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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The Gods of Indian Country

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Dr. Jennifer Graber's new book, "The Gods of Indian Country," grew out of lingering questions from her first book, a study of American Quakers and prisons. Graber learned that Quakers served as missionaries to Native American reservations in the West. She combined this interest in Quaker missions with her research into Native American captivity, so that the resulting narrative contrasts the motives of U.S. officials with Kiowa captives on an Oklahoma reservation. The main claim of Graber's book is that there were two "gods" of Indian Country — the religious beliefs of the Kiowas (onto which Western explorers superimposed monotheistic terms like "Great Spirit") versus the Christianity of Protestant and Catholic missionaries.
American West
Art History
colonialism
Empathy
Incarceration
Kiowa
material culture
Native American
Oklahoma
United States

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Editors' Picks, Summer 2018: Disenchanting India

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This week, Ella Bock tells us why she thinks you should re-listen to our interview with Johannes Quack on Indian Rationalism, and a Relational Approach to Non-religion: "A great listen for better understanding the boundary between religion and non-religion, especially outside of a western context!"
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anthropology
Atheism
Bourdieu
Christopher Cotter
Death
Fields
India
Johannes Quack
Nonreligion
Orientalism
Rationalism
science

Editors' Picks, Summer 2018: Re-Experiencing Religious Experience

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According to RSP Managing Editor, Tommy Coleman, "Anyone interested in stepping out the front door of their own discipline will find this podcast, like the book, contains tools for thinking you’d better not leave home without." During our "summer break", various members of the RSP editorial team will be sharing their thoughts on some podcasts from the RSP archive that they think you should listen to (again).
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experience
method
psychology

Editors' Picks, Summer 2018: The Resonance of Vestigial States

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During our "summer break", various members of the RSP editorial team will be sharing their thoughts on some podcasts from the RSP archive that they think you should listen to (again). Editors' Picks, if you will. These aren't necessarily 'favourites', but just some podcasts that came to mind that the author has found useful for whatever reason.
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critical religion
gender
Islam
psychology
religion
timothy fitzgerald

Latest OppS Digest

Religious Studies Opportunities Digest - 18 September 2018

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Welcome to the latest edition of The Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week you will find four conference calls for papers and one job opportunities. Thanks 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 27) 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

The Gods of Indian Country

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Dr. Jennifer Graber's new book, "The Gods of Indian Country," grew out of lingering questions from her first book, a study of American Quakers and prisons. Graber learned that Quakers served as missionaries to Native American reservations in the West. She combined this interest in Quaker missions with her research into Native American captivity, so that the resulting narrative contrasts the motives of U.S. officials with Kiowa captives on an Oklahoma reservation. The main claim of Graber's book is that there were two "gods" of Indian Country — the religious beliefs of the Kiowas (onto which Western explorers superimposed monotheistic terms like "Great Spirit") versus the Christianity of Protestant and Catholic missionaries.
American West
Art History
colonialism
Empathy
Incarceration
Kiowa
material culture
Native American
Oklahoma
United States

What we can learn from our Founding Fathers

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In this discussion, Professor Schmidt discusses her keynote lecture at the Open University's "Contemporary Religion in Historical Perspectives: Publics and Performances". We turn back to discuss some of the "founding fathers" of the discipline of Religious Studies: Rudolf Otto, R.R. Marrett, and Andrew Lang.
Andrew Lang
Bettina Schmidt
Dance
R.R. Marret
religious experience
rudolf otto
Trance

Spirituality

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To discuss 'spirituality', we are joined by Boaz Huss and Steven Sutcliffe. We discuss the genealogy of 'spirituality', and its contemporary significance, with particular reference to the New Age movement. The second half focuses on how spirituality may trouble the religion / secular distinction, and its implications for the critical study of religion.
boaz huss
commercialism
David Robertson
new age
Popular Religion
secularisation
Secularism
Spirituality
steven sutcliffe

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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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