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How “Woke” Is Your Textbook?: Introducing Religious Studies in the 2020s

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4 April 2022

RSP co-founder Chris Cotter and Paul Hedges discuss the construction of introductory textbooks in the contemporary world, including issues of positionality, criticality, and decolonization.

Featuring

Christopher R. Cotter

 

Paul Hedges

 

Ukraine Invasion, Philippine Elections, and Misinformation | Discourse! March 2022 (with video)

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28 March 2022

Tune in for this month's Discourse! with Andie Alexander, Daniel Gorman, Jr., and Paul-François Tremlett as they discuss the upcoming elections in the Philippines and the Russian Orthodox church response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Featuring

Paul-François Tremlett

 

Daniel Gorman, Jr.

 

Andie Alexander

 

Religious Legal Activism: Abortion Rhetoric Among British Evangelicals

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14 March 2022

In this episode, Dr. Méadhbh McIvor joins Savannah Finver to discuss her recent book Representing God: Christian Legal Activism in Contemporary England. Dr. McIvor provides our listeners with the background for her project; the method of ethnography, as well as its challenges and implications for the study of religion; and how the belief in a certain kind of afterlife impacts the kinds of legal and political activism that her interlocutors are willing to engage in.

Featuring

Savannah H. Finver

 

Méadhbh McIvor

 

The Wilderness of Mirrors: Nationalism, Religion, and Secret Intelligence

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7 March 2022

You've heard of the CIA, but did you know that they're just as interested in religion as we are? Join Dr. Michael Graziano and Jacob Noblett as they discuss the impact of the OSS and CIA's religion-oriented intelligence operations across the globe!

Featuring

Michael Graziano

 

Jacob Noblett

 

The Devil is in the Details! | Discourse! February 2022 (with video)

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28 February 2022

This month's episode of Discourse! features Candace Mixon, Craig Martin, and Suzanne Owen discussing issues of religious freedom and rhetoric—you won't want to miss it!

Featuring

Craig Martin

 

Suzanne Owen

 

Candace Mixon