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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
Category Archives: Natasha Mikles
In the Weeds with David (S.) Pumpkins: Sociophobics and the Social Breakdown of Horror
by Natasha L. Mikles It’s my favorite time of year—when everything is draped in orange and black, skeleton décor abounds, and little children dressed as superheroes run amok in big-box stores. During the month leading up to Halloween, we welcome … Continue reading
Offerings for the Loch Ness Monster—a Sign of Buddhism’s Arrival in the West
By Joseph P. Laycock and Natasha L. Mikles * This post now appears in expanded form in the Bulletin for the Study of Religion journal. While discussing construction of the upcoming Karma Kagyu Tibetan Buddhist practice center near Loch Ness, … Continue reading
Posted in Joseph Laycock, Natasha Mikles, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion in the News, South Asian Studies, Theory in the Real World
Tagged Buddhism, cryptozoology, folklore, Gelongma Zangmo, Hinduism, Loch Ness, Loch Ness Monster, mythology, naga, Nessie, Religion, religious studies, Scotland, Tibetan Buddhism
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Debating a Discipline, Contesting Identities, and the Future of Islamic Studies
The following is the editorial introduction to the November 2014 issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion (the full table of contents having already been posted). We offer this editorial here on the blog in order to give … Continue reading
Posted in Academy, Announcements, Editorial, Joseph Laycock, Matt Sheedy, Natasha Mikles, Philip L. Tite, Reflections on Islamic Studies, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged Aaron Hughes, Atheism, Belief, biblical studies, Buddhism, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Edward E. Curtis IV, emic, etic, Hinduism, Islam, Islamic studies, James Crossley, Jewish studies, Judaism, Loch Ness, Loch Ness Monster, naga, NEH, new atheism, Omid Safi, orientalism, Qur'an, Qur'anic origins, Qur'anic studies, Religion, religious studies, Richard Amesbury, Ruth Mas, Sarah Imhoff, scholarship, Scotland, secularism, Vernon James Schubel
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Now Published – Bulletin for the Study of Religion 43.4 (November 2014)
The November issue of the Bulletin has been published and is available. Below is the table of contents of this issue, which includes a panel of papers on the current state and future of Islamic studies with contributors building on … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Joseph Laycock, Matt Sheedy, Natasha Mikles, Philip L. Tite, Politics and Religion, Reflections on Islamic Studies, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory & Religion Series, Theory and Method
Tagged Aaron Hughes, Belief, biblical studies, Buddhism, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Edward E. Curtis IV, emic, etic, Islam, Islamic studies, James Crossley, Jewish studies, Loch Ness, Loch Ness Monster, naga, NEH, new atheism, Omid Safi, Religion, religious studies, Richard Amesbury, Ruth Mas, Sarah Imhoff, scholarship, Scotland, Vernon James Schubel
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A Report from the 2014 NEH Summer Institute “Problems in the Study of Religion,” July 7th – July 25th, 2014
by Natasha Mikles This summer I had the pleasure of working with Professors Kurtis Schaeffer and Charles Mathewes to run the National Endowment for the Humanities-funded Summer Institute “Problems in the Study of Religion.” Each year, the National Endowment for … Continue reading
Posted in Natasha Mikles, Religion and Theory, Scholarship on the Road, Theory and Method, Uncategorized
Tagged Ann Taves, Brent Nongbri, Charles Mathewes, Christopher Lehrich, Edward Slingerland, Heather Ohaneson, J.Z. Smith, Kathryn Lofton, Kevin Schilbrack, Kurtis Schaeffer, National Endowment for the Humanities, Robert Bellah, Russell McCutcheon, Saba Mahmood, Talal Asad, Tyler Roberts, University of Virginia
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Considering Orgasmic Meditation: It’s not ‘Diddling’ when it’s a Ritual
by Natasha L. Mikles While perusing the blogs recently, I came across an article describing one woman’s visit to the San Francisco OMXperience—a three-day, $795-a-head event in August 2013 designed to “kick off the industry of the orgasm”—an industry of … Continue reading
Posted in Natasha Mikles, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, South Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
Tagged Buddhism, Catherine Bell, Mark Singleton, Natasha L. Mikles, Nicole Daedone, OMXperience, OneTaste, orgasm, Orgasmic Meditation, samsara, tantric, TurnedON, Udāna
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