Sex Scandals and Minoritized Religions [transcript]
Sex Scandals and Minoritized Religions Podcast with Megan Goodwin (22 March 2021). Interviewed by David McConeghy Transcribed by Andie Alexander Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/sex-scandals-and-minoritized-religions/ KEYWORDS Sex, gender, race, American religion, sexual abuse, rhetoric, stereotypes David McConeghy (DM) 00:05 My name is David McConeghy. And it’s my great pleasure today to welcome Dr. Megan […]
Race and the Aliites [transcript]
Race and the Aliites Podcast with Spencer Dew (1 March 2021). Interviewed by David McConeghy Transcribed by Andie Alexander Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/race-and-the-aliites/ KEYWORDS Race, American religion, New Religious Movements David McConeghy (DM) 00:05 My name is David McConeghy, and today I’m delighted to be joined by Dr. Spencer Dew, a religion Teaching […]
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 […]
The Lie at the Heart of America [transcript]
The Lie at the Heart of America with Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. by David McConeghy Podcast with Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. (18 Jan 2021). Interviewed by David McConeghy Transcribed by Savannah H. Finver Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/the-lie-at-the-heart-of-america/ David McConeghy 0:00 My name is David McConeghy. And today it’s my great honor to be […]
Thanks for Listening! Celebrating 10 Years of the RSP
10 years in the making! Celebrate our decade of scholarship with this special episode, “Thanks for listening!”
Politics, Kabbalah, and Beyond: Jewish Studies and the Study of Religion [transcript]
Politics, Kabbalah, and Beyond: Jewish Studies and the Study of Religion Podcast with Carsten Wilke (23 November 2020). Interviewed by Sidney Castillo Transcribed by David McConeghy and Breann Fallon Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/politics-kabbalah-and-beyond-jewish-studies-and-the-study-of-religion/ KEYWORDS Judaism, kabbalah, politics, medieval studies Sidney Castillo Cárdenas (SCC) 00:01 So, it’s after a long week of discussion last […]
Global Flows, Local Contexts: Pentecostalism in Australia [transcript]
Global Flows, Local Contexts: Pentecostalism in Australia Podcast with Cristina Rocha (16/11/2020). Interviewed by David McConeghy Transcribed by Savannah H. Finver Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/global-flows-local-contexts-pentecostalism-in-australia/ David McConeghy (DM) 0:04 My name is Dave McConeghy, and I’m delighted to share the studio today with Professor Cristina Rocha. Professor Rocha is a cultural anthropologist and […]
Politics, Religion, Decolonisation
How will excluded, “interested” voices return to the academy through decolonization? Find out in this response to our interview with Natalie Avalos by Eleanor Tiplady Higgs.
Navigating stasis and mobility: The journey of anointing oil [transcript]
Navigating stasis and mobility: The journey of anointing oil Podcast with Kathleen Openshaw (14 September 2020). Interviewed by Maxinne Connolly-Panagopoulos Transcribed by David McConeghy Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/navigating-stasis-and-mobility-the-journey-of-anointing-oil/ Maxinne Connolly-Panogoupolos 00:15 I’m Maxine Connolly Panagopoulos and it’s a Thursday evening here in Glasgow and a chilly Friday morning in Sydney. I’m speaking to […]
Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Buddhist Rituals [transcript]
Podcast with Ralph H. Craig III, Hannah Gould, Youn-mi Kim, and Michelle C. Wang (7 September 2020). Interviewed by Matthew Hayes Transcribed by David McConeghy Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-the-study-of-buddhist-ritual/ Matthew Hayes 01:52 Hello, I am Matthew Hayes for the Religious Studies Project. I’d like to welcome listeners to a roundtable titled “Interdisciplinary Approaches […]
Decolonizing Community-Based Service Learning: Processes and Praxes
What are the challenges for departments and universities as they teach Native American Studies using Community-Based Service Learning models? In this response by Lisa Poirier, we learn that the efforts to decolonize our curricula require not only new critical theorists, but a suffusing commitment to decolonization as transformation in what Natalie Avalos described as “a process of becoming.”
Decolonizing Religious Studies and Its Layers of Complicity
What layers of complicity in colonialism are still embedded in the field of religious studies? How can we learn from decades of decolonial work in Native American and Indigenous Studies? Dr. Natalie Avalos speaks with RSP co-host David McConeghy about the urgency of decolonial scholarship to start the RSP’s 10th season.
Decolonizing Religious Studies and Its Layers of Complicity [transcript]
Decolonizing Religious Studies and Its Layers of Complicity Podcast with Natalie Avalos (17 August 2019). Interviewed by David McConeghy Transcribed by David McConeghy Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/decolonizing-religious-studies-and-its-layers-of-complicity/ KEYWORDS decolonization, indigenous studies, Native American Studies, power, David McConeghy (DM) 00:00 My name is David McConeghy and I’m delighted to be with Dr. Natalie Avalos […]
Editor’s Picks
When Islam Is Not a Religion David McConeghy Co-editor David McConeghy recommends Ben Marcus‘ interview with Asma Uddin from season nine, “When Islam Is Not a Religion.” Asma Uddin explains why the American legal system treats Muslims differently. In her work Uddin examines who controls the decisions about what’s religious or political, and in this […]