teach us about dying well without religion
As religious affiliation declines, the rituals and guidance it once provided around dying have disappeared for many people. Death doulas fill that gap.
theconversation.com
July 8, 2026 at 4:58 PM
sssreligion.bsky.social
New @us.theconversation.com article on #ChristianNationalism by David B. Parker cites the work of SSSR members @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social, Samuel Perry and Eric L. McDaniel.

#Religion #ReligiousStudies #SociologyOfReligion #AmericanPolitics

theconversation.com/how-christia...
How Christian nationalism played a role in incorporating the phrase ‘so help me God’ in the presidential oath of office
The phrase ‘so help me God’ is believed to be a part of the presidential oath ever since George Washington is said to have used it 236 years ago. Except, says a historian - there is no evidence of it.
theconversation.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
antrelclaottawa.bsky.social
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
“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…
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July 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
teinturs.bsky.social
Merci aux organisateurs pour ces journées riches et passionnantes, qui ouvrent de nombreuses perspectives et invitent à aller encore plus loin !

Photos : Maxime Passerat de Silans

#StarTrek #StarTrek60 #trekkers #trekkies #academic #SociologieDesReligions #SociologyOfReligion
Au collège franco-britannique, panneau indicateur du colloque Star Trek. Pendant ma communication autour des aspects religieux dans la fabrique d’un monde…
September 22, 2026 at 1:26 PM
teinturs.social.sciences.re.ap.brid.gy
Merci aux organisateurs pour ces journées riches et passionnantes, qui ouvrent de nombreuses perspectives et invitent à aller encore plus loin !

Photos : Maxime Passerat de Silans

#startrek #startrek60 #trekkers #TREKKIES #academic #sociologiedesreligions #sociologyofreligion
Au collège franco-britannique, panneau indicateur du colloque Star Trek. Pendant ma communication autour des aspects religieux dans la fabrique d’un monde…
September 22, 2026 at 1:20 PM
krysiawally.bsky.social
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
bsasocrel.bsky.social BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group @bsasocrel.bsky.social · Apr 8
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
April 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
ucsia.bsky.social
📣 #CallForPapers PhD candidates & postdocs are invited to apply for the #UCSIASummerSchool 2026 (Antwerp, 23–28 Aug) on religion & digital media.
⏰ Deadline: 20 April 2026 👉 www.ucsia-summerschool.org
#SociologyOfReligion #ReligiousStudies #Theology #AnthropologyOfReligion
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
theritaphd.bsky.social
Happy book birthday to Vyacheslav Karpov’s and my friend and colleague (or, as I like to say, my frolleague) Rachel Schroeder’s new book! #PublicationDay #BookBirthday #RutgersUPress #IconsAxedFreedomsLost #Sociology #SociologyOfReligion #CulturalSociology #PoliticalSociology #AcademicSky #BookSky
January 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
isa-rc22.bsky.social
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
July 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
s-n-journal.bsky.social
🔴NEW PUBLICATION🔴

"Religiosity is Declining BUT Giving is Increasing: Can the Nonreligious Really Be Less Generous?" by Ryan T. Cragun, Alexandra Rodriguez, Jesse Smith and David Speed.

Read the paper here:

🔗 doi.org/10.5334/snr....

#NonReligion #SociologyOfReligion #ReligiousNones #AcademicSky
February 17, 2026 at 9:25 AM
sssreligion.bsky.social
Congratulations to Margot Dazey @cnrs.fr winner of the 2025 Distinguished Book Award - Honorable Mention for 'Respectable Muslims: Morals and Manners of Minority Citizens in France,' published by @universitypress.cambridge.org #Sociology #SociologyOfReligion sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
Distingsuished Book Award 2025, Honorable Mention.Respectable Muslims: Morals and Manners of Minority Citizens in France. SSSR Logo
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
robertcfried.bsky.social
Religion as “the Opium of the People” For Marx, religion could provide comfort and hope to the oppressed, but it could also help justify inequality, create false consciousness, and maintain existing class relations. His critique connects religion with the broader struggle over power, exploitation and social change. #KarlMarx #Marxism #sociology #religion #socialtheory #sociologyofreligion
August 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
sssreligion.bsky.social
SSSR member/Penn State professor Gary J. Adler Jr. will speak on "how Catholicism influences everyday governance," Thursday, Feb 27th, 2025, 7:30 PM (EST) in Waterloo, ON @uofwaterloo.bsky.social.

➡️ In person & livestream.

#Religion #Sociology #SociologyOfReligion uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/e...
Gary J. Adler Jr.
February 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
billvanderburgh.bsky.social
It seems too much hassle to divide this into a series of posts, so I'll just post it as an image, and maybe I'll put it on my blog, too. #christiannationalism #philosophy #politicalphilosophy #sociologyofreligion #separationofchurchandstate
Text of a few thoughts in reaction to the NYT piece about Renn and "negative world."
March 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
sssreligion.bsky.social
On leaving, switching, converting: New article in Parents Magazine cites research from @pewresearch.org and our scholarly journal @jssreligion.bsky.social.

#Religion #ReligiousStudies #SociologyOfReligion www.parents.com/new-study-sh...
Why More Adults Are Reassessing Their Childhood Religion
According to a new Pew Research Center study, research shows that more and more people are leaving their childhood religions. We connected with experts to find out why.
www.parents.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM