Monthly Archives: December 2015

Laying it All Out: On Moving from Dissertation-to-Book Series

Dissertation vs. Book: What’s the Difference? by Aaron W. Hughes No matter what your well-intentioned committee may tell you, your dissertation is not a book. A book is not a dissertation from which you have simply removed the review of … Continue reading

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Searching for Method in a Sea of Theory; Or, How I Do I Even “Do” This?

by Stacie Swain My first experience at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) really got me thinking (edit: obsessing) about my own ‘method’ and ‘theory’ as a graduate student in a Religious Studies department, especially since … Continue reading

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A Case of Auto-immunity: A Response to Philip L. Tite

by Karen Zoppa Note: This post is in response to Philip L. Tite’s short essay, “Editor’s Corner:  Critics or Caretakers? It’s All in the Mapping” Bulletin for the Study of Religion 44.3 (September 2015): 38-39. Philip Tite reflects on an important … Continue reading

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Laying it All Out: On Moving from Dissertation-to-Book Series

by Russell T. McCutcheon In this new series with the Bulletin, we ask scholars who have published in the field to share some insights on the dissertation-to-book process–what to do, what to avoid, to put it all together. So, your … Continue reading

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Theses on Professionalization: Katelyn Dykstra Dykerman

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

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The Study of Religion and Responses to Terrorism: Paris, Beirut and Beyond, Part 2

by Stephanie Frank This is the second post summarizing a panel discussion entitled “The Study of Religion and Responses to Terrorism: Paris, Beirut and Beyond,” held at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Atlanta. For … Continue reading

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The Study of Religion and Responses to Terrorism: Paris, Beirut and Beyond, Part 1

by Stephanie Frank Deeply concerned by events unfolding immediately before the American Academy of Religion’s (AAR) 2015 annual meeting in Atlanta, Todd Green and I put together a panel addressing the terrorist attacks in Beirut and Mali. Despite the necessarily … Continue reading

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