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- 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
Tag Archives: AAR/SBL Annual Meeting
FIELD NOTES: New AAR Group Announcement: Religion, Affect, and Emotion
The Program Committee of the American Academy of Religion has approved a new program unit, the Religion, Affect, and Emotion group, for a 5-year term beginning in Fall 2013. Mission Statement This group provides space for theoretically informed discussion of … Continue reading
FIELD NOTES: New AAR Group Announcement: Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence
We are pleased to announce AAR approval for a new program unit on Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence, beginning in 2013 and continuing for five years. Current chairs are Michael Jerryson (Eckerd College) and Margo Kitts (Hawai’i Pacific University), … Continue reading
Jesus in an Age of Neoliberalism: An Interview with James G. Crossley (Part 3 of 3)
(This is the third and final part of a three part interview with James G. Crossley. Part 1 can be found here, and Part 2 here.) Craig Martin: If I might press you on a point I found interesting and … Continue reading
Fiction, Ethnography and the New York Times
by Steven Ramey Mark Oppenheimer’s account of the annual AAR/SBL meeting in the New York Times, which Matt Sheedy already dissected in a recent post, is an ethnography of religious studies scholars that provides insight into the nature of ethnography. … Continue reading
AAR Exploratory Session: The Affective Turn in Religious Studies
We are pleased to announce an AAR exploratory session on “The Affective Turn in Religious Studies.” The session will examine the contemporary affective turn across the humanities and social sciences and its relevance for religious studies. The turn to affect … Continue reading
Field Notes: SORAAAD 2012: The Analytical Handling of Norms and Values in the Study of Religion
Friday, November 16, 2:00-6:00 pm Registration ($25) is for an hour long high tea service. Registration is limited and we are within sight of full capacity. (http://www.aarweb.org/meetings/annual_meeting/Current_Meeting/2012Workshops.pdf) In our second SBL/AAR pre-conference workshop, the Study of Religion as an Analytical … Continue reading
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“Authentic Religion”: Meta-Narratives of Orthodoxy at the AAR/SBL Meeting
By Philip L. Tite This year’s annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) was a fun experience. I went through the typical routine of attending a smattering of sessions, connecting up … Continue reading