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.
Comparing Methods in Christian Origins [transcript]
Comparing Methods in Christian Origins Podcast with Willi Braun (19 April 2021). Interviewed by Andie Alexander Transcribed by Andie Alexander Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/comparing-methods-in-christian-origins/ KEYWORDS Christian Origins, New Testament, Critical Theory, Social Formation, Identity Construction, Comparison, Authority, Categorization, Academic Study of Religion, Method and Theory Andie Alexander (AA) 00:00 Hello, I’m Andie Alexander […]
The U.S. Military Chaplaincy and Twentieth-Century Society [transcript]
The U.S. Military Chaplaincy and Twentieth-Century Society Podcast with Ronit Y. Stahl (22 March 2021). Interviewed by Dan Gorman, Jr. Transcribed by Andie Alexander Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/the-u-s-military-chaplaincy-and-twentieth-century-society/ KEYWORDS Military History, Pluralism, Management, Judaism, Catholicism, Evangelical Dan Gorman (DG) 00:03 I’m speaking today with Dr. Ronit Y. Stahl, Assistant Professor of History at […]
Following the Objects: Seeing Religion in Egypt and Syria [transcript]
Following the Objects: Seeing Religion in Egypt and Syria with Richard McGregor by Candace Mixon Podcast with Richard McGregor (8/3/2021). Interviewed by Candace Mixon Transcribed by Savannah H. Finver Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/following-the-objects-seeing-religion-in-egypt-and-syria/ Candace Mixon (CM) 0:06 All right, well, I am here today on the Zoom universe with Dr. Richard McGregor, and […]
Sacred Trees: Belief, Mythology, and Practice [transcript]
Sacred Trees: Belief, Mythology, and Practice Podcast with Carole Cusack (1 February 2021). Interviewed by Breann Fallon Transcribed by Andie Alexander Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/sacred-trees KEYWORDS Trees, Nature, Christianity, Paganism, Environmentalism Breann Fallon (BF) 00:05 It’s Breann Fallon here, and I’m here with professor of religious studies, Carole Cusack, from the University of […]
Can We Resist “the Stance of the Faithful” in New Testament Studies?
The “easy decision” to decline the stance of the faithful when dealing with sacred texts means considerable challenges for the scholar of religion, argues Willi Braun in this response to our episode with Bill Arnal on “Ancient Christian Origins”
Amanda J. Baugh
Amanda J. Baugh is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at California State University, Northridge. As a scholar of religious studies and the environmental humanities, Baugh specializes in the study of religion, race, and environmental values among diverse American groups. Her first book, God and the Green Divide: Religious Environmentalism in Black and White, examines […]
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 […]
The Fetish Revisited: Objects, Hierarchies, and BDSM with J. Lorand Matory [transcript]
The Fetish Revisited: Objects, Hierarchies, and BDSM with J. Lorand Matory Podcast with J. Lorand Matory (21 Sept. 2020). Interviewed by Breann Fallon Transcribed by Savannah H. Finver Audio and transcript available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/the-fetish-revisited-objects-hierarchy-and-bdsm/ KEYWORDS: fetishism, Europe, Enlightenment, Marx, Freud, BDSM, populism, social theory, hierarchy, objects Breann Fallon (BF) 0:06 Thank you, and I’m very […]
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 […]
Developing a Critical Study of Non-Religion [transcript]
Developing a Critical Study of Non-Religion Podcast with Christopher R. Cotter (23 August 2020) Interviewed by Breann Fallon Transcribed by Savannah H. Finver Audio and Transcript Available at: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/developing-a-critical-study-of-non-religion/ KEYWORDS Non-Religion, Atheism, Agnosticism, Discourse Analysis Breann Fallon (BF) 0:05 Hi, everyone, as you just heard, it is indeed me, Bre Fallon, and I am joined […]
Data Check
The Phenomenology of Religion Phenomenology is an important methodology in the study of religions, but can be inaccessible to the student. In this interview, James Cox outlines the phenomenology of religion to David in a clear, concise way, avoiding jargon and placing the methodology in the broader context of the history of European philosophy and comparative religion. […]
Religion and the Psy-Disciplines [transcript]
Podcast with Christopher Harding (27 March 2017). Interviewed by Krittika Bhattacharjee. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Krittika Bhattacharjee (KB): A therapist, a chaplain, a guru, a psychoanalyst, a missionary, a university councillor: how do these figures interact? In a milieu where meditations take place as part of church services and where mental health services incorporate a […]
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 […]