Textbook in Today’s University
Responding to our interview with Paul Hedges, Steven Ramey builds on the discussion by arguing for the necessity of unpacking the authority associated with textbooks and shifting pedagogical approaches from presenting information to training students to think critically about the information presented.
The Wilderness of Mirrors: Nationalism, Religion, and Secret Intelligence [transcript]
The Wilderness of Mirrors: Nationalism, Religion, and Secret Intelligence Podcast with Michael Graziano (7 March 2022). Interviewed by Jacob Noblett Transcribed by Jacob Noblett Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/the-wilderness-of-mirrors-nationalism-religion-and-secret-intelligence/ KEYWORDS World Religions Paradigm, Catholicism, CIA, OSS, Nationalism, Comparative Religions, Propaganda, Orientalism Jacob Noblett (JN) 0:00 Hi, listeners. My name is Jacob Noblett with The […]
The Wilderness of Mirrors: Nationalism, Religion, and Secret Intelligence
You’ve heard of the CIA, but did you know that they’re just as interested in religion as we are? Join Dr. Michael Graziano and Jacob Noblett as they discuss the impact of the OSS and CIA’s religion-oriented intelligence operations across the globe!
Genealogy of the Jewish Notion
Dr. Breann Fallon sits down with Professor Daniel Boyarin to discuss the difficulty of defining Judaism and Boyarin’s new book Judaism: Genealogy of a Modern Notion
Genealogy of the Jewish Notion [transcript]
Genealogy of the Jewish Notion Podcast with Daniel Boyarin (6 December 2021). Interviewed by Breann Fallon Transcribed by Andie Alexander Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcasts/genealogy-of-the-jewish-notion/ KEYWORDS Judaism, Talmud, World Religions Paradigm, Identity, Genealogy, Classification Breann Fallon (BF) 00:00 Thank you very much for joining us on this episode, Daniel. I’d like to start with […]
Discourse Analysis & Ideology Critique in the Study of Religion [transcript]
Discourse Analysis & Ideology Critique in the Study of Religion Podcast with Craig Martin (1 November 2021). Interviewed by Savannah H. Finver Transcribed by Jacob Noblett Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/discourse-analysis-and-ideology-critique-in-the-study-of-religion/ KEYWORDS Critique, Discourse, Ideology, Language, Material Conditions, Post-structuralism, Power, Rhetoric Savannah Finver (SF) 0:04 Hello listeners and welcome back to The Religious Studies […]
Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 23 June 2021
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! You will find three events, nine jobs, one prize, three conference calls for papers, three fellowships and studentships, and two journal calls for papers. Thank you to everyone who has generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons […]
Master Archive Responses
RSP Master Archive — Responses Field Name Response to Episode , The Varieties of Environmental Myth-Making EPISODE_#: This field doesn’t exist yet. PERMALINK PERMALINK: “https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/response/the-varieties-of-environmental-myth-making/” FEATURED_URL: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/pipeline_protes-min.jpg DATE 2021-04-16 07:00:00 TITLE The Varieties of Environmental Myth-Making CATEGORY: Responses, Season 10 TERMS: environmental ethics, Myth, nonbelief, Nonreligion TYPE: response EXCERPT: Stories can “exert an agentic force” […]
The Varieties of Environmental Myth-Making
Stories can “exert an agentic force” that makes them powerful tools for environmental action among the nonreligious for whom belief is a weak analytic category argues Lisa H. Sideris in this response to our interview with Tim Stacey.
About the RSP
About the RSP What is the RSP? The Religious Studies Project (RSP) is an international collaborative enterprise producing weekly podcasts and resources on the social-scientific and critical study of religion. Since January 2012 we have released over 400 podcasts, along with response essays broadening the conversation, with religious studies scholars on cutting-edge theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues. And […]
On the Tantracization of Jain Ascetic Rituals [transcript]
On the Tantracization of Jain Ascetic Rituals Podcast with Ellen Gough (5 April 2021). Interviewed by Andie Alexander Transcribed by Andie Alexander Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/on-the-tantracization-of-jain-ascetic-rituals/ KEYWORDS Jainism, Tantra, Mantra, Tantracization, Categorization, Ritual Andie Alexander (AA) 00:00 Hi, I’m Andie Alexander and joining me today is Dr. Ellen Gough, Assistant Professor of Religious […]
Beyond Ecological Essentialism: Critical and Constructive Muslim Environmentalisms [transcript]
Beyond Ecological Essentialism: Critical and Constructive Muslim Environmentalisms Podcast with Anna M. Gade (15 February 2021). Interviewed by David McConeghy and Lauren E. Osborne Transcribed by David McConeghy Audio and transcript available at: David McConeghy 00:04 My name is David McConeghy. I’m really thankful that today I’m joined by Dr. Lauren Osborne, Associate Professor of […]
Religion and Ecology Has a Whiteness Problem. Let’s Confront It.
Restoring marginalized voices to the scholarship on religion and ecology is essential decolonial praxis, writes Amanda J. Baugh in this response to our episode with Gretel Van Wieren on “Climate Change(s).”
Kitchens and Constructions of Religious Subjectivity in Black Atlantic Traditions [transcript]
Kitchens and Constructions of Religious Subjectivity in Black Atlantic Traditions Podcast with Elizabeth Pérez (2 November 2020). Interviewed by Savannah H. Finver Transcribed by Andie Alexander Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/kitchens-and-constructions-of-religious-subjectivity-in-black-atlantic-traditions/(opens in a new tab) KEYWORDS Lucumí, micropractices, gender, ritual, sacrifice, cooking, discourse Savannah Finver (SF) 00:04 Hello, and welcome to another episode of […]
Roots as Scripture and Scripture as Roots [transcript]
“Roots” as Scripture and Scripture as Roots Podcast with Richard Newton (5 October 2020). Interviewed by Breann Fallon Transcribed by Andie Alexander Transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/roots-as-scripture-and-scripture-as-roots/ KEYWORDS Alex Haley, Roots, Scripture, Race, Identity, American history Breann Fallon (BF) 0:06 It’s Bre Fallon here, and I am joined today by Assistant Professor Richard Newton. Dr. Newton […]