British Sociological Association

Sociology of Religion Study Group

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Since its foundation in 1975, the Sociology of Religion Study Group has become the second largest discipline study group within the British Sociological Association (BSA).

The Study Group's annual conferences attract a wide range of specialists and and non-specialists in contemporary religious issues and the sociology of religion. Conferences provide a forum not only for internationally renowned scholars in the field, but also increasingly for young academics and post-graduate students. A particular concern of the Study Group is to encouage younger members of the Group and to increase the profile of the Sociology of Religion within Sociology.


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New Publications

Edited by Sylvia Collins-Mayo, and Pink Dandelion

July 2010

Study Day 2011

Religion and Social Action
BSA, Imperial Wharf, London
19th November 2011 (10am to 4pm)

Programme and details

Religion and (In)Equalities

Study Group Annual Conference 

University of Chester, UK
28 – 30 March 2012

Plenary Speakers:
Professor Tariq Modood

(University of Bristol)
Professor Elaine Graham (University of Chester)
Professor Sean McCloud (University of North Carolina)

This interdisciplinary conference will gather academics and practitioners to discuss the complex ways religion interacts with systems of power and/or categories of difference that affect experiences of equality and/or inequality in individuals, groups and spaces.

*** Bookings now open ***
Conference Flyer | Draft Programme | Conference Location and Info


*** 2012 Peter B. Clarke Memorial Prize *** 

(formerly 'Taylor & Francis Postgraduate Essay Competition')


The BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group invites
postgraduates to enter the 2012 Peter B. Clarke
Memorial Prize

Deadline for submission: 1st February 2012
Submission and further information to Dr Giselle Vincett (gvincett@ed.ac.uk)

More details and cover sheet


Teaching and Studying Religion: Choices and Challenges

BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group Symposium

Imperial Wharf, London, 15th December 2011

Bookings now open.
For information please email:
 Dr Abby Day and Dr Anna Strhan

Click here for programme 


 Journal of Contemporary Religion
Special Rates for PhD Students and Society Members
Reduced rates for personal subscriptions for PhD students and members of the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group and the British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR) are available (USĀ¢95.00/£57.00/€76.00).

To order a subscription at the special rate, go to:
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cjcr and click ‘News and special offers’.
This takes you to a form which needs to be filled in.

Study Group members are strongly encouraged to make use of this offer, not least in order to ensure that it continues.

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