Podcasting the Study of Religions

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Project

Podcasting the Study of Religions

The Religious Studies
Project

Podcasting the Study of Religions

The Religious Studies
Project

Podcasting the Study of Religions

The Religious Studies
Project

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Challenging the Normative Stance of Aniconism in the Study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

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Birgit Meyer Terje Stordalen Candace Mixon
In this episode, Candace Mixon discusses aniconism with Birgit Meyer & Terje Stordalen. Would our normative assumptions about the absence of images in certain traditions be better served by turning to aesthetics?
aniconism
christianity
Islam
Judaism
material culture
Visual Culture

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Exploring the Richness of Nonreligion

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Rachel Shillitoe
"Josh Bullock’s and David Herbert’s study advances our understanding of un/belief, belonging, and the sociality of nonreligion across different countries and generations," writes Dr. Rachel Shillitoe in response to Episode #313 "Unbelief as a Social Phenomenon"
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europe
Nonreligion
science and religion
Unbelief

Which Voice Speaks?

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Russell McCutcheon
Russell McCutcheon writes that the ongoing scholarly issues raised by critical theorists about the category of religion, reflected by McCutcheon, Timothy Fitzgerald and others, reflect the reality that "old habits die hard because they are situated within larger contexts that organize our sense of who we are in relation to others." This includes "discourses on religion" which "many scholars seem to have no choice but to continue to see as self-evident in their meaning and application"
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category of religion
Critical theory
Discourse

Choosing Not to Hide Behind the Camera

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Richard Wallis
Choosing not to hide behind the camera: A media producer’s…
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degrees in religion
religion in popular culture
religious litearcy
Secularization

Latest OppS Digest

Religious Studies Opportunities Digest - 9 April 2020

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Ella Bock
Welcome to another edition of the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week you will find three conference call for papers and seven journal call for papers opportunities. Thank you so much to everyone who has signed up to support the RSP thus far through our Patreon and PayPal options. We are aiming for 100 patrons (currently 39!) to fund planned developments over the coming year. See our donations page for details of how you can sign up for a regular subscription, leave a one-off donation, advertise with us, or use our Amazon links. Stay safe and stay healthy!

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Challenging the Normative Stance of Aniconism in the Study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

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Birgit Meyer Terje Stordalen Candace Mixon
In this episode, Candace Mixon discusses aniconism with Birgit Meyer & Terje Stordalen. Would our normative assumptions about the absence of images in certain traditions be better served by turning to aesthetics?
aniconism
christianity
Islam
Judaism
material culture
Visual Culture

The Public Square and the Heart of Culture War

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Benjamin Rolsky David McConeghy
In this conversation with Dr. Benji Rolsky, we learn how the public square became the ideological focus of American liberal strategies in the 1970s and beyond thanks to the efforts of media figures like Norman Lear.
American politics
American religious history
culture wars
religion and television
religious liberalism
religious right

Discourse! March 2020 with Theo Wildcroft, Dan Gorman, & Vivian Asimos

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Theo Wildcroft Daniel Gorman Jr. Vivian Asimos
In this month's episode of Discourse!, Theo Wildcroft, Dan Gorman and special emergency guest Vivian Asimos discuss the US Supreme Court's relationship to Christianity, how the Independent dealt with criticism of a review of a book critical of paganism, and religion, abuse and the idea of a ‘witch hunt’ in yoga and academia. Oh and something called coronavirus?
current events
Discourse
religion and politics
religion in the news
sexual abuse

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The Religious Studies Project (RSP) is an international collaborative enterprise producing weekly podcasts with leading scholars on the social-scientific study of religion. Since January 2012 we have released over 250 interviews (of around 30 minutes) on cutting-edge theoretical, methodological and empirical issues, which is available through the website, iTunes and other portals. In addition to the podcasts, the website also features weekly essays, roundtable discussions, book reviews, resources, and conference reports, plus our weekly digest of opportunities (jobs, journals, conferences, etc). Find out more about our international team here. The Religious Studies Project is produced by The Religious Studies Project Association (SCIO), a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (charity number SC047750). Our constitution can be viewed here.

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