Modelling Religion and the Integration of the Sciences and the Humanities in the Bio-cultural Study of Religion [transcript]
Modelling Religion and the Integration of the Sciences and the Humanities in the Bio-cultural Study of Religion Podcast with Wesley J. Wildman (9 October 2017). Interviewed by Thomas White. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Wildman-_Modelling_Religion_1.1 Thomas White (TW): Hello. I’m here in Dunedin, on the South Island of New Zealand at Otago University’s recording […]
Muslim NGOs and Civil Society in Indonesia [transcript]
Muslim NGOs and Civil Society in Indonesia Podcast with Robert Hefner (16 October 2017). Interviewed by Giuseppe Bolotta and Catherine Scheer. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Hefner_-_Muslim_NGOs_and_Civil_Society_in_Indonesia Giuseppe Bolotta (GB): Welcome to the Religious Studies Project. We are Giuseppe Bolotta Catherine Scheer (CS): And Catherine Scheer GB: And this is the first instalment in […]
Alternative Sociologies of Religion: Through Non-Western Eyes [transcript]
Alternative Sociologies of Religion: Through Non-Western Eyes Podcast with James V. Spickard (23 October 2017). Interviewed by Sammy Bishop. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Spickard_-_Alternative_Sociologies_of_Religion-_through_Non-Western_Eyes_1.1 Sammy Bishop (SB): Hi, I’m Sammy Bishop. I’m here with the RSP at SocREL 2017. I’m here with Professor James Spickard, from the University of Redlands. So, thank you […]
Beyond ‘Faith-Based Organisations’: Religion and NGOs in Comparative Perspective [transcript]
Beyond ‘Faith-Based Organisations’: Religion and NGOs in Comparative Perspective Podcast with Erica Bornstein (16 October 2017). Interviewed by Giuseppe Bolotta and Catherine Scheer. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Bornstein_-_Beyond__Faith-Based_Organisations__1.1 Catherine Scheer (CS): Welcome to the Religious Studies Project. We are Catherine Scheer Giuseppe Bolotta (GB): And Giuseppe Bolotta CS: And this is the […]
Hyper-Real Religion, Digital Capitalism and the Pygmalion Effect [transcript]
Hyper-Real Religion, Digital Capitalism and the Pygmalion Effect Podcast with Adam Possamai (6 November 2017). Interviewed by Sammy Bishop. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Possamai-_Hyper-Real_Religion … nd_the_Pygmalion_Effect_1.1 Sammy Bishop (SB): Hi. I’m Sammy Bishop, here on the last day of SocREL 2017. I’m here with Professor Adam Possamai from Western Sydney University. And […]
Muslims, NGOs and the Future of Democratic Space in Myanmar [transcript]
Muslims, NGOs and the Future of Democratic Space in Myanmar Podcast with Melissa Crouch (13 November 2017). Interviewed by Giuseppe Bolotta and Catherine Scheer. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Crouch-_Muslims,_NGOs_and_the_Future_of_Democratic_Space_in_Myanmar Catherine Scheer (CS): Welcome to the Religious Studies Project. We are Catherine Scheer Giuseppe Bolotta (GB): And Giuseppe Bolotta CS: And this is […]
Changing Your Story: Assessing Ex-member narratives [transcript]
Changing Your Story: Assessing Ex-member narratives Podcast with George Chryssides (20 November 2017). Interviewed by Breann Fallon Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Chryssides- Changing Your Story 1.1 Breann Fallon (BF): Ex-member testimony can be difficult to deal with. Such testimony tends to receive privileged treatment in anti-cult literature, while some academics are prone […]
Christian Evangelical Organisations in Global Anti-trafficking Networks [transcript]
Christian Evangelical Organisations in Global Anti-trafficking Networks Podcast with Elena Shih (27 November 2017). Interviewed by Giuseppe Bolotta and Catherine Scheer. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Shih- Christian Evangelical Organisations in Global Anti-Trafficking Networks 1.1 Giuseppe Bolotta (GB): Welcome to the Religious Studies Project. We are Giuseppe Bolotta Catherine Scheer (CS): And Catherine […]
Children in New Religious Movements [transcript]
Children in New Religious Movements Podcast with Susan Palmer (4 December 2017). Interviewed by David Robertson Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Palmer_-Children_in_New_Religious_Movements_1.1 DR: I’m here in Bedford. It’s a beautiful sunny afternoon at the last day of the CenSAMM conference on Millenarianism and violence. I’m happy to be speaking today with Susan Palmer, […]
Drawn to the Gods: Religion, Comedy and Animated Television Programmes [transcript]
Drawn to the Gods: Religion, Comedy and Animated Television Programmes Podcast with David Feltmate (11 December 2017). Interviewed by Breann Fallon. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Feltmate_-_Drawn_to_the_Gods_1.1 Breann Fallon (BF): If you were asked to name the TV programmes that were most religious, had the most religious content and references, which ones would […]
The Critical Study of Religion
What is the critical study of religion? In these personal picks from RSP Co-Founder Christopher Cotter, listeners move from major issues related to the definition and category of “religion” to a powerful roundtable on identity featuring the members of Culture on the Edge before concluding with discussions of key terms such as secularism and decolonization.
New Religious Movements
No, they’re not cults, as we learn straightaway from Eileen Barker in this playlist’s first selection. Learn how religious studies scholars talk about new religious movements and some of the challenges of studying emerging groups in these episodes hand-picked by RSP co-founder David G. Robertson.
The World Religions Paradigm
Work with the RSP to decolonize religious studies by listening to these special episodes about the word religions paradigm.
What’s Nonreligion?
If it isn’t religion, then why are we talking about it? Learn more about nonreligion in these hand-picked episodes!
The Political Relevance of the Sociology of Religion [transcript]
The Political Relevance of the Sociology of Religion Podcast with Bryan Turner (15 January 2018). Interviewed by Sammy Bishop Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Turner_-_The_Political_Relevance_of_The_Sociology_of_Religion1.1 Sammy Bishop (SB): I’m Sammy Bishop, I’m here at the SocRel Conference, 2017. And I have with me a man who needs very little introduction, thanks […]