November 13, 2018
God and History, Lecture 5 (Johannes Zachhuber)
The following is the fifth lecture in an eight-lecture series. The most recent one can be found here. The existentialist approach you heard about last week emphasized the individual aspect of human interaction with God: the reality of God is…
“A Language In Which To Think Of The World” – Animism, Indigenous Traditions, And The Deprovincialization Of Philosophy Of Religion, Part 2 (Mikel Burley)
The following is the second part in a two-part installment. You can find the first part here. III. Beyond Literalism and Metaphor As a point of contrast with suggestions outlined in the previous section, we might note that those who…
“A Language In Which To Think Of The World” – Animism, Indigenous Traditions, And The Deprovincialization Of Philosophy Of Religion, Part 1 (Mikel Burley)
The following is the first part in a two-part installment. The phrase “a language in which to think of the world” derives from a discussion by the philosopher D. Z. Phillips of the notion of animism or, more specifically, of…
Review – Inventing Afterlives (Camille Grace Leon Angelo)
Inventing Afterlives: The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Life After Death. Janes, Regina M. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2018. 384 pages. ISBN: 9780231185714. Why do we form beliefs about the afterlife? What cultural work do these beliefs perform?…
Spaced And Placed: Hetero-‘Topic’ Interpretations Of The Warsaw Ghetto (Madison Tarleton)
Introduction “Ghetto,” a colloquized term that presently designates an impoverished, neglected, or undesirable residential area, originally was used to distinguish similarly undesirable parts of town—Jewish parts of town. Early entomology suggests that the term ghetto describes “the quarter in a…
Religion And Mental Health – The Therapuetic Value Of The Teachings of Jesus, Part 2 (Thomas Roberts and Delbert Hayden)
The following is the second part in a two-part installment. You can find the first part here. Maintaining a State of Hope and Taking a Transcendent Perspective about Human Worries One indicator of mental health is the ability to maintain…
Re-Envisioning Religious Studies As A Global Discipline – A Pre-AAR Symposium
When? Nov. 15-16 Where? University of Denver, Sturm Hall 266. Map Register here. Registration is free, but limited to a maximum of 80 people. List of hotels that offer a discount for guests attending events at the University of Denver. Just…
Religion And Mental Health – The Therapeutic Value Of The Teachings Of Jesus , Part 1 (Thomas Roberts And Delbert Hayden)
The following is the first part in a two-part installment. The second part can be found here. Author Note: The authors of this article take the position that the Judeo-Christian heritage is dominated by the teachings of Jesus. Consequently, all…
Towards A New Comparative Methodology In Religious Studies (Kara Roberts)
Author Note: The following was originally written as the introduction to a much longer comparative project between two religious myths. Additionally, the creation of the following model for comparative methodology in religious studies could not have been possible without the…
Transmodern Sufism, Or Stepping With Levinas On The Footprints Of A Speculative Sufism Not Re-Framed By 20th Century Orientalists, Part 2 (Philipp Valentini)
The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first can be found here. A non-Paulinian theology understands the Law not as a whole but as an indefinite set of rules where each rule is split between the…