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Bulletin for the study of religion feed- The Questions Remain the Same
- Field Notes: News and Announcements in the Discipline
- 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
Category Archives: Religion and Popular Culture
Bill Maher and the Bowl of Common Sense: White Atheism and Islamophobia, Part 2
by Donovan Schaefer Comedy makes me uncomfortable. Comedy starts with the creation of a zone of common sense, then defines whatever happens outside that zone as laughable. This boundary-line of common sense is not drawn through a patient elaboration of … Continue reading
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
On the Muslim Question: White Atheism and Islamophobia, Part 1
by Donovan Schaefer Karl Marx’s “On the Jewish Question” is a systematic critique of the particularism of religious commitments as an obstacle to the coalescence of the true community of a non-sectarian state. Both Christianity and Judaism are slotted in … Continue reading
Humor and Religion: An Interview with David Feltmate, Pt. 1
Matt Sheedy: In your recent essay, “It’s Funny Because It’s True? The Simpsons, Satire, and the Significance of Religious Humor in Popular Culture,” you look at the intersection between humor, religion and satire and note the various contexts and interests involved … Continue reading
Zombie Jesus Day: When Labels (Re-)Make Reality
By Philip L. Tite Over the Easter weekend, I heard a story of a young child at a local school discussing the Easter holidays with her friends. The holiday that her family celebrates, she said, is actually called Zombie Jesus … Continue reading
Critical Questions Series 2: Monica Miller
In this second instalment of the Critical Questions Series, we ask scholars of religion how they negotiate the difficult line between “politics” and scholarship. The previous responses can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. The line between scholarship and politics or, if you like, … Continue reading