Season 9: 2019-2020
September 23, 2019 Podcast Natural Selection In the Evolution of Religion In this week’s podcast, professor Armin Geertz outlines an answer elaborating on the arguments presented in his co-authored book The Emergence and Evolution of Religion by Means of Natural Selection. He argues that there are multilevel selection processes that happen within different sociocultural formations, […]
Lady Death and the Pluralisation of Latin American Religion [transcript]
Lady Death and the Pluralisation of Latin American Religion Podcast with R. Andrew Chesnut (31 October 2019). Interviewed by David McConeghy Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: PDF version of the transcript is available here. David McConeghy (DMcC): Welcome. I am David McConeghy, and today I’m joined by Dr R. Andrew Chesnut, […]
Straight White American Jesus, the Podcast [transcript]
Straight White American Jesus, the Podcast Podcast with Bradley Onishi (25 November 2019). Interviewed by David McConeghy Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: PDF at https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Onishi_-_Straight_White_American_Jesus-_the_Podcast_1.1.pdf David McConeghy (DMcC): Welcome. My name is David McConeghy. And today I’m joined by Dr Bradley Onishi, Associate Professor of Religion at Skidmore College in New […]
Applied Religious Studies at Georgia State University [transcript]
Applied Religious Studies at Georgia State University Podcast with Molly Bassett (16 December 2019). Interviewed by David McConeghy Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/applied-religious-studies-at-georgia-state-university or PDF here. David McConeghy (DMcC): Welcome. My name is David McConeghy. And today it’s my pleasure to be joined by Dr Molly Bassett, Associate Professor of […]
Religious Literacy is Social Justice [transcript]
Religious Literacy is Social Justice Podcast with Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (27 January 2020). Interviewed by David McConeghy Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: David McConeghy (DMcC): Welcome. I am David McConeghy, and today I am joined by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst PhD, an Associate Professor of Religion and Associate Director of the Humanities […]
Founding American Religion, the Journal [transcript]
Founding American Religion, the Journal Podcast with Sarah Imhoff and M. Cooper Harriss (24 February 2020). Interviewed by David McConeghy. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Download a PDF of this transcription here. David McConeghy (DMcC): Hi. This is David McConeghy. And today I’m at the 2019 American Academy of Religion meeting […]
The Public Square and the Heart of Culture Wars [transcript]
The Public Square and the Heart of Culture Wars Podcast with Benjamin Rolsky (30 March 2020). Interviewed by David McConeghy. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: David McConeghy (DM): Welcome. My name is David McConeghy. And today I’m joined by Dr Benjamin Rolsky, adjunct instructor in the History and Anthropology Department at […]
Who Are the Power Worshippers? [transcript]
Who Are the Power Worshippers? Podcast with Katherine Stewart (9 March 2020). Interviewed by David McConeghy. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/who-are-the-power-worshippers/ and for download here as a PDF. David McConeghy (DMcC): My name is David McConeghy and today I’m joined by Katherine Stewart, a journalist who’s written for The New […]
Boxing and Religious Identity [transcript]
Boxing and Religious Identity Podcast with Arlene Sánchez Walsh (19 April 2020). Interviewed by David McConeghy. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: David McConeghy (DMcC): My name is David McConeghy, and today I’m joined by Dr Arlene Sánchez Walsh, Professor of Religious Studies and the author of the award winning book, Latino […]
What Does Religious Literacy Mean in Your Context? [transcript]
What Does Religious Literacy Mean in Your Context? Podcast Roundtable discussion with Richard Newton, Chris Jones, Rebekka King, Jenna Gray- Hildenbrand, Kevin Minster and Bradley Onishi (25 May 2020). Interviewed by David McConeghy. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: David McConeghy (DMcC): Hello! I’m David McConeghy, and I’m again at the American […]
The Science of Prayer: Genealogies and Biopolitics [transcript]
The Science of Prayer: Genealogies and Biopolitics Podcast with John Lardas Modern (22 June 2020). Interviewed by David McConeghy. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/the-science-of-prayer-genealogies-and-biopolitics/ David McConeghy (DMcC): Welcome. My name is David McConeghy. And today I’m joined by Professor John Lardas Modern, who teaches at Franklin and Marshall College, and […]
The Science of Prayer: Genealogies and Biopolitics
In this week’s episode, John Lardas Modern discusses the genealogy and biopolitics of the scientific study of prayer from E.B. Tylor to DEVO.
What does religious literacy mean in your context?
Will #religiousliteracy save Religious Studies? At the 2019 AAR in San Diego, Dave McConeghy moderated a roundtable with early career scholars about the meaning of religious literacy in their context. Join us for a lively discussion about what it means to teach religious studies with Richard Newton, Chris Jones, Rebekka King, Jenna-Gray-Hildenbrand, Kevin Minister, and Bradly Onishi.
Boxing and Religious Identity
Are boxers’ religious affiliations only as skin deep as their tattoos? Find out in this conversation about boxing and religious identity with Prof. Arlene Sanchez Walsh by David McConeghy.
Choosing Not to Hide Behind the Camera
Choosing not to hide behind the camera: A media producer’s perspective on religious literacy A response to the Episode 320, “Religious Literacy is Social Justice” with Professor Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst by Richard Wallis There’s a fascinating moment in Netflix’s documentary series, The Family (August 2019), which tells the story of The Fellowship Foundation, a publicity-shy […]