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Bulletin for the study of religion feed- Society for Pentecostal Studies , Tulsa, OK, 16-18 March 2023
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- 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: Religion and Violence
The Social Functions of Obligatory Denunciations
by Craig Martin This post originally appeared on the author’s blog. In preparation for a new course I’m teaching this fall, I’ve been reading a great deal on Islam. I’ve surveyed both scholarly and popular narratives on Islam, particularly as … Continue reading
Theses on Professionalization Series: Tenzan Eaghll
by Tenzan Eaghll In this new feature with the Bulletin, we have asked 21 early career scholars to weigh in on Russell McCutcheon’s Theses on Professionalization, first published in 2007. In his 21 theses, McCutcheon offers advice to young scholars entering (or soon … Continue reading
Privilege, Religion, and Identity Markers
by Philip L. Tite This post originally appeared on the author’s blog. Last semester I taught two sections of a course on the topic of religion and violence. A key theme in the course is that violence is not simply … Continue reading
Posted in Philip L. Tite, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory in the Real World
Tagged affect theory, Craig Calhoun, Donald Trump, intersectionality, Privilege, Religion and Violence, Robert McAfee Brown, Stephen Mennell, systemic violence, Tony Bilton
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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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Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Group, Call for Papers: AAR/SBL Meeting, San Diego, Nov. 22-25, 2014
Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Group The AAR and SBL Meeting San Diego California, November 22-25 Deadline: Monday, March 3, 2014, 5:00 PM EST, through: http://papers.aarweb.org/ Statement of Purpose: Since the end of the Cold War, acts of religiously motivated … Continue reading
Posted in Call for papers, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory
Tagged AAR, activist, African Religion Group, and Genocide Group, and Peace Group, anthropology, anti-colonialism, asceticism, bodily piercings, bodily transformations, Cognitive Science, Cold War, Democratic Republic of Congo, economic justice, economics, evolutionary psychology, Holocaust, humanities, Margo Kitts, Michael Jerryson, Palestinian/Israeli conflict, Philosophy, political science, poverty, psychical sciences, psychology, Religion, Religion and torture, Religion and Violence, Religions, Rwanda, San Diego, SBL, SBL Violence and Representations of Violence program unit, SBL Warfare in Ancient Israel program unit, secular nationalism, self-flagellations, Social Conflict, social sciences, sociology
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FIELD NOTES: New AAR Group Announcement: Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence
We are pleased to announce AAR approval for a new program unit on Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence, beginning in 2013 and continuing for five years. Current chairs are Michael Jerryson (Eckerd College) and Margo Kitts (Hawai’i Pacific University), … Continue reading