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The Religious Studies Project (RSP) features weekly conversations with leading scholars of Religious Studies and related fields. Our aim is to provide engaging, concise, and reliable accounts of the most important concepts, traditions, scholars, and methodologies in the contemporary study of religion. Episodes are produced by The Religious Studies Project Association (SCIO), a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (charity number SC047750). RSP material is disseminated under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License and can be distributed and utilised freely, provided full citation is given.

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Harm, AI, and Religion | Discourse! June 2023

2023/07/04

In our final #RSPdiscourse of the season, editor Andie Alexander, Craig Martin, and Paul-François Tremlett consider the concept of "harm" & religion in recent legislation, Scotland elections, and AI & Religion.

Mediatizing “Evangelicalism”: Authenticity, Identity, and Power

2023/06/12

In today's episode, Daniel Jones talks with Travis Warren Cooper about Cooper's recent book, _The Digital Evangelicals_, and they discuss how issues of authenticity, authority, and power are deeply intertwined with US "evangelicalism" and its mediatization. Be sure to tune in!

What’s Sincerity Got to Do With American Secularism?

2023/06/05

Join Matt Sheedy and Charles McCrary as they discuss a cultural history of "sincerely held religious beliefs." McCrary explores how SCOTUS has determined who and what gets to count as 'religious' and traces the historical development of American secularism. Be sure to tune in!

What’s Happening Down Under? | Discourse! May 2023

2023/05/29

RSP discourse heads Down Under once again as 2/3 of the usual suspects—Carole Cusack & Raymond Radford—discuss religion, politics, life and death in the Australian religious sphere. Be sure to tune in!

Charting the Playful & Proper Study of Religion

2023/05/15

Andie Alexander is joined by Sam Gill to talk about his recent book _The Proper Study of Religion_, and they discuss questions of comparison, difference, storytracking, and playfulness in the academic study of religion. Be sure to tune in!

Supreme Court to Coulter: Negotiating Religion in the Public Sphere | Discourse! April 2023

2023/05/01

Join Matt Sheedy, Tyler Tully, and host Candace Mixon as they discuss the ramifications of the in-progress Supreme Court case Groff vs. Dejoy, the Catholic Church’s decision to rescind the Doctrine of Discovery, and a recent controversial tweet by the conservative media pundit, Ann Coulter. In threading these discussions together, they consider religion as negotiated in the public sphere and the limits of accommodations across religious boundaries.

Keep Hope Alive: Preparing for White Christian Nationalism

2023/04/17

Tune in this week with Raymond Radford and Bradley Onishi as they discuss white Christian nationalism, evangelicalism, the Jan. 6 insurrection, and much more!

Religion under Attack? | Discourse! March 2023

2023/03/27

Join host Suzanne Newcombe, Carmen Becker, and Michael Munnik for this month's episode of Discourse! They discuss discrimination in a few European cases, including the SNP, protests at an abortion clinic, and more!

The Church of Saint Thomas Paine: Religion without God

2023/03/13

Tune in for today's #RSPmonday featuring Leigh Eric Schmidt and Dan Gorman discussing religion without God and the use of Thomas Paine as a symbol of atheism.

Spitting on the Sacred: Politics and Redefining Profanation

2023/03/06

In this episode, Jacob Noblett talks to Dr. Finbarr Curtis about his recent book, Going Low: How Profane Politics Challenges American Democracy, to help breakdown the rejuvenation of populist political narratives and movements.

Religious Literacy and Its Discontents | Discourse! February 2023

2023/02/27

Join Benjamin P. Marcus, Paulina Gruffman, and Charles McCrary for this month's #RSPdiscourse as they discuss a recent Pew survey on religious literacy and the so-called Asbury revival. Be sure to tune in!

Navigating the Discursive Study of Religion

2023/02/20

In today's episode, Teemu Taira and Andie Alexander discuss how social groups negotiate the category 'religion' and the relevance of the discursive methods in the study of religion.

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4.4 out of 5

84 reviews

Goog caddish 2020/09/06

Dull

I’m interested in religion and the history of religion, but each episode has been dry, pedantic or both. This is the kind of closed worldview and disc...

Captain Chris Thomas 2022/05/20

Intellectual poseurs

Lost and blinded by academic “correctness.”

Murph712 2021/05/19

Interesting topics but too much academic superiority

Taking religious studies as an undergraduate was one of the best decisions I made in life, so when I stumbled upon this podcast, I was excited to cont...

drums4life24 2020/09/06

Just taking turns bashing the subject

Literal nothingness. Not a discussion. Just people taking turns trying to create sound bites. I’ve learned nothing expect how important quality sound...

hippiegirl457 2020/09/01

Great for an undergrad :)

this podcast has filled in so many gaps left in my religious studies curriculum & has helped me to better focus my academic interests.

Ilkevmofu 2020/02/14

Great Religion Podcast!

Really great work for scholars, students, and interested folks.

apmdfm1721 2020/08/06

Agenda

I stopped listening to the first episode I picked when the speaker said that Krishna was fashioned after Jesus. Modern scholarship accepts that the G...

Acoustic Guru 2019/05/19

Fabulous resource for educators at all levels

Grateful to you for your wonderful programming! Thanks to one of your early guests, Michel Desjardins, I am reframing my middle school religion cours...

Florence LF 2017/06/23

A Solid Podcast

A solid Podcast for those interested in the academic study of religion. Quite engaging interviews, especially as my own university never touches upon ...

Avery M 2012/10/21

The kind of stuff the academy needs

This podcast takes you behind the scenes with well-known religion professors. It's great to hear them talk about their work in an informal setting so ...

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