Kenneth MacKendrick, “Does past religion have a past? Habermas, religion, and the sacred complex”
Eduardo Mendieta, “The Axial Age, social evolution, and postsecular consciousness”
Christopher Craig Brittain, “Racketeering in religion: Adorno and evangelical support for Donald Trump”
Afary and Friedland, “Critical theory, authoritarianism, and the politics of lipstick from the Weimar Republic to the contemporary Middle East”
Marsha Aileen Hewitt, “Christian anti-Judaism and early object relations theory”
Sheedy and Brittain, “Introduction to the special issue on the Frankfurt School and religion”
Untitled AlbumIn each issue, JAAR includes a section called "Discussing the Discipline," which probes new methods, approaches, and question in the field of religious studies. In the latest issue, Levi McLaughlin, Aike P. Rots, Jolyon Baraka Thomas, and Chika Watanabe propose that religion scholars examine corporations. They argue "the study of corporate cultures, histories, and missions is essential because it illuminates religion as a category and religion-making as a social phenomenon that crosscuts different spheres."
Read the article, "Why Scholars of Religion Must Investigate the Corporate Form": ow.ly/BQYm50BBlZe
Ancient Christian Origins: A Heterogeneous History | The Religious Studies Project
Ancient Christian Origins: A Heterogeneous History | The Religious Studies Project
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In this week’s episode, the RSP’s Sidney Castillo talks with Professor William Arnal about ancient Christian origins and the development of Christianity through New Testament sources such as the Gospel of Thomas and Q.