May 09

Zoe Alderton: Anzac and Awe: Religion, Violence, and the Media in Australia

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Anzac and Awe: Religion, Violence, and the Media in Australia By Zoe Alderton, University of Sydney Published by the Religious Studies Project, on 9 May 2012 in response to the Religious Studies Project Interview with Jolyon Mitchell on Religion, Media … Continue reading

May 04

Tim Hutchings: A Response to Callum Brown: Connecting “When” and “Why” in Digital Religion

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A Response to Callum Brown: Connecting “When” and “Why” in Digital Religion By Tim Hutchings, Durham University Published by the Religious Studies Project, on 4 May 2012 in response to the Religious Studies Project Interview with Callum Brown on Historical … Continue reading

May 02

Roundtable: Can We Trust the Social Sciences?

Ethan: “We ask a question on a survey, we get an answer… and then we have to fill in the space…”

We have another ‘treat’ for you this week – we’ll let you decide whether that was an accurate description or not – in the form of another roundtable discussion, with a slightly different group of people. This was recorded late … Continue reading

Apr 25

Dusty Hoesly: The Last Best Hope of Earth? Bron Taylor and the Limits of Dark Green Religion

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The Last Best Hope of Earth?  Bron Taylor and the Limits of Dark Green Religion by Dusty Hoesly, University of California, Santa Barbara Published by the Religious Studies Project, on 25 April 2012 in response to the Religious Studies Project … Continue reading

Apr 18

Björn Mastiaux: Secularization – A Look at Individual Level Theories of Religious Change

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Secularization – A Look at Individual Level Theories of Religious Change by Björn Mastiaux, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf Published by the Religious Studies Project, on18 April 2012 in response to the Religious Studies Project Interview with Linda Woodhead on the Secularization … Continue reading

Apr 11

Stuart Ritchie: Religion’s common denominators, and a plea for data

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Religion’s common denominators, and a plea for data By Stuart Ritchie, University of Edinburgh Published by the Religious Studies Project, on 11 April 2012 in response to the Religious Studies Project Interview with Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi on Psychological Approaches to the … Continue reading

Apr 04

Hanna Lehtinen: Divine Inspiration Revisited

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Divine Inspiration Revisited By Hanna Lehtinen, University of Turku Published by the Religious Studies Project, on 28 March 2012 in response to the Religious Studies Project Interview with Markus Davidsen on Fiction-based Religions (2 April 2012). When encountered for the … Continue reading

Mar 28

Joseph Webster: Ethnographic Fieldwork: Falling in Love or Keeping your Distance?

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Ethnographic Fieldwork: Falling in Love or Keeping your Distance? By Dr Joseph Webster (Downing College, University of Cambridge) Published by the Religious Studies Project, on 28 March 2012 in response to the Religious Studies Project Interview with Bettina Schmidt on … Continue reading

Mar 21

Roundtable: What is the Future of Religious Studies?

"relativity... is one step up from subjectivity, which is the post-modernist quagmire of death and destruction that will consume all academic fields if it's allowed to spread too far..."

After this week’s podcast, which involved eight scholars giving their views on the future of Religious Studies, there was really only one way we could create a suitably collective and varied response – six postgrads sitting around a table, accompanied … Continue reading