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Bulletin for the study of religion feed- Rock, Rattle, and Roll: Rattling Cages and Challenging the Study of Religion
- On Theory (as Pedagogy) in a Time of Excess: Asking Questions in 2017
- Philosophy for Religious Studies: An Interview with Kevin Schilbrack
- On Finding Common Ground: A (Very Brief) Reflection on a So What? Question
- Some More Delightful Iconoclasm: A Response to Andrew Kunze
- “They Were Talking about Themselves”: Michael Altman, American Hinduism, and Critique from the Inside of Religious Studies
- If Discourse Is All There Is: On Studying Religion in the Ancient Context
- The Insularity of the Study of Ancient Religions and “Religion”
Tag Archives: Mark Juergensmeyer
Introduction: René Girard’s Legacy
The following is the introduction to the special double-size September-December 2016 issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion (the full table of contents having already been posted). The introduction to … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Buddhist Studies, Editorial, Guest Contributor, Reflections on Islamic Studies, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method
Tagged Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Conference, Contagion, cosmic war, COV&R, David Frankfurter, disgust, Girardian theory, Islam, Jonathan Klawans, Margo Kitts, Mark Juergensmeyer, Martha J. Reineke, Method, Michael Jerryson, mimesis, mimetic theory, Myth, myth-ritual, NAASR, Religion, Religion and Violence, religious studies, Rene Girard, Sandor Goodhart, scapegoat, The Iliad, The Mahabharata, Vanessa J. Avery, violence
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Now Published – Bulletin for the Study of Religion 45.3-4 (September-December 2016)
A special double-size issue of the Bulletin has now been published and is available both online and in print. We are pleased to published this special memorial issue focused on a significant, … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Reflections on Islamic Studies, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method
Tagged Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Conference, Contagion, cosmic war, COV&R, David Frankfurter, disgust, Girardian theory, Islam, Jonathan Klawans, Margo Kitts, Mark Juergensmeyer, Martha J. Reineke, Method, Michael Jerryson, mimesis, mimetic theory, Myth, myth-ritual, NAASR, Religion, Religion and Violence, religious studies, Rene Girard, Sandor Goodhart, scapegoat, The Iliad, Vanessa J. Avery, violence
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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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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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Violence, Religion, and the Death of René Girard
By Philip L. Tite On November 4, 2015 the renowned literary theorist, René Girard (Stanford University) passed away at the age of 91. In an online announcement on the Stanford News, Cynthia Haven offers a comprehensive and glowing overview of … Continue reading
Posted in Academy, Announcements, Pedagogy, Philip L. Tite, Politics and Religion, Reflections on Islamic Studies, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged Aaron Hughes, affect theory, Bruce Lincoln, Carl Jung, Christianity, collective unconsciousness, Cynthia Haven, Daniel Pals, Desire, Emile Durkheim, functionalism, Genealogy of Religion, Girardian theory, grand theories, Islam, James Frazer, Judaism, Karl Marx, literar, Lord Raglan, Mark Juergensmeyer, Max Weber, methodological reduction, mimetic violence, Myth, obiturary, Reductionism, Religion, religious studies, Rene Girard, Robert Jewett, sacrifice, scapegoating, Sigmund Freud, violence, William Cavanaugh, world religions
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Making Sense—and Nonsense—of ‘Religious Terrorism’
by Simon Frankel Pratt One does not have to engage all that deeply with popular and academic conversations on terrorism before religion shows up. These days, and especially in the media, such conversations mainly consider one religion in particular, but … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Uncategorized
Tagged al-Qa’ida, Hamas, Hans-Georg Gadamer, IRA, Mark Juergensmeyer, Red Army Faction, Simon Frankel Pratt, Terror in the Mind of God, The Myth of Religious Violence, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, William Cavanaugh
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Better get to know the AAR’s Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence group
Editor’s note: “Better get to know” a program unit, working group, or organization is a new feature with the Bulletin that aims to engage with various religious studies groups in the critical-historical and analytic theoretical traditions. Ipsita Chatterjea: Thank you for … Continue reading
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Tagged AAR, African Religions Group, American Academy of Religion, Better get to know, Brent Shaw, Carole Cusack, Cognitive Science of Religion Group, Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence, Critical Theories and Discourses on Religion, David Frankfurter, Hans Kippenberg, Ipsita Chatterjea, ISIS, Jacob Dalton, Jamel Velji, James Howard Smith, James Lewis, James R. Lewis, John Kelsay, John Soboslai, Journal of Asian Studies, Journal of Religion and Politics, Journal of Religion and Violence, Journal of Religion in Africa, Julia Kostova, Julie Ingersoll, Margo Kitts, Mark Juergensmeyer, material religion, Matthew Walton, Meir Hatina, Michael Jerryson, Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence, politics, Religion & Ideology Journal, Religion and Ecology Group, Rosalind Hackett, SBL, Study of Religion as an Analytic Discipline, theory and method in the study of religion, Zeinab Bahrani
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