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 […]
Politics of this world: Protestant, evangelical, and Pentecostal movements in Peru [transcript]
Podcast with Juan Fonseca Interviewed by Sidney Castillo. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock and revised by Sidney Castillo. Sidney Castillo (SC): Professor Juan Fonseca is Licentiate in History for Pontificia Universidad Catholica del Peru. He’s also Master in History at this university. His work focuses on the historical development of non-Catholic Christian movements in Peru, mainly […]
Black Religious Movements and Religio-Racial Identities during the Great Migration [transcript]
Black Religious Movements and Religio-Racial Identities during the Great Migration Podcast with Judith Weisenfeld (26 June 2017). Interviewed by Brad Stoddard Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Weisenfeld – Black Religious Movements 1.1 Brad Stoddard (BS): Hello, this is Brad Stoddard for the Religious Studies Project. Today I have the pleasure of talking […]
Religious Change in Japanese Shinto [transcript]
Religious Change in Japanese Shinto Podcast with Michael Pye (19 March 2018). Interviewed by Hans Van Eyghen. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Pye_-_Religious_Change_in_Japanese_Shinto_1.1 Hans Van Eyghen (HVE): I’m with Professor Michael Pye, at the University of Marburg, to discuss Shintoism. Welcome, Professor Michael Pye. MP: Thank you. HVE: My first question: Shinto […]
A Dark Goddess: an inter-religious language for feminine spirituality [transcript]
A Dark Goddess: an inter-religious language for feminine spirituality Podcast with Áine Warren (15 October 2018). Interviewed by Ross Downing. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Warren-_A_Dark_Goddess_1.1 Ross Downing (RD): My name is Ross Downing. We are at the BASR conference in Belfast. And I’m speaking to Áine Warren, also known as […]
New Directions in the Study of Scientology [transcript]
New Directions in the Study of Scientology Podcast with David Robertson, Carole Cusack, Stephen Gregg and Aled Thomas (19 November 2018). Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Robertson_-_New_Directions_in_the_Study_of_Scientology_1.1 David Robertson (DR): So we’re here at the BASR Conference 2018, in Belfast. And I have gathered several colleagues together today to have a […]
What is Mindfulness? A Critical Religious Studies Approach [transcript]
What is Mindfulness? A Critical Religious Studies Approach Podcast with Ville Husgafvel (15 April 2019). Interviewed by Chris Cotter. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Husgafvel_-_What_is_Mindfulness_1.1 Chris Cotter (CC): Anyone who spends any time on line or on social media these days, hasn’t managed to avoid adverts for different mindfulness applications and […]
How Religious Freedom Makes Religion [transcript]
How Religious Freedom Makes Religion Podcast with Tisa Wenger (30 September 2019). Interviewed by David G. Robertson Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio transcript available at: David Robertson (DR): I’m joined today by Tisa Wenger. We’re here in Hanover at the DVRV conference. However, we’re not going to be talking about the German context. We’re going […]
Race, Religious Freedom and Empire in Post- War Japan [transcript]
Race, Religious Freedom and Empire in Post- War Japan Podcast with Jolyon Thomas (11 May 2020). Interviewed by Brett Esaki. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Brett Esaki (BE): Welcome to sunny San Diego. I’m Brett Esaki, and I’m really excited to talk about your book today. So the book, Faking Liberties, […]
Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 18 December 2019
Welcome to the latest edition of The Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week is jam-packed – you will find four journal call for papers, six conference call for papers, one funding, three PhD scholarships and fellowships, three courses and workshops and one event opportunities. For the next two weeks the digest will be taking […]
Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 13 February 2019
Welcome back to the latest edition of the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week you will find twelve conference call for papers, two journal call for papers, and three event opportunities. Be sure to check out the more recent issue of Implicit Religion! The journal is edited by our very own David Robertson and includes an article by Vivian Asimos, whose recent RSP podcast on Slenderman and Online Mythology can found here. The journal can be viewed online at equinox! Thank you so much 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 35) 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.
New Directions in the Study of Scientology – A View from the Academy
Each of the scholars involved on this panel has raised some of the historical and contemporary challenges associated with studying Scientology (or, as they suggest, “Scientologies”) and their thoughts about potential directions forward in circumstances which can sometimes feel like a frustrating research impasse. To my mind, what has stood out most clearly across the […]
New Directions in the Study of Scientology
Scientology seems almost exclusively to be considered fair game (pun intended) for ridicule and criticism among New Religious Movements, and this may have much to tell us about the theoretical models scholars are using, and the institutional factors at play in the legitimisation of particular traditions in the academic and popular discourse. We discuss insider scholarship and the control of information; the Free Zone and the Church; strategic use of the category ‘religion’; and how we see scholarship developing in the post-Hubbard era
Religious Studies Opportunity Digest – 20 February 2018
Welcome to the latest edition of The Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week you will find four job, one database, two conference, two journal, and four conference call for paper opportunities .
This week’s opportunities digest is sponsored by the Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements.
Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 13 February 2018
Welcome to the latest edition of The Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week you will find one special issue journal, four conference calls for papers, two jobs and one lecture.
This week’s opportunities digest is sponsored by the Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements.