Tag Archives: Individualism

Why Durkheim Was Right: On the Perils of Being a Young, Cute Shoplifter

Posted on January 17, 2014 by mattsheedy

* This post originally appeared on the Culture on the Edge blog. by Leslie Dorrough Smith In yet another entry from the annals of my parenting adventures, a particularly memorable event has always served me well as a reminder of … Continue reading →

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Religion Snapshots: Religion and/as Capitalism, Part 2

Posted on December 11, 2013 by mattsheedy

Religion Snapshots is a feature with the Bulletin for the Study of Religion blog, where a number of contributors are asked to briefly comment on popular news items or pressing theoretical issues in the field, especially those topics relating to definitions, classification … Continue reading →

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Religion Snapshots: Capitalism and/as Religion, Part 1

Posted on December 9, 2013 by mattsheedy

Religion Snapshots is a feature with the Bulletin for the Study of Religion blog, where a number of contributors are asked to briefly comment on popular news items or pressing theoretical issues in the field, especially those topics relating to definitions, classification … Continue reading →

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ShaunTology, Part 3: I have measured out my life with power jumps

Posted on August 30, 2013 by mattsheedy

by Charles McCrary Shaun T, probably the most popular fitness guru in the United States today, tells us a great deal about selfhood, agency, and the good in twenty-first-century America. The first two parts of this series (one and two) … Continue reading →

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Independence Day: American Christianity and Why Liberals Aren’t Liberal (Stanley Hauerwas)

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Donovan Schaefer

by Donovan Schaefer A few days before Independence Day, Duke Divinity School ethicist Stanley Hauerwas published a long article on the Australian Broadcasting Company’s “Religion and Ethics” blog.  In it, he argues for a reconsideration of Catholicism against the backdrop … Continue reading →

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Randian Individualism and the Obfuscation of the Young, White Male Demographic

Posted on December 17, 2012 by mattsheedy

by Kate Daley-Bailey While the rhetoric revolving around the recent mass shooting at an Connecticut school has been reduced to a gun-control or mental health policy argument, I would like to highlight a different troubling trend in American media culture, … Continue reading →

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Individual Rights?

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Craig Martin

According to a story we tell ourselves, we live in an unprecedented age with something called “individual rights.” As Norbert Elias writes in The Society of Individuals, The transition to the primacy of the state in relation to clan and tribe … Continue reading →

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