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Tag Archives: affect theory
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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Now Published: Bulletin for the Study of Religion 46.3-4 (September-December 2017)
We are pleased to announce the publication of the double-size September-December 2017 issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion in both online and in print formats. This issue of the Bulletin includes a panel of papers engaging affect … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Donovan Schaefer, 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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Privilege, Religion, and Identity Markers
by Philip L. Tite This post originally appeared on the author’s blog. Last semester I taught two sections of a course on the topic of religion and violence. A key theme in the course is that violence is not simply … Continue reading
Posted in Philip L. Tite, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory in the Real World
Tagged affect theory, Craig Calhoun, Donald Trump, intersectionality, Privilege, Religion and Violence, Robert McAfee Brown, Stephen Mennell, systemic violence, Tony Bilton
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Windows and Mirrors: Texts, Religions, and Stories of Origins
The following is the introduction to the June 2016 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 readers … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Editorial, Interviews, Nathan Rein, Pedagogy, Philip L. Tite, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged affect theory, animality, archaeology, Brent Nongbri, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Christianity, Coptic Manuscripts, cultural geography, Donovan Schaefer, Dylan Michael Burns, Egyptian antiquities, Eva Mroczek, geography, Gnostic, Gnosticism, Justin Ariel Blount, Justin Tse, Mark Goodacre, Matt Sheedy, Nag Hammadi, Nicola Denzey Lewis, orientalism, Origins, Paul-Hubert Poirier, pedagogy, Religion, religious studies, scholarship, teaching, Tony Burke
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Now Published – Bulletin for the Study of Religion 45.2 (June 2016)
The June issue of the Bulletin has now been published and is available both online and in print. Below is the table of contents of this issue, which includes a panel of papers engaging two seminal articles challenging the standard … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Interviews, Nathan Rein, Pedagogy, Philip L. Tite, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged affect theory, animality, archaeology, Brent Nongbri, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Christianity, Coptic Manuscripts, cultural geography, Donovan Schaefer, Dylan Michael Burns, Egyptian antiquities, Eva Mroczek, geography, Justin Ariel Blount, Justin Tse, Mark Goodacre, Matt Sheedy, Nag Hammadi, Nicola Denzey Lewis, orientalism, Origins, Paul-Hubert Poirier, pedagogy, Religion, religious studies, scholarship, teaching, Tony Burke
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Feeling Rules and the Construction of Sacred Space
by Adam Miller I don’t often think in terms of affect, but I’ve talked enough with Danae Faulk to be mildly familiar with the perspective/vocabulary. (Donovan Schaefer has also given me much to think with in this regard, though I wrote what … Continue reading
Posted in Adam Miller, Buddhist Studies, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, South Asian Studies, Theory and Method
Tagged Adam T. Miller, affect theory, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Buddhist Studies, Danae Faulk, Donovan Schaefer, Emile Durkheim, Feeling Rules, Ideology, Indian Buddhism, Mircea Eliade, Sacred Space
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Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power: An Interview with Donovan O. Schaefer, Part 1
The following is an interview with Donovan O. Schaefer based on his new book, Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power (2015), with Duke University Press. An excerpt from the book can be found here. Part two of this interview can … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Matt Sheedy, Politics and Religion, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method
Tagged affect theory, and Power, Ann Cvetkovich, Charles Darwin, Donna Haraway, Donovan O. Schaefer, Emile Durkheim, evolution, Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Imagining Religion, Jacques Derrida, Jane Goodall, Jonathan Z. Smith, Martin Heidegger, Mary Midgley, Max Müller, Michel Foucault, Mircea Eliade, Oxford University, Postcolonialism, Religious Affects: Animality, The Animal that Therefore I Am, William James
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