Category Archives: Nathan Rein

Laptops and theory in the Religious Studies classroom

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Nathan Rein

Do you let your students bring their laptops to class? Personally, I’m torn. I love gadgets and hate to sound like a Luddite, but most of the research I’ve seen — not to mention my own experience — suggests that … Continue reading →

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“Because he is Jewish he can talk smack about other Jews”

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Nathan Rein

I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that the weirdest religion news story you missed last month was the so-called ”Jewish scandal that wasn’t” (as it was labeled by the National Post of Toronto). Here’s the scenario: … Continue reading →

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Picture Book: Rick Perry at The Response

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Nathan Rein

If you follow the U.S. Republican presidential candidates, you’ll remember that back in early August of this year, Texas Governor Rick Perry addressed a large prayer meeting in Houston’s Reliant Center. The event, called “The Response: A Call to Prayer … Continue reading →

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Theological punctuation?

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Nathan Rein

What do you think? Clever use of punctuation to make a pithy, postmodern, metatheological comment? Or something else? Via The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks. UPDATE: If anyone’s curious, this appears to be the Ellis Theatre in Perryton, Texas. A … Continue reading →

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"I was like, dude, you HAVE no Qur'an"

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Nathan Rein

Stop me if you heard this one. A guy walks into a park in Texas with a Qur’an, a lighter, and a can of kerosene, and, well – — nothing happens. Nothing that anyone expected, anyway. In a gloomy week … Continue reading →

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Afterlife beliefs and the weather: Japan's heat wave means the haunted-house business is booming

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Nathan Rein

According to this piece from the Malaysian Insider, it’s customary in Japan to visit “ghost houses” (obake yashiki, or haunted houses) during the summer. This is because, when it’s hot outside, you want to go somewhere where you’ll feel a … Continue reading →

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Welcome, from the blog janitor

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Nathan Rein

Greetings, and thanks for visiting the Religion Bulletin blog site. I’m Nathan Rein. I teach religious studies at Ursinus College, a small but much-beloved institution in Collegeville, PA, and by training I’m a historian of the Protestant Reformation. I also … Continue reading →

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