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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
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CFP: Critique in Context – Surveying Key Categories in the Study of Religion #naasr2018
Critique in Context: Surveying Key Categories in the Study of Religion Call for Proposals The last several years, NAASR’s annual programs have addressed theory (2015), method (2016), and data (2017). Building off these important discussions, the program for 2018 will … Continue reading
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Tagged Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Cal for papers, NAASR, NAASR Notes, NAASR2018, North American Association for the Study of Religion, politics, Religion, religion CFP, religious studies, scholarship, study of religion
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Claims and Constraints: The Category of Religion in the SCC Ktunaxa Nation Decision
by Stacie Swain NB: This post adapts and expands comments that I made during a panel discussion hosted by the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Law.[i] On 2 November 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released their decision in … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion in the News, Stacie Swain, Theory in the Real World, Uncategorized
Tagged Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Canada, indigenous religions, Indigenous spirituality, Indigenous Studies, Ktunaxa Nation, Naomi Goldenberg, Nicholas Shrubsole, politics, politics of recognition, Religion, religion and law, religious studies, scholarship, settler colonial studies, settler colonialism, Stacie Swain, Supreme Court of Canada, UNDRIP
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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
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European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR) Conference in Leuven, 2017
by Teemu Taira and Suzanne Owen The annual conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR) took place in Leuven, Belgium, in September 2017. It was organized by BABEL, the Belgian Association for the Study of Religions. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Taves, Belgian Association for the Study of Religions, Buddhism, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Claire Wanless, Communicating Religion, Daoism, European Academy of Religion, European Association for the Study of Religions, Hubert Siewert, Islam, Jorg Rüpke, Kocku von Stuckrad, Leuven, Marcus Moberg, Ninian Smart, Paula Schrode, pedagogy, pluralism, politics, Religion, Religion and education, Religious Education, religious studies, Robert Yelle, scholarship, Social Construction, Suzanne Owen, teaching, Teemu Taira, world religions paradigm, worldview
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Looking Over and Overlooking
by Russell McCutcheon This post originally appeared on the Studying Religion in Culture blog of the University of Alabama. Malory Nye’s tweet, the other day, got me thinking… So I replied: For a while, now, I’ve had this feeling: as … Continue reading
Posted in Academy, Pedagogy, Politics and Religion, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Uncategorized
Tagged Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Classification, Field, Malory Nye, Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, pedagogy, Peter Berger, politics, Religion, religious studies, Russell McCutcheon, scholarship, State of the Field, Syllabi, Syllabus, Theories 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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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
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