Religion UnpluggedMillions continue to suffer religious persecution globally, with wars and civil conflicts exacerbating already existing ills in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, the U.S. State Department documented in its 2023 Report on International...
Religion UnpluggedIn Weekend Plug-in, columnist Bobby Ross Jr. reflects on his parents’ 60th anniversary — and what their legacy of faith and love has meant to him.
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Religion UnpluggedKosovo is a region in the heart of Europe that offers visitors an amazing journey through nature, history and religion. Despite its rich history and beautiful views, tourists had avoided Kosovo for years because of the ethnic conflict between...
PaleoJudaicia Religion UnpluggedThe timing was awkward, to say the least, for the recording of this week’s “Crossroads” podcast. Lutheran Public Radio listeners who heard this chat live heard us discussing an alleged “debate” between President Joe Biden and former President...
Feminism and ReligionThis was originally posted on 10/12/18 I am at such a loss over the state of things these days. What’s left for me seems to be a process of assessing where I have agency at this exact moment and of taking refuge in small things. After a terrible...
Du Mez CONNECTIONSIf you had the good fortune to skip the presidential debate last night, the CNN headline sums it up: “Biden’s poor showing and Trump’s repeated falsehoods.” There was little surprising in Trump’s performance, except perhaps that he was somewhat...
Religion in United States HistorySee the link to the job here Salary $55,000.00 Annually Location Denver Metro, CO Job Type Full Time Job Number GCAASB_053_6.24 Department History Colorado Opening Date 06/24/2024 Closing Date 7/22/2024 at 12:00 AM Mountain Time (US & Canada) FLSA...
Religion DispatchesOn December 31, 2023, President Vladimir Putin wished Russia a “Happy New Year” from the...
Contending ModernitiesThe past and future of India always redeems the violent exclusions in the present. The post The (National) Fantasies of Hope: Rethinking the 2024 Indian Elections appeared first on Contending Modernities.
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Feminism and ReligionDan and I celebrated our 25th anniversary recently. I asked my adult daughters whether it might be fun to make a big event of it – a worship service, a reception, an opportunity to see beloved family and friends. My older daughter thought it...
The Immanent FrameAmerican Afterlives documents rapidly changing death practices in the U.S. while asking what this change tells us about American society today. Conceived as a kind of contemporary mortuary archaeology, it zeroes in on material practices,...
The Immanent FramePieced-together scraps from the cutting room floor — that is how anthropologist and archaeologist Shannon Dawdy describes her book American Afterlives: Reinventing Death in the Twenty-First Century. As a metaphor for all the anecdotes, details, and...
The Immanent FrameI can’t think of any scholarly projects, books or otherwise, that begin and end at the author’s grave. And certainly none that encourage the reader to get down in that dirt and dig. But that’s exactly where we find ourselves in Shannon Lee Dawdy’s...
The Immanent FrameAmerican Afterlives concludes with the ritualized disinterment of the author’s decomposed corpse. An archaeologist is excavating a twenty-first century cemetery, nestled in a California oak savannah. She discovers some decayed cloth and carefully...
The Immanent FrameI first became aware of Shannon Dawdy’s American Afterlives during the fall of 2019, when her friend and fellow New Orleanian, the literary scholar and Princeton author Bryan Wagner, suggested that she contact Princeton University Press about her...
Religious Studies ProjectWelcome to the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find 23 new job opportunities, 7 fellowships, 1 awards, 2 call for papers, and 1 conference/speaker. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously...
Feminism and ReligionArtists tend to develop their own visual language over the course of a career, returning again and again to certain motifs. That’s certainly the case for me with trees, women and goddesses, doorways and passages, ancient symbols, flowers, and...
Doctrine of DiscoveryWhy is it important? The Doctrine of Discovery is still an important legal concept in Canada today even though it was written hundreds of years ago. Both French and English colonial powers in what would later be known as Canada used the Doctrine of...
Doctrine of DiscoveryIn 2016 the Vatican, recognizing the need to understand Indigenous religious protocols, invited Indigenous spiritual leaders from around the world to Rome. On May 4, eleven leaders met outside of Rome to prepare for their visit with Pope Francis....
Doctrine of DiscoveryIn North America, it’s often assumed that private land ownership not only existed in colonizing cultures but was also universally accepted. Yet English commoners fought against privatization for centuries, dying by the tens of thousands to defend...