How do neighborhoods where religious congregations are located influence them and how do congregations change their communities? The Chicago Congregations Project (CCP) uses innovative data collection methods so that researchers can address these questions and better understand the role of congregations in urban life.…
Read More about Support the Chicago Congregations Project on Notre Dame Day!
How do neighborhoods where religious congregations are located influence them and how do congregations change their communities? The Chicago Congregations Project (CCP) uses innovative data collection methods so that researchers can address these questions and better understand the role of congregations in urban life.…
The Center for the Study of Religion and Society kicked off the Fall semester with a welcome back dinner at the Lauber. Affiliated students and faculty members gathered to socialize and discuss the coming year.
The 2022 William V. D'Antonio Award for Graduate Student Excellence in the Sociology of Religion…
Read More about 2022 CSRS Welcome Back Dinner and Awards Ceremony
The Center for the Study of Religion and Society invites you to attend Race, Religion, and Black Lives Matter, presented by R. Khari Brown, Associate Professor of Sociology at Wayne State University. The talk will begin at 12:30 pm in B101 Jenkins-Nanovic Halls on Monday, September 26, 2022.
Co-sponsored by the Ansari Institute…
Read More about Race, Religion, and Black Lives Matter [Colloquium Talk]
Trump Can't Take the Evangelical Vote for Granted
published September 1, 2020
Read the full paper here: Political Mobilization Of Congregations For Posting…
Read More about Director Beyerlein writes about mobilized religious left under Trump
The Center for the Study of Religion and Society invites you to attend Religion, Masculinities, and the Rise of Pornography Addiction, presented by Kelsy Burke, University of Nebraska Lincoln. The talk will begin at 11:30 in B071 Jenkins-Nanovic Hall, and lunch will be served. Open to the public.…
Read More about Religion, Masculinities, and the Rise of Pornography Addiction
Research Seminar Fall 2020
Undergraduates from any department interested in the sociological study of religion and in conducting an original research project with up to $5,000 funding can apply at http://bit.ly/soc48666_app to take SOC 48666. Research projects may be used for senior theses.…
Read More about Sociology of Religion Research Funding for Undergraduates
The Center for the Study of Religion and Society hosted the Younger Scholars in the Sociology of Religion Conference on April 27, 2018. The conference brought together advanced graduate students and early assistant professors to present their research and receive comments from leading scholars in the field. Participants included Simon Brauer, Duke University; Jane McCamant, University of Chicago; David Eagle, Duke University; Hanna Shaul Bar Nissim, Brandeis University; Hanisah Binte Abdullah Sani, University of Chicago; Shanna Corner, University of Notre Dame; Alex DiBranco, Yale University; Derek Lehman, Southern Illinois University; Jonathan Coley, Monmouth College; Lindsay Glassman, University of Pennsylvania;, Laura Krull, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Landon Schnabel, Indiana University, Bloomington; Melissa Guzman Garcia, San Francisco State University; Erin Johnston, Stanford University; Oneya Okuwobi, Ohio State University; and Serhan Tanriverdi, Loyola University of Chicago.…
Read More about Younger Scholars in the Sociology of Religion Conference
Dr. Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University, is the first recipient of the Andrew M. Greeley Lifetime Achievement Award in the Sociology of Religion. The award was presented to Dr. Wuthnow by Kraig Beyerlein, at the 2018 Younger Scholars in the Sociology of Religion Conference held at the University of Notre Dame on April 27th.…
There are two sides to every story. And for Kraig Beyerlein, there's a side of the story about religious activism that has not been fully told. The associate professor of sociology studies protest movements and has been examining the role of progressive religious activism in the Women's March and along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mary Ellen Konieczny, the Henkels Family Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, died Feb. 24 as a result of complications from cancer. She was 58. A faculty fellow of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, she studied religion and conflict, the family and public politics.
Read More about In memoriam: Mary Ellen Konieczny, Henkels Family Associate Professor of Sociology
Jessica Collett, an associate professor in Notre Dame’s Department of Sociology, has been chosen to receive the 2017 Sheedy Excellence in Teaching Award. The highest teaching honor in the College of Arts and Letters, the Sheedy Award was created in 1970 to honor Rev. Charles E. Sheedy, C.S.C., who served as dean of Arts and Letters from 1951 to 1969. Collett will accept the award at a reception in her honor in December.
Read More about Jessica Collett, associate professor of sociology, to receive 2017 Sheedy Award
Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don't Give Away More Money by Christian Smith, Michael O. Emerson, and Patricia Snell Herzog was mentioned the Christianity Today article titled "The Only Bright Spot in American Giving."…
Dr. Christian Smith was quoted in the New York Times on Aug 2, 2017 in an article titled "Trump Can't Save American Christianity…
Read More about Christian Smith Quoted in the New York Times and in The Atlantic.
Christian Smith's recent book Religion: What it Is, How it Works, and Why it Matters was featured in the New York Times book review. …
Ruth Braunstein will be our guest speaker, March 26, 2018 at 12:30pm. Her talk is titled Prophets and Patriots: Faith in Democracy Across the Political Divide.
Ruth is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. A cultural sociologist interested in the role of religion in American political life, her research explores the practices, discourses, narratives and ideals of activists across the political spectrum. Her research has been published in the American Sociological Review…
Read More about Ruth Braunstein to be guest speaker, March 26, 2018
Jeanine A. Becker Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper 2017 Co-Winners:
“Global Secular Elites? Religious Identities, Context-Based Knowledge,and Meaning-Making Processes within UN Spaces” by Shanna Corner
and
“Information Transmission in situ: Communication Pathways in Protest Situations” by Justin Van Ness…
