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What Exactly Is Postmodernism, And How Did It Change The Landscape Of Religious Studies?, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)
This article is published in two installments. The first can be found here. Taylor’s typification of postmodernism as Flatland, however, as the quintessential
Orientalism, Ontology, And Orientation – A Muslim Perspective On Charles H. Long, Part 2 (Mehnaz Afridi)
The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. The full article is published in the spring 2022 issue of the Journal for
The Legacy Of Charles H. Long – Resisting and Short-Circuiting the Discourses Of Exclusion In The Theory And Practice Of Administration (Victor E. Taylor)
The following essay introduces the upcoming volume of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory featuring reflections on the work of renowned religious
Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 3 (John Cuda)
Part 3 links entheogen practice and dreamwork, arguing that altered states function as a training ground for agency, myth-making, and transformed lived reality.
Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 2 (John Cuda)
The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. Symbolically, the idea of going beyond the edge of the ordinary world to
Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 1 (John Cuda)
The following is the first of a three-part series. In this article I seek to analyze spiritual phenomena using contemporary mythological and pop-cultural
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 Amy Balogh. It highlights
New Religions in Brazil – A Game Between Relativism and Fundamentalism (Silas Guerriero)
Speaking of new religious movements in Brazil implies, above all, in defining what we refer to when we speak of “new religions.” We have already had an
Slow Journalism? Ethnography as a Means of Understanding Religious Social Activism, Part 2 (James V. Spickard)
The following is a talk presented at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, and is the second installment of a two-part series
Slow Journalism? Ethnography As A Means Of Understanding Religious Social Activism, Part 1 (James V. Spickard)
The following is a talk presented at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, and is the first installment of a two-part series
Religious Studies and Comparative Theology – An Appraisal (Joshua Samuel)
The title “religious scholar,” it must be remembered, is a very ambiguous categorization. It could either mean those who are engaged in academic work in the
Review – Digital Technologies and Religion in the Postmodern Era (Albert McClure)
*Han, Sam. Technologies of Religion: Spheres of the Sacred in a Post-Secular Modernity. Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society 19 142 pages.
More Sympathy for the Devil, or The State of Satan in The Age of Obama and Trump
Fifty years ago this weekend in the year 1966, according to lore and legend, San Francisco showman, musician, and self-professed huckster Howard Stanton Levey