Slavica Jakelić, Ph.D.
(Boston University), Research Assistant Professor; Co-Director of the Program on Religion, Culture, and Democracy and a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture;
434-243-5111;
email: sj3d@virginia.edu
(UVA instructor ID #c804)
Sociology of Religion; Religion and Identity; Religion, Conflict, and Dialogue; Secularism; Theories of Religion and Methodological Approaches to the Study of Religion; Religion, Social Order, and Social Change, especially Religion, Post-communist Transition, and European Enlargement; Christianities; Historical Sociology; Theology in Sociological Perspective.
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Education
- B.A., Sociology, University of Zagreb, Croatia
- M. T. S., School of Theology, Boston University
- Ph. D., Religious Studies, Boston University
Courses:
- Spring 2008 Religion, Secularism, and Social Conflict
- Spring 2007 RELG 333 Theories of Religions
- Spring 2005 RELG 815 Religion, Culture, and Public Life
- Fall 2004 RELG 815 Religion, Culture, and Public Life
Books, Journals:
- in progress Religion As Identity: The Challenge of Collectivistic Religions in the Contemporary World
- 2006 (co-editor) The Hedgehog Review, “After Secularization,” Spring&Summer, 2006, Volume Eight, No. 1&2
- 2004 Slavica Jakelić and Lori Pearson (eds.), The Future of the Study of Religion (Brill N.V.)
- 2003 Slavica Jakelić and J. Varsoke (eds.), Crossing Boundaries: From Syria to Slovakia, Vienna: Junior Visiting Fellows’ Conference, Vol. 14. [published on the Web]
Articles and Essays:
- forthcoming “The Sixties: Secularization and the Prophecies of Freedom,” Prophecies of Godlessness, Oxford University Press
- 2006 “Secularization, the European Identity, and ‘The End of the West’” in The Hedgehog Review, “After Secularization,” Spring&Summer, Volume Eight, No. 1&2
- 2006 “Religious Studies: A Bibliographic Essay,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion, March, Vol. 74, No. 1
- 2005 “Collectivistic Religions and the Problem of Religious Dialogue,” in With Dialogue To Peace, Split: Franjevački Institut za kulturu mira (in Croatian)
- 2004 “Religion, Collective Identity, and Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, The Hedgehog Review, Spring, Vol. 6, No. 1
Honors:
- 2003-2004 Post-doctoral Fellowship, Center on Religion and Democracy, UVA
- 2002-2003 Dissertation Fellowship, Erasmus Institute, University of Notre Dame
- 2001-2002 Junior Fellowship, Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen Vienna, Austria
- 2000-2001 Elsbeth Melville Scholarship, Boston University Women’s Guild
- 1999-2000 Frank D. Howard Fellowship
- 1998-1999 William Jackson and Anna Worden Lowstuter Fellowship
- 1998 -1999 Earheart Foundation Fellowship
- 1997-1998 Earheart Foundation Fellowship
- 1997-1998 Open Society Foundation Fellowship
Current Projects:
- Collectivistic Religions; Religion, Conflict, and Dialogue; Meanings of Secularism; Religion, Secularism, and Moral Consensus
Activities:
- Co-director, Program on Religion, Culture, and Democracy, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia
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