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Bulletin for the study of religion feed- British Forum for Ethnomusicology, University of Edinburgh, 13-16 April 2023
- Society for Pentecostal Studies , Tulsa, OK, 16-18 March 2023
- AAAL, Portland, OR, 18-21 March 2023
- 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
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Wolf Blitzer and Postcolonial Religious Narratives
by Eoin O’Mahony After the nightmarish tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma earlier this month, CNN did the usual “what effect does it have on the real people on the ground” news mop-up which worked so well for Anderson Cooper in Ohio. They … Continue reading
A Brief Letter to Richard Dawkins Regarding “Religion”
by Tenzan Eaghll Dear Richard Dawkins, Would you please, for the love of all things intellectual and academic, read a book on the study of religion, preferably one by Jonathan Z. Smith, and a book from the continental philosophical tradition, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Ruminations, Tenzan Eaghll, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
Tagged Jonathan Z. Smith, Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Timothy Havener
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Critical Questions Series 3: Category Formation and “Eastern” Traditions
by Steven Ramey Question: The varieties of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Shinto, along with the “Indigenous traditions” of Asia and the Pacific Islands, are commonly referred to as “Eastern” in the taxonomies of most introductory textbooks. What is … Continue reading
Bill Maher and the Bowl of Common Sense: White Atheism and Islamophobia, Part 2
by Donovan Schaefer * Follow these links for part 1 and part 3 in this series. Comedy makes me uncomfortable. Comedy starts with the creation of a zone of common sense, then defines whatever happens outside that zone as laughable. … Continue reading
Some Post-Colonial Narratives on Spirituality and Yoga
by Matt Sheedy A friend of mine recently tipped me to a website and Facebook group called Decolonizing Yoga. The group describes itself as committed to Challenging racism, patriarchy, capitalism, colonialism, ableism, heteronormativity and privilege within yoga and spirituality. A … Continue reading
Method and Theory in the Study of Religion: An Interview with Aaron Hughes (Part 2)
Interview by Matt Sheedy This is the second and final instalment of an interview with Aaron Hughes, editor of Method and Theory in the Study of Religion. Part one of the interview can be found here. Matt Sheedy: As a … Continue reading
Method and Theory in the Study of Religion: An Interview with Aaron Hughes (Part 1)
Interview by Matt Sheedy Aaron Hughes is the current editor of Method and Theory in the Study of Religion and has generously agreed to talk with the Bulletin about his recent appointment and vision for the journal. He is professor … Continue reading