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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: Ruminations
Everything is not political
by Tenzan Eaghll Editor’s note: this blog is a follow-up commentary on the recent Critical Questions Series 2, which can be found here. I would like to diverge slightly from the overarching question of this series, which concerns the difficult … 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
On the Economic Value of the Humanities
By Amod Lele I’ve been asked to expand on some brief comments I made a little while ago in a Facebook thread. They pertain to the institutional context of the humanities – including philosophy and especially religious studies – in … Continue reading
Posted in Academy, Pedagogy, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Ruminations, Uncategorized
Tagged AAR, the Humanities, the University
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Immodest Proposals, Unquestioned Answers
By Ian Brown In a recent and provocative essay entitled, “An Immodest Proposal for Biblical Studies,” James Crossley notes, Biblical Studies has not really generated unique methods and ought rather to be conceived as a field of study which utilizes methods … Continue reading
Posted in Ian Brown, Ruminations, Theory and Method
Tagged biblical studies, J.Z. Smith, James Crossley
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Romanticizing the Qur’an
I recently saw this TED video over at Sociological Images. Although Sociological Images is one of my favorite blogs, there are serious problems with it, and I wish there had been some critical commentary in the post. Here are just … Continue reading
Death by a Thousand Qualifications?
I recently posted this link to my Facebook page: I followed it with a series of qualifications. “Yes, this naturalizes sexual difference, normalizes heterosexuality, and reduces women (to some extent) to their genitalia. But it’s STILL FUNNY!” A friend of … Continue reading