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Monthly Archives: December 2013
On “Religious Symbols” and the Politics of Perception
by Matt Sheedy On September 10, 2013, the government of Québec made international headlines with the proposal of Bill 60, more commonly known as the “Charter of Values.” The Bill would see restrictions on the wearing of “religious symbols,” requiring … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Scholarship on the Road, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
Tagged Bill 60, Canada, Charter of Secularism, Charter of Values, Classification, cultural identity, Gabrielle Desmarais, Hijab, Human Rights, Islamophobia, laïcité, Manitoba, Parti Québécois, political Islam, Québec, Québec City, Québec Collective Against Islamophobia, racism, religious belief, religious symbols, secularism, secularization, sovereignty, Supreme Court of Canada, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, yarmulke
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The War on Christmas, Affect, and the Closet of Disbelief: Postsecular Atheisms, Part 1
by Donovan Schaefer Atheist interfaith activist and author of the memoir Faitheist Chris Stedman appeared two weeks ago on Fox News for an interview with right-wing commentator Bill O’Reilly. O’Reilly’s topic was the “War on Christmas,” an annual theme of … Continue reading
Posted in Donovan Schaefer, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
Tagged affect, bill o'reilly, Chris Stedman, class, Eve Sedgwick, Faitheist, Fox News, haverford college, homophobia, interfaith, Mean Girls, New Atheists, post-atheism, postsecular atheism, queer, Race, war on Christmas
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To Tweet or not to Tweet? Social Media in the Classroom
by James Dennis LoRusso The typical humanities student today experiences a multi-faceted exposure to new technologies. I have given lectures that move seamlessly between video clips from Youtube, online news articles, and animated power point. Courses regularly require students to … Continue reading
Posted in James Dennis LoRusso, Theory in the Real World
Tagged Raymond Williams, twitter
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An Institution Is Not a Text: Pope Francis, Affect, and Power
by Donovan Schaefer “…it is possible that the very productive critical habits embodied in what Paul Ricoeur memorably called the ‘hermeneutics of suspicion’—widespread critical habits indeed, perhaps by now nearly synonymous … Continue reading
Religion Snapshots: Religion and/as Capitalism, Part 2
Religion Snapshots is a 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, classification … Continue reading
Posted in Brad Stoddard, Charles McCrary, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion Snapshots, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged Bruce Lincoln, Capitalism, corporations, Craig Martin, evangelicalism, George W. Bush, Gospel of Progress, Individualism, James Block, liberal, Loīc Wacquant, modernism, moral, salvation, Spirituality
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Religion Snapshots: Capitalism and/as Religion, Part 1
Religion Snapshots is a 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, classification … Continue reading
Posted in Craig Martin, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion Snapshots, Tenzan Eaghll, Theory and Method, Uncategorized
Tagged Capitalism, consumerism, Disneyland, Evangelicals, Holy Land Experience, Individualism, ITEC Entertainment Corporation, libertarian, Mel Gibson, Neo-liberalism, The Passion of the Christ
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Reinventing Religious Studies: An Interview with Scott S. Elliott, Part 2
The following is part two of an interview with Scott S. Elliott, who is assistant professor in the Philosophy and Religion department at Adrian College, with a specialty in Biblical Studies. His books include, Reconfiguring Mark’s Jesus: Narrative Criticism After Poststructuralism, (2011) Ideology, Culture … Continue reading
Posted in Matt Sheedy, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Uncategorized
Tagged 9/11, Alexandra Petri, Darlene Juschka, Gustavo Benevides, Islam, Jacob Neusner, religious studies, Roland Boer, Russell McCutcheon, Scott S. Elliott, Tim Jensen
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