Slenderman and Online Mythology [transcript]
Slenderman and Online Mythology Podcast with Vivian Asimos (4 February 2019). Interviewed by Ross Downing. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at:Asimos_-Slenderman_and_Online_Mythology_1.1 Ross Downing (RD): My name is Ross Downing, and I’m interviewing soon-to-be Dr Vivian Asimos Vivian Asimos (VA): Oh my gosh! RD: We’re at the Belfast conference, at Queens. Yes. So […]
America’s Dark Theologian Stephen King: A Religious Imagination Explored [transcript]
America’s Dark Theologian Stephen King: A Religious Imagination Explored Podcast with Douglas Cowan (11 February 2019). Interviewed by Carmen Celestini. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Cowan_-_America_s_Dark_Theologian_Stephen_King_1.1 Carmen Celestini (CC): Ok. Today I’m speaking with Dr Douglas Cowan about his recently published book, America’s Dark Theologian: The Religious Imagination of Stephen King. […]
America’s Changing Religious Landscape [transcript]
America’s Changing Religious Landscape Podcast with Robert P. Jones (18 February 2019). Interviewed by Benjamin P. Marcus Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Jones_-_America_s_Changing__Religious_Landscape_1.1 Benjamin P. Marcus (BM): My guest today is Robert P. Jones the founding CEO of PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute) and a leading scholar and commentator on religion, […]
Challenges and Responsibilities for the Public Scholar of Religion [transcript]
Challenges and Responsibilities for the Public Scholar of Religion Podcast with Megan Goodwin (25 March 2019). Interviewed by Andrew Henry. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Goodwin_-_Challenges_and_Responsibilities_for_the_Public_Scholar_of_Religion_1.1 Andrew Henry (AH): Welcome Listeners. I’m recording from Boston, at Northeastern University. I’m with Dr Megan Goodwin. She’s a scholar of gender, sexuality and race, […]
Natural Selection in the Evolution of Religion [transcript]
Natural Selection in the Evolution of Religion Podcast with Armin Geertz (23 September 2019). Interviewed by Sidney Castillo Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Geertz_-_Natural_Selection_in_the_Evolution_of_Religion_1.1 Sidney Castillo (SC): Well, now we are back at the RSP. I’m now with Professor Armin Geertz. It’s now the fourth day of the EASR conference in […]
Lady Death and the Pluralisation of Latin American Religion [transcript]
Lady Death and the Pluralisation of Latin American Religion Podcast with R. Andrew Chesnut (31 October 2019). Interviewed by David McConeghy Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: PDF version of the transcript is available here. David McConeghy (DMcC): Welcome. I am David McConeghy, and today I’m joined by Dr R. Andrew Chesnut, […]
Secular Jewish Millennials in Israel/Palestine [transcript]
Secular Jewish Millennials in Israel/Palestine Podcast with Stacey Gutowski (9 December 2019). Interviewed by Christopher Cotter Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Christopher Cotter (CC): In the popular imaginary Israel/ Palestine is, and has always been, a contested territory associated with secret sites, the Abrahamic religions, religion-related conflicts and a volatile political […]
Who Are the Power Worshippers? [transcript]
Who Are the Power Worshippers? Podcast with Katherine Stewart (9 March 2020). Interviewed by David McConeghy. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/who-are-the-power-worshippers/ and for download here as a PDF. David McConeghy (DMcC): My name is David McConeghy and today I’m joined by Katherine Stewart, a journalist who’s written for The New […]
Boxing and Religious Identity [transcript]
Boxing and Religious Identity Podcast with Arlene Sánchez Walsh (19 April 2020). Interviewed by David McConeghy. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: David McConeghy (DMcC): My name is David McConeghy, and today I’m joined by Dr Arlene Sánchez Walsh, Professor of Religious Studies and the author of the award winning book, Latino […]
Decolonizing the Study of Religion [transcript]
Decolonizing the Study of Religion Podcast with Malory Nye (30 June 2020). Interviewed by Christopher Cotter. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/decolonizing-the-study-of-religion/ Christopher Cotter (CC): Regular Listeners to the Religious Studies Project will probably be quite familiar with the critique that the whole notion of the category of religion, and particularly […]
Epistemological Sacrifice Zones and the Decolonization of Religion
Decolonization requires changing the politics of academia’s knowledge production, argues Tyler M. Tully in this response to Episode 337: Decolonizing the Study of Religion with Malory Nye.
Discourse! June 2020
Amid mass protests against police brutality and systemic racism ongoing in the United States, RSP contributor Ben Marcus speaks with Andre Willis and Carleigh Beriont about race and religion in this month’s Discourse episode.
Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest – 18 February 2020
Welcome to this week’s Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week you will find two summer program, two funding, four conference call for papers, one post-doctoral, and one event opportunities.
Thank you so much to everyone who has signed up to support the RSP thus far through our Patreon–and PayPal options. We are aiming for 100 patrons (currently 39!) to fund planned developments over the coming year. See our donations page for details of how you can sign up for a regular subscription, leave a one-off donation, advertise with us, or use our Amazon links.
Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 29 January 2020
Welcome to a another edition of the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week you will find one job, two conference call for papers, one post-doctoral position, one program, one journal call for papers and two events opportunities.
Thank you so much to everyone who has signed up to support the RSP thus far through our Patreon–and PayPal options. We are aiming for 100 patrons (currently 38!) to fund planned developments over the coming year. See our donations page for details of how you can sign up for a regular subscription, leave a one-off donation, advertise with us, or use our Amazon links.
Media and the Study of Religion
Vivian Asimos, Chris Cotter, Time Hutchings and Suzanne Owen discuss the intersections of Media and the Study of Religion.