American Academy of Religion
American Academy of Religion
The audio feed of American Academy of Religion (AAR), the world's largest scholarly and professional association of academics, teachers, and research scholars dedicated to furthering knowledge of religions and religious institutions in all their forms and manifestations. Featuring interviews with award-winning scholars and sessions recorded during the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Oct 15, 2025 • 23min
Androgynes and Eunuchs in Rabbinic Literature with Max K. Strassfeld
Max K. Strassfeld, associate professor of religion at the University of Southern California and winner of the 2023 AAR Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Textual Studies, speaks to Kristian Petersen about their book, Trans Talmud: Androgynes and Eunuchs in Rabbinic Literature (University of California Press, 2023).
Aug 21, 2025 • 20min
The RSN Podcast: In Conversation with AAR Book Award Winner Karen V. Guth
Karen V. Guth, associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross and winner of the 2023 AAR Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Constructive-Reflective Studies, speaks to Kristian Petersen about her book, The Ethics of Tainted Legacies: Human Flourishing after Traumatic Pasts (Cambridge University Press, 2022).
Jun 17, 2025 • 29min
The RSN Podcast: In Conversation with AAR Book Award Winner William Robert
William Robert, professor of religion at Syracuse University and winner of the 2023 AAR Book Award in Religion and the Arts, speaks to Kristian Petersen about his book, Unbridled: Studying Religion in Performance (The University of Chicago Press, 2022).
May 16, 2025 • 29min
The RSN Podcast: In Conversation with William Calvo-Quirós
William Calvo-Quirós, associate professor of American culture at the University of Michigan and winner of the 2023 Best First Book in the History of Religions Award from AAR speaks to Kristian Petersen about his book, Undocumented Saints: The Politics of Migrating Devotions (Oxford University Press, 2022).
Apr 9, 2025 • 30min
The RSN Podcast: In Conversation with AAR Book Award Winner Mary Dunn
Mary Dunn — professor of Modern Christianity in the department of theological studies at Saint Louis University, director of the Center for Research on Global Catholicism, and winner of the 2023 AAR Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Historical Studies — discusses her book Where Paralytics Walk and the Blind See with Kristian Petersen.
Dec 18, 2024 • 31min
American Secularism and Its Believers with Charles McCrary
American Secularism and Its Believers with Charles McCrary by American Academy of Religion
Oct 3, 2024 • 25min
The Role of Western Universities in Modern Islamic Thought with Megan Brankley Abbas
The Role of Western Universities in Modern Islamic Thought with Megan Brankley Abbas by American Academy of Religion
Sep 4, 2024 • 26min
A Comparative Study of the Cántico Espiritual and the Rāsa Līlā with Gloria Maité Hernández
A Comparative Study of the Cántico Espiritual and the Rāsa Līlā with Gloria Maité Hernández by American Academy of Religion
Aug 8, 2024 • 28min
Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South with Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh
Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South with Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh by American Academy of Religion
Jul 2, 2024 • 35min
Metamodernism and the Future of Theory with Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm
Metamodernism and the Future of Theory with Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm by American Academy of Religion
