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- Jesus in an Age of Neoliberalism: An Interview with James G. Crossley
- Bruce Lincoln’s “How to Read a Religious Text”: An Experiment of Application.
- Scholars Are Demons, Not Gods: Meta-Theoretical Reflections Sparked by Bruce Lincoln’s Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars
- Scary Scholarship: A Response to Bruce Lincoln’s Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars
- Ideology, Ideology-Critique, and the Critical Study of Religion in Bruce Lincoln’s Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars: Critical Explorations in the History of Religions
- Open Space Technology and the Study of Religion: A Report on an Experiment in Pedagogy
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Religion as Foreign Policy: The Russian Orthodox Church, Syria, and the Christian Community
The New York Times recently reported that the Russian Orthodox Church is mirroring the political position of Russian president Vladimir Putin in its approach to the civil war in Syria: taking a hard-line stance in favor of the Syrian president, … Continue reading
Identity or Affiliation: To Share or Not to Share?
I want to pose a question to professors in religious studies: do you share your “religious” identity or affiliation (or disaffiliation) with students? Why or why not? Have you had positive of negative experiences as a result of sharing? I … Continue reading
Posted in Craig Martin, Pedagogy
Tagged pedagogy, Religious Affiliation, Religious Identity, teaching
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Hollywood Images as Religious Resources
Towards the end of her fine essay in Mark C. Taylor’s Critical Terms for Religious Studies, Margaret R. Miles distinguishes between icons used in some Christian traditions (e.g., Eastern Orthodox) and the images of contemporary film. The latter, she argues, … Continue reading
Right Reverend: Sex, Contraception, and the Episcopal Body
Since January of this year, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has been one of the most vocal critics of the Obama administration’s mandate that all non-church institutions (including Catholic-run hospitals and universities) must make contraception available as part … Continue reading
Posted in Donovan Schaefer, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Sexuality and Gender, Theory in the Real World
Tagged Catholic Church, contraception, kimerer lamothe, Michel Foucault, Obama administration, religion and embodiment, religion and sexuality, Saba Mahmood, Timothy Dolan, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Klansmen, Zombie Apocalypses, and End Times Narratives: Or, an Afternoon with Kelly J. Baker
Kelly Baker is a Lecturer of Religious Studies and American Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In the following interview, Baker discusses her recent book, Gospel According to the Klan (University Press of Kansas, 2011), which, as her UT … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Kenny Paul Smith
Tagged Alien abduction, conspiracy theory, Gospel, Kelly Baker, Klan, Knoxville, New York Times, Religion, teaching, University of Tennessee, zombies
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Scholarship From The Road: Southern India
By Deeksha Sivakumar I am currently in South India, conducting pre-dissertation fieldwork on some of the dolls commonly used in Bommai Golu. Golu is a tiered arrangement of dolls used to commemorate the South Indian version of the an annual … Continue reading
Posted in Deeksha Sivakumar, Scholarship on the Road, South Asian Studies
Tagged Bommai Golu, Brahmin, dolls, Navaratiri, ritual, South India, TamilNadu
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