Co-Sponsorship In-person November Annual Meeting 2026

CO-SPONSORSHIP: Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Unit and Sociology of Religion Unit

Call for Proposals

Hartmut Rosa and the Study of Religion (Co-sponsored with Sociology of Religion Unit)

German sociologist Hartmut Rosa’s theories of resonance and social acceleration in modernity have begun to influence the study of religion, and his recent writings that “democracy needs religion” offer a timely moment to consider his work for the sociology of religion. Rosa has written primarily in German, but his work has begun to be translated into English more recently, including key works like Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity (2013) and Resonance: A Sociology of Our Relationship to the World (2021). This possible co-sponsored session invites proposals that examine Rosa’s theories for the study of religion or employ his theories for original research. Contact: Dusty Hoesly (hoesly@ucsb.edu)

Sponsors
Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion Unit	View
Sociology of Religion Unit	View

Chair	Mail	Dates
Anna Sun	anna.x.sun@duke.edu	2026/01/01 - 2031/12/31	View
Dana Logan, UNC Greensboro	dwlogan@uncg.edu	2026/01/01 - 2031/12/31	View
Katja Rakow, Utrecht University	k.rakow@uu.nl	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Simranjit Steel, University of Memphis	s.steel@memphis.edu	2026/01/01 - 2031/12/31	View

Steering Member	Mail	Dates
Amidu Elabo	amidu.elabo@ptsem.edu	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View
Angel Clark	angelb@bu.edu	2026/01/01 - 2031/12/31	View
Brandon Vaidyanathan, Catholic University of…	brandonv@cua.edu	2026/01/01 - 2031/12/31	View
Dusty Hoesly, University of California,…	hoesly@ucsb.edu	2026/01/01 - 2031/12/31	View
Esther Chan	chane@uwm.edu	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Gustavo Morello	morellog@bc.edu	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View
J. Barton Scott	barton.scott@utoronto.ca	2024/01/01 - 2029/12/31	View
Joseph Blankholm	blankholm@ucsb.edu	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Judith Ellen Brunton, Rice University	judith.ellen.brunton…	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
Matthew Drew, Northwestern University	MatthewDrew2028@u…	2026/01/01 - 2031/12/31	View
N. Fadeke Castor, Northeastern University	nf.castor@northeastern…	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
Suzanne van Geuns, University of Wisconsin,…	scm.vangeuns@princeton…	2024/01/01 - 2029/12/31	View

Review Process: Participant names are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection