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Diverse Visions and Perspectives on the Sociology of Religion
Sun, August 9, 8:00 to 9:30am, TBASession Submission Type: Paper Session (90 minute)
Description
Recent political and social developments have driven renewed interest in the study of religion. For this session, we invite cutting-edge theoretical, epistemological, and international/transnational perspectives that can help to push forward the sociology of religion. Topics that are of particular interest include (but are not limited to): the intersections of religion and racial/ethnic identities; religion and gender/sexuality; religious social movements (including nationalisms).
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Individual Presentations
Challenging Eurocentric Approaches to “Ancestor Worship”: Family Rituals and the Hungry Ghost Festival in China - Becky Yang Hsu, Georgetown University; Liu Zhuang, Yunnan Minzu University
“Practice Religion with Ease, Practice Science at the Same Time”: Migrant Scientists and Gulf's Religious Appeal - Kurt Kuehne, New York University Abu Dhabi; Anju Mary Paul, New York University Abu Dhabi
Race, Religion & Incarceration: The Shifting Meaning of Conversion to Islam in Neoliberal America - Sanya Ansari, University of San Francisco
Religious Submission: Agency, Surrender, and the Enactment of Sacred Experience - Michal Pagis, Bar-Ilan University; Shlomo Guzmen-Carmeli, Bar-Ilan University
The Mama Bears: Maternal Christian Nationalism in the US from 1970 to 2025 - Katie Christine Gaddini, University College London