The Immanent FrameThe Immanent Frame has been a leading platform for groundbreaking public scholarship on secularism and religion since its founding in 2007. This call invites essays that address US politics and religion, broadly construed, in contemporary or...
Religion MattersGuest Blog: Scott M. Petri, Ed.D. A Ross Douthat editorial in the NY Times entitled Is The World Ready for a Religious Comeback? posits that the decline of religious practice is increasingly seen as a social problem. He then cites a study that...
Sowing the SeedI am pleased to annouce that the Department of Religious Studies at the Unviersity of Alabama is hiring, and that I am chairing the search for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Computational Study of Religion.
Religious Studies ProjectWelcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 36 new job opportunities, 12 fellowships, 1 grant, 7 calls for papers, 3 conferences/speakers, and 3 other opportunities. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all...
NSRNEhsan Sheikholharam, Kennesaw State University Keywords: atheist spirituality, laïcité, pluralist ethics, post-Christian Europe It’s not surprising to hear that someone identifies as Jewish, while not believing in a transcendental God. Likewise,...
Studying Religion in CultureThe search for a tenure-track position in the Computational Study of Religion sparks reflection on the value of creative approaches to scholarship. Prof. Simmons highlights how REL thrives on connections beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries.
Mapping the Doctrine of DiscoveryWelcome to the Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery podcast, hosted by Philip P. Arnold and Sandy Bigtree. In this compelling episode, we are honored to welcome Steven J. Schwartzberg as our special guest. Schwartzberg, an accomplished political...
NABPR2025 NABPR Region-at-Large Meeting (meeting in conjunction with the College Theology Society Annual Meeting) The National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion (NABPR) Region-at-Large welcomes paper proposals for their section of the 2025...
Andrew WhiteheadWhat we know right now and what we'll be waiting to find out
Sowing the SeedDr. James Bielo looks at what the secondhand sacred market can tell us about how people trade in religion and more.
The Immanent FrameOne of the largest religious schisms in American history has occurred in the last few years. Around one quarter of the 30,000 congregations in the United Methodist Church (UMC), the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States, have...
Religious Studies ProjectWelcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 13 new job opportunities, 6 fellowships, 3 grants, 4 calls for papers, 4 conferences/speakers, and 1 other submission. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who...
Culture on EdgeA new Culture on the Edge volume has landed! Fabricating Authenticity, co-edited by Edge members Jason W. M. Ellsworth and Andie Alexander, is now available from Equinox! Fabricating Authenticity is the 4th volume in Working with Culture on the...
Mapping the Doctrine of DiscoveryOur hosts Philip P. Arnold and Sandy Bigtree speak with Soulforce
The Commons by APRIL OnlineAdd excerpt here. The post Earthseed Black Family Archive Project appeared first on April Online.
affecognitiveBefore the arc of injustice settled resolutely over the US last week, I attended the SSA’s 2024 conference in Lancaster, …Continue reading →
Religion MattersGuest Blog: Jane Fitzpatrick, Contributing Writer for Religion Matters Review of A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes (Harper, 2021) From the schemes of the Goddess of Discord to the vicious revenge of Hecabe, queen of the fallen city of Troy,...
Religious Studies NewsThe REL ToolboxRussell T. McCutcheon University of Alabama November 7, 2024In 2023, the AAR tasked the Academic Relations Committee (ARC), of which I’m now chair, with developing a resource for those in leadership positions within a department,...
Religion LinkAs we transition from the nonstop election cycle to cover its aftermath and look to what is ahead, here are five ongoing religion stories for you to follow in the weeks and months to come.
Religious Studies ProjectWelcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 23 new job opportunities, 2 call for papers, and 2 conferences/speakers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our...
Canadian Society for the Study of ReligionAssistant Professor – Jewish Studies Closing Date – December 16, 2024 Date Posted: 11/01/2024 Closing Date: 12/16/2024, 11:59PM ET Req ID: 39983 Job Category: Faculty – Tenure Stream (continuing) Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science...
The Commons by APRIL OnlineAdd excerpt here. The post Speculative Solidarities: Faith in Practice Field Notes appeared first on April Online.
Church HistoryApplications due by November 15 Follow this link to the posting at the Claremont McKenna College Website The Department of Religious Studies at Claremont McKenna College (CMC) invites applications for a tenure-track position at the early assistant...
State of FormationThis essay originally appeared in Stained Glass Travel in April 2022. It is shared with permission. I have had the privilege of spending the two Easters I have lived in Israel at the French Benedictine monastery at Abu Gosh, in the hills outside of...
The Immanent FrameTen years ago, I examined the entanglement of religion and politics in South Africa ahead of the 2014 national election. Today, the political landscape has shifted, yet many struggles persist. Thirty years after apartheid, the utopian vision of a...
Religious Studies ProjectWelcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 35 new job opportunities, 1 fellowship, 1 grant, 8 call for papers, and 11 conferences/speakers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously...
NSRNTess Starman, Howard University Keywords: secularization, politicized religion, deconstruction, deconversion U.S. Christianity has seen a sharp decline in affiliation over the last 20 years. Scholars have often associated this decline with the...
Religion MattersGuest Post: Vicki Garlock, Founder, World Religions 4 Kids Diwali is commonly known as the Hindu festival of lights. The light can be taken literally, as in clay lamps (diyas) and fireworks, or metaphorically, as in “the victory of light over...
Religious Studies ProjectWelcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 13 new job opportunities, 2 fellowships, 2 call for papers, and 4 conferences/speakers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the...
Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies2024.10.07 | Ryan D. Collman. The Apostle to the Foreskin: Circumcision in the Letters of Paul. BZNW 259. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2023. Review article by Paul T. Sloan, Houston Christian University. “Foreskin” stretches across Paul’s letters as a part...
The Immanent FrameRuth Braunstein revisits her 2019 essay on efforts to reframe the budget as a moral concern. Her work sheds light on an active, if fragmented, network of faith leaders who reject the religious right’s decades-long monopoly on public morality.
Religious Studies ProjectWelcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 38 new job opportunities, 5 fellowships, 3 grants, 5 call for papers, 12 conferences/speakers, and 1 other opportunity. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all...
The Commons by APRIL OnlineAdd excerpt here. The post The 1970 Freedom Seder and its Aftermath appeared first on April Online.
The Commons by APRIL OnlineAdd excerpt here. The post 1970 Freedom Seder appeared first on April Online.
Religion LinkIn this edition of ReligionLink, we offer a roundup of stories, perspectives and sources from a broad swath of faith constituencies around the U.S., addressing questions such as: How might Hindus be approaching local and state elections? How might...
Andrew WhiteheadChristian nationalism desires a Christianity that takes what Satan offered our Savior
The Immanent FrameI have learned much from this fascinating collection of short essays. Here we find on-the-ground engagements with violence in Gaza, Christian nationalism, mass shooters in the United States, tensions between Christians and Buddhists in Sri Lanka...
Religious Studies ProjectWelcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 28 new job opportunities, 3 fellowships, 2 grants, 5 call for papers, and 3 conferences/speakers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously...
Sowing the SeedI don’t know if your social media feed is like mine, but I need some good news right now. Sowing the Seed is doing its part to cleanse your timeline with news of our upcoming program for graduate students and scholars of scriptures, Off-Script! On...
affecognitiveLet’s start at my local level. The Syracuse Religion department I was hired into back in 1998 had a long-standing …Continue reading →
Religious Studies NewsThe Role of Western Universities in the Education of Scholars of IslamInterview with Megan Brankley Abbas October 3, 2024Megan Brankley Abbas joins Kristian Petersen to discuss her award-winning book Whose Islam?: The Western University and Modern...
RSN PodcastThe Role of Western Universities in Modern Islamic Thought with Megan Brankley Abbas by American Academy of Religion
Feminists Studies in ReligionBy Anneli Loepp Thiessen. Anneli Loepp Thiessen is a 2024 Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza New Scholars Award winner. You can read her award-winning article in the most recent edition of the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, available now. From...
The Immanent FrameIn the last five decades, South Asian countries have experienced a notable increase in religious violence and discrimination. The most well-known cases involve the Muslims in India, the Ahmadiyya in Pakistan, the Rohingyas in Myanmar, and...
NABPRNational Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Call for Papers Details Annual Meeting Baylor University Waco, Texas May 19-21, 2025 The National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion (NABPR) invites paper and panel...
Digital ReligionWe are inviting book chapter proposals for the edited collection entitled Religion Book Editors and AI: Theoretical and empirical...
NSRNDani Gaudette, The University of Tampa Keywords: soul belief, afterlife, Norway, Finland, nonreligion, secularism Developing countries are experiencing secularization, leading to a noticeable decline in religious beliefs. Since this change is still...
Church HistoryApplications due October 1, 2024 Follow this link to the posting on the University of St. Thomas website. The Department of Catholic Studies of the University of St. Thomas invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant...
Studying Religion in CultureProblem solving is not the first activity that you may associate with the academic study of religion, but when you recognize how problem solving involves analyzing a situation, identifying the problem, conducting research, developing an often...
Andrew WhiteheadChristian nationalism and opposition to immigrants--but with a surprise twist!