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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: Christianity
Unpacking the Baggage of “Indigenous Religion(s)”
by Stacie Swain A couple of weeks ago, the Religious Studies Project (RSP) released a podcast entitled “What Do We Mean by Indigenous Religion(s)?”[1] Considering critiques of the World Religions Paradigm that the category in question relates to, I’m interested in … Continue reading
Posted in Academy, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Stacie Swain, Theory and Method, Uncategorized
Tagged Arkotong Longkumer, Bjørn Ola Tafjord, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Canadian Congress, Christianity, Colonialism, David Chidester, David G. Roberston, Decolonization, Decolonizing Religious Studies, Eve Tuck, imperialism, Indigenous Religion(s) project, indigenous religions, Indigenous Studies, Malory Nye, politics, Religion, religious studies, Richard King, scholarship, settler colonialism, Sociology of Religion, Stacie Swain, Talal Asad, The Religious Studies Project, Timothy Fitzgerald, Tomoko Masuzawa, world religions paradigm
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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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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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“Gender” in/and the Study of Religion: Cameron Montgomery
In this series, the Bulletin asks scholars if and how they critically engage “gender” in the study of religion. Contributors consider how gender intersects with method & theory, pedagogy, professional practices, or matters of … Continue reading
Posted in "Gender" in/and the Study of Religion, Academy, Guest Contributor, Pedagogy, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Ruminations, Sexuality and Gender, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
Tagged Activism, and Pedagogy, Beyond God the Father, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Christianity, ethnography, Faith, Feminism, feminist theory, Gender, Goddess, Helen Keller, Maria Birnbaum, Mary Daly, Mary Douglas, Methodolatry, Pamela Dickey Young, pedagogy, politics, Religion, Religion and Gender Network, religious studies, Sara Borillo, scholarship, secularism, slavery, teaching, women, worship
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When We Forget Our Roots
by Aaron Hughes I have been asked to respond to Rachel Fulton Brown’s piece at the University of Chicago Divinity’s School Sightings. I’ll leave it to others to adjudicate her political leanings or apparent support for Milo Yiannopoulos’ cross-country speaking … Continue reading
Posted in Academy, Politics and Religion, Reflections on Islamic Studies, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged Christianity, Durkheim, Eliade, Islam, J.Z. Smith, Judaism, Lincoln, Marx, Middle Ages, Milo Yiannopoulos, Otto, Rachel Fulton Brown, University of Chicago, Weber
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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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