Meet the Author: Sarah Kathleen Johnson
In this webinar, Sarah Kathleen Johnson will present her new book Occasional Religious Practice: Valuing a Very Ordinary Religious Experience (Oxford University Press, 2025).
12:00 pm ET
“Researching School Values” Workshop
The Department of Theology and Religious Studies at KCL and the Social Studies of Ethics, Morality and Values Network are pleased to host a networking symposium on values in schools at KCL on Friday, 27 June, 11am – 5pm.
Particular attention will be given to the way in which values have become increasingly prominent on school websites, in disciplinary and reward structures, in the curriculum (formal and informal), and in inspection regimes (e.g. FBVs). Current and historic practices, use and reception, wider pressures and causes, the content and application of school values are all of interest.
Nonreligion in Brazil and Beyond: Emerging Approaches and Future Directions
Nonreligion and the Pew Religious Landscape Study
In this webinar, Gregory A. Smith (Pew Research Center) will discuss findings from the Pew Religious Landscape Study 2023-2024, followed by commentary from Kati Tervo-Niemelä (University of Eastern Finland), Peter Beyer (University of Ottawa), and Ryan Cragun (University of Tampa).
11:00am ET
Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations
Using Statistics
This webinar series – co-hosted by the Nonreligion in a Complex Future Project and the International Society for Historians of Atheism, Secularism, and Humanism – brings together historians and social scientists to discuss key issues in the study of nonreligion. This webinar will focus on how historians and social scientists can use statistics and data in the study of nonreligion.
The panelists are: Callum Brown (University of Glasgow), Hugo Rabbia (National University of Córdoba), Todd Weir (University of Groningen), and Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme (University of Waterloo).
1pm ET
Symposium: Non-Religion in the Nordic Countries
The Centre for Multidisciplinary Research on Religion and Society at Uppsala University in collaboration with Nonreligion in a Complex Future (https://nonreligionproject.ca/) led by Professor Lori Beaman (Ottawa University) is arranging a symposium in Uppsala: Non-Religion in the Nordic Countries.
Non-religion is a growing area within the Sociology of religion, and we at CRS hope to contribute to the visibility of Nordic perspectives, as well as provide the opportunity for networking for Nordic researchers within the field, and others who might be interested. The symposium focuses on non-religion in relation to the themes of environment and nature, migration, media and popular culture, nationalism, citizenship and the law, as well as death and funerary rites.
Meet the Author with Masoumeh (Sara) Rahmani and Peter Adds
In this webinar, Masoumeh (Sara) Rahmani and Peter Adds will discuss their recent article, “Māori atheism: a decolonising project?” Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online (2024).
7pm ET (Thursday, March 20) / 12pm NZT (Friday, March 21)
Scholars in the Square (Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria)
Lori Beaman and Douglas Ezzy, “How Nonreligion Changes End of Life Care”
Religion can no longer be assumed to be the only meaningful framework for understanding the end of life. In this talk we draw from the Nonreligion in a Complex Future Project’s research to map changes in death and dying related to obituaries, understandings of the afterlife, and approaches to palliative care. We understand these changes to be linked to the increased number of people who identify as nonreligious.
8pm ET / 5pm PT
End of Life Care and Nonreligion Workshop, March 13-14
Co-hosted by the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria, and the Nonreligion in a Complex Future Project
End of life care has been shaped by Christianity and the perceived needs of Christians. But as societies become more nonreligious and more religiously diverse, how is end of life care changing? How does end of life care reflect religious social change, and what might (non)religiously diverse and inclusive end of life care look like? What are the legal issues surrounding end of life care and nonreligion? Are there realities of health care that should be taken into account when considering these issues? Is there information about nonreligion that would be helpful to end of life care providers? This workshop brings together scholars from different disciplines to consider these questions in an innovative format.
Meet the Author with Anthony Pinn
In this webinar, Anthony Pinn will discuss his recent book, The Black Practice of Disbelief: An Introduction to the Principles, History, and Communities of Black Nonbelievers (Beacon Press, 2024).
12pm ET