In the News: Drugs! Trump! Emojis! Important Things That Aren’t Good Clickbait!
A round-up of recent religion news. Continue Reading →
Author: Kali Handelman
Getting off the Merry-Go-Round: Approaching Religious Violence, Part III
The final installment of a three-part series on religious violence by Suzanne Schneider. This month: Toward an historical treatment of religious violence. Continue Reading →
The Savior’s Friends: On Tom Bissell’s Apostle
Ed Simon reviews Apostle: Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve by Tom Bissell Continue Reading →
Cycles of Memory: A Conversation between Randy R. Potts & Patrick Blanchfield
Patrick Blanchfield interviews Randy R. Potts about his new project “The Bible Went Down with BirdieJean” Continue Reading →
The Bible Went Down with Birdie Jean: Book IV: my Munna
An excerpt from “The Bible Went Down with Birdie Jean” by Randy R. Potts Continue Reading →
The Patient Body: Narratives of Female Pain
“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. This month: Telling the story of gender and suffering. Continue Reading →
Brave Moles and Hungry Ghosts: 9/11 Memento Mori
Patrick Blanchfield and Evan Simko-Bednarski rewalk a path through Manhattan, tracking the memory and forgetting of September 11th in the city’s landscape. Continue Reading →
Witches Are In: Changing how we treat women’s suffering and power
Liane Carlson explores how witches have been diagnosed, studied, and popularized. Continue Reading →
The Patient Body: The Cultural Claims of the Dead
“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. This month: The power the dead have over us. Continue Reading →
Translating Scholarship: Can academics and the media work together?
Professors and reporters need to find new ways to work together to shape public discourse on religion argues Elayne Oliphant. Continue Reading →