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Bulletin for the study of religion feed- British Forum for Ethnomusicology, University of Edinburgh, 13-16 April 2023
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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
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- 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: November 2013
“Religion” and the “Secular” at the 2013 AAR Conference
by Matt Sheedy In a recent Huffington Post article entitled, “How to Find the Secular at the American Academy of Religion,” Brandon G. Withrow points to an increase in the number of panels that were focused on questions 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, Scholarship on the Road, Theory and Method
Tagged AAR, American Academy of Religion, Brandon G. Withrow, Bruce Lincoln, Classification, Huffington Post, Kevin Schilbrack, Pew Forum, Russell McCutcheon, secularism, the Nones, The Sacred is Profane, the secular
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From Cognitive Theory of Religion to Religious Cognition
By Kenneth MacKendrick The discourse on sui generis religion, as outlined by Russell McCutcheon is one that deemphasizes difference, history, and sociopolitical context in favor of abstract essences and homogeneity, characterized by the supposed uniqueness and autonomy of religion. While … Continue reading
Religion Snapshots: Reflections on the AAR Annual Conference
Religion Snapshots is a new feature with the Bulletin for the Study of Religion blog, where a number of contributors are asked to briefly comment on popular news items or pressing theoretical issues in the field, especially those topics relating to definitions, … Continue reading
“My Morality” Doesn’t Need Your God
by Monica Miller Note: this post originally appeared on the Culture on the Edge blog, where the author was reporting from Skepticon 6, which is held annually in Springfield, Missouri. She uses her sweet, melodic, and soulful voice as a lyrical … Continue reading
Study of Religion as an Analytic Discipline (SORAAD) Pre-Conference Workshop, Baltimore, 2013
Methodologies and Analytical Study of Religion Friday, November 22, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. In its third year, SORAAAD will address a long over due need to focus on the methodologies with which the field observes and analyzes the range of … Continue reading
Posted in Pedagogy, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method
Tagged SORAAAD
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NAASR 2013 Annual Meeting, Baltimore
NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION 2013 ANNUAL MEETING, BALTIMORE Executive Council Meeting Fri, Nov 22, 8:30-10am—Hilton Baltimore, Calloway B “Is There a Religious Mode of Production?: Economic Aspects of Sacrifice and Related Behaviors Fri, Nov 22, 10am-12:30pm—Hilton Baltimore, … Continue reading
Religion Snapshots: On the Uses of “Atheism”
Religion Snapshots is a new feature with the Bulletin for the Study of Religion blog, where a number of contributors are asked to briefly comment on popular news items or pressing theoretical issues in the field, especially those topics relating to definitions, … Continue reading
Posted in Donovan Schaefer, Matt Sheedy, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Steven Ramey, Tenzan Eaghll, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged Alabama, Circumfession, Herbert of Cherbury, Jacques Derrida, Jean Bodin, John Locke, New Atheists, Oprah Winfrey, Pew Forum, Richard Dawkins, the Nones, Whovian, William Connolly
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