Editorial: Religion and Society
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The rising significance of the focus on scholarly discourse development on
‘religion and society’ is evident from a number of recent initiatives. For
instance, the Religion and Society Programme is a £12m research initiative
funded by UK research councils between 2007-2013. To this we can add the
growing significance of the Journal of Religion and Society published by
Berghahn Journals in both Oxford and New York, the Encyclopedia of
Religion and Society of the American Academy of Religion, and the fact that
we shall have a fourth international conference on Religion and Spirituality
in Society in 2014 at the Universidad Nacional Costa Rica Heredia. The
founding of programmes for postgraduate research (University of Aberdeen
for instance), and research Centers for Religion and Society at universities
(Notre Dame University, US; Victoria University; and University of Western
Sydney Australia are examples) also speak to this fact. This can rightly be
termed a renewed interest for scholarship in the New Millennium. This is
also borne out by the seminal book, borne out by the seminal book edited by
Gerrie ter Haar and Yoshio Tsuruoka in 2007, viz. Religion and Society: An
Agenda for the 21st Century (2007).
‘religion and society’ is evident from a number of recent initiatives. For
instance, the Religion and Society Programme is a £12m research initiative
funded by UK research councils between 2007-2013. To this we can add the
growing significance of the Journal of Religion and Society published by
Berghahn Journals in both Oxford and New York, the Encyclopedia of
Religion and Society of the American Academy of Religion, and the fact that
we shall have a fourth international conference on Religion and Spirituality
in Society in 2014 at the Universidad Nacional Costa Rica Heredia. The
founding of programmes for postgraduate research (University of Aberdeen
for instance), and research Centers for Religion and Society at universities
(Notre Dame University, US; Victoria University; and University of Western
Sydney Australia are examples) also speak to this fact. This can rightly be
termed a renewed interest for scholarship in the New Millennium. This is
also borne out by the seminal book, borne out by the seminal book edited by
Gerrie ter Haar and Yoshio Tsuruoka in 2007, viz. Religion and Society: An
Agenda for the 21st Century (2007).
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Smit, J. (2013). Editorial: Religion and Society. Alternation Journal, (11), 1-9. Retrieved from https://journals.ukzn.ac.za/index.php/soa/article/view/400
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csrs.uvic.ca/. (Accessed on 15 December 2013.)
Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Available at hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/ .
(Accessed on 15 December 2013.)
International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society 2014.
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica Heredia. Available at:
religioninsociety.com. (Accessed on 15 December 2013.)
Hjelm, Titus & Phil Zuckerman 2013. Studying Religion and Society.
Sociological Self Portraits. Oxon: Routledge.
Journal of Religion and Society. Oxford and New York: Berghahn Journals.
Available at: www.journals.berghahnbooks.com/air-rs. (Accessed 15
December 2013.)
Religion and Society Programme Funded by UK Research Councils between
2007-2013. Available at: www.religionandsociety.org.uk/ . (Accessed 15
December 2013.)
ter Haar, Gerrie & Yoshio Tsuruoka 2007. Religion and Society: An Agenda
for the 21st Century. Leiden & Boston: Brill.