Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 17-09-2011
Art Remillard
It seems that the only time I ever see the Amish here in central Pennsylvania is when I’m running late for an 8:00am class. It’s predictable. Buzzing along the backroads, fretting the inevitability of time, I round a bend and there plods a horse and buggy. ”Shucks!” I shout (or, if I’m really late, it’s “Drat” and “Fooey”). So I wait impatiently for a straightaway, then zoom along in a triumph of twenty-first century technology. Oh, if only my better angels would quell my road rage. Then I might take this opportunity to think about my slow moving neighbors’ religious distinctiveness.
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Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 16-09-2011
by Charity R. Carney
As DEG mentioned in a comment on my last post, hes going to be providing some expert commentary as I continue with my installments from my experiences this summer working for a Christian-run retail chain. So look for Darren Grems follow-up!
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Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 15-09-2011
This post is not entirely normal fare for RiAH, rather it is a collection of my reflections on both a book, Clear Light of Day, that I assign for one of my “global” classes paired with Julie Byrne’s recent piece “Saint February” at freq.uenc.ies, which Paul blogged about last week, and a little Johnny Cash to think about what makes us as scholars and people. (Additionally, mea culpa to the Nine Inch Nails fans, I now amended my mistake and have attributed the lyrics to Reznor, though the Cash cover is what interests me.)
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Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 14-09-2011
Kelly Baker
My dear colleague, S. Brent Plate, has an excellent article on Religion Dispatches about the visual culture of 9/11 about how often we remember to forget as well as the language used to describe the destruction and tragedy of the events. I especially like Brent’s reflections on how movies became the interpretative frame for our descriptions.
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Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 13-09-2011
Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 10-09-2011
Paul Harvey
Editorial note: Over the past few days and continuing through this weekend, reflections, essays, and artistic responses pour in on the 10th anniversary of September 11th. I have written my own consideration historicizing our national response to the event for Religion Dispatches, and Kevin Levin has developed much further and more insightfully the comparison I draw between Civil War commemorations and 9/11 remembrances.
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Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 08-09-2011
Randall Stephens
Focus on the Family–in an ongoing quest to define the organization over and against everyone and everything else–has put together a film, TrueU: The Toughest Test in College. (Thanks to RiAH contributor Hilde Lvdal for sending me the link!) The Read the rest of this entry »
Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 07-09-2011
Filed Under (Religion Research) by Admin on 05-09-2011
by Charity R. Carney
Disclaimer: This is a teaser. Im working on a larger piece about experiencing employment at a Christian retail chain this summer. I took on the job because 1) we needed the money and 2) I was curious. I have been documenting my day-to-day life there as a full-time employee and am working up a full-length piece with an academic emphasis and analysis of marketing with religion, the gender politics of the place, as well as how they handle money and workers rights. Enjoy.
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