In less than two days, on 19 June 2025 at 3:00 PM (GMT) / 5:00 PM (EAT), the AASR will celebrate the launch of its newly styled journal, Utambuzi edited by Prof @adriaan-vanklinken.bsky.social and Dr. Abel Ugba: Save the date and be sure to join the celebration! journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/uj...

We're hiring: three-year post of Teaching Fellow in Religious Studies @universityofleeds.bsky.social @thebasr.bsky.social jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Ngugi wa Thiong'o has passed away -- what a life well lived, and what a tremendous loss! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Call for Papers: AASR 2026 Conference The 10th Conference of the African Association for the Study of Religions Theme: Spirituality, Gender, and Agency in African Religions. Gaborone, Botswana, 28 to 30 July 2026 www.a-asr.org/call-for-pap...

"Since joining AASR, my network and visibility have increased. The community is a platform for mentoring and collaboration." Dr Josiah Taru (Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, Rice University) www.a-asr.org/aasr-scholar...

Issue 2 of QTR is live online now! (Just in time for the start of #SBLAAR24), With amazing work by Heather White, Nikki Young, Adriaan van Klinken, Elizabeth Perez, Gregg Drinkwater, Joseph Liatela, Julian Carter, Shatavia Wynn, and Indira Falk Gesink @dukepress.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/qtr

It’s here, and to see it and colleagues together in the flesh! Check out copies of this fabulous new journal, QTR: A Journal of Trans and Queer Studies in Religion, at dukepress.bsky.social booth at #SBLAAR24! Fee-free and open access thanks to the support of the Henry Luce Foundation

On our year-end publishing break, we reflect on how 2024’s contradictions reveal a fractured world grappling with inequality, digital activism, and the blurred lines between action and spectacle. africasacountry.com/2024/12/on-s...