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SUMMARY:Sociology Lunchtime Seminar: The Sociology of Religion without ‘
 Religion’? Prospects for the New Sociologies of Existentiality\, Worldvi
 ew and Sacrality - Dr Lois Lee\, Senior Lecturer\, University of Kent
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CONTACT:A B Youngman
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr Lois Lee\, Senior Lecturer\, University of Kent\n\
 nChair: Dr Robert Dorschel\, Assistant Professor in Digital Sociology\, Un
 iversity of Cambridge\n\nAbstract:\nIn the context of renewed mainstream s
 ociological interest in religion\, this talk reflects on the relationship 
 between the social sciences and religion – what this relationship has be
 en\, what it is today\, and what it could be. \nSome scholars have argued 
 that a new phase in this relationship has come into being\, but others dou
 bt whether effective\, creative and long-lasting ways of framing new socio
 logical research have yet been found. Dr Lee argues that the concept of 
 ‘religion’ may be the major problem. This talk will show how the succe
 ss of projects excavated from the study of religion – the study of the s
 acred\, and the special – pave the way for further ‘projects of extrac
 tion’\, and identifies new multi-disciplinary explorations of ‘existen
 tiality’ and ‘worldview’ as offering significant opportunities for f
 uture sociological work. It highlights the potential for collaboration wit
 h work within philosophy and political theory that have not so far benefit
 ed from sociological perspectives.\n\nLois Lee is Senior Lecturer in Secul
 ar Studies at the University of Kent. She is a sociologist and social theo
 rist\, specialising in the formation and transformation of existential val
 ues and culture. She led the Understanding Unbelief research programme bet
 ween 2017 and 2021\, and co-leads the Explaining Atheism research programm
 e. Her books include Recognizing the Non-religious: Reimagining the Secula
 r (OUP\, 2015)\, the Oxford Dictionary of Atheism (OUP\, 2016)\, and Negot
 iating Religion: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives (Routledge\, 2017). She h
 as written and talked about her research for wide audiences\, including th
 e BBC\, LBC\, Guardian\, New Scientist\, Der Spiegel\, and Southbank Centr
 e. 
LOCATION:Sociology Department Seminar Room\, Free School Lane
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