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Religion & the Public Sphere
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A program of the Social Science Research Council, R&PS fosters research, discussion, and engagement around religion, secularism, spirituality, and belief. Publisher of online publications Intersections and @immanentframe.bsky.social‬.
Read the July 2025 edition of the @ssrc.org Intersections newsletter to learn about our recent webinar on religion, gender, and populism, as well as the conclusion of our essay forums! #polrel #polisky #academicsky
July 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
April 2025 Newsletter | Check out the latest edition of Intersections' newsletter:

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Essays on Religion and Civic Engagement; Religion and AI | The Global Flourishing Study launch at Gallup headquarters | A public webinar on Religion, Gender, and Populism
April 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
WHAT: Official launch of the Global Flourishing Study at Harvard + conversation
WHEN: April 30 2025
WHERE: Gallup Headquarters, Wash. DC
WHO: Harvard, Institute for the Study of Religion (Baylor University), and the Center for Open Science

More info: globalflourishingstudy.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Join us 11/23, at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Organized by the SSRC, a panel of esteemed experts will discuss the importance of expanding public involvement with religion. The session will also highlight our new religion & int'l affairs platform.
#polrel #academicsky #phdchat
November 21, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,468,467!
September 19, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Intersections' field review for "Religion in the Digital Age" is authored by Johanna Sumiala (Univ. of Helsinki). She asks, "What does it mean to be dead? What are digital souls?"

Read the full essay:
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#religion #socialtheory #philosophy #science
June 12, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Intersections' field review for "Religion and Democracy" is authored by Neilesh Bose (Univ. of Victoria). He writes, "Religion and nation need not be understood only from the vantage point of the powerful and majoritarian."

Read the full essay:
shorturl.at/k6cEo

#polisky #polrel #academicsky
June 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Erin K. Wilson and Franzisca Beeken's "Climate Futures" field review on Intersections argues, "Climate change demands new ways of knowing the world, beyond our secular and state-centric beliefs."

Read the full essay: shorturl.at/1dt9v

#greensky 🌍 #polrel #polisky #academicsky
June 12, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Allow us to introduce one of our current Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellows: Maro Youssef, an Arab-American immigrant, scholar, and public sociologist who focuses on the Middle East. [1/3]

#academicsky #polrel
June 12, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Intersections launch event, "Religion and the Future of Democracy." Thanks also to our distinguished panelists Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Dr. David Buckley as well as our moderator Dr. Melissa Deckman. [1/2]

#polrel #academisky #polisky
May 29, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Every week, the Religion and the Public Sphere program at the Social Science Research Council will highlight another member of our Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellows' network. [4/4]
May 29, 2024 at 6:11 PM
[2/4] Dr. Noureldin's research and lectures offer a window into the lives of communities at the crossroads of race, religion, and identity in America. As an RSDR fellow, she developed her PhD dissertation: "From Incarceration to Imancipation: Blackamerican Muslim Conversion and Reentry." [2/4]
May 29, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Today, we'd like to spotlight one of our 2021-22 Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellows: Dr. Laila H. Noureldin, visiting assistant professor at Occidental College and Loyola Marymount Univ. [1/4]

#academicsky #polrel
May 29, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Today | The Social Science Research Council is proud to launch our website that explores religion as it converges with ecology, democracy, digital technology, and policy formation---Intersections.

Details for the launch event below

#greensky 🌍 #polrel #polisky #academisky #publicpolicy #religion
May 23, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Melissa Decknan (@melissadeckman.bsky.social), CEO of the @prripoll.bsky.social will serve as the moderator for today's webinar, "Religion and the Future of Democracy."

There's still time to register at tinyurl.com/intersectionslaunch

#polrel #polisky #academicsky #socialtheory
May 23, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Allow us to introduce the second panelist for today's launch event for the Intersections platform, "Religion and the Future of Democracy." Joining us will be David T. Buckley, Director of the Center for Asian Democracy at the University of Louisville.

#polrel #polisky #academicsky #socialtheory
May 23, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Today, we want to highlight the first of our panelists for Thursday's "Religion and the Future of Democracy" webinar: Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Laurence S. Rockefeller Visiting Prof. at Princeton University.

Read below for more info and to register for the webinar.
#polrel #polisci #academicsky

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May 20, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Intersections, the SSRC's new website dedicated to religion & international affairs, will explore four distinct research areas. One of them is Policy Focus. To learn more, register for the platform's official launch event. Details below. #academicsky #publicpolicy #governance #polrel
May 17, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Intersections, the SSRC's new website dedicated to religion & international affairs, will explore four distinct research areas. One of them is Religion in the Digital Age. To learn more, register for the platform's official launch event next Thursday. Details below. #academicsky #socialtheory
May 17, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Intersections, the SSRC's new website dedicated to religion & international affairs, will explore four distinct research areas. One of them is Religion & Democracy. To learn more, register for the platform's official launch event. Details below. #polisky #academicsky #socialtheory
May 17, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Intersections, the SSRC's new website dedicated to religion & international affairs, will explore four distinct research areas. One of them is Climate Futures. To learn more, register for the platform's official launch event. #greensky #polrel #academisky 🌏 [1/2]
May 16, 2024 at 2:45 PM
[4/4] Her research intertwines political theory and international relations to address global questions on religion and politics.

Every week, we will spotlight new members of our Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal network.
May 16, 2024 at 12:37 PM
[3/4] During her RSDR fellowship at the SSRC, her research project was entitled "Freeing Religion: Deconstructing/Decolonizing Religious Freedom and Secularism in the Americas." Similarly, her dissertation studies the politics of religious freedom and secularism in the Americas.
May 16, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Today, the Religion & the Public Sphere program at the SSRC would like to highlight one of our Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellows: Ely Orrego Torres, a member of our 2022-2023 cohort [1/4]. #academicsky #phdsky #polrel #polisky
May 16, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Announcement | Next week we launch Intersections, a platform dedicated to research on religion and global affairs. Its areas of focus are Religion & Democracy, Climate Futures, Digital Religion, and Policy Focus. #polrel #polisky #academicsky #greensky

Questions? Email us - intersections@ssrc.org.
May 15, 2024 at 4:51 PM