Church HistoryAn online conference hosted by the Ecclesiastical History Society and the American Society ofChurch History.Date: 7 March 2025Location: Online onlyAbstract deadline: 15 November 2024 Emails: [email protected] OR...
Sowing the SeedI first came across Rare Book School on a humanites research listserv. I clicked through the links, perused the website, and filed the url away in my “So Many Good Opportunities, So Little Time” catalog. Unfortuantely for me, that management system...
An und für sich“Have you seen this?,” a friend recently messaged me. She was referring to this article on awkwardness, which hit some points familiar to readers of my 2010 book on the same topic. The author does cite me, and judging from a quick Google Books...
NSRNMascha Schulz, The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Keywords: podcast, nonreligion, anthropology, lived nonreligion A podcast video with Mascha Schulz on the Anthropology of Nonreligion has recently been published by the Max Planck...
Religion LinkIn this edition of ReligionLink, we provide background, data, storylines, sources and relevant stories to help you better cover this important electoral issue before voters go to the polls in early November.
RSN PodcastA Comparative Study of the Cántico Espiritual and the Rāsa Līlā with Gloria Maité Hernández by American Academy of Religion
Studying Religion in CultureWWKD? “What would Kim do?” It’s a question formulated in reference to one of the first office workers and REL BA alumna Kim Davis. It’s a question several generations of our students may have asked themselves. Beyond her example assisting the...
The Commons by APRIL OnlineCrossCurrents Special Issue: “Calligraphers and Spiritualities Crossing Cultures“ This special issue of CrossCurrents seeks to explore contemporary calligraphers and works of lettering arts that bridge spiritualities and aesthetics across cultures...
Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies2024.08.05 | James M. Neumann. The Gospel of the Son of God: Psalm 2 and Mark’s Narrative Christology. LNTS 688. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2024. Review by Kendall A. Davis, University of Edinburgh. In this published version of his dissertation...
NAASRRegister HERE! Check out In Defense of Sex!
Studying Religion in CultureIt has been a busy summer in the department. We moved out of Presidents Hall at the end of Spring semester exams so that the university could refurbish the balconies, railings, and stairs. We were only able to move back into our offices a few days...
The Commons by APRIL OnlineAdd excerpt here. The post Narrating the Purple Crayon (Without a Narrator) appeared first on April Online.
Reading ReligionDear Reading Religion Subscribers, Reading Religion has handpicked a collection of reviewed and available books to enhance your summertime reading. Our Summer Reading List includes can’t-miss reviews about topics such as hell and Tamil religion,...
The Commons by APRIL OnlineAdd excerpt here. The post Preston Singletary’s Raven and the Box of Daylight appeared first on April Online.
American Indian Law AllianceTHE SCSD Native American Education Program Manager position is now posted on the district website. Here is the link to the posting and the link to apply for the job. Please encourage qualified candidates to apply. The position pays $34 per hour...
Religion LinkIn this edition of ReligionLink, we break down the intersections between religion and crime, exploring gun ownership, anti-religious hate crimes and public perception of crime levels based on religious adherence.
The Domination ChroniclesThe ideas and arguments that make up the system of ideas called "federal Indian law" were mentally fabricated by Christian European men in the past who called themselves "white."
Studying Religion in CulturePart of what makes REL the place to be is that our professors lead many initiatives in the academic study of religion. This fall our own Prof. Richard Newton is launching a new program called Off-Script to strengthen the critical comparative study...
Religious Studies NewsReligious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South with Alexis Wells-OghoghomehInterview with Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh August 8, 2024American Academy of Religion · Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South with Alexis...
RSN PodcastReligious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South with Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh by American Academy of Religion
Sowing the SeedI am looking for something that I’m not sure exists. I want to say that, years ago, I saw a Facebook post from the Church of the Brethren Historical and Library Archives that featured a letter that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote to Brethren...
The Domination ChroniclesThe conclusion of my 2002 talk at Smith College
Studying Religion in CultureREL’s newest email newsletter has just been published. “From the Balcony” helps to connect alums, students, faculty, and friends of REL. We plan to send out news about alums, students, and faculty several times each semester. And we always want to...
NAASRInterlocutions Interlocutions About our program: 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...
The Domination ChroniclesA Twenty-Plus Year Retrospective
Church HistoryApplication due September 7, 2024 Princeton Theological Seminary invites applications for a tenure-track position in modern European Christianity. Specialization and geographic focus are open. The successful candidate’s teaching and research will...
The Domination ChroniclesA Twenty-Plus Year Retrospective
Canadian Society for the Study of ReligionCongratulations to the winner of the 2022 CSSR Book Prize, Abdolmohammad Kazemipur, for his book entitled Sacred as Secular: Secularization under Theocracy in Iran (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2022). The post 2022 Book Prize Winner appeared...
Andrew WhiteheadChristian nationalism at the intersection of race, gender, and who has the right to receive from our government
Popular Culture And TheologyBy Jack Holloway On March 16, 1968, soldiers of the US Army entered the My Lai hamlet in the village of Son My in central Vietnam and systematically attacked and killed hundreds of noncombatant Vietnamese. The Army’s report stated “at least 175”...
Popular Culture And TheologyCall for Papers G.I. Joe, Theology, and Co-bra! Knowing (and Believing) is Half the Battle Series: Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture Editor: Dr Peter Admirand, Dublin City University G.I. Joe is celebrating its 60th year in 2024 with the success...
Feminists Studies in ReligionBy Christy Cobb. In the United States, female undergraduate students are twice as likely to experience rape than to be robbed. Approximately 13% of all students—male and female; graduate and undergraduate—experience sexual assault or rape. These...
American Indian Law AllianceHB71 continues Christian nationalists’ terraforming of the United States, conflating “American” with “Christian” to refashion the country in their image. To make this equivocation successful, they must profess fealty to their trinity of sacred...
State of FormationFrom Grace Boyd, Dr. Robin Mitchell Stroud, and the University of Southern California (USC) Office of Religious and Spiritual Life — a conversation about cats, conflict transformation, and lessons learned from campus interfaith engagement. Robin...
Reading ReligionDear Reading Religion Subscribers, July is Disability Pride Month, celebrating the 1990 enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This month, we invite you to explore the intersection of religion and disability... READ MORE The post Reading...
State of FormationIn the summer of 2023, Alina Wilson attended the Interfaith America Summit, despite feeling increasingly distant from institutionalized religion. Returning to a campus rife with politically charged religious divisions and struggling with the impact...
Religion LinkIn this edition of ReligionLink, we orient you to the contours of the current culture wars and provide background and in-depth resources, as well as a selection of relevant stories and sources to turn to.
Te Ture Tāhae Whenua - The Doctrine of Discovery in AotearoaThe Christians made me do it.
Andrew WhiteheadJuly 4th reflections on patriotism and Christian nationalism
RSN PodcastMetamodernism and the Future of Theory with Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm by American Academy of Religion
Religious Studies NewsMetamodernism and the Future of Theory with Jason Ānanda Josephson StormInterview with Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm June 26, 2024 Welcome to Religious Studies News. I'm your host, Kristian Petersen, and today I'm here with Jason Ānanda Josephson...
American Indian Law AllianceAlf Jacques was known as a stick maker, but he was also a lacrosse ambassador. He took time to teach the values of the Medicine Game and let the world know that lacrosse is a game of community, friendship and… The post Announcing the Alfie Jacques...
Andrew WhiteheadAuthor Scott Coley gives us a wonderful resource for understanding the (il)logic underlying right-wing religio-political culture warriors. And you'll laugh a bit, too.
NSRNAgata Rejowska, Jagiellonian University Keywords: humanism, marriage, weddings, Poland, sacred, secular Humanist marriage ceremonies are an emerging form of civic rituality in Poland, and their popularity is on the rise. The first official humanist...
Andrew WhiteheadChristian nationalism. It was Christian nationalism. And also a social movement renegotiating its ultimate goals in order to sustain motivation and commitment.
Religion LinkLooking at seven issues from the perspective of diverse faith traditions in the U.S. — and the particular intersection of identifications, institutions and ideals they represent — helps us better get a sense of how religion may, or may not, play a...
Religious Studies NewsArt as Embodied Experience with Kathryn R. BarushInterview with Kathryn R. Barush June 4, 2024Kathryn R. Barush joins Kristian Petersen to discuss her award-winning book Imaging Pilgrimage: Art as Embodied Experience (Bloomsbury Publishing)....
RSN PodcastArt as Embodied Experience with Kathryn R. Barush by American Academy of Religion
Religion MattersGuest Post: Jane Fitzpatrick, Contributing Writer for Religion Matters With a vast sea of unique blogs across the online world ranging from cooking tips to travel memories to AI development, how can any blogging platform stand out among the rest?...
NSRNDavid Speed, University of New Brunswick Keywords: volunteering, civic engagement, atheism, nonreligion, comparative religion, Canada If I may don my Hat of Mild Hyperbole for a moment: one of the discussed virtues of religion is that it is steeped...