[ecrea] CFP: "Communicating Religion" Socrel Annual Conference

Sociology of Religion Study Group (SocRel)
Annual Conference 2019
9-11 July 2019, Cardiff University

Communicating Religion
Charles Hirschkind (University of California-Berkeley)
Mia Lövheim (Uppsala University)
Jolyon Mitchell (University of Edinburgh)

As scholars of religion, we are all tasked with communicating religion 
in one way or another – to students, to the public, and to our research 
community. Moreover, what we study is itself a message: participants in 
our studies and creators of the documents we analyse are communicating 
religion, and what we receive as data is what Giddens referred to as the 
‘double hermeneutic,’ or ideas and experiences that have already been 
mediated. What is the religion communicated to us? How do we communicate 
religion, and what is it that we communicate when we’re doing it?

Our focus is on "communicating" as a verb-like gerund rather than 
"communication" as a static, abstract noun. Scholars from different 
strands of the sociology of religion can imagine their work in it, and 
our topic engages the interests of colleagues in journalism, media and 
cultural studies; geography; music; English, communications and 
philosophy; social psychology; and law and politics.

The substance of communication can include evangelistic and apologistic 
discourse, education, media, and public policy interventions. We welcome 
diverse methodological approaches, including multi-modal and 
multi-sensory approaches to communicating religion. We understand 
communicating in multiple contexts, including academia, politics, 
education, social media and mass media. We imagine multiple frameworks 
that contour how we imagine communicating religion, encompassing the 
secular and the digital, the individual and the collective, the implicit 
and the explicit, the theoretical and the empirical.

To deliver a paper, please send an abstract of no more than 250 words, 
alongside a biographical note of no more than 50 words. We will also be 
accepting a limited number of panel proposals. To deliver a panel, 
please send an abstract of no more than 500 words alongside a 
biographical note of no more than 50 words for each contributor.

Please submit your abstracts online, before midnight Friday 1 February 
2019, at:
https://portal.britsoc.co.uk/public/abstract/Abstracts.aspx
The British Sociological Association - Giving Sociology a 
Voice<https://portal.britsoc.co.uk/public/abstract/Abstracts.aspx>
portal.britsoc.co.uk
Event Abstract. This page shows the events that BSA is currently 
planning and are available to submit abstracts to.




Conference Bursaries:
A limited number of bursaries are available to support postgraduate, 
early career, low income or unwaged SocRel members to present at the 
conference. Please visit 
https://www.britsoc.co.uk/media/24891/socrel-2019-bursary-application-form.docx 
for instructions, and to download an application form, and submit your 
bursary application along with your abstract by 1 February 2019.

Socrel is mindful of the various sensitivities people carry concerning 
content. If you feel that the presentation you give may include material 
that may be upsetting, please consider including a note about this 
content in your abstract. We will not restrict or censor presentations 
that include sensitive or alarming content, but by flagging it in the 
abstract, those who attend the conference can make informed decisions on 
which panel they might choose to attend.

Abstract submission: Open now
Early bird registration opens: 3 November 2018
Abstract submission closes: 1 February 2019
Decision notification: 15 February 2019
Presenter registration closes: 29 March 2019
Early bird registration closes: 7 June 2019
Registration closes: 28 June 2019

Please note that after 7 June 2019, a £50 late registration fee will 
apply to all bookings.

Should you have other questions about the conference please also contact 
the conference organisers, Dr Michael Munnik (Cardiff University) or Dr 
Peter Hemming (Cardiff University) 
(socrel19 /at/ cardiff.ac.uk)<mailto:(socrel19 /at/ cardiff.ac.uk)>

For further details, visit the SocRel website: 
www.britsoc.co.uk/groups/study-groups/sociology-of-religion-study-group/<http://www.britsoc.co.uk/groups/study-groups/sociology-of-religion-study-group/> 
For further details about the BSA visit 
www.britsoc.co.uk<http://www.britsoc.co.uk/>


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