Tag Archives: The Atlantic

On the Usefulness of Reza Aslan

Posted on March 23, 2017 by mattsheedy

by Matt Sheedy The launch of Reza Aslan’s Believer on CNN has, not surprisingly, garnered a fair bit of attention since its release earlier this month, from both popular websites as well as from scholars of religion. For example, The Huffington … Continue reading →

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Media Ideologies, Contested Authenticities, and Socality Barbie

Posted on January 8, 2016 by mattsheedy

by Travis Cooper @socalitybarbie, 2015’s Instagram sensation, has an impressive 1.3 million followers on the platform, up from just over 7,000 back in September. Although not as popular as @taylorswift (with 60.4 million Instagram followers), @socalitybarbie’s mysterious curator, only recently … Continue reading →

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This Class is Not About “Profoundly Religious Acts”: Pedagogy and Method for the New Year

Posted on January 3, 2014 by mattsheedy

by Charlie McCrary On New Year’s Eve 2013, The Atlantic ran an article entitled, “Why Getting Drunk and Making Resolutions on New Year’s Are Profoundly Religious Acts.” If you’re the sort of person who reads the Bulletin Blog, it’s likely that … Continue reading →

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