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Bulletin for the study of religion feed- 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
- 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
Category Archives: Religion and Popular Culture
Studying Religion in the Age of a ‘White-Lash’
by Tenzan Eaghll On the evening of November 9, 2016, as Trump’s victory over Clinton seemed inevitable, CNN commentator Van Jones made a statement that would prove true not only about the results at the polls, but the many things … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Tenzan Eaghll, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
Tagged 12 Rules for Life, alt right, deconstruction, Donald Trump, Hilary Clinton, Implicit Religion, Jordan Peterson, MAGA, Malory Nye, Mircea Eliade, New York Times, Russell McCutcheon, Van Jones, white nationalism, white-lash
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So You’re Not a Priest? Scholars Explain What They Do To Outsiders: Merinda Simmons
In this series with the Bulletin, we ask scholars to talk about how they describe what they do to outsiders by sharing a story or two, and reflect on how this has affected their identity as scholars of religion. For other … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Sexuality and Gender, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged “Theses on Method”, Bruce Lincoln, Culture on the Edge, Hayden White, Jacques Derrida, Merinda Simmons, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, NAASR, So You're Not a Priest? Scholars Explain What They Do to Outsiders
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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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So You’re Not a Priest? Scholars Explain What They Do to Outsiders: Matt Sheedy
In this series with the Bulletin, we ask scholars to talk about how they describe what they do to outsiders by sharing a story or two, and reflect on how this has affected their identity as scholars of religion. For other … Continue reading
So You’re Not a Priest? Scholars Explain What They Do to Outsiders: Stacie Swain
In this series with the Bulletin, we ask scholars to talk about how they describe what they do to outsiders by sharing a story or two, and reflect on how this has affected their identity as scholars of religion. For other … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
Tagged Buzzfeed, NAASR, Russell McCutcheon, So You're Not a Priest? Scholars Explain What They Do to Outsiders, Stacie Swain, University of Trømso
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Evangelizing the Ufologists
by Joseph Laycock Last week my friend Blake Smith, co-host of the podcast “Monstertalk,” e-mailed me about a new documentary called “Alien Intrusion.” The film, which promises to “unmask a deception” about extra-terrestrials, is based on a book by Gary … Continue reading
Posted in Joseph Laycock, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
Tagged Aetherius Society, Alien Intrusion, Alien Resistance, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Blake Smith, Budd Hopkins, Catherine Albanese, Christian demonology, Conrad Hyers, Creation Ministries International, David Jacobs, Enrico Fermi, FaithWorks, Fathom Events, Fermi paradox, Gary Bates, Hal Lindsey, Heaven’s Gate, J. Allen Hynek, Jacque Vallée, John Keel, John Mack, John Schneider, Johnny Hunt, Ken Ham, Monstertalk, Operation Trojan Horse, Planet Earth––2000 AD, Raelians, Southern Baptist Convention, The Creation Museum
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Affecting the Study of Religion: Schaefer, Animality, and Affect Theory
The following is the editor’s introduction, written by Philip Tite, to the double-size September-December 2017 issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion (the full table of contents having already been posted). We offer this editorial, which is also … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Donovan Schaefer, Editorial, Philip L. Tite, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged affect theory, animals, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Cognitive Science, Donovan O. Schaefer, emoji, headscarf, Hijab, Hollis Phelps, Islamophobia, Joseph Laycock, Matthew Hotham, Méadhbh McIvor, Nature and Culture, Philip L. Tite, Popular Culture, Religion, religion and affect, religion and popular culture, Religious Affects: Animality, religious studies, Richard Amesbury, ritual, trauma, Tyler Tully
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