This month’s Discourse is hosted by Suzanne Newcombe, who’s joined by Michael Munnick and Carmen Becker. They start by discussing the recent shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness Hall in Hamburg and how it has reopened discussions about discrimination. They then turn to Scotland, where discrimination is again an issue in the election of Nicola Sturgeon’s successor as Leader of the SNP. Are Kate Forbes’ opinions on equality criticised for being religious, or for not being progressive? And finally, they discuss the case of Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, a pro-life activist arrested apparently for the crime of praying as a protest outside a UK abortion clinic.
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The Political Relevance of the Sociology of Religion
Scrape My Barrel! | Mid-Year Special 2017 (with video)
Drawn to the Gods – Religion, Comedy and Animated Television Programs
Children in New Religious Movements
Christian evangelical organisations in global anti-trafficking networks
Changing Your Story: Assessing Ex-Member Narratives
Muslims, NGOs, and the future of democratic space in Myanmar
Hyper-Real Religion, Digital Capitalism, and the Pygmalion Effect
Beyond ‘Faith-Based Organizations’: Religion and NGOs in comparative perspective
Alternative Sociologies of Religion: Through Non-Western Eyes
Muslim NGOs and civil society in Indonesia
‘Modelling Religion’ and the Integration of the Sciences and the Humanities in the Bio-cultural Study of Religion
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Hindu Traditions in Contemporary British Communities
Islamic Millennialism
Black Religious Movements and Religio-Racial Identities during the Great Migration
Evangelical Yoga: Cultural Appropriation and Translation in American Religions
Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Theology
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