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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
Critical Questions Series 2: Randi R. Warne
Randi R. Warne Randi R. Warne is a professor of Religion and Culture in the Department of Philosphy/Religious Studies At Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax. She is also a founding member of MSVU’s Cultural Studies program, one of the three free-standing … 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
“Life is like a box of chocolates”…
by Deeksha Sivakumar I am always surprised when Valentine’s day rolls around in America as the fiery public outbursts don’t seem so prevalent. In contemporary India this day holds a special significance especially for youngsters. More than the average date-night … Continue reading
“My name is Khan, and I’m not a Terrorist”
by Deeksha Sivakumar A recent controversy with Kamal Haasan’s movie Vishwaroopam elicited a lot of rage from Indian Muslim organizations. These groups felt that the movie portrayed Muslims in poor light, depicting them as “all terrorists.” Several cited one particular … Continue reading
Religion as Commodity and the Deification of Beer
By Philip L. Tite I must admit that beyond the beautiful mountains, lush green forests, and interwoven water ways, one of the things I love most about the Pacific Northwest is the plethora of amazing beers. Being raised on the … Continue reading
Creatio Ex Nihilo: Pew Forum and the “Nones”
Earlier this week, Sean McCloud posted on the phenomenon of the “Nones,” referring to a relatively new and increasingly popular classification of those who are supposedly without any “religion.” We at the Bulletin thought that it would be useful to … Continue reading
Teaching Bodies and Embodiment
by Kelly J. Baker How do we make the theoretical tangible and personal? How do we show the expectations of a gendered being? How do we interrogate embodiment and the expectations beset on bodies? How do we understand our bodies … Continue reading