International Society for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture (ISSRNC)
The International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture (ISSRNC) is a community of scholars engaged in critical inquiry into the relationships among human beings and their diverse cultures, environments, religious beliefs and practices. The ISSRNC facilitates scholarly collaboration and research, and disseminates research findings through regular conferences and the affiliated Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture.
Who are we?
- We are a community of scholars interested in religion, nature, and culture.
- We are a membership society that helps scholars think across disciplines and foster discussions outside of our home disciplines.
- We are a membership society for scholars to collaborate and share knowledge across intersecting disciplines.
-We are a network that promotes critical inquiry and engaged scholarship.
- We are an organization that gathers together diverse methodologies, intellectual approaches, and ways of knowing, including sustainability, indigenous traditions, applied social sciences, ethics, religious studies, political science and anthropology.
Supervisors: Sarah Pike President , Mark Peterson President Elect, Evan Berry Secretary, Kristina Tiedje Treasurer, Laura Hobgood Past President 2012-2015, Bron Taylor Founder and Past President 2005-2009 , Kocku von Stuckrad Past President 2009-2011, Rick Stepp, and Ipsita Chatterjea Communications Director
Who are we?
- We are a community of scholars interested in religion, nature, and culture.
- We are a membership society that helps scholars think across disciplines and foster discussions outside of our home disciplines.
- We are a membership society for scholars to collaborate and share knowledge across intersecting disciplines.
-We are a network that promotes critical inquiry and engaged scholarship.
- We are an organization that gathers together diverse methodologies, intellectual approaches, and ways of knowing, including sustainability, indigenous traditions, applied social sciences, ethics, religious studies, political science and anthropology.
Supervisors: Sarah Pike President , Mark Peterson President Elect, Evan Berry Secretary, Kristina Tiedje Treasurer, Laura Hobgood Past President 2012-2015, Bron Taylor Founder and Past President 2005-2009 , Kocku von Stuckrad Past President 2009-2011, Rick Stepp, and Ipsita Chatterjea Communications Director
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2021 Conference: Religion and Environment by International Society for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture (ISSRNC)
2019 Conference: Religion / Water / Climate by International Society for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture (ISSRNC)
2017 Conference: Mountains and Sacred Landscapes by International Society for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture (ISSRNC)
2016 Conference: Religion Science and the Future by International Society for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture (ISSRNC)
10 September 2015. An abridged French Translation of the CFP for Religion Science and the Future, the ISSRNC 10th Anniversary Conference.
As an interdisciplinary society, the ISSRNC is interested in all aspects of the relations between religion, nature and culture. Our conferences and journal are, therefore, replete with contributions grounded in a wide range of the arts, humanities, and sciences. Panels and paper proposals may address any aspect of the religion/nature/culture nexus, and focus on any time frame, space, or place.
Since the main conference theme is “Religion, Science and the Future”, we especially encourage proposals that, whatever else they illuminate, reflect as well on Religion, Science, and the Future. Conference subthemes include: Evolution, Religion and Science; Religion, Violence, and Neuroscience; Religion and Science on Health and Well Being; Religion, Science, and Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Consciousness, Mysticism, & Meditative Practice; The Greening of Religion; Religion and Nature in the Arts; and Ethology, Botany, and Sentience.
Further details can be found in the document provided here.
JSRNC - Call for Papers by International Society for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture (ISSRNC)
Pandemics are nothing new in human and religious history, of course. Indeed, religion and disease have long been entwined as people struggled to understand the mysterious origins of diseases and why they sometimes cause mass deaths and concomitant social and ecological disasters. Unsurprisingly, invisible spiritual beings or forces, which influence if not control environmental conditions, have often been postulated to explain the invisible-to-the-naked eye organisms that precipitate diseases and disasters. Some theorists even contend that the roots of religion may lie in the existential crises precipitated by disease and death.
Although the history of religion is replete with examples in which disease has played an important role, there may be novelty in the current pandemic and fresh insights about the diversity of religion-related responses to it. Indeed, if apocalypse means the end of the world as we know it, the current pandemic may well precipitate profound, destructive changes. Yet as with much apocalyptic expectation, perhaps after its tribulations new and positive ways of being in the world will emerge that were previously hidden from human imaginations – or only envisioned by previously marginalized individuals and groups.
Conference Programs by International Society for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture (ISSRNC)
ISSRNC Lifetime Achievement Award by International Society for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture (ISSRNC)
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Interviews by International Society for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture (ISSRNC)
Part one of an interview of Sarah Pike, Bron Taylor, Luke Johnston, Evan Berry, Whitney Bauman, Bernard Zahleha and David Haberman current officers and members of the ISSRNC sharing their perspectives on the Society's history and prospects as an organization, the thinking underlying the design of, “Religion, Science and the Future” the ISSRNC 10th Anniversary Conference, and the state and future of the study of religion and the environment. in the Bulletin for the Study of Religion Blog, July 6, 2015. http://www.equinoxpub.com/blog/2015/07/better-get-to-know-the-international-society-for-the-study-of-religion-nature-and-culture-part-one/
10 September 2015. An abridged French Translation of the CFP for Religion Science and the Future, the ISSRNC 10th Anniversary Conference.
As an interdisciplinary society, the ISSRNC is interested in all aspects of the relations between religion, nature and culture. Our conferences and journal are, therefore, replete with contributions grounded in a wide range of the arts, humanities, and sciences. Panels and paper proposals may address any aspect of the religion/nature/culture nexus, and focus on any time frame, space, or place.
Since the main conference theme is “Religion, Science and the Future”, we especially encourage proposals that, whatever else they illuminate, reflect as well on Religion, Science, and the Future. Conference subthemes include: Evolution, Religion and Science; Religion, Violence, and Neuroscience; Religion and Science on Health and Well Being; Religion, Science, and Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Consciousness, Mysticism, & Meditative Practice; The Greening of Religion; Religion and Nature in the Arts; and Ethology, Botany, and Sentience.
Further details can be found in the document provided here.
Pandemics are nothing new in human and religious history, of course. Indeed, religion and disease have long been entwined as people struggled to understand the mysterious origins of diseases and why they sometimes cause mass deaths and concomitant social and ecological disasters. Unsurprisingly, invisible spiritual beings or forces, which influence if not control environmental conditions, have often been postulated to explain the invisible-to-the-naked eye organisms that precipitate diseases and disasters. Some theorists even contend that the roots of religion may lie in the existential crises precipitated by disease and death.
Although the history of religion is replete with examples in which disease has played an important role, there may be novelty in the current pandemic and fresh insights about the diversity of religion-related responses to it. Indeed, if apocalypse means the end of the world as we know it, the current pandemic may well precipitate profound, destructive changes. Yet as with much apocalyptic expectation, perhaps after its tribulations new and positive ways of being in the world will emerge that were previously hidden from human imaginations – or only envisioned by previously marginalized individuals and groups.
Part one of an interview of Sarah Pike, Bron Taylor, Luke Johnston, Evan Berry, Whitney Bauman, Bernard Zahleha and David Haberman current officers and members of the ISSRNC sharing their perspectives on the Society's history and prospects as an organization, the thinking underlying the design of, “Religion, Science and the Future” the ISSRNC 10th Anniversary Conference, and the state and future of the study of religion and the environment. in the Bulletin for the Study of Religion Blog, July 6, 2015. http://www.equinoxpub.com/blog/2015/07/better-get-to-know-the-international-society-for-the-study-of-religion-nature-and-culture-part-one/
Part two of an interview of Sarah Pike, Bron Taylor, Luke Johnston, Evan Berry, Whitney Bauman, Bernard Zahleha and David Haberman current officers and members of the ISSRNC sharing their perspectives on the Society's history and prospects as an organization, the thinking underlying the design of, “Religion, Science and the Future” the ISSRNC 10th Anniversary Conference, and the state and future of the study of religion and the environment. in the Bulletin for the Study of Religion Blog, July 8, 2015.
The online petition expressing concern over the decision to close the Religion Programme and asking for it to be reversed is available at this link: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-religion-programme-at-stirling-university?source=twitter-share-button.
Instructions for signatories from outside of the UK and for more information about the situation, please visit:
http://criticalreligion.org/events/august-2015-religion-at-stirling-under-threat/