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Author Archives: mattsheedy
Kids Drink Pop, So What?
by Russell McCutcheon * This article has been re-posted from the blog Culture on the Edge: Studies in Identity Formation. I think it’s worth pausing for a moment to ask why the above photo, recently used as the cover image on … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Southeast Asian Studies, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
Tagged Buddhism, Buddhist monks, Culture on the Edge, Donald Lopez, Frank Capra, identity, Lost Horizon, Prisoners of Shangri-La, Russell McCutcheon, The Cup
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Critical Questions Series 3: Category Formation and “Eastern” Traditions
by James Mark Shields This is the third instalment of the Critical Questions Series 3. The first post by Steven Ramey can be found here and the second by Nicole Goulet here. Question: The varieties of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and … Continue reading
Critical Questions Series 3: Category Formation and “Eastern” Traditions
By Nicole Goulet This is the second instalment of the Critical Questions Series 3. The first post by Steven Ramey can be found here. Question: The varieties of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Shinto, along with the “Indigenous traditions” of … Continue reading
Wolf Blitzer and Postcolonial Religious Narratives
by Eoin O’Mahony After the nightmarish tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma earlier this month, CNN did the usual “what effect does it have on the real people on the ground” news mop-up which worked so well for Anderson Cooper in Ohio. They … Continue reading
A Brief Letter to Richard Dawkins Regarding “Religion”
by Tenzan Eaghll Dear Richard Dawkins, Would you please, for the love of all things intellectual and academic, read a book on the study of religion, preferably one by Jonathan Z. Smith, and a book from the continental philosophical tradition, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Ruminations, Tenzan Eaghll, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
Tagged Jonathan Z. Smith, Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Timothy Havener
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From Content to Location (?): Academic Publishing and the Problem of Authority
by Nickolas Roubekas The medium for evaluating the suitability of a future publication is the peer-review process. This is known to the academic world for decades and all junior or senior scholars go through such a process after submitting a … Continue reading