Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest – April 5, 2023
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find 2 new job opportunities, 2 Calls for Papers, and 1 upcoming conference/speaker. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently at 33!) to support all of […]
Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest – March 29, 2023
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find 6 new job opportunities, 2 fellowships, 1 training, 3 awards, 3 grants, 9 Call for Papers, and 9 upcoming conferences/speakers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to […]
Religion under Attack? | Discourse! March 2023
Join host Suzanne Newcombe, Carmen Becker, and Michael Munnik for this month’s episode of Discourse! They discuss discrimination in a few European cases, including the SNP, protests at an abortion clinic, and more!
Religious Studies Project Digest – March 15, 2023
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find 1 new job opportunity, 1 fellowship, 3 awards, 6 Call for Papers, and 7 upcoming conferences/speakers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently at 33!) […]
The Church of Saint Thomas Paine: Religion without God
Tune in for today’s #RSPmonday featuring Leigh Eric Schmidt and Dan Gorman discussing religion without God and the use of Thomas Paine as a symbol of atheism.
Sam Gill
Sam Gill, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado Boulder, is author of many books and articles recently Religion and Technology into the Future (2018), Creative Encounters, Appreciating Difference (2019), The Proper Study of Religion: Building on Jonathan Z. Smith (2020) winner of the American Academy of Religion’s 2021 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the category of Analytical-Descriptive Studies, Dancing […]
Religious Studies Project Digest – March 8, 2023
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find 2 new job opportunities, 2 grants, 4 awards, 11 Call for Papers, and 9 upcoming conferences/speakers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently at 33!) […]
Spitting on the Sacred: Politics and Redefining Profanation
In this episode, Jacob Noblett talks to Dr. Finbarr Curtis about his recent book, Going Low: How Profane Politics Challenges American Democracy, to help breakdown the rejuvenation of populist political narratives and movements.
Religious Studies Project Digest – March 1, 2023
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find 4 new job opportunities, 3 fellowships, a seminar, and 6 Call for Papers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently at 32!) to support all […]
Religious Literacy and Its Discontents | Discourse! February 2023
Join Benjamin P. Marcus, Paulina Gruffman, and Charles McCrary for this month’s #RSPdiscourse as they discuss a recent Pew survey on religious literacy and the so-called Asbury revival. Be sure to tune in!
Paulina Gruffman
Paulina Gruffman is a PhD student at Lund University. Her research is primarily historical (from the mid-19th century to contemporary time) focuses on esotericism, occultism, new religious movements, and “New Age” spirituality. She’s particularly interested in how these groups’ activities and writings intersect with popular and academic understandings of religion, as well as the historiography […]
Religious Studies Project Digest – February 22, 2023
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find a new job opportunity, a grant, a seminar, and 4 Call for Papers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently at 32!) to support all […]
Navigating the Discursive Study of Religion
In today’s episode, Teemu Taira and Andie Alexander discuss how social groups negotiate the category ‘religion’ and the relevance of the discursive methods in the study of religion.
Leigh Eric Schmidt
Leigh Eric Schmidt is the Edward C. Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis. He joined the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics in 2011. He has held research fellowships at Stanford and Princeton and also through the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of […]
Religious Studies Project Digest – February 14, 2023
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find a new job opportunity, 2 fellowship programs, and 3 Call for Papers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently at 32!) to support all of […]