NSRNIn this post, Chris Miller reports on the NSRN’s 2024 Annual Virtual Lecture, presented by Dr. Donovan Schaefer and moderated by NSRN President Dr. Atko Remmel on May 8, 2024. Chris summarizes Schaefer’s lecture, highlighting his argument of how...
affecognitiveMusser opens her newest monograph with a discussion of Ming Smith’s 1988 photo, “Flamingo Fandango (West Berlin)” in order to …Continue reading →
Church HistoryAbstracts due by August 1, 2024 Original contributions are being sought for an edited collection on the Radical Religious Press in Western Europe and North America, to be published by the University of Edinburgh Press as part of a three-volume...
NAASROn March 16th, NAASR members gathered virtually to talk about their new research and the scholarship from outside of Religious Studies that was inspiring them. Dr. Lauren Horn Griffin (Louisiana State University) and Dr. Vaia Touna (University of...
American Indian Law AllianceWe are excited to announce the launch of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide (NY HELPS) program. The NY HELPS program was created to help New York State agencies fill thousands of critical positions open across the...
Studying Religion in CultureCasey A’Hearn completed their MA in Religion in Culture from the department in May 2024 and will be starting their PhD at Princeton in August 2024. In 2008, a group of Ravidassia practitioners held a parade in Bedford, England to celebrate the...
Religious Studies NewsBuddhist Chaplaincy in Japan with Adam Lyons Interview with Adam Lyons May 6, 2024Adam Lyons joins Kristian Petersen to discuss his award-winning book Karma and Punishment: Prison Chaplaincy in Japan (Harvard University Press). Interdisciplinary in...
RSN Podcast2023 AAR Presidential Address - Amir Hussain by American Academy of Religion
RSN PodcastAdam Lyons joins Kristian Petersen to discuss his award-winning book "Karma and Punishment: Prison Chaplaincy in Japan" (Harvard University Press).
Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies2024.05.04 | 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 AotearoaReconciling ones faith with the harms of religious colonialism
Studying Religion in CultureDeveloping skills to revise text and audio is relevant to many tasks, as MA student Trevor Linn learned through an internship and podcast editing.
Canadian Society for the Study of ReligionAcademic 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...
Popular Culture And TheologyThe Routledge Companion to Superhero Studies [Final Call] Deadline for abstract submissions: 24th May 2024 Editors: Lorna Farnell and Carl Wilson The editors have already commissioned a substantial number of chapters for The Routledge Companion to...
Church HistoryDeadline: 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 MattersWelcome 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...
NSRNChris 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 Religion7th 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 ReligionWebinar 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 Studies2024.04.03 | 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...
Religion LinkThis Source Guide provides best practices for reporting on religion and AI, with a focus on background, related stories, sources and relevant resources for reporting on how it is already impacting the everyday realities of our spiritual lives.
Sacred MattersWelcome 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 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 ReligionWe are pleased to invite you to contribute to the new Special Issue of Poligrafi dedicated to the material dimension of online religious...
NSRNPetra 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...
NAASRIn 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 HistoryDate: 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 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 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 PodcastRhiannon 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 ReligionWebinar 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 ReligionLa 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 Studies2024.03.02 | 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 HistoryDates: 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 MattersWelcome 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...
Religion LinkIn this edition of ReligionLink we provide background, resources, related stories and expert sources for journalists writing on the numerous intersections between what we eat and what we believe.
Indigenous Values InitiativeWe 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....
The Domination ChroniclesA Retrospective
Digital ReligionReading Religion , an online review journal of new books by the American Academy of Religion, has launched a new feature called “Four...
Digital ReligionFor 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 was envisioned by the NMRDC to highlight important research and scholarship being produced in the...
Sacred MattersWelcome 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 ReligionThe 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 ReligionThe 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,...
affecognitiveIn 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 ReligionYou 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...
Church HistoryAssociate Director – Religious Studies ProgramInstitute for Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts Application due March 1, 2024 The Religious Studies Program at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities invites applications for the position of...
Digital ReligionThe Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies (NMRDC); http://digrel.com) is pleased to announce the call for published...
Sacred MattersWelcome 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 NationsFeatured 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...