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- Rethinking the Rethinking of the Nag Hammadi Codices
- The 70th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Nag Hammadi Codices: A Few Remarks on Recent Publications
- True Stories and the Poetics of Textual Discovery
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- Telling Nag Hammadi's Egyptian Stories
- Finding Early Christian Books at Nag Hammadi and Beyond
Tag Archives: Roland Barthes
Expected Meanings
Note: This post originally appeared on the Culture on the Edge blog. by Steven Ramey The meaning of words, even entire texts, reflect our expectations of them and our assumptions of their context. This point is apparent in the Argentine … Continue reading →
On The Politics of Spirit: An Interview with Tim Murphy (Part 2)
This is part 2 of a two-part interview with Tim Murphy about his new book, The Politics of Spirit; see part 1 here. Tim Murphy (1956-2013) was Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. He received his Ph.D. … Continue reading →
Posted in Craig Martin, Interviews, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method | Tagged Bryan Rennie, Colonialism, Dilthey, Elements of Semiology, Eliade, Eurocentrism, Geist, Geisteswissenschaft, Genealogy of Religious Studies, Hegel, Hegelianism, Husserl, Marxism, Metaphor, Nature/Spirit, Nietzsche, Peter Berger, Phenomenology of Religion, Positivism, Postcolonialism, Poststructuralism, Religion, Religionswissenschaft, religious studies, Representing Religion, Roland Barthes, Rudolph Otto, Schleiermacher, Science of Consciousness, Semiotics, Socrates, Spirit, The Politics of Spirit, The Sacred and the Profane, The Sacred Canopy, Tiele, Tim Murphy, Vivekananda | Leave a comment
On The Politics of Spirit: An Interview with Tim Murphy (Part 1)
Tim Murphy (1956-2013) was Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. He received his Ph.D. in the History of Consciousness Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His books include Nietzsche, Metaphor, Religion (SUNY Press, 2001) and … Continue reading →
Posted in Craig Martin, Interviews, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method | Tagged Bryan Rennie, Colonialism, Dilthey, Elements of Semiology, Eliade, Eurocentrism, Geist, Geisteswissenschaft, Genealogy of Religious Studies, Hegel, Hegelianism, Husserl, Marxism, Metaphor, Nature/Spirit, Nietzsche, Peter Berger, Phenomenology of Religion, Positivism, Postcolonialism, Poststructuralism, Religion, Religionswissenschaft, religious studies, Representing Religion, Roland Barthes, Rudolph Otto, Schleiermacher, Science of Consciousness, Semiotics, Socrates, Spirit, The Politics of Spirit, The Sacred and the Profane, The Sacred Canopy, Tiele, Tim Murphy, Vivekananda | Leave a comment
NAASR Notes: Sean Durbin
NAASR Notes is a new feature with the Bulletin where we invite members of the North American Association for the Study of Religion to describe books they are reading and/or research and writing projects that will be of interests to … Continue reading →
Posted in Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Uncategorized | Tagged Bruce Lincoln, Christian Zionist, Deane Galbraith, Eric Ziolkowski, Erin Roberts, Jennifer Eyl, NAASR, NAASR Notes, Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception, Roland Barthes, Russell McCutcheon, Sacvan Bercovitch, Sean Durbin, Susan Harding, William Arnal | 1 Comment
Nationalist Myths, National Realities
by Matt Sheedy While much of the world is aware that today is America’s “birthday,” in commemoration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, considerably fewer know that “Canada Day” was celebrated this past Tuesday, … Continue reading →
Posted in Matt Sheedy, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Uncategorized | Tagged British North American Act, Canada Day, Chris Hadfield, David Suzuki, Declaration of Independence, John A. MacDonald, Mythologies, Roland Barthes, Stephen Harper, Terry Fox, Wayne Gretzky | Leave a comment
Aronofsky’s Noah and Ours’
by Matt Sheedy Not since Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ has a biblical-themed film garnered so much attention, spurring a wave of commentary from supporters and detractors on one or the other (or the other) side of the … Continue reading →
Posted in Matt Sheedy, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Theory and Method | Tagged Black Swan, Bruce Lincoln, Darren Aronofsky, ecology, Francis Bacon, Glenn Beck, Mel Gibson, Michel Foucault, Midrash, Noah, Novum Organum, Roland Barthes, Shakespeare, The Fountain, The Passion of the Christ, The Wrestler | Leave a comment
Jesus’ Remains: Teaching Multiple Jesi
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 →
Posted in Kate Daley-Bailey, Pedagogy, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Uncategorized | Tagged Aryan Jesus, Bible belt, Burton Mack, C.S. Lewis, Carolyn Jones Medine, Dominic Crossan, Fox News, George W. Bush, Gnosticism, historical Jesus, Marcus Borg, Mythologies, Robert Bellah, Robert Funk, Roland Barthes, Russell McCutcheon, The Sacred, Thomas Jefferson | 5 Comments