30 Jun 2024While Britain’s American Colonies grew, Native American tribes became increasingly reliant on European powers for trade goods, especially metal objects and firearms. Our records shed light on relations with the Creek nation and the Cherokee, for...
Doctrine of DiscoveryNewsflash: Property law in the U.S. is not rooted in the Constitution. America’s legal foundation for property law (possession), “anti-Indian law,” and the concept of nation-states is religious, not secular. Where did this deep sense of...
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Political TheologyYouth were not very welcome at the table. It was quite common for them to be referred to and accept that they are leaders of tomorrow or the next generation… How can we be the next generation when we're already here [right now]? Source
PaleoJudaicia Du Mez CONNECTIONSAlso, why is AI Jesus such a smoke show?
Bartholomew's NotesSpeaking on Question Time, Nigel Farage goes all in on the claim that a canvasser in Clacton-on-Sea named Andrew Parker is an actor who infiltrated his campaign with the intention of being filmed by Channel 4 News making racist comments. Via the...
Feminism and ReligionModerator’s Note: We inadvertently left out the photos from Beth’s posts on Sojourner Truth. The photos, all by themselves, pack an emotional punch and so we want to be sure they can be seen. These are Beth’s photos from Sojourner Truth Legacy...
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.
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...
Religious Studies NewsMetamodernism and the Future of Theory with Jason Ānanda Josephson StormInterview with Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm June 26, 2024 Welcome to Religious Studies News. I'm your host, Kristian Petersen, and today I'm here with Jason Ānanda Josephson...
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...