Author: Arlene Brennan
Courses not to be missed: Fall 2020
African Christianity STHTM863A1 Dana Robert & Nimi Wariboko Tuesday 12:30-3:15pm This masters’ level course in the history of African Christianity (19th century to the present) will address African Christian identities, biographies, and traditions. Topics include colonialism and Christian mission, indigenous churches, pentecostalism, church-state relations, and transatlantic connections. Anthropology of Immigrant Health GMS MA624 Lance Laird […]
New Article from Visiting Scholar Michael Jindra
Congratulations to CURA Visiting Scholar Michael Jindra on the publication of an article in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly is a leading international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to advancing research on nonprofits, philanthropy, voluntarism and civil society, broadly defined. Published six times a year, NVSQ receives about 660 submissions annually and has […]
Job Opening for Grad Students: Editorial Manager
Job Description Editorial Manager: Journal of Religion and Demography The peer-reviewed Journal of Religion and Demography (JRD) presents information on the state of religious statistics around the world in sets of well-arranged tables and scholarly articles from various academic disciplines, including social science (anthropology and sociology), demography, history, and geography. Each issue provides summaries […]
New Talk Stream: Marrying Married Men: Polygyny in Law & Practice in Contemporary Malaysia
Marrying Married Men: Polygyny in Law & Practice in Contemporary Malaysia with Nurul Hoda Mohd Rafiz, Visiting Fellow, Harvard Law School’s Program on Law & Society in the Muslim World NEW Talk – Stream available now from CURA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_pOphiYATM Despite legal restrictions on polygyny in Malaysian Islamic Family Law, this practice continues to be on […]
Update on “Indonesian Pluralities”
Dr. Bob Hefner continued his travel to Indonesia in Jan. & March, shooting & editing of the 3 of 6 films in the Henry Luce Foundation funded series, “Indonesian Pluralities.” It shows the diversity of social and religious life in Indonesia, and the challenge this poses for citizenship and peace in this largest Muslim society in […]
Call for Proposals: CURA Colloquium 20-21
Call for Proposals for Religion and World Affairs Colloquium 2020-21 Theme: Religion and Communal Interaction Boston University’s Institute for Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA) invites BU faculty and graduate students to apply to become fellows in the interdisciplinary Colloquium on Religion and World Affairs run in cooperation with the BU School of Theology. The […]
Women in Terrorism: Visibility, Legitimacy, and Responsibility in Modern War
Thursday, March 5 @4pm 91 Bay State Rd. Lecture by Meredith Loken, Dept. of Political Science, UMass Amherst Seeing and Not Seeing Series Sponsors: BU Center for the Humanities Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs Global Development Policy Center Political Science Department Center for the Study of Europe Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies […]
Book Talk: Introducing the World Christian Encyclopedia
Monday, March 23 @3:00pm 121 Bay State Rd. Boston, MA 02215 CURA will host a book talk with Todd M. Johnson, Ph.D and Gina Zurlo, Ph.D on the publication of the new edition of their book World Christian Encyclopedia. This year marks the publication of a seminal reference work: the 3rd edition of the World Christian […]
This Tuesday: Forced Migration, Human Trafficking and Access to Hell
Join us this Tuesday. Torn Between the Lover and the Love You Leave Behind: Forced Migration, Human Trafficking and Access to Hell Tuesday, February 4 121 Bay State Rd.