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Now Published – Bulletin for the Study of Religion 41.4 (November 2012)
The November issue of the Bulletin has been published and is available in both print and electronic versions. Below is the table of contents of this special thematic issue dedicated to a look at the...
View ArticleTheses on Guns, Apocalypticism, and American Religion
by Donovan Schaefer “When freedom shivers in the cold shadow of true peril, it’s always the patriots who first hear the call. When loss of liberty is looming–as it is now– The siren sounds first, in...
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Special Issue on “Evidence” in American Religions
By Kelly J. Baker The following is the editorial introduction to the most recent issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion (41.4, November 2012), written by our new co-editor, Kelly Baker. We...
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On “Evidence” in American Religions: Historical Cookbooks
Editor’s Note: In the recent issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Emily Bailey published her reflections as part of a special issue on “evidence” in American religions, which, as Kelly...
View ArticleIndependence Day: American Christianity and Why Liberals Aren’t Liberal...
by Donovan Schaefer A few days before Independence Day, Duke Divinity School ethicist Stanley Hauerwas published a long article on the Australian Broadcasting Company’s “Religion and Ethics” blog. In...
View ArticleCasual Apocalypticism: Conspiracy Theory, Masculinity, and American Religion
by Donovan Schaefer Conspiracy theory follows power’s secret moves through the telltale signs inscribed on banal surfaces. It takes the vaguely lived sense that something isn’t quite right and then...
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Now Published – Bulletin for the Study of Religion 42.3 (September 2013)
The September issue of the Bulletin has been published and is available in both print and electronic versions. Below is the table of contents of this issue. This issue focuses on the topic of religion...
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Special Issue of “Humor and Religion”
The following is the editorial introduction to the most recent issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion (42.3, September 2013), written by co-editor, Kelly Baker. We offer this here in order to...
View ArticleI Know Exactly What That Is: White Atheism and Islamophobia, Part 3
by Donovan Schaefer American atheist Sam Harris recently responded to the swirl of celebrity surrounding Pakistani girls’s education advocate and assassination survivor Malala Yousafzai by claiming her...
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Our Peculiar Institution: American Protestantism, Shame, and McQueen’s 12...
by Donovan Schaefer Warning: Spoilers but you kind of already know what happens Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave is mandatory viewing for Americans, unblinkingly revisiting a crucial and painful...
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Now Published – Bulletin for the Study of Religion 43.2 (April 2014)
The April issue of the Bulletin has been published and is available. Below is the table of contents of this issue, which includes a set of papers on the topic of “Bodies on Display”. After Rachel...
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Bringing Religion into View
The following is the editorial introduction to the April 2014 issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion (the full table of contents having already been posted). We offer this here on the blog in...
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Misreading: What is the Ku Klux Klan doing in Spain?
* This post initially appear on the Practicum: Critical Theory, Religion Pedagogy blog. We are pleased to share this pedagogical piece here on the Bulletin‘s blog and we encourage readers to check out...
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Religion as Little Something: Kathleen Stewart’s Ordinary Affects (Theory &...
by Donovan Schaefer* This post is the first in a new feature with the Bulletin where contributors are asked to discuss a book or essay by a particular theorist that they have found useful in their...
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Humor, Crazy Cults, and a Final Tribute to Mork from Ork
By Philip L. TiteThe shocking death of Robin Williams this past Monday has sparked a flurry of tributes, reflections, and, of course, outpourings of grief by admirers. For myself, his death recalled my...
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Now Published – Bulletin for the Study of Religion 44.1 (March 2015)
The March issue of the Bulletin has been published and is available. Below is the table of contents of this issue, which includes an eclectic set of articles offering a genealogy of “Abrahamic...
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Disruptive Narratives and the “Funny” in Religion
By Philip L. TiteIn the most recent issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Catherine Caufield (Athabasca University) offers a fascinating analysis of several modern fictional accounts of the...
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Terrorism in Paris: Religious Violence and the Role of the Scholar of Religion
By Philip L. TiteThis past weekend was marked by a horrific act of violence in Paris, leaving at least 129 people dead, hundreds more injured, and millions in shock and grief. Bombs and shootings...
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Now Published – Bulletin for the Study of Religion 44.4 (December 2015)
The December issue of the Bulletin has now been published and is available. Below is the table of contents of this issue, which includes an Open Letter to the AAR on the challenges facing...
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Who Gets to Play in the Sandbox? Debating Identities, Methodologies, and...
The following is the editorial introduction to the December 2015 issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion (the full table of contents having already been posted). We offer this editorial here on...
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