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- JCA Book Review by Barbara Hausmair: Archaeologies of Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, and Repression: Dark Modernities edited by James Symonds and Pavel Vařeka
- JCA Book Reviews: The Archaeology of Burning Man: The Rise and Fall of Black Rock City by Carolyn L. White
- JCA Book Reviews: Rock, Bone, and Ruin: An Optimist’s Guide to the Historical Sciences. By Adrian Currie
- JCA Book Reviews: Networked Remembrance: Excavating Buried Memories in the Railways Beneath London and Berlin. By Samuel Merrill
- JCA Book Reviews: Reluctant Landscapes: Historical Anthropologies of Political Experience in Siin, Senegal. By François Richard
- JCA Book Reviews: Future Remains: A Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene. Edited by Gregg Mitman, Marco Armiero and Robert. S. Emmett
- Lewis, A. David and Martin Lund, eds. Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017. Pp. 256. $24.93 (paperback). by Aaron Ricker
- Credulity: A Cultural History of US Mesmerism. By Emily Ogden. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. Pp. xiv + 268. $27.50 (paperback), $82.50 (hardcover). by Charles McCrary
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Interview with Prof. Craig Martin
Cris, a PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Colorado-Boulder and blogger on Genealogy of Religion, has just posted an interview with Religion Bulletin’s own Craig Martin. Being a humble sort of chap, Craig didn’t say anything about it here. So I … Continue reading
Posted in Academy, Craig Martin, Religion and Theory
Tagged Craig Martin, Cris, Genealogy of Religion, Masking Hegemony
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Religion, Sport, Opium and the Wealth Gap
First, reread the classic statement, but note in particular its deeply sympathetic tone: “Religion is, indeed, the self-consciousness and self-esteem of man who has either not yet won through to himself, or has already lost himself again. But man is no abstract … Continue reading
Posted in Deane Galbraith, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society
Tagged A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, criticism of religion, false consciousness, football, free market, inequality, Karl Marx, New Zealand, opium of the people, Reagan, real happiness, Richard Wilkinson, rugby, Rugby World Cup 2011, Spirit Level, sport, Sunday Star-Times, Terry Eagleton, Thatcher, The Meaning of Life, the sigh of the oppressed creature, trickle-down, vale of tears, vulgar Marxism
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Giants of the Bible and their Reception – A new blog
I confess that I have a bit of an odd hobby on the side – monitoring the reception and effect of biblical Giants in contemporary culture. It’s a bigger topic than you might at first imagine. For all those with similar interests, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Deane Galbraith, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society
Tagged Anakim, Bible, Giants, Goliath, Nephilim, Og, Remnant of Giants, Rephaim, Scott Derrickson
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The Author of the Qur’an Revealed! And it’s you.
Suddenly the Qur’an is bubbling with ecological insights and environmental sensitivity: Islam teaches a deep love of the planet, because loving the planet means loving ourselves and loving our Creator. -Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the … Continue reading
Antipathy
Why is it that “antipathy” sounds cool, but “antipathetic” sounds totally lame? I bet there is a pop band called “antipathy” but none called “antipathetic.” Why yes, that is so. Here’s one. And here’s another one: Indonesian anarcho-punk. And here’s a track called “Antipathy,” released on January … Continue reading