Podcasting the Study of Religions

The Religious Studies
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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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Science Fiction, Video Games, and Religion

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Benn Banasik Tara Smith Raymond Radford
Science fiction and video games have come to the forefront of a new global resurgence, with the popularity reaching record numbers in regards to cinema, and video games. From classic science fiction, to sandbox video games that require hundreds of hours to complete fully, religiosity can be utilised and attached to certain actions, places, characters, and stories.This podcast explores what feature religion plays within an attachment to science fiction and video games, how seekers attach meaning, and seek belief in things that are 'out of this world,' as a means of both escapism, and hope of the future.
futurism.
religion
Science Fiction
Video Games

Latest Features

The God-Shaped Elephant

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Marek Sullivan
Most of the health psychology of religion sub-sub-field suffers less from a God-shaped hole and more of a God-shaped elephant sitting in the room that usually goes undiscussed. The most important, but always implicit, mechanism in these studies is God.
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Alex Uzdavines
belief
David Speed
mental health
Psychology of Religion

Ideal Types, Semantic Anarchy, and the Study of Atheism (etc.)

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Christopher R. Cotter
By Christopher R. Cotter, in response to an interview with Chris…
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Atheism
chris silver
Christopher Cotter
critical discourse analysis
Ideal Types
Identity
Non-Religion

Cosmpolitan and Cool--and Modest

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Rebecca Barrett-Fox
A response to "Modest Dress Beyond the Headscarf" by Saskia…
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gender
Islam
women

Latest OppS Digest

Religious Studies Opportunities Digest - 24 May 2019

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Ella Bock
Welcome back to the latest edition of the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week you will find two courses, two events, one call for papers, one network, and one conference call for papers opportunities. The newest issue of Implicit Religion is out now! This issue takes an interdisciplinary look at the use of "religion" in law. It includes articles by RSP contributors Suzanne Owen and Ethan Quillen, as well as contributions from legal scholars. Check it out at http://equinoxpub.com/IR, and remember that RSP listeners get a discount on subscription! 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 36) 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.

More Recent Podcasts

Science Fiction, Video Games, and Religion

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Benn Banasik Tara Smith Raymond Radford
Science fiction and video games have come to the forefront of a new global resurgence, with the popularity reaching record numbers in regards to cinema, and video games. From classic science fiction, to sandbox video games that require hundreds of hours to complete fully, religiosity can be utilised and attached to certain actions, places, characters, and stories.This podcast explores what feature religion plays within an attachment to science fiction and video games, how seekers attach meaning, and seek belief in things that are 'out of this world,' as a means of both escapism, and hope of the future.
futurism.
religion
Science Fiction
Video Games

Religion, Food Waste, and Food Consumption

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Anna Sofia Salonen Mariia Alekseevskaia
Anna Salonen explains how ethics is being involved in her studies of food waste and consumption by both religious and non-religious populations that live in affluent societies, such as Finland and Canada.
food charity
food consumption
food waste

Buddhism in the critical classroom

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Matthew Hayes David G. Robertson
How do we deal with different cultural languages when teaching an Introduction to Buddhism course? Is cultural familiarity something to be broken immediately and displaced by new concepts and perspectives? Is it to be leveraged as devices for easy onboarding to other, more unfamiliar terms and ideas? Are they to be outright ignored? David Robertson is joined by Matthew Hayes
Buddhism
critical
non-western
pedagogy
teaching

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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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