Emily D. Crews
Emily D. Crews is a historian of religions whose research and teaching focus on the relationship between religion and issues of gender, race, the body, and the formation of personhood. She recently completed her PhD at the University of Chicago Divinity School and is now a Postdoctoral Fellow in the University of Chicago College. She is the co-editor […]
Getting Less Precious About Parish Studies
Susan Bigelow Reynolds, in her response to our Season 10 episode with Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, calls attention to how Catholic devotionalism is frequently essentialized and limited in its understanding. She argues instead for a “more expansive consideration” of Catholic ritual ecology.
Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 21 October 2021
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find four jobs, fourteen events, four conference calls for papers, one fellowship, one grant, one call for film submissions, and one workshops. A gracious thank you to all of you that have has generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! […]
RSP Remix
#RSPremix video episodes draw on our archive of over 390 episodes to address common questions and themes in the study of religion.
Focus on Fieldwork: An RSP Remix
In the first RSP Remix, Dave McConeghy guides us through recent RSP discussions of fieldwork and its impact on scholarship. This episode features excerpts from conversations with Christopher R. Cotter, Spencer Dew, Liz Bucar, Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, Robin Veldman, Elizabeth Pérez, and Cristina Rocha.
Focus on Fieldwork: An RSP Remix [transcript]
Focus on Fieldwork: An RSP Remix A RSP Remix Podcast (18 October 2021). Presented by David McConeghy Includes clips from the following previous episodes: Developing a Critical Study of Non-Religion with Christopher R. Cotter by Breann Fallon Race and the Aliites with Spencer Dew by David McConeghy Kitchens and Constructions of Religious Subjectivity in Black […]
Susan Bigelow Reynolds
Susan Bigelow Reynolds is Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies and Interim Director of Catholic Studies at Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Her forthcoming book, People Get Ready: Ritual, Solidarity, and Lived Theology in Catholic Roxbury (Fordham University Press, 2022), is based on a five-year ethnographic study of St. Mary of the Angels Catholic […]
Telling the “Back Stage” Stories of Men, Religious Work, and Play
Responding to our Season 10 episode with Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, Kristy Nabhan-Warren furthers the discussion on inadvertent feminization of Catholic devotionalism and ways in which it can be reimagined.
Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 13 October 2021
Another week of the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest is upon us! This week, you will find two journal call for papers, one fellowship, six events, two conference calls for papers, three jobs, and one call for program participants. A gracious thank you to all of you that have has generously supported the RSP through our […]
Kristy Nabhan-Warren
Kristy Nabhan-Warren is Professor and the V.O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair of Catholic Studies at The University of Iowa. Kristy’s institutional affiliations include the Religious Studies, Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies, and History Departments. She is the Interim Chair of the Division of Interdisciplinary Programs and the Department of Rhetoric. Kristy’s teaching and research […]
Mapping the Digital Study of Religion
Dan Gorman speaks with Christopher Cantwell and Kristian Petersen about the future of the digital study of religion.
Mapping the Digital Study of Religion [transcript]
Mapping the Digital Study of Religion Podcast with Christopher Cantwell and Kristian Petersen (11 October 2021). Interviewed by Daniel Gorman, Jr. Transcribed by Daniel Gorman, Jr. Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/mapping-the-digital-study-of-religion/ KEYWORDS Digital Humanities, Internet, Religion, Methods, Theory, Case Study, Project Management, Sustainability Daniel Gorman Jr. (DG) 00:00 This is The Religious Studies Project, […]
Kristian Petersen
Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. His first book is Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab (Oxford University Press in 2017). He is the editor of Muslims in the Movies: A Global Anthology (ILEX and Harvard University Press, 2021) and New Approaches to […]
Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 6 October 2021
Thank you for reading this week’s edition of the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find one PhD position, one journal call for papers, 4 jobs, and 3 events. A gracious thank you to all of you that have has generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal […]
Deconstructing ‘Religion’ in Contemporary Japan
In this episode, Dr. Mitsutoshi Horii joins Andie Alexander to discuss his recent book, The Category of ‘Religion’ in Contemporary Japan: Shūkyō & Temple Buddhism, where he demonstrates the necessity for understanding how and why certain groups come to be classified as ‘religious’ in contemporary Japan.