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- JCA Book Reviews: Future Remains: A Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene. Edited by Gregg Mitman, Marco Armiero and Robert. S. Emmett
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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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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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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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Theorizing Religion in the Age of Trump: Donovan Schaefer
The election of Donald Trump has given rise to new kind of politics that has already increased tensions between competing groups, including religious groups over issues such as public education, science funding, and a proposed travel ban impacting several Muslim … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
Tagged Bruce Lincoln, Donald Trump, Franklin Graham, Islamophobia, J.Z. Smith, Map Is Not Territory, Theorizing Religion in the Age of Trump, William Connolly
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Scripting Acts of Violence: Intersectionality and the Orlando Shooting
By Philip L. Tite At 2 a.m. this past Sunday morning in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida gunshots were heard by patrons. The nightmare that they experienced did not end until 5 a.m. when police killed Omar Mateen, … Continue reading
Posted in Pedagogy, Philip L. Tite, Politics and Religion, Reflections on Islamic Studies, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Sexuality and Gender, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged "radical Islam, american religion, Bruce Lincoln, cultural geography, domestic terrorism, domestic violence, ethnic identity, Feminism, feminist theory, foreign terrorism, gay rights, homonegativity, homophobia, intersectional violence, intertextuality, ISIL, ISIS, Islamophobia, Latin Americans, LGBTQ, Mark Juergensmeyer, media, mental health, narrative scripts, Omar Mateen, Orlando, pathology, pedagogy, performative violence, politics, Pulse nightclub, racism, Religion, religion and media, religious studies, Rhetoric, scholarship, secularism, shooting, social capital, Sociology of Religion, symbolic capital, teaching, Terrorism, violence, William Cavanaugh
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The Study of Religion and Responses to Terrorism: Paris, Beirut and Beyond, Part 2
by Stephanie Frank This is the second post summarizing a panel discussion entitled “The Study of Religion and Responses to Terrorism: Paris, Beirut and Beyond,” held at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Atlanta. For … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward Curtis, Islamophobia, Jerusha Lamptey, Joshua Ralston, Sarah Rollens, Stephanie Frank, Todd Green
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Terrorism in Paris: Religious Violence and the Role of the Scholar of Religion
By Philip L. Tite This past weekend was marked by a horrific act of violence in Paris, leaving at least 129 people dead, hundreds more injured, and millions in shock and grief. Bombs and shootings throughout various parts of the … Continue reading
Posted in Pedagogy, Philip L. Tite, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged american religion, Bernie Sanders, Bruce Lincoln, Christianity, democratic presidential debate, France, Hillary Clinton, Islam, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Judaism, Mark Juergensmeyer, Martin O'Malley, Middle East, orientalism, pedagogy, politics, Religion, religious studies, Religious Violence, ritual, Robert Jewett, Samuel Huntington, scholarship, secularism, Terrorism, violence, William Cavanaugh
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