The Second Congress of Russian Scholars of Religion "The Science of Religion in the 21 century: Traditional Methods and New Paradigms"

Association for Russian Centers for the Religious Studies

The Second Congress of Russian Scholars of Religion 

"The Science of Religion in the 21 century: Traditional Methods and New Paradigms"

20-22 November 2014 

St. Petersburg State University and

The State Museum of the History of Religion

(St. Petersburg) 

The Second Congress of Russian Scholars of Religion organized by Association for Russian  Centers for the Religious Studies will take place on November 20-22, 2014. The theme of the Congress is “The Science of Religion in the 21 century: traditional techniques and new paradigms”. The sessions of the Congress will be held in the State Museum of the History of Religion and the St. Petersburg State University

This all-Russian congress with international participation should continue the process of academic communication, which was started  in 2012 during the First Congress of Russian Study of Religion  “Religion in the Age of Science”, organized by the Association for Russian  Centers for the Religious Studies.

During the Second Congress of the Russian Scholars of Religion "The Science of Religion in the 21 century: Traditional Methods and New Paradigms" the following problem fields will be discussed:

• Naturalistic theory of consciousness and cognitive turn in the study of religion
• Contemporary sociological theory of religion and practical study of religion
• Textual research and problems of linguistic analysis of religious texts
• Anthropological studies of "popular religion" and religion in popular culture
• Theoretical and methodological problems of the teaching about religions

Working languages Russian and English.

Deadline for submitting themes for panels and round-tables: 1 March 2014 
Deadline for submitting proposals for individual papers: 1 June 2014 
Notification of acceptance: 1 July 2014

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