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Critical Research on Religion: An Interview with Warren S. Goldstein, Part 1
Warren S. Goldstein, Executive Director of the Center for Critical Research on Religion (http://www.criticaltheoryofreligion.org), is a Visiting Fellow of the Committee on the Study of Religion at...
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Teaching Bodies and Embodiment
by Kelly J. BakerHow do we make the theoretical tangible and personal? How do we show the expectations of a gendered being? How do we interrogate embodiment and the expectations beset on bodies? How do...
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Jesus’ Man-Breasts
Jack Nicholson’s (Christ-like) Man-Breastsby Deane GalbraithIn contemporary Western society, an (imaginary) flat “chest” is marker of male gender; and round, spherical breasts are a marker of female...
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Teaching Theory in the Introductory Classroom
This is another installment in an ongoing series of posts in a collaborative effort between the Practicum: Critical Theory, Religion, and Pedagogy and the Bulletin for the Study of Religion blogs. On...
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Charlie Hebdo, “Free Speech,” and Critique
by Matt SheedyIt should go without saying that the massacre of journalists and police officers in Paris this past Wednesday is abhorrent, that the perpetrators should be brought to justice, and that...
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Religion Snapshots: Michael Walzer, Islam, and the Left
Religion Snapshots is a feature with the Bulletin for the Study of Religion blog, where a number of contributors are asked to briefly comment on popular news items or pressing theoretical issues in the...
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Scripture Made Me Do It: On Images of Mohammad and Scholarly Offence
by Matt SheedyA recent article from CNN on the shootings in Garland, Texas outside an event sponsored by the American Freedom Defense Initiative on May 3, 2015, provides a useful example of some of the...
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