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Tag Archives: Terrorism
Muslim Terror
This post originally appeared on the Culture on the Edge blog. by Ian Alexander Cuthbertson On January 29, 2017 six people were killed and others left in critical condition following a shooting at a mosque in Sainte-Foy Québec. What is at stake … Continue reading
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 1
by Stephanie Frank Deeply concerned by events unfolding immediately before the American Academy of Religion’s (AAR) 2015 annual meeting in Atlanta, Todd Green and I put together a panel addressing the terrorist attacks in Beirut and Mali. Despite the necessarily … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Religion in the News, Theory and Method
Tagged AAR, American Academy of Religion, Charlie Hebdo, Columbia College Chicago, Edward Curtis, ISIS, Jerusha Lamptey, Joshua Ralston, laïcité, Sarah Rollens, Stephanie Frank, Terrorism, Todd Green, war on terror
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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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Association for the Sociology of Religion Call For Papers: San Francisco, Aug 13-15, 2014
CALL FOR PAPERS ASSOCIATION FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION 76th Annual Meeting: RELIGION AS A SOCIAL FORCE San Francisco, CA, August 13-15, 2014 J.W. Marriott Union Square DEADLINES: Session Proposals are due by March 31, 2014 (submit to the ASR Program … Continue reading
Posted in Call for papers, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory in the Real World
Tagged "strong program", ASR, Association for the Sociology of Religion, beliefs, crime and deviance, education, ethnicity, Gender, Globalization, immigration, Jeremy Uecker, politics, practices, Race, Religion, Religion as a Social Force, San Francisco, sexualities, social movements, social stratification, sociology, Sociology of Religion, Spirituality, Terrorism, violence
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Profile Me: The Confederate Flag, Shame, and White Male Terror
In spring of 2011, Asra Nomani suggested that ethnic profiling of Muslim Americans was a legal and moral imperative given her community’s failure to adequately police itself. A year later, she stepped forward and called for expanded surveillance inside her … Continue reading
Picture Book: Remembering 9/11
Here are two provocative images I’ve recently seen that relate to the ten year anniversary of 9/11: This one was found via Facebook—shared by a friend of a friend: The text reads: “Flight 93 Born Hero’s; Gave their Lives to … Continue reading