Occupiers Get Religion
Occupy Wall Street now occupies more than the iconic New York City financial district. In the past month, the movement has spread across the U.S. and the world, to our phones as apps, to pop culture on MTV, has gone...
October 2011
CRCC heads to the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion conference
CRCC will be well-represented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion conference this weekend Oct. 28-30 in Milwaukee, W.I. CRCC Director of Research Richard Flory is the organizer/convener of three panels. Senior Fellow Vern Bengtson and Donald Miller...
Interdisciplinary Research Group announces research award opportunities
CRCC's Interdisciplinary Research Group will be offering opportunities for fellowships and grants for religion-related scholarship at the University of Southern California. IRG is now soliciting proposals for the following awards: Faculty Research Fellowships: Three fellowships of up to $10,000. Funds...
Lessons from Africa’s September 11th
This article is one in an occasional series of dispatches from scholars in the Center for Religion and Civic Culture’s global research network. Danny McCain of the University of Jos is the principal investigator of the Nigeria Pentecostal and Charismatic...
American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute welcomes 2011-2012 fellows
The American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute, housed at CRCC, is pleased to announce this year's class of 22 fellows for the 2011-2012 academic year. AMCLI fellows were chosen through a selective and competitive application process. This year's class hails from...
End Times, Part Deux
It's about that time again. Not for a new social-protest movement to pop up, or for someone to remember that the Latter-day Saints Church has some pretty important politicos in it, or for us to belatedly acknowledge black contributions to...
Congregations and Community Project sheds light on Los Angeles neighborhoods
CRCC, the USC Office of Religious Life, Loyola Marymount University and the Magnolia Place Family Center partnered together for the Congregations and Community Project last month, a project that aimed at understanding the role of churches and religion in the...
Fine Line between Love and Justice: The mixed responses of Korean churches toward North Korean attacks
This article is one in an occasional series on the ways in which religion impacts local and international affairs outside of the United States. Note: South Korean President Lee Myung Bak is in Washington this week to discuss trade issues...
Religion Honors Thesis Film "Awe" featured in Huffington Post
The Huffington Post has featured the religion honors thesis, a short film called Awe, by recent USC graduate Jake Bloch, who graduated in May 2011 with a double major religion and music. The ambitious thesis is a 15-minute film that...
IRG annual seminar takes religion on the move
CRCC's Interdisciplinary Research Group annual seminar series is going strong with the topic "Religion on the Move: Crossing Borders, Setting Boundaries." The first seminar, held Sept. 7, covered the topic of "Diasporas and Religious Doctrine." IRG seminar co-director Professor Janet...
CRCC co-sponsors lecture on Pentecostals and Roman Catholics
In a lecture co-sponsored by CRCC and the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, Rev. Tom Rausch, S.J. will discuss the topic, "Pentecostals and Roman Catholics: Past Tentions, New Initiatives" on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 at USC. The reception begins at...