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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: November 2015
It’s All About Us
by Steven Ramey Note: This post initially appear on the Culture on the Edge blog just after the Paris attacks on November 13. Given our goal at the Bulletin blog to keep this conversation going, a re-post is in order. … Continue reading
Genealogies of Religion, Twenty Years On: An Interview with Talal Asad
The following is part of an interview conducted by Craig Martin with Talal Asad, which appears in the February issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Vol. 43, No. 1 (2014). To read the full interview, please follow … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged anthropology, beliefs, Bernard of Clairvaux, Christianity, City University of New York, Craig Martin, empiricism, functionalism, Genealogies of Religion, Hugh of St. Victor, ideological formations, Islam, Marxist ideology, political studies, Religious language, religious studies, sacrality, science and technology, secularism, sociology, Spirituality, Talal Asad, Wittgenstein
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What are you up to at this year’s AAR/SBL/NAASR Conference in Atlanta?
Tim Langille: I’m going to both of the Religion, Holocaust, Genocide sessions, but am especially looking forward to a Monday session on the centenary of the Armenian Genocide. On Saturday, the Native Traditions in Americas is focusing on the Trail … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Religion and Theory, Scholarship on the Road, Theory and Method, Uncategorized
Tagged Adam T. Miller, Andrew Durdin, Anna Cwikla, Dennis LoRusso, Jason Blum, Jeffrey Wheatley, Joseph Blankholm, Matt Sheedy, Merinda Simmons, Rebekka King, Robert Yelle, Sher Afgan Tareen, Stephanie Frank, Tara Baldrick-Morrone, Tim Langille, Zoe Anthony
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Terrorism in Paris: Religious Violence and the Role of the Scholar of Religion
By Philip L. Tite This past weekend was marked by a horrific act of violence in Paris, leaving at least 129 people dead, hundreds more injured, and millions in shock and grief. Bombs and shootings throughout various parts of the … Continue reading
Posted in Pedagogy, Philip L. Tite, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged american religion, Bernie Sanders, Bruce Lincoln, Christianity, democratic presidential debate, France, Hillary Clinton, Islam, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Judaism, Mark Juergensmeyer, Martin O'Malley, Middle East, orientalism, pedagogy, politics, Religion, religious studies, Religious Violence, ritual, Robert Jewett, Samuel Huntington, scholarship, secularism, Terrorism, violence, William Cavanaugh
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Theses on Professionalization: Charles McCrary
In this series with the Bulletin, we have asked 21 early career scholars to weigh in on Russell McCutcheon’s Theses on Professionalization, first published in 2007. In his 21 theses, McCutcheon offers advice to young scholars entering (or soon to enter) the job … Continue reading
For the Love of God … or Queen
by Matt Sheedy In the aftermath of the Canadian election on October 19, which saw the long dormant Liberal Party rise to the position of majority government after nearly a decade of Conservative Party rule, much ado was made of … Continue reading
Posted in Matt Sheedy, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
Tagged Atheism, Brian Lilley, Constitution Act, Friendly Atheist, Hemant Mehta, John Oliver, Justin Trudeau, Last Week Tonight, niqab, Patheos, Stephen Harper, Sun TV News, Union Jack
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Field Note: AAR -SBL Annual Meeting a Reception for the Journal of Religion and Violence.
Academic Publishing and the AAR Groups on Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence, Cultural History in the Study of Religion and Critical Theory and Discourses on Religion are proud to sponsor a reception for the Journal of Religion and Violence. Meet the editors Margo … Continue reading