The Problem of Contextuality in Global Environmental Discourses
Decolonizing ecological studies or environmental humanities forces us to “return to the problem of context,” writes Rosemary Hancock in this response to our interview with Anna Gade.
The Varieties of Environmental Myth-Making
Stories can “exert an agentic force” that makes them powerful tools for environmental action among the nonreligious for whom belief is a weak analytic category argues Lisa H. Sideris in this response to our interview with Tim Stacey.
Beyond Ecological Essentialism: Critical and Constructive Muslim Environmentalisms
The diversity of Muslim environmentalisms shows the urgency of decolonizing Religious Studies and Environmental Humanities amid escalating global climate crises, says Prof. Anna Gade in this week’s episode. Based on her decades of fieldwork in Indonesia, Dr. Gade sketches new intersections of religion and the environment that decenter conversations long dominated by Western ecological models.
Beyond Ecological Essentialism: Critical and Constructive Muslim Environmentalisms [transcript]
Beyond Ecological Essentialism: Critical and Constructive Muslim Environmentalisms Podcast with Anna M. Gade (15 February 2021). Interviewed by David McConeghy and Lauren E. Osborne Transcribed by David McConeghy Audio and transcript available at: David McConeghy 00:04 My name is David McConeghy. I’m really thankful that today I’m joined by Dr. Lauren Osborne, Associate Professor of […]
Myth-making, Environmentalism, and Non-Religion
What myths do non-religious people use in their climate and environmental activism? What does the study of everyday stories bring to the study of ‘religion’ and ‘non-religion’? Find out in this interview with Dr. Tim Stacey by RSP Co-Founder Christopher R. Cotter.
Myth-making, Environmentalism, and Non-Religion [transcript]
Myth-making, Environmentalism, and Non-Religion Podcast with Tim Stacey (8 February 2021). Interviewed by Chris Cotter Transcribed by Andie Alexander Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/myth-making-environmentalism-and-non-religion/ KEYWORDS Myth, Stories, Narrative, Meaning, Non-Religion, Climate, Environment, Activism, Politics, Solidarity Chris Cotter (CC) 00:00 What is a myth? What might we mean by myth-making? And how could an approach […]
Climate Change(s): New Approaches to Environmental and Agricultural Ethics
What can we learn about responding to climate change from small farms run by religious communities?
In this episode, the RSP’s Candace Mixon talks to Dr. Gretel Van Wieren about her career in environmental and agricultural ethics. Climate activism has deep religious roots, so join us for practical advice about bringing the diverse approaches of Christian, Jewish, and Muslims groups into the undergraduate religious studies classroom.
Climate Change(s): New Approaches to Environmental and Agricultural Ethics [transcript]
Climate Change(s): New Approaches to Environmental and Agricultural Ethics Podcast with Gretel Van Wieren 12 Oct. 2020. Interviewed by Candace Mixon Transcribed by Savannah H. Finver Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/climate-changes-new-approaches-to-environmental-and-agricultural-ethics/ Candace Mixon (CM) 0:09 Alright listeners, I am here today with Dr. Gretel Van Wieren. She is an accomplished scholar, and she’s currently […]
A Field Little Plowed? The Study of Religion and the Built Environment Today
“[My dissertation] in Religious Studies […] begins with the premise that the built environment has been over-emphasized to the detriment of other modes of creating and maintaining sacred space.”
Let me begin with a mythological allusion. The Roman god Janus was often depicted with two faces to signify his interstitial nature. He looked into the future and past, and oversaw beginnings and endings.
Peter Collins on Religion and the Built Environment
Buildings dominate our skylines, they shape the nature, size, sound and smell of events within their walls, they provide a connection to the recent and distant past, and they serve as a physical, material instantiation of any number of contextual discourses. But what about the relationship between ‘religion’ and these (generally) human-made structures?
Religious Studies Project Digest – May 1, 2024
Welcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 21 new job opportunities, 1 fellowship, 5 calls for papers, 1 conference/speaker, and 1 other opportunity. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently at […]
Reflections on “Thinking with Jonathan Z. Smith” [transcript]
Podcast with Aaron W. Hughes (11 November 2019). Interviewed by Andie Alexander Transcribed by Helen Bradstock (and edited by Andie Alexander) Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/reflections-on-thinking-with-jonathan-z-smith/ KEYWORDS Discourse, Identity, Jonathan Z. Smith, pedagogy, study of religion, translation Andie Alexander (AA) 00:00 Welcome to The Religious Studies Project. I’m Andie Alexander, and joining me today […]
Religious Studies Project Digest February 25, 2024
Welcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 55 new job opportunities, 8 fellowships, 4 grants, 1 award, 17 calls for papers, 5 conferences/speakers, and 7 other opportunities. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is […]
Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – February 14, 2024
Welcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 47 new job opportunities, 7 fellowships, 1 award, 18 calls for papers, 8 conferences/speakers, and 3 other opportunities. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 […]
Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest – January 31, 2024
Welcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week you will find 34 new job opportunities, 8 fellowships, 5 grants, 8 awards, 15 calls for papers, 8 conferences/speakers, and 6 other opportunities. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is […]