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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
Tag Archives: Merinda Simmons
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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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
Posted in Academy, Conference Notes, Guest Contributor, Politics and Religion, Reflections on Islamic Studies, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Scholarship on the Road, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
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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Revolutionary Love: Scholars Respond to the AAR’s 2016 Conference Theme: Richard Newton
In this new series with the Bulletin, we’ve asked a number of scholars to weigh-in on the theme of this year’s upcoming annual conference for the American Academy of Religion in San Antonio, TX, “revolutionary love.” Our aim is to provide … Continue reading
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Tagged AAR, Aaron Hughes, Elizabethtown College, Merinda Simmons, Michel de Certeau, Monica Miller, Pearl Jam, Revolutionary Love: Scholars Respond to the AAR's 2016 Conference Theme, Richard Newton, Russell McCutcheon, Serene Jones, Union Theological Seminary
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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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Juggling It All: Tips on Research and Writing, Part 3
* This is part three of a feature with the Bulletin on tips for research and writing. Part one can be found here and part two here. Emma Wasserman: I’m sure organization works for a lot of people in a lot of different ways, … Continue reading