RSN PodcastBuddhist Chaplaincy in Japan with Adam Lyons
Adam Lyons joins Kristian Petersen to discuss his award-winning book "Karma and Punishment: Prison Chaplaincy in Japan" (Harvard University Press).
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Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian StudiesCanon Formation
2024.05.04 | W. Edward Glenny and Darian R. Lockett, eds. Canon Formation: Tracing the Role of Sub-Collections in the Biblical Canon. London: T & T Clark, 2023. Review by Levi Baker, William Tennent School of Theology. Over the past two decades...
Te Ture Tāhae Whenua - The Doctrine of Discovery in AotearoaIndigenous Sacredness, Christendom and the Doctrine of Discovery.
Reconciling ones faith with the harms of religious colonialism
Canadian Society for the Study of ReligionJob Posting — Academic Teaching Staff- Limited Term Appointment: Religious Studies
Academic Teaching Staff – Religious Studies ART History/Classics/Religion Closing Date – May 31, 2024 While this position welcomes applications from individuals external to the university, current Academic Teaching Staff are first notified of...
Mapping the Doctrine of DiscoveryS04E04: Reckoning with the Legacy of Colonization: A Dialogue on Native American Erasure and Resilience
In this podcast episode, Phil Arnold and Sandy Bigtree interview Tink Tinker, Professor Emeritus at Iliff School of Theology. American Indian Liberation: A Theology of Sovereignty (2008); Spirit and Resistance: Political Theology and American...
NABPR2024 Joint Meeting Draft Program
Register Now View Program as a PDF The PDF of the program is canonical
Church HistoryBowling Green State – Archives Travel Grant
Deadline: May 31, 2024 More info The Center for Archival Collections (CAC), one of the Special Collections units in the University Libraries at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), offers annually up to three competitive Research Travel Grants to...
Sacred Matters7 Questions with Ethan Doyle White
Welcome to 7 Questions, our series where we highlight exciting scholars in the field of religion and get to know the person behind the book. For this article, we interviewed Ethan Doyle White, whose book, The New Witches of the West, was recently...
NSRNNonreligious Afterlife? Death Cafés and Emerging Understandings of Death
Chris Miller, University of Ottawa Keywords: death and dying, nonreligion, Death Café, afterlife Religion has traditionally been a major influence on how people and societies make sense of death. Questions such as why people die, what happens after...
Digital ReligionBook presentation - Unruly Souls
7th May 2024 | H 4-5.30 pm |AULA CIASCA Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia Sapienza Università di Roma Discussants Alberta Giorgi |Università...
Canadian Society for the Study of ReligionApril 2024 Zoom Webinar
Webinar CSSR Webinar Registration /Inscription pour le webinaire de la SCÉR Amarnath Amarasingam will give a presentation titled “‘Shoot the Traitors to the Nation!’: Hindu Nationalism, Past and Present” as part of the Canadian Society for the...
Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian StudiesLuke the Chronicler
2024.04.03 | Mark S. Giacobbe. Luke the Chronicler: The Narrative Arc of Samuel-Kings and Chronicles in Luke-Acts. Bible Interpretation Series 211. Brill, 2023. 289 pp. $144.00. Review by Ched Spellman, Cedarville University. In the opening of the...
Sacred Matters7 Questions with Joseph Laycock
Welcome to 7 Questions, our series where we highlight exciting scholars in the field of religion and get to know the person behind the book. For this article, we interviewed Joseph Laycock, whose co-authored book, The Exorcist Effect: Horror,...
Religious Studies NewsCrafting Inclusive Learning Experiences with Emily Gravett
Crafting Inclusive Learning Experiences with Emily GravettInterview by Nichole Phillips April 2, 2024Dr. Emily O. Gravett currently serves as associate professor of religion and is the assistant director of teaching in the Center for Faculty...
Digital ReligionCall for papers - NEW Special Issue of Poligrafi
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the new Special Issue of Poligrafi dedicated to the material dimension of online religious...
NSRNAnti-Atheism as a New Focus for the Study of Nonreligion
Petra Klug, University of Bremen Keywords: anti-atheism, relational approaches, discrimination of atheists, United States, blasphemy, apostasy In recent years, the study of nonreligion has experienced significant growth. Following the novel works...
NAASRMTSR Special Issue: Indigenous Epistemologies and the Study of Religion
In recent years, critical Indigenous studies has challenged the Western European and colonial episteme that has shaped academic disciplines and fields such as anthropology, history, philosophy, and religious studies. Indigenous studies scholars and...
Church HistoryCFP: Isaac Watts at 350
Date: August 3, 2024 Location: Old Divinity School, St John’s College – Cambridge, UK 2024 represents 350 years since Isaac Watts, the dissenting minister, hymnist, and logician, was born. During his lifetime and beyond, Watts garnered a reputation...
Religious Studies NewsBuddhist Theological Education: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Buddhist Theological Education: Everything Everywhere All at OnceNamdrol Miranda Adams March 18, 2024In Spring of 2023, the Theological Education Committee of the American Academy of Religion hosted a webinar with Dr. José Cabezón and Chenxing Han....
Religious Studies NewsTexts "of" and "after" Terror with Rhiannon Graybill
Texts "of" and "after" Terror with Rhiannon GraybillInterview with Rhiannon Graybill March 18, 2024Rhiannon Graybill joins Kristian Petersen to discuss her award-winning book Texts after Terror: Rape, Sexual Violence, and the Hebrew Bible (Oxford...
RSN PodcastRape, Sexual Violence, and the Hebrew Bible with Rhiannon Graybill
Rhiannon Graybill joins Kristian Petersen to discuss her award-winning book, Texts after Terror: Rape, Sexual Violence, and the Hebrew Bible (Oxford University Press, 2021).
Canadian Society for the Study of ReligionWinter 2024 Zoom Webinar Series
Webinar 1 La fin de la culture religieuse: chronique d’une disparition annoncée CSSR Webinar Registration /Inscription pour le webinaire de la SCÉR Mireille Estivalèzes presents her book La fin de la culture religieuse: chronique d’une disparition...
Canadian Society for the Study of ReligionCSSR Webinar La fin de la culture religieuse: chronique d’une disparition annoncée
La fin de la culture religieuse: chronique d’une disparition annoncée CSSR Webinar Registration /Inscription pour le webinaire de la SCÉR Mireille Estivalèzes presents her book La fin de la culture religieuse: chronique d’une disparition annoncée...
Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian StudiesThe Things that Make for Peace
2024.03.02 | Jesse P. Nickel. The Things that Make for Peace: Jesus and Eschatological Violence. BZNW 244. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2021. Review by Kendall A. Davis, University of Edinburgh. In this revision of his PhD thesis, Jesse Nickel seeks to...
Church HistoryCFP: 2024 Conference of the Orthodox Canon Law Society of North America
Dates: October 18–19, 2024 Location: Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology – Brookline, MA Proposal Deadline: May 31, 2024 More info: https://www.oclsna.org/conference The Orthodox Canon Law Society of North America (OCLSNA) holds an annual...
Sacred MattersExcellent Excerpts: Nursing the Spirit by Don Grant
Welcome to our series, “Excellent Excerpts,” where we share selections from recently or soon-to-be published books we think you should check out! In this post we are featuring Nursing the Spirit: Care, Public Life, and the Dignity of Vulnerable...
Indigenous Values InitiativeDoctrine of Christian Discovery Podcast
We re excited to announce or collaborative limited edition series podcast with Good Faith Media. This podcast was produced at our conference: The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery....
Digital ReligionDigital Religion Studies featured in new series of "Four Books," on Reading Religion
Reading Religion , an online review journal of new books by the American Academy of Religion, has launched a new feature called “Four...
Digital ReligionAnnual Digital Religion Award Lecture Now Available Online
For those who missed the annual lecture for the NMRDC’s 2023 Digital Religion Research Award, it is now available online at:...
Digital ReligionThe Digital Religion Yearbook 2023 now out!
The Digital Religion Yearbook was envisioned by the NMRDC to highlight important research and scholarship being produced in the...
Sacred Matters7 Questions with Don Grant
Welcome to 7 Questions, our series where we highlight exciting scholars in the field of religion and get to know the person behind the book. For this article, we interviewed Don Grant, whose book Nursing the Spirit: Care, Public Life, and the...
Feminists Studies in ReligionCFB: Open Submissions
The FSR Blog has an ongoing open call at all times. We accept open submissions on any topic that engages feminism and religion. You can find the blog’s complete blog submission guidelines here. All submissions and inquiries should be sent...
Feminists Studies in ReligionCFB: “Black Women & Speculative Fiction” @theTable Series
The FSR Blog is issuing an Open Call for a new @theTable series on Black Women & Religion in Speculative Fiction. We are looking for blogs that explore themes of Black womanhood, religion/spirituality, and feminism in fantasy, science fiction,...
affecognitivesacrifice: the violence of ‘making sacred’
In an online group that I cherish we are reading Roberto Esposito’s Common Immunity: Biopolitics in the Age of Immunity …Continue reading →
Canadian Society for the Study of ReligionPanel: Graduate Student Essay Prize Winners
You are invited to the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion’s (CSSR) Webinar featuring presentations by our Graduate Student Essay Contest Prize Winners from 2022-2023. Delicate Instruments And The Challenges Of Empirical Observation In...
Digital ReligionCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2024 DIGITAL RELIGION RESEARCH AWARD
The Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies (NMRDC); http://digrel.com) is pleased to announce the call for published...
Sacred MattersExcellent Excerpts: The Gut by Elizabeth Perez
Welcome to our series, “Excellent Excerpts,” where we share selections from recently or soon-to-be published books we think you should check out! In this post we are featuring The Gut: A Black Atlantic Alimentary Tract by Elizabeth Perez, published...
Original Free NationsFree Online Film Screening Of The Doctrine of Discovery Unmasking the Domination Code
Featured Epic Events & Life-Changing Courses with Shawna Bluestar and Steven T. Newcomb. Wisdom for the New Paradigm Series Film Screening The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code Q & A with Shawna Bluestar & Steven Newcomb Join us...
Sacred MattersExcellent Excerpts: An Ethos of Blackness by Vivaldi Jean-Marie
Welcome to our series, “Excellent Excerpts,” where we share selections from recently or soon-to-be published books we think you should check out! In this post we are featuring An Ethos of Blackness: Rastafari Cosmology, Culture, and...
NAASRNAASR 2024 Annual Meeting CFP
2024 Call for Papers! Interlocutions The 2024 NAASR Annual Meeting will provide a space to explore contemporary theoretical gains that have a bearing on and/or implications for academic studies of religion. Doing so will not only diversify our...
Digital Religion2023 Digital Religion Research Award winner is Dr. Sana Patel
2023 Digital Religion Research Award winner is Dr. Sana Patel for her article: Hybrid Imams: Young Muslims and Religious Authority on...
Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian StudiesThe Memory of Ignatius of Antioch
2024.01.01 | Frazer MacDiarmid. The Memory of Ignatius of Antioch: The Martyr as a Locus of Christian Identity, Remembering and Remembered. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2.581. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022. Pp. xii + 269....
Sacred Matters7 Questions with Vivaldi Jean-Marie
Welcome to 7 Questions, our series where we highlight exciting scholars in the field of religion and get to know the person behind the book. For this article, we interviewed Vivaldi Jean-Marie, whose book An Ethos of Blackness: Rastafari Cosmology,...
affecognitiveVerónica Gago: How to Change Everything
Verónica Gago spoke at Duke’s feminist theory workshop two years ago (2021), but I’ve only just now scraped away the …Continue reading →
Canadian Society for the Study of ReligionJob Posting — Assistant Professor – Contractually Limited Term Appointment: Religion in Transnational East Asia
Date Posted: 12/15/2023 Closing Date: 02/01/2024, 11:59PM ET Req ID: 35253 Job Category: Faculty – Contractually Limited Term Appointment Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science Department: Department for the Study of Religion Campus: St....
Digital ReligionMERGE- Media, religion, and gender. NEW PROJECT launched December 1, 2023
On the 1st of December, Giulia Evolvi, NMRDC assistant director and board member, launched the project MERGE- Media, religion, and...
Sacred Matters7 Questions with Daniel Shank Cruz
Welcome to 7 Questions, our series where we highlight exciting scholars in the field of religion and get to know the person behind the book. For this article, we interviewed Daniel Shank Cruz, whose book Ethics for Apocalyptic Times: Theapoetics,...
Sacred MattersExcellent Excerpts: Rebuilding Community by Shenila Khoja-Moolji
Welcome to our series, “Excellent Excerpts,” where we share selections from recently or soon-to-be published books we think you should check out! In this post we are featuring Rebuilding Community: Rebuilding Community: Displaced Women and the...
Digital ReligionCall for Papers on "Digital Religion Meets Politics"
Special Issue in the journal “Frontiers in Political Science”, October 2023. CALL FOR PAPERS: Digital religion meets politics: pushing...
Feminists Studies in ReligionBaptized Without Blood: Calling out Gender Essentialism in Modern Magic
By Emma Cieslik. Gabrielle Cerince, Devotee of the Goddess, smeared period blood across her cheeks, then her forehead, then down her neck before licking her fingers. On July 2nd, 2023, Cerince shared a reel of this Blood Magic and Womb Ritual on...