Abusing Religion and the Importance of Refocusing Gazes
“One can refuse to be manipulated by sensationalist media priming the public to generate the outrage that will serve white supremacy,” writes Abimbola Adelakun in this response to our interview with Megan Goodwin on the theory of contraceptive nationalism in her book Abusing Religion
The U.S. Military Chaplaincy and Twentieth-Century Society
Dr. Ronit Y. Stahl and Dan Gorman discuss the United States military chaplaincy as a site of pluralism and cultural tension in the twentieth century.
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 […]
Amplifying Survivors’ Voices
In this response to our episode with Kathleen McPhillips on the Australian Royal Commission’s Report on Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Jack Downey offers a wider global lens on the challenges the Catholic Church faces regarding sexual abuse.
Kate Gleeson
Dr. Kate Gleeson is Associate Professor at Macquarie Law School and a member of the Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics (CAVE). She is a leader of the Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality and Power research stream. Kate is an executive board member of Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia, and has […]
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 […]
Scripturalization and the Performance of the Scriptural
Why is the mimetically scriptural presumed to be good, asks Vincent Wimbush in this response to our interview with Richard Newton on “Roots as Scripture and Scriptures as Roots.”
Kathleen McPhillips
Kathleen McPhillips is a sociologist of religion, gender and trauma at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She has written and published extensively in the field of gender-based violence and institutional child sexual abuse. Her work considers the social and gender impacts of institutional violence in religious organisations and particularly the Catholic Church. Kathleen attended the […]
Religion & Gender
Please enjoy this selection of episodes that frame the challenges and rewards of the critical framework of gender for religious studies scholarship.
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 […]
How Ritual Reveals Margins and Marginalization in Buddhist Studies
Elaine Lai’s response to our roundtable on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Buddhist Ritual highlights the advantages of working across disciplines. In sum, Lai argues, this roundtable and all such interdisciplinary collaborations remind us of how embedded and contingent our terms can be. Those differences matter, especially as we work to decolonize the academy and democratize access to its efforts, for we must “remember that we are all first and foremost human… and it’s time to show up for one another with care,” she concludes.
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 […]
Sexual Ethics and Islam [transcript]
A transcription of this interview is available as a PDF, and has also been pasted below. Sexual Ethics and Islam Podcast with Kecia Ali (24 April 2017). Interviewed by Christopher Cotter Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Chris Cotter (CC): Alongside the problematic dominant caricature of Islam as a violent religion, there’s perhaps no issue so problematic […]
Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Theology [transcript]
Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Theology Podcast with M. Cooper Harriss (12 June 2017). Interviewed by Brad Stoddard Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Harriss-_Ralph_Ellison_s_Invisible_Theology_1.1 Brad Stoddard (BS) : Hello. This is Brad Stoddard of the Religious Studies Project. Today I have the pleasure of talking with Cooper Harriss. Cooper is Assistant Professor of Religious […]