The Editors

This digital forum is edited and produced by Steven Barrie-Anthony, Ruth Braunstein, Taline Cox, Jonathan VanAntwerpen, Wei Zhu, and Zachary Zinn.

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February 5, 2015

Tomorrow: Why Prayer? A Conference on New Directions in the Study of Prayer

What can the study of prayer tell us about social life, religious institutions and practices, ethical self-formation, and our concepts of communication, both shared and unique? The Social Science Research Council’s Program on Religion and the Public Sphere announces Why Prayer? A Conference on New Directions in the Study of Prayer, a two-day gathering that will showcase the work of over 30 scholars and journalists who have explored these questions and more.

February 27, 2013

A New Digital Forum on Prayer

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new digital forum on prayer, produced in conjunction with New Directions in the Study of Prayer, a project that aims to generate innovative research on practices of prayer and to build an interdisciplinary network of scholars engaged in the study of prayer.