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Bulletin for the study of religion feed- Post-lineage Yoga book launch, SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies, 7 December 2020
- Journal of Skyscape Archaeology/Sophia Centre Lecture, 8 December 2020
- From California to Hollywood: Tracking Sam Larner from the Trawlers to the Silver Screen, 18 December 2020
- Writing About Music, Richmond Literature Festival, 18 November 2020
- 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: Slavoj Žižek
Theses on Professionalization: Andrew Durdin
In this series 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 to enter) the job … Continue reading
Theorizing Religion in the Age of Trump: James Crossley
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 Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Theory in the Real World
Tagged Brexit, David Cameron, Donald Trump, EU UKIP, James Crossley, Margaret Thatcher, Slavoj Žižek, Theorizing Religion in the Age of Trump, Theresa May, UKIP, Vote Corbyn
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Pope Francis’s Gender Trouble
by Matt Sheedy The other day I came across a short article on Facebook entitled, “Pope says gender theory part of ‘global war’ on marriage, family,” which I promptly shared on my wall. The Reuters News Agency piece recounts comments … Continue reading
Posted in Matt Sheedy, 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
Tagged Catholic Church, gender theory, interpellate, intersex, Pope Francis, Reuters News Agency, Slavoj Žižek, The New Yorker
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Finite Demands, the Toronto TA Strike, and Critical Theory
by Tenzan Eaghll * Photo by Ian Brown It has been two weeks now since 1000 members of Cupe 3902, the union representing University of Toronto graduate students, decisively rejected a motion to send a tentative agreement reached on February … Continue reading
Policing Religion
by Tenzan Eaghll Now that a month has passed since the Charlie Hebdo tragedy, it is useful to step back and consider the general treatment of religion and Islam in the media. Whenever one of these horrendous acts occurs there … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections on Islamic Studies, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Tenzan Eaghll, Theory and Method
Tagged Aaron Hughes, Bernard Lewis, Charlie Hebdo, Clash of Civilizations, Friedrich Nietzsche, Islam, Jacques Rancière, MacLean's magazine, Scott Gilmore, Slavoj Žižek
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Religion Clichés #5: Religious Past
by Tenzan Eaghll Note: This post is the third in a series that seeks to summarize some of the clichés associated with religion. It is framed as a critique of a 1972 article by Ninian Smart. For the two first posts … Continue reading