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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
- 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
- Credulity: A Cultural History of US Mesmerism. By Emily Ogden. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. Pp. xiv + 268. $27.50 (paperback), $82.50 (hardcover). by Charles McCrary
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CFP: Sovereignty & Strangeness Graduate Conference, Northwestern Department of Religious Studies
The Northwestern Department of Religious Studies graduate students invite young scholars to submit paper proposals for “Sovereignty & Strangeness,” a graduate conference to be held October 19-21, 2018 in Evanston, IL. Proposals are due May 6, 2018. You can get … Continue reading
Posted in Academy, Call for papers, Guest Contributor, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Sexuality and Gender, Theory and Method, Uncategorized
Tagged Bulletin for the Study of Religion, cosmologies, Gender Trouble, Liberation Theology, materiality, Northwestern University, Power, queer studies, racialization, Religion, religion CFP, religious studies, scholarship, secular, sovereignty, sovereignty and strangeness, trans studies
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European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR) Conference in Leuven, 2017
by Teemu Taira and Suzanne Owen The annual conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR) took place in Leuven, Belgium, in September 2017. It was organized by BABEL, the Belgian Association for the Study of Religions. … Continue reading
Posted in Academy, Conference Notes, Guest Contributor, Pedagogy, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Suzanne Owen, Theory and Method, Uncategorized
Tagged Anne Taves, Belgian Association for the Study of Religions, Buddhism, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Claire Wanless, Communicating Religion, Daoism, European Academy of Religion, European Association for the Study of Religions, Hubert Siewert, Islam, Jorg Rüpke, Kocku von Stuckrad, Leuven, Marcus Moberg, Ninian Smart, Paula Schrode, pedagogy, pluralism, politics, Religion, Religion and education, Religious Education, religious studies, Robert Yelle, scholarship, Social Construction, Suzanne Owen, teaching, Teemu Taira, world religions paradigm, worldview
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The Origins of the Juggernaut
This post originally appeared on the OUP blog. by Michael J. Altman People deploy the word juggernaut to describe anyone or anything that seems unstoppable, powerful, dominant. The Golden State Warriors, the recent National Basketball Association champions, are a juggernaut. National … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Contributor, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Ruminations, Uncategorized
Tagged Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Christianity, Claudius Buchanan, Heathen Hindoo Hindu: American Representations of India 1721-1893, Hinduism, Idol, Idolatry, India, Jagannath, Juggernaut, Marvel comics, Michael J. Altman, Mike Altman, missionaries, Ratha Yatra, Religion, religious studies, Representation, scholarship, study of religion
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Whose Symbol Is It Anyway? The Rainbow in Public Space
by Sarah “Moxy” Moczygemba Even the most ubiquitous public symbols have histories and, as such, can result in public debate over use and meaning. Recently, the rainbow has been at the … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Contributor, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion in the News, Sexuality and Gender, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
Tagged american religion, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bathroom Bills, Belief, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Christian Cross, Christian persecution, Christianity, Creationism, Facebook, Gilbert Baker, Ken Ham, LGBTQ, Marriage Equality, MOMA, politics, Pride Flag, Rainbow, Rainbow React, Religion, religion and politics, Religion and Society, religious studies, Sarah "Moxy" Moczygemba, study of religion, symbols
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Hijacked! Conference in Bonn, Germany
by Leslie Dorrough Smith Note: This post originally appeared on the Culture on the Edge blog. Hijacked!: A Critical Treatment of the Public Rhetoric of “Good” and “Bad” Religion was a conference held from June 8-10 in Bonn, Germany, at the Forum Internationale Wissenschaft … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Hughes, american religion, Believer, Bonn, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, CNN, Cult, Culture on the Edge, Forum internationale Wissenschaft, Germany, government, Greek fire-walking, Hijacked!, Islam, Islamophobia, legitimization, Leslie Dorrough Smith, Merinda Simmons, NAASR, niqab debate, North American Association for the Study of Religion, pedagogy, politics, Public rhetoric, Religion, religious studies, Reza Aslan, Rhetoric, Sociology of Religion, University, University of Bonn, Vaia Touna
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How to Resist Christian Hegemony: Reflections on the #RAAC2017 Biennial
by Travis Cooper Just this last weekend I had the privilege of attending the 5th Biennial Conference for the Study of Religion and American Culture held in Indianapolis. I started coming … Continue reading
Posted in Academy, Conference Notes, Guest Contributor, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Ruminations, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World, Travis Cooper, Uncategorized
Tagged "Nones", American culture, american protestantism, Americanists, Biennial Conference for the Study of Religion and American Culture, Cara Burnidge, Christian hegemony, Christianity, Conference, Daniel Silliman, Digital Methods, diversity, evangelical Christianity, Evangelicals, hegemony, Kathryn Lofton, Khyati Joshi, Melissa Wilcox, Mike Altman, pluralism, Power, Protestantism, raac, raac2017, Religion, Religion and the State, religious studies, secularism, social theory, structuralism, Sylvester Johnson
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What’s in Your Religion Syllabus?: Shannon Trosper Schorey
In this series with the Bulletin, we ask scholars of religion to share with our readers what’s in their religion syllabus, from a new class or a class they’ve taught for years, reflecting on what has worked, what has been … Continue reading
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Tagged agency, american religion, and Pedagogy, Belief, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, determinism, dystopia, ethics, internet, language, materiality, media, news, pedagogy, politics, post-structuralism, Randall Styers, Religion, religion and media, religion and technology, religion and the news, religious studies, scholarship, Science, science and technology, secular, secularism, Shannon Trosper Schorey, Silicon Valley, structuralism, Talal Asad, teaching, technology, the Self, utopia
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