Robyn Faith Walsh

Robyn Faith Walsh is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Her first book The Origins of Early Christian Literature (2021) was recently published with Cambridge University Press. She has also published numerous articles, book chapters, and other pieces on Greco-Roman literature and archaeology. She is an […]

Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 1 September 2021

Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find one conference call for proposals, two jobs, and one event. Gracious thank you to all of you that have has generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently at 39!) to support […]

Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 25 August 2021

Hello and welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find one prize, three jobs, and two PhD positions and fellowships. Gracious thank you to all of you that have has generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently at 39!) […]

Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 18 August 2021

Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! You will find three journal calls for papers, two events, two jobs, one fellowship, one volunteer position, and one conference call for papers. Huge thank you to everyone who has generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons […]

Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 4 August 2021

Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! You will five conference calls for papers, four fellowships, five jobs, six events, two journal calls for papers, one book call for chapters, and two awards and scholarships. Huge thank you to everyone who has generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal […]

Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 28 July 2021

Welcome to this week’s Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! You will find one student job, two book calls for submissions, three faculty jobs, three events, one fellowship, four conference calls for submissions, one network, and one journal call for submissions. Huge thank you to everyone who has generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal […]

Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 21 July 2021

Hello and welcome to a packed week of the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! You will find three journal call for papers, five conference call for papers, three post-doctoral fellowships and research positions, five jobs, six events, two book calls for papers, one summer program, and one essay award. Huge thank you to everyone who has […]

Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 7 July 2021

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! You will find four journal calls for papers, seven events, eight jobs, three conference and series calls for papers, two PhD fellowships, and one book call for essays. Thank you to everyone who has generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation […]

Using Archaeology to Learn about Christian Diversity and Martyr Shrines

Sarah Griffis highlights how Morehouse demonstrates the central issue of studying diverse social groups in antiquity: “how do you get something new out of what’s already there before it? Whatever it is that’s new needs to be intelligible enough to be compelling and persuasive.”

Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 30 June 2021

Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! You will find one fellowship, three events and workshops, one grant, two journal calls for papers, four jobs, and one conference call for papers. Thank you to everyone who has generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons […]

How Critical Race Theory became a Moral Panic | Discourse! June 2021 (with video)

For our final episode of Season 10, join Andie Alexander, Ishanika Sharma, and K. Merinda Simmons as they talk all things Critical Race Theory—or at least what can be covered in one episode!

Ritual Theory at the Margins of a Minority Tradition

In this response, Joel Bordeaux notes that Ellen Gough’s focus on the ritual components and “tantricization” of Jain ascetic practices offers a new way of thinking through and contextualizing the “notoriously slippery notion of Tantra” in the subcontinent.

Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 23 June 2021

Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! You will find three events, nine jobs, one prize, three conference calls for papers, three fellowships and studentships, and two journal calls for papers. Thank you to everyone who has generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons […]

Sovereignty and Spiritual Warfare

Join Savannah H. Finver and Dr. S. Jonathon O’Donnell as they talk demons, American politics, interdisciplinary methodologies, and the critical study of religion.

Sovereignty and Spiritual Warfare [transcript]

Sovereignty and Spiritual Warfare Podcast with S. Jonathon O’Donnell (21 June 2021). Interviewed by Savannah H. Finver Transcribed by Allison B. Isidore Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/sovereignty-and-spiritual-warfare/ KEYWORDS Demonology, Jezebel, Discourse Analysis, Evangelical, Religious Studies, Critical Savannah Finver (SF)  0:03  Hello listeners and welcome back to The Religious Studies Project. My name is Savannah […]