Religio

05/01/2026

🧐Call for papers:

ESA Conference in Warsaw
"Strengthening Democracies: Social Action, Solidarity, and Sustainable Futures"
25-28 August 2026

RN 34 Call for Papers: Religion, Democracy, and Social Transformation

Papers on, but not limited to, the following topics:
● Intersecting religious and political identities
● Religion in populist and far-right movements
● Religious responses to human rights threats
● Religion and spirituality in conspiracy theories
● Mediatization of religion and religious values
● Technological developments (incl. AI) and religious communities
● Faith-based activism and social justice
● Religious responses to migration, armed conflicts, and displacement
● Apocalyptic discourses in (anti-)environmental movements
● Religion and welfare states in crisis
● Religion and narratives of sustainability
● Methodological approaches to studying religion's role in social transformation

Researchers wishing to participate are invited to submit their abstracts by 30 January 2026.

All abstracts must be submitted via the official conference platform: https://www.conftool.com/esa2026/

General conference information: https://europeansociology.org/conference/2026

31/12/2025

Přejeme vám do nového roku zdraví a mnoho religionistického objevování! 🥳
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We wish you good health and many religious discoveries in the new year! 🥳

29/12/2025

Konference:
Kvalitativní přístup a metody ve vědách o člověku
26. - 27. 1. 2026, Olomouc

👉 Nezapomínejte, že termín pro aktivní přihlášení na konferenci je jen do 4. 1. 2026 😱

TĚŠÍME SE NA VÁS 💙

👉 Nezapomínejte, že termín pro aktivní přihlášení na konferenci je jen do 4.1.2026 😱
Přihlašování pro účast bez konferenčního příspěvku je možné do naplnění kapacity ✅
Program bude zveřejněn po ukončení přihlašování aktivních příspěvků ✅
Všechny podstatné informace naleznete na webu: https://qak.upol.cz/
Odkaz na FB událost: https://fb.me/e/dj95sEpXo

22/12/2025

Ať už slavíte Yule, Vánoce či Chanuku, redakce časopisu Religio vám přeje klidně strávený sváteční čas! 🌠
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Whether you celebrate Yule, Christmas, or Hanukkah, the editors of Religio magazine wish you a peaceful holiday season! 🌠

18/12/2025

We are delighted to announce that the 10th Biennial Meeting of the International Association for the Cognitive and Evolutionary Sciences of Religion (IACESR) will be held at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, from July 1st-3rd 2026.

We will be offering an excellent line-up of keynote speakers, events, John McGraw awards for excellent proposals by student/early career researchers and travel support thanks to a generous funding obtained from the IAHR (International Association for the History of Religions).

Call for proposals:

The Cognitive and Evolutionary Sciences of Religion is an interdisciplinary research area. We therefore encourage empirical and theoretical papers representing state-of-the-art research on religion, evolution, and cognition from all areas of the humanities, social, and natural sciences.

The call for paper and panel proposals is now open. All proposals will be submitted through Microsoft CMT. Note that while the CMT system may ask you for an ID such as ORCID or Google Scholar, these are not necessary to make a submission.

Please submit your talk abstracts here: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/User/Login?ReturnUrl=%2FIACESR2026

The call for both individual presentations and panel proposals will close February 6th, 2026. The individual presentations include individual talks and posters.
Panel abstracts can be up to 500 words while individual abstracts should be between 150 and 200 words.

Notifications of acceptance will be sent by February 28th, 2026.

John McGraw Graduate Student/Early Career Award:

This award recognises outstanding work by early career researchers. Eligibility includes current students and researchers within five years of obtaining their PhD. Awardees will be selected based on the quality of their submitted abstract; to receive the award, recipients must present their work at the conference. Awardees will be given a featured presentation slot in the programme.

Travel support for Students / Early Career Researchers:

Thanks to the support obtained from the IAHR (International Association for the History of Religions), the IACESR will be offering a limited number of scholarships to offset travel costs for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars (within 5 years of PhD). A short justification should be provided when applying for this scholarship (maximum length 200 words).

More details to follow. Information about registration will be available on our website in early 2026: https://iacesr.com/conferences/

We hope to see you in Brno next year!

15/12/2025

⏰Call for Papers⏰

Fourth World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation

📆 22 - 26 June 2026
🇲🇰 Skopje, North Macedonia

Submit: http://icrd.fzf.ukim.edu.mk/ until April 15, 2026

Conference note in Religio: https://journals.phil.muni.cz/religio/article/view/38672

02/12/2025

🧙‍♂️ Jak velké jsou komunity, které dnes v Česku slovanské pohanství praktikují?

🧩 Jaké nejčastější stereotypy o Slovanech a slovanském pohanství přetrvávají v české společnosti a populární kultuře?

🎬 Jak se tyto stereotypy projevují ve filmech, komiksech či počítačových hrách?

✝️ Jaký je vztah moderního slovanského pohanství ke křesťanské tradici?

🎙️ Poslechněte si Hergot! na Český rozhlas o slovanském pohanství s religionisty Jiřím Dyndou (Slovanský ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.) a Pavlem Horákem (Etnologický ústav AV ČR).

Odkaz v komentářích.

27/11/2025

🥶🥶Due to the freezing weather outside, we would rather warmly invite you to the new Online First read in Religio:

Jana Valtrová, Andrea Štěpánková and Jakub Cigán, Labels and Identities. Classification of the Moravian Anabaptists in Sources from the 16th and 17th Centuries
https://journals.phil.muni.cz/religio/article/view/41631

26/11/2025

Call for Papers in Religio
"Consecrated Life" 🙏

EXTENDED DEADLINE ‼️
until March 15, 2026

24/11/2025

"Minority Religions, the Law, and the Courts: Cases and Consequences" (James Richardson)
☝️New book available for free download until 1 December.☝️

James T. Richardson's Element "Minority Religions, the Law, and the Courts: Cases and Consequences" looks at the ways in which judicial and legal issues impact new religions, and how both religious groups, and the courts, change as a result.

It is available for free download until 1 December at the following link:

Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Minority Religions, the Law, and the Courts

21/11/2025

OTRAVA BOHEM 🧪🧐

Zveme vás na debatu s religionistou Zdeňkem Vojtíškem a psychoterapeutkou Ivou Terezou Grosskopfovou.
Moderuje religionistka Jitka Schlichstová.

Kdy: 3. 12. v 18:00

Kde: FofrKafé Soukenda, Praha 1

Rezervujte si místo!