Category Archives: Academy

Field Notes: News and Announcements in the Discipline

We are pleased to launch a new section in the Bulletin for the Study of Religion. As of our April issue, we are now including “Field Notes” in future issues, thereby offering a venue to inform readers of possible opportunities … Continue reading

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The Journal of the American Academy of Religion: An Interview with Amir Hussain (Part Three of Three)

Interview by Philip L. Tite This is the third, and final, installment of an interview conducted with Professor Amir Hussain, the new editor of the  Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Be sure to read Parts One and Two. … Continue reading

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The Journal of the American Academy of Religion: An Interview with Amir Hussain (Part Two of Three)

Interview by Philip L. Tite This is part two of a three-part interview with Professor Amir Hussain, the new editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Do read part one. Part three will appear next week. PHILIP … Continue reading

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The Journal of the American Academy of Religion: An Interview with Amir Hussain (Part One of Three)

Interview by Philip L. Tite In 2011 the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, the official journal of the American Academy of Religion, gained a new editor. Professor Amir Hussain was kind enough to be interviewed for the Bulletin … Continue reading

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The Religious Studies Project: Podcasts and Resources on the Contemporary Social-Scientific Study of Religion

The Religious Studies Project, in association with the British Association for the Study of Religions and with some support from the University of Edinburgh, was launched in January 2012. This is a website and podcasting project featuring a weekly audio … Continue reading

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Does Religion Need Rescuing? Behold the Knights in Shining Armor!

By Philip L. Tite I recently received the Fall/Winter issue of McGill News, the alumni magazine for McGill University. Although I normally don’t find much in the McGill News of interest (usually I find articles on business or technological advances, … Continue reading

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Religion across Boundaries: An Interview with Dawne McCance

I interviewed Dawne McCance in fall of 2011 about her book, Derrida on Religion: Thinker of Differance (Equinox Publishing, 2008).  She suggested several avenues for connecting Derrida’s work to contemporary conversations going on now in the humanities around disciplinarity, religion, … Continue reading

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Women at the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Annual Meeting 2011

Michael F. Bird (Evangelion) notes that, of 700 papers to be presented at this month’s Evangelical Theological Society Conference, he recognises that only 8 are by women. There may be a few other women’s names that Michael acknowledges he does … Continue reading

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Speed Date Interviews at the AAR/SBL: A Look at the High Costs of the Academic Job Hunt

By Philip L. Tite INTRODUCTION As the joint annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) approaches later in November, there has been a flurry of activity in preparation: applications, CVs, cover … Continue reading

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Hitler’s Mythographer

By Kate Daley-Bailey Goring, Goebbels, Hitler, Himmler, Hess, and… Rosenberg?  The first five men listed here might easily be recognized as the architects of the infamous Third Reich, whose atrocities still haunt European history. Rosenberg, however, is less well known. … Continue reading

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