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

Podcasting the Study of Religions

The Religious Studies
Project

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LDS Garments and Agency

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Nancy Ross Kristeen Black
A candid discussion with Nancy Ross about Mormon women's experiences with wearing LDS garments. From the paper "LDS Garments and Agency: A Qualitative Study of Meaning" by Nancy Ross and Jessica Finnigan: "The form of LDS garments has changed over time, from wrist-to-ankle, single-piece long underwear, to versions that included short sleeves and legs, to the two-piece styles that are common today. One of the most difficult aspects of studying garments is that talking about them is a transgressive act." This is that boundary pushing discussion.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
garments
LDS
Mormon
Sociology of Religion
temple

Latest Features

Space for Race: Decoding Issues of Race, Belonging and Multi- Culturalism in Canada and Beyond

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Rebecca Barrett-Fox
Many Canadians see themselves as a nation that champions human rights and diversity, alongside and entwined with ideals of secularism and religious neutrality. This often leads to disputes around what constitutes “diversity.”
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canada
Diversity
multiculturalism
Trudeau
two women, rabbis, and a man holding a guitar

When the Word is a Sound: Toward a Sensory Scholarship of Religion

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Rebecca Barrett-Fox
Music forcefully reminds us of religion’s timebound nature and holds its own systems of rhythm and inflection—you cannot skim music the way you can cram a text.
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Art
Judaism
Music
sound
worship

The Important Tasks Facing American Religious Demographers

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Rebecca Barrett-Fox
"By focusing entirely on cohort turnover, we may be missing some important individual-level changes in religious expression across the life course."
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American religion
Demography
PRRI
quantiative methods
research methods

Latest OppS Digest

Religious Studies Opportunities Digest - 21 March 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 events and conference, two job, and two conference calls for proposal 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 34) 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

LDS Garments and Agency

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Nancy Ross Kristeen Black
A candid discussion with Nancy Ross about Mormon women's experiences with wearing LDS garments. From the paper "LDS Garments and Agency: A Qualitative Study of Meaning" by Nancy Ross and Jessica Finnigan: "The form of LDS garments has changed over time, from wrist-to-ankle, single-piece long underwear, to versions that included short sleeves and legs, to the two-piece styles that are common today. One of the most difficult aspects of studying garments is that talking about them is a transgressive act." This is that boundary pushing discussion.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
garments
LDS
Mormon
Sociology of Religion
temple

Religion and Multiculturalism in Canada and Beyond

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Wendy Fletcher Carmen Celestini
Through personal stories and historical accounts not always included in the telling of multiculturalism in Canada, Fletcher explores the merits of belonging. Defining the term "belonging" we learn the reality of Canadian multiculturalism and re-conceive how Canada can move forward to truly be an inclusive society. Fletcher explains the importance of her work in this book, and how is can be use by religious studies scholars in the current political landscape.
Belonging
canada
Diversity
Inclusion
multiculturalism

Christian Beauty Pageants: Beauty is in the eye of the creator

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Chelsea Belanger Kristeen Black
By comparing the Miss Christian America pageant to other more well known pageants Miss USA and Miss America, Chelsea's study provides a look at the intersections between religion, gender, and collective identity. Using Christian Smith's ideas of subcultural identity, Belanger examines how the structure of the Miss Christian pageant helps develop a unique form of embodied religion.
America
Beauty pageants
christian
Church
Evangelism
gender
Ministry
religion
women

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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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