September 21st 2020 UTC
Dear List, Attached you will find the call for papers for the first Critical Research on Religion conference co-sponsored and hosted by Queens University Belfast in Northern Ireland from June 11-14, 2021. Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Thanks! Sincerely, Warren *……………………………………………………………………………………………*** * Warren S. Goldstein*, Ph.D. * *Center for Critical Research on Religion* *47 Cotton Street* *Newton, MA 02458 USA* *1(617) 678-2180* *goldstein@PROTECTED* *www.criticaltheoryofreligion ...Continue Reading
August 24th 2020 UTC
Dear CCRR List Subscribers,I just wanted to let you know that my new book, "The Critical Study of Non-Religion: Discourse, Identification and Locality" is out now with Bloomsbury, and also available through Bloomsbury Collections if your institution has access.https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-critical-study-of-non-religion-9781350095243/ I am also the guest on the Religious Studies Project podcast today, talking about the journey that led to the writing of the book. Podcast and ...Continue Reading
August 21st 2020 UTC
Dear all,Kindly consider the following CALL, and feel free to share it with your colleagues.Regards,Abbas Aghdassi-- */New Methods in the Study of Islam/* *CALL FOR ABSTRACTS* Methods play a notable role in the scholarly cognition of available data and shape (and even direct) scholarly productions. In the study of religions, methods also highlight possible connections between various traditions by utilizing a multitude of socio-cultural, anthropological, legal, textual and other disciplinary ...Continue Reading
July 27th 2020 UTC
Table of Contents Alert Critical Research on Religion- Volume: 8, Number: 2 (August 2020) *Articles* From King Cyrus to Queen Esther: Christian Zionists’ discursive construction of Donald Trump as God’s instrumentSean Durbin “Shame on the church of Sweden”: Radical nationalism and the appropriation of Christianity in contemporary SwedenPer-Erik Nilsson Elective affinities between Sandinismo (as socialist idea) and liberation theology in the Nicaraguan RevolutionJean-Pierre Reed Immodest proposals: Lea ...Continue Reading
July 21st 2020 UTC
The Center for Critical Research on Religion is pleased to announce the publication of *Sheila Delany's translation of* *Sylvain Maréchal's* */For and Against the Bible/* in its book series Studies in Critical Research on Religion with Brill Academic Publishers: https://brill.com/view/title/58070 * * * * *……………………………………………………………………………………………*** * Warren S. Goldstein*, Ph.D. * *Center for Critical Research on Religion* *47 Cotton Street* *Newton, MA 02458 USA* *1(617) 678-2180* *goldstein@P ...Continue Reading
July 20th 2020 UTC
Dear colleagues,I hope you are well. There is an upcoming online conference which I think will be of interest to you:[*]Title: *Mother Earth’s Pandemic: The Doctrine of Discovery* [*]Dates: Thursday August 6, 13, and 20, 2020 [*]Times: 6-9 PM EST each Thursday, followed by caucuses/small group discussions. [*]Location: Online [*]Sponsors: Indigenous Values Initiative and American Indian Law Alliance [*]https://indigenousvalues.org/mother-earths-pandemic/ The “Doctrine of Discovery,” better ...Continue Reading
June 16th 2020 UTC
*Available to order!* */Legacies of the Occult/* */Psychoanalysis, Religion and Unconscious Communication/* Marsha Aileen Hewitt, University of Toronto 202 pages HB $100 PB $32 e-PDF $32 *For more information and to order at 25% off quoting t ...Continue Reading
May 16th 2020 UTC
Begin forwarded message: *From:* Jeremy Stolow <Jeremy.Stolow@PROTECTED> *Date:* May 16, 2020 at 9:34:02 AM EDT *To:* Jeremy Stolow <Jeremy.Stolow@PROTECTED> *Subject:* *The Pandemic Body* Dear friends At the risk of shameless self-promotionalism (and a certain degree of trepidation!), I wanted to share with you a short piece I wrote called “Some Notes on the Visualization of the Pandemic Body,” as a contribution to a collection of online texts assembled by Birgit Meyer (Utrecht U) addressing questio ...Continue Reading
April 6th 2020 UTC
* * Announcing the April 2020 issue of /Critical Research on Religion/. This issue features a case study on Islamic Fundamentalism by four Iranian scholars in Iran as well as two responses (which are open access) to a book chapter by Russell McCutcheon from Warren S. Goldstein and Kevin Schilbrack, in which McCutcheon criticizes their positions: Table of Contents Alert Critical Research on Religion- Volume: 8, Number: 1 (April 2020) *Articles* Religious fundamentalism, individuality, and collective ident ...Continue Reading
March 17th 2020 UTC
*Sean Durbin's * */Righteous Gentiles: Religion, Identity, and Myth in John Hagee's Christians United for Israel /*// in the Studies in Critical Research on Religion book series (SCRR9) is now available in paperback from Haymarket Books: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1408-righteous-gentiles *……………………………………………………………………………………………*** ** *Warren S. Goldstein*, Ph.D. Center for Critical Research on Religion 47 Cotton Street Newton, MA 02458 USA 1(617) 678-2180 goldstein@PROTECTED www.criticaltheoryofreligio ...Continue Reading
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