[Bilimsel Haber] Exploring the Post-Secular, April 3-4, 2009 Yale University

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From: David Kyuman Kim <dkim at ssrc.org>


Exploring the Post-Secular, April 3-4, 2009
Yale University

There has been a great deal of talk in recent years suggesting that we
have entered a "post-secular" age. Much of this is a response to the
resurgence of politicized religion on the world scene. But what, if
anything, does the term "post-secular" even mean? Have we really
entered into a post-secular age? And if so, what implications, if any,
does this have for the social sciences? Do these developments imply a
new approach to the study of religion? A wholesale reconstruction of
social science? A shift towards social philosophy?  Is there such a
thing as "post-secular social science"?

This conference brings together a number of analysts of religion and
its entanglements with the world in an attempt to assess these
questions. We will address the possible meanings of religion and of
the various terms with roots in the term "secular": secularism,
secularity, secularization. Without some grappling with the question
of what religion is, it is very difficult to say what secularity or
secularization might entail. We will explore the extent to which the
"return of religion" is a product of an actual upsurge of religiosity
around the world as opposed to greater scholarly attention to
religion. We will also examine the ways in which the global religious
situation may compel us to reconsider how we think about both religion
and social science.


Conveners: Philip Gorski, John Torpey, David Kyuman Kim.
Conference sponsors: The MacMillan Center Initiative on Religion,
Politics, and Society; The Center for Comparative Research at Yale
University; Social Science Research Council; co-sponsored by The
Graduate Center, City University of New York.

The conference is free and open to the public. No registration is required.

For further information, please contact the conference coordinator,
Ate? Alt?nordu, at ates.altinordu at yale.edu.


David Kyuman Kim
<dkim at ssrc.org>

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