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Bulletin for the study of religion feed- Rock, Rattle, and Roll: Rattling Cages and Challenging the Study of Religion
- On Theory (as Pedagogy) in a Time of Excess: Asking Questions in 2017
- Philosophy for Religious Studies: An Interview with Kevin Schilbrack
- On Finding Common Ground: A (Very Brief) Reflection on a So What? Question
- Some More Delightful Iconoclasm: A Response to Andrew Kunze
- “They Were Talking about Themselves”: Michael Altman, American Hinduism, and Critique from the Inside of Religious Studies
- If Discourse Is All There Is: On Studying Religion in the Ancient Context
- The Insularity of the Study of Ancient Religions and “Religion”
Tag Archives: William James
Name it and Disclaim it: A Tool for Better Discussion in Religious Studies
by Joseph P. Laycock and Natasha L. Mikles Anyone who has led discussion in an introductory undergraduate Religious Studies class has experienced frustrating comments from students such as, “Jews practice empty ritual,” or “Buddhists are more spiritual than other religions.” … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Bertrand Russell, Dan Brown Syndrome, Elie Wiesel, Franklin Graham, hermeneutics of suspicion, Jeffrey Kripal, John Dominic Crossan, Joseph P. Laycock, Natasha L. Mikles, No Good Scotsman, Robert Orsi, School of Thought International, William Cantwell Smith, William James, world religions
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American Converts and their Possessions: A Review of Lincoln Mullen’s The Chance of Salvation
Editor’s note: Bulletin Book Reviews is the newly developed book review portal for the Bulletin for the Study of Religion, associated with NAASR and published by Equinox. We are interested in reviewing titles of wide relevance to the academic study of religion, particularly … Continue reading
Teaching Theory in the Introductory Classroom
This is part of an ongoing series of posts in a collaborative effort between the Practicum: Critical Theory, Religion, and Pedagogy and the Bulletin for the Study of Religion blogs. On November 23, 2014, approximately 20 scholars of religion, from grad students to more … Continue reading
Towards a psychology of nonreligion within a psychology of religion?
Note: This post initially appeared on the American Psychological Association blog. Thomas J. Coleman III, David F. Bradley, & Alex Uzdavines Today’s psychology of religion has deep historical roots in the version of Protestant Christianity popular in the late 19th … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Uncategorized
Tagged & Culture, Alex Uzdavines, American Psychological Association, David F. Bradley, Division 36, Julie Exline, Michael Nielsen, non-religion, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Religion, Science, secularity, Thomas J. Coleman III, William James
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Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power: An Interview with Donovan O. Schaefer, Part 1
The following is an interview with Donovan O. Schaefer based on his new book, Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power (2015), with Duke University Press. An excerpt from the book can be found here. Part two of this interview can … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Matt Sheedy, Politics and Religion, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method
Tagged affect theory, and Power, Ann Cvetkovich, Charles Darwin, Donna Haraway, Donovan O. Schaefer, Emile Durkheim, evolution, Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Imagining Religion, Jacques Derrida, Jane Goodall, Jonathan Z. Smith, Martin Heidegger, Mary Midgley, Max Müller, Michel Foucault, Mircea Eliade, Oxford University, Postcolonialism, Religious Affects: Animality, The Animal that Therefore I Am, William James
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Important, not Particular: A Reflection on Religion in 21st-Century America
Note: This post originally appeared on the Religion in American History blog. by Charles McCrary According to the new Pew study “America’s Changing Religious Landscape,” 6.9% of respondents identified their religious affiliation or belief as “nothing in particular” and also reported that … Continue reading
Posted in Charles McCrary, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method
Tagged A Ministry of Presence, Franklin Baz, Hugh Urban, John Modern, Mike Graziano, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, The Church of Scientology, William James, Winnifred Sullivan
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North American Association for the Study of Religion (NAASR): An Interview with Russell McCutcheon
1. For readers unfamiliar with NAASR, could you briefly outline its history and its general aims? Russell McCutcheon: The North American Association for the Study of Religion—of which the Bulletin and thus this blog are representative publications, along with Brill’s quarterly … Continue reading
Posted in Craig Martin, Interviews, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method, Uncategorized
Tagged AAR, Aaron Hughes, American Academy of Religion, Council of Societies for the Study of Religion, Daniel Pals, Donald Wiebe, E. Thomas Lawson, Equinox Publishers, International Association for the History of Religions, Luther H. Martin, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Mircea Eliade, NAASR, Robert Segal, Russell McCutcheon, SBL, University of Toronto, W. W. Norton, Willi Braun, William James
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