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In light of the recent announcement by York University suspending admissions to its Religious Studies program, the President of Canadian Society for the Study of Religion/La Société Canadienne [...]

Congratulations to the winner of the 2022 CSSR Book Prize, Abdolmohammad Kazemipur, for his book entitled Sacred as Secular: Secularization under Theocracy in Iran (McGill-Queen’s [...]

You are invited to the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion’s (CSSR) Webinar featuring presentations by our Graduate Student Essay Contest Prize Winners from 2022-2023. Delicate Instruments [...]

Just published! The Gathering A Story of the First Buddhist Women Vanessa R. Sasson, Marianopolis College 290 pages Available in hardback, paperback and ebook editions A retelling of the story of [...]

Just published! Love in the Teachings of Ibn ‘Arabī Hany T. A. Ibrahim, University of Calgary and Mount Royal University series: Monographs in Arabic and Islamic Studies, edited by Mustafa Shah, [...]

The Western Epistemic Tradition and the Scientific Study of Religion Donald Wiebe, University of Toronto 226 pages Available in hardback, paperback and ebook formats For more information and to [...]

New textbook just published! Exploring Hindu Philosophy Ankur Barua, University of Cambridge series: Global Philosophy, edited by Mohammed Rustom, Carleton University 194 pages, 5 figures [...]

Pentimenti: Ceramic Funeral Vessels as Biographies of Spiritual Homecomings Holly Ratcliffe Thursday, April 6 5:00-6:00 p.m. DTB A110 and online Join via Zoom at uvic.ca/csrs/events Through the [...]

Dear Colleagues, This is to keep you advised that the 2023 March Issue of Waikato Islamic Studies Review published by New Zealand University of Waikato Islamic Studies Group is now available at [...]

Visions of Impermanence: Cremation Fire and the Path to Heaven in Northern Thailand Rebecca S. Hall Thursday, March 30 *11:00 a.m-12:00 p.m. PT *online only Join via Zoom at uvic.ca/csrs/events [...]