Islamic Millennialism [transcript]
Islamic Millennialism Podcast with Rob Gleave (18 September 2017). Interviewed by David Robertson. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Gleave – Islamic Millennialism 1.1 David Robertson (DR): I’m here in Bedford at the CenSAMM Conference on Millennialism and Violence and I’m joined by Rob Gleave, who is the Director for the Study of Islam […]
What Do We Mean by Indigenous Religion(s)? [transcript]
What Do We Mean by Indigenous Religion(s)? Podcast with Bjørn Ola Tafjord and Arkotong Longkumer (2 October 2017) Interviewed by David Robertson. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Tafjord_-_Longkumer_-_What_do_we_mean_by_indigenous_relgion(s)_1.1 David Robertson (DR): We talk about the world religions paradigm a lot here on the Religious Studies Project. And one of the things we’ve […]
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, […]
The BASR and the Impact of Religious Studies [transcript]
This interview is also available as a PDF. The BASR and the Impact of Religious Studies Podcast with Steve Sutcliffe, Stephen Gregg, Christopher Cotter, Suzanne Owen and David Robertson (12 March 2018). Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: The BASR and The Impact of Religious Studies 1.2 Steve Sutcliffe (SS): Ok. Well, thanks […]
Magic and Modernity [transcript]
Magic and Modernity Podcast with Richard Irvine and Theodoros Kyriakides (26 March 2018). Interviewed by David Robertson Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Irvine_and_Kyriakides_-_Magic_and_Modernity_1.1 David Robertson (DR): I’m joining you again from Milton Keynes, where I’m at the Contemporary Religion in Historical Perspective Conference. And today I’m joined by Richard Irvine and […]
Drone Metal Mysticism [transcript]
Drone Metal Mysticism Podcast with Owen Coggins (16 April 2018). Interviewed by David G. Robertson. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Coggins – Drone Metal Mysticism 1.1 David Robertson (DR): I’m here in Sunny Milton Keynes for the Open University’s Contemporary Religion in Historical Perspective Conference where I’m lucky enough to be joined, today, by […]
Worldviews and Ways of Life [transcript]
Worldviews and Ways of Life Podcast with Ann Taves (21 May 2018). Interviewed by David G. Robertson. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Taves_-_Worldviews_and_Ways_of_Life_1.1 David Robertson (DR): It’s my pleasure to be joined here today by Professor Ann Taves from the Religious Studies Department and the University of California, Santa Barbara. It’s not […]
Muslim Superheroes [transcript]
Muslim Superheroes Podcast with A. David Lewis (28 May 2018). Interviewed by David G. Robertson. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Lewis- Muslim Superheroes 1.1 David Robertson (DR): Well, it’s my pleasure to welcome A. Dave Lewis to the podcast once again. Dave is one of the few, if not the only one of our […]
Spirituality [transcript]
Spirituality Podcast with Boaz Huss and Steven Sutcliffe (11 June 2018). Interviewed by David G. Robertson. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Huss and Sutcliffe – Spirituality 1.1 David Robertson (DR): Spirituality is a term with enormous currency in contemporary discourse in religion but, despite this, it remains under-theorised. Little consideration is given […]
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 […]
Buddhism in the Critical Classroom [transcript]
Buddhism in the Critical Classroom Podcast with Matthew Hayes (13 May 2019). Interviewed by David G. Robertson. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Hayes_-_Buddhism_in_the_Critical_Classroom_1.1 David Robertson (DR): Well, I’m pleased to be speaking today to Matthew Hayes, who is a research student at UCLA – that’s the University of California and Los […]
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, […]
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 […]
The Problem with ‘Religion’ (and related categories) [transcript]
The Problem with ‘Religion’ (and related categories) Podcast with Timothy Fitzgerald (17 February 2020). Interviewed by David G. Robertson Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: PDF of this transcription at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Fitzgerald_-_The_Problem_with_Religion_1.1.pdf David Robertson (DR): I’m joined today by Timothy Fitzgerald, returning to the Religious Studies Project after a few years. Tim is […]
Empty Signs in an Automatic Signalling System [transcript]
Empty Signs in an Automatic Signalling System Podcast with Timothy Fitzgerald (16 March 2020). Interviewed by David G. Robertson. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/empty-signs-in-an-automatic-signalling-systerm/ David Robertson (DR): I’m here with Tim Fitzgerald of the University of Queensland, where he’s a visiting research professor. This interview follows on from his recent […]