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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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/what-exactly-is-postmodernism-and-how-did-it-change-the-landscape-of-religious-studies-part-2-carl-raschke/) ![Orientalism, Ontology, And Orientation – A Muslim Perspective On Charles H. Long, Part 2 (Mehnaz Afridi)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/08/willmette_how.webp) ### [Orientalism, Ontology, And Orientation – A Muslim Perspective On Charles H. Long, Part 2 (Mehnaz Afridi)](/religioustheory/posts/orientalism-ontology-and-orientation-a-muslim-perspective-on-charles-h-long-part-2-mehnaz-afridi/) August 19, 2022 — By 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/orientalism-ontology-and-orientation-a-muslim-perspective-on-charles-h-long-part-2-mehnaz-afridi/) ![The Legacy Of Charles H. Long – Resisting and Short-Circuiting the Discourses Of Exclusion In The Theory And Practice Of Administration (Victor E. Taylor)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/06/charles-h-long.webp) ### [The Legacy Of Charles H. Long – Resisting and Short-Circuiting the Discourses Of Exclusion In The Theory And Practice Of Administration (Victor E. Taylor)](/religioustheory/posts/the-legacy-of-charles-h-long-resisting-and-short-circuiting-the-discourses-of-exclusion-in-the-theory-and-practice-of-administration-victor-e-taylor/) June 23, 2022 — By Victor Taylor The following essay introduces the upcoming volume of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory featuring reflections on the work of renowned religious [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-legacy-of-charles-h-long-resisting-and-short-circuiting-the-discourses-of-exclusion-in-the-theory-and-practice-of-administration-victor-e-taylor/) ![Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 3 (John Cuda)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/10/screen-shot-2021-10-21-at-9-57-51-pm.webp) ### [Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 3 (John Cuda)](/religioustheory/posts/entheogens-spirituality-and-modern-myths-part-3-john-cuda/) October 21, 2021 — By 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. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/entheogens-spirituality-and-modern-myths-part-3-john-cuda/) ![Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 2 (John Cuda)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/09/edward-howell-vltjdp8zy1c-unsplash.webp) ### [Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 2 (John Cuda)](/religioustheory/posts/entheogens-spirituality-and-modern-myths-part-2-john-cuda/) October 12, 2021 — By 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/entheogens-spirituality-and-modern-myths-part-2-john-cuda/) ![Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 1 (John Cuda)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/09/haley-lawrence-ewyga88k0yg-unsplash-1.webp) ### [Entheogens, Spirituality, And Modern Myths, Part 1 (John Cuda)](/religioustheory/posts/entheogens-spirituality-and-modern-myths/) October 4, 2021 — By 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/entheogens-spirituality-and-modern-myths/) ![Towards A New Comparative Methodology In Religious Studies (Kara Roberts)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/09/img_0497.webp) ### [Towards A New Comparative Methodology In Religious Studies (Kara Roberts)](/religioustheory/posts/towards-a-new-comparative-methodology-in-religious-studies-kara-roberts/) September 23, 2018 — By 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/towards-a-new-comparative-methodology-in-religious-studies-kara-roberts/) ![New Religions in Brazil – A Game Between Relativism and Fundamentalism (Silas Guerriero)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/03/iskcon_temple_bhubaneswar_lord_jagannath_balabhadra_subhadra.webp) ### [New Religions in Brazil – A Game Between Relativism and Fundamentalism (Silas Guerriero)](/religioustheory/posts/new-religions-in-brazil-a-game-between-relativism-and-fundamentalism-silas-guerriero/) March 10, 2018 — By 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/new-religions-in-brazil-a-game-between-relativism-and-fundamentalism-silas-guerriero/) ![Slow Journalism? Ethnography as a Means of Understanding Religious Social Activism, Part 2 (James V. Spickard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/10/denali-national-park-1733313_1280-uncharted-territory.webp) ### [Slow Journalism? Ethnography as a Means of Understanding Religious Social Activism, Part 2 (James V. Spickard)](/religioustheory/posts/slow-journalism-ethnography-as-a-means-of-understanding-religious-social-activism-part-2-james-v-spickard/) October 23, 2017 — By 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/slow-journalism-ethnography-as-a-means-of-understanding-religious-social-activism-part-2-james-v-spickard/) ![Slow Journalism? Ethnography As A Means Of Understanding Religious Social Activism, Part 1 (James V. Spickard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/10/1532494-shiva-and-parvati-on-bull-images-sculptures-on-hindu-temple-gopura-tower-menakshi-temple-madurai-tamil-nadu-india.webp) ### [Slow Journalism? Ethnography As A Means Of Understanding Religious Social Activism, Part 1 (James V. Spickard)](/religioustheory/posts/slow-journalism-ethnography-as-a-means-of-understanding-religious-social-activism-part-1-james-v-spickard/) October 16, 2017 — By 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/slow-journalism-ethnography-as-a-means-of-understanding-religious-social-activism-part-1-james-v-spickard/) ![Religious Studies and Comparative Theology – An Appraisal (Joshua Samuel)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/10/pdr.webp) ### [Religious Studies and Comparative Theology – An Appraisal (Joshua Samuel)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-and-comparative-theology-an-appraisal-joshua-samuel/) October 9, 2017 — By 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 [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-and-comparative-theology-an-appraisal-joshua-samuel/) ![Review – Digital Technologies and Religion in the Postmodern Era (Albert McClure)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/internet-handshake.webp) ### [Review – Digital Technologies and Religion in the Postmodern Era (Albert McClure)](/religioustheory/posts/review-digital-technologies-and-religion-in-the-postmodern-era/) July 14, 2016 — By 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. 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