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Category Archives: Matt Sheedy
Some Post-Colonial Narratives on Spirituality and Yoga
by Matt Sheedy A friend of mine recently tipped me to a website and Facebook group called Decolonizing Yoga. The group describes itself as committed to Challenging racism, patriarchy, capitalism, colonialism, ableism, heteronormativity and privilege within yoga and spirituality. A … Continue reading
The Canadian “Terror Plot”: Same Scripts, Different Heroes (well, sort of)
by Matt Sheedy News broke this past Monday about a “terror plot” that was foiled by Canadian law enforcement and security units, where two men with alleged links to al Qaeda in Iran planned to blow up a passenger train … Continue reading
On the Uses of ‘Native Spirituality’
by Matt Sheedy In his essay appearing in Religious Experience: A Reader (Equinox 2012), Craig Martin discusses how William James’ rhetoric on religion lends itself to a naive empiricism by putting … Continue reading
Beer, “Myth” and Canadian Identity
by Matt Sheedy In a recent post, Philip Tite looked at the use of “myth” via images of (mostly) Norse and Greco-Roman gods appearing on the labels of beer bottles. As Tite observes, The products serve as venues for defining … Continue reading
Critical Questions Series 1: Summary
by Matt Sheedy In this first installment of the Critical Question Series, six scholars of religion were asked to respond to the following question: It is well known, at least amongst insiders, that the study of religion is internally divided in … Continue reading
Affect, Tactics, and Islamophobia
Yesterday, Matt Sheedy posted an analysis of this short documentary clip posted on nytimes.com in December by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (perhaps best known for their 2006 documentary feature, Jesus Camp), showing demonstrators drowning out an anti-Islam sermon delivered … Continue reading