Category Archives: Theory and Method

Agonistic Respect in the Study of Religion

Posted on April 29, 2013 by mattsheedy

by Jack Tsonis As many will be aware, the upcoming AAR meeting in Baltimore will see an experiment in format with the creation of program “Clusters.” Larger than Units, Groups, and Sections, the aim of the Cluster approach is to … Continue reading →

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Jesus’ Remains: Teaching Multiple Jesi

Posted on April 19, 2013 by mattsheedy

by Kate Daley-Bailey Motivated by not a little shameless self-promotion and a pseudo-masochistic desire for undergraduate feedback on my work, I ventured to present my Introduction to Religious Thought class with a ‘Jesus’ with which they are entirely unfamiliar, the … Continue reading →

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Serpents, Novelty, and Academic Fetish

Posted on April 15, 2013 by mattsheedy

by Travis Cooper * This is a revised version of a post originally found on the author’s personal blog. Novelty draws academics. This is no controversial claim. We cluster around the odd, the uncanny, and the strange. We gather around scenes … Continue reading →

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Humor and Religion: An Interview with David Feltmate, Pt. 1

Posted on April 10, 2013 by mattsheedy

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 →

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On the Uses of ‘Native Spirituality’

Posted on March 29, 2013 by mattsheedy

                  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 →

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Everything is not political

Posted on March 25, 2013 by mattsheedy

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 →

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Gnostic Experiences and Attachment Parenting

Posted on March 22, 2013 by mattsheedy

Editor’s Note: In the recent issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Stephen Bush offers an essay entitled, “The Philosophy of Religious Experience and the Nag Hammadi Texts: A Response to Kaler and Tite.” In this blog, Bush outlines his … Continue reading →

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