The Religious Studies Project
The Religious Studies Project
Podcasts and Resources on the Contemporary Social-Scientific Study of Religion
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Jun 8, 2020 • 44min
Holocaust Museums as Sacred-Secular Space
In this interview, @Bre_Fallon talks to Dr Avril Alba on the tension between the secular and the sacred in Holocaust Museums.
Jun 1, 2020 • 47min
Exploring African Shamanism and White Sangomas in South Africa
In this episode Maxinne speaks with Dr. Ullrich Relebogilwe Kleinhempel who shares some interesting personal and academic insights into researching White Sangomas and Bantu Shamanism in South Africa.
May 25, 2020 • 51min
What does religious literacy mean in your context?
Will #religiousliteracy save Religious Studies? At the 2019 AAR in San Diego, Dave McConeghy moderated a roundtable with early career scholars about the meaning of religious literacy in their context. Join us for a lively discussion about what it means to teach religious studies with Richard Newton, Chris Jones, Rebekka King, Jenna-Gray-Hildenbrand, Kevin Minister, and Bradly Onishi.
May 18, 2020 • 42min
Discourse! May 2020 with David G. Robertson, Suzanne Owen, and Craig Martin
It's ideology, religion and conspiracy all the way in this month's Discourse! David G. Robertson is joined by Suzanne Owen and Craig Martin to discuss the Sun's mockery of pagans, problems with the Guardian's headline that people are returning to the Church, coronavirus conspiracies in India targetting Muslims, and how "idiology" (or one idiology, anyway) is pushing the religion out of religious studies.
May 11, 2020 • 42min
Race, Religious Freedom & Empire in Post-War Japan
Jolyon Thomas talks American Empire, Racialization, and Religion in Post-War Japan with Brett Esaki at the 2019 AAR Conference in San Diego, CA.
May 4, 2020 • 36min
May the Fourth Be With You
To honor May the Fourth, International Star Wars Day, please enjoy this compilation of classic Religious Studies Project interviews about Star Wars!
Apr 27, 2020 • 48min
Boxing and Religious Identity
Are boxers' religious affiliations only as skin deep as their tattoos? Find out in this conversation about boxing and religious identity with Prof. Arlene Sanchez Walsh by David McConeghy.
Apr 20, 2020 • 34min
Discourse! April 2020 with Christopher Cotter, Chris Silver and Savannah Finver
In April’s episode of Discourse!, Chris Cotter, Chris Silver and Susannah Finver place the current global situation relating to coronavirus front and centre in their discussion.
Apr 13, 2020 • 43min
Near Death Experiences
In this episode, Christopher Cotter discusses Near Death Experiences with Jens Schlieter. How does one study reports of such experiences from a critical study of religion perspective? How are such reports related to modern societal developments such as ‘secularization’, individualization, or advances in medical science?
Apr 6, 2020 • 56min
Challenging the Normative Stance of Aniconism in the Study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
In this episode, Candace Mixon discusses aniconism with Birgit Meyer & Terje Stordalen. Would our normative assumptions about the absence of images in certain traditions be better served by turning to aesthetics?
