African American Spiritual Churches [transcript]
African American Spiritual Churches Podcast with Margarita Simon Guillory (29 January 2018). Interviewed by Dan Gorman Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Guillory_-_African_American_Spiritual_Churches_1.1 Dan Gorman (DG): Professor Margarita Guillory, thank you for joining us today. Margarita Guillory (MG): No problem. Thank you for inviting me. DG: And today we’re going to be talking […]
Autism, Religion and Imagination [transcript]
Autism, Religion and Imagination Podcast with Ingela Visuri (5 February 2018). Interviewed by Thomas J. Coleman III Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Visuri_-_Autism,_Religion_and_Imagination_1.1 Thomas Coleman (TC): Welcome to the Religious Studies Project. My name is Thomas Coleman and today I have the pleasure of speaking with a doctoral student at Södertörn and […]
God and Mathematics [transcript]
God and Mathematics Podcast with Chris Ransford (12 February 2018). Interviewed by Hans Van Eyghen Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Ransford_-_God_and_Mathematics_1.1 Hans Van Eyghen (HVE): Hello, I’m Hans Van Eyghen, I’m with Chris Ransford to discuss his latest book, God and the Mathematics of Infinity. Welcome, Chris. So, could you tell us […]
Against Invention: A richer history for ‘Hinduism’ [transcript]
Against Invention: A richer history for ‘Hinduism’ Podcast with Will Sweetman (19 February 2018). Interviewed by Thomas White Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Sweetman_-_Against_Invention_-_A_richer_history_for__Hinduism__1.1 Thomas White (TW): Kiaora! And a warm welcome from the Otago University recording studios here in Dunedin, on New Zealand’s South Island, where I’m joined today by our […]
From Non-Religion to Unbelief? A Developing Field [transcript]
From Non-Religion to Unbelief? A Developing Field Podcast with Lois Lee (26 February 2018). Interviewed by Christopher Cotter Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Lee_-_Non-Religion_to_Unbelief_-_A_Developing_Field_1.1 Christopher Cotter (CC): Greetings, Religious Studies Project listeners! I am speaking to you from London, in the abode of Dr Lois Lee, who’s returning to the Religious Studies […]
‘Good’ Grief? Rituals of World Repairing [transcript]
‘Good’ Grief? Rituals of World Repairing Podcast with Douglas Ezzy (5 March 2018). Interviewed by Breanne Fallon. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Ezzy- Good Grief- Rituals of World Repairing 1.1 Breann Fallon (BF): How do we deal with death and grief in our contemporary contexts? Do we avoid talking about death and […]
The BASR and the Impact of Religious Studies [transcript]
This interview is also available as a PDF. The BASR and the Impact of Religious Studies Podcast with Steve Sutcliffe, Stephen Gregg, Christopher Cotter, Suzanne Owen and David Robertson (12 March 2018). Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: The BASR and The Impact of Religious Studies 1.2 Steve Sutcliffe (SS): Ok. Well, thanks […]
Religious Change in Japanese Shinto [transcript]
Religious Change in Japanese Shinto Podcast with Michael Pye (19 March 2018). Interviewed by Hans Van Eyghen. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Pye_-_Religious_Change_in_Japanese_Shinto_1.1 Hans Van Eyghen (HVE): I’m with Professor Michael Pye, at the University of Marburg, to discuss Shintoism. Welcome, Professor Michael Pye. MP: Thank you. HVE: My first question: Shinto […]
Magic and Modernity [transcript]
Magic and Modernity Podcast with Richard Irvine and Theodoros Kyriakides (26 March 2018). Interviewed by David Robertson Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Irvine_and_Kyriakides_-_Magic_and_Modernity_1.1 David Robertson (DR): I’m joining you again from Milton Keynes, where I’m at the Contemporary Religion in Historical Perspective Conference. And today I’m joined by Richard Irvine and […]
Myth, Solidarity and Post-Liberalism [transcript]
Myth, Solidarity and Post-Liberalism Podcast with Timothy Stacey (9 April 2018). Interviewed by Christopher Cotter. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Stacey_-_Myth,_Solidarity_and_Post-Liberalism_1.1 Christopher Cotter (CC): Welcome to another episode of the Religious Studies Project. It’s the start of 2018 as I’m recording – although who knows when this is actually going to […]
Drone Metal Mysticism [transcript]
Drone Metal Mysticism Podcast with Owen Coggins (16 April 2018). Interviewed by David G. Robertson. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Coggins – Drone Metal Mysticism 1.1 David Robertson (DR): I’m here in Sunny Milton Keynes for the Open University’s Contemporary Religion in Historical Perspective Conference where I’m lucky enough to be joined, today, by […]
Why Do We Believe? Evolution, Primates and the Human Niche [transcript]
Why Do We Believe? Evolution, Primates and the Human Niche Podcast with Agustin Fuentes (23 April 2018). Interviewed by Christopher Cotter. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Fuentes – Why Do We Believe 1.1 Christopher Cotter (CC): “Humans can see the world around them, imagine how it might be different, and translate those imaginings into […]
Stereotyping Religion: Critical Approaches to Pervasive Clichés [transcript]
Stereotyping Religion: Critical Approaches to Pervasive Clichés Podcast with Brad Stoddard and Craig Martin (30 April 2018). Interviewed by Christopher Cotter Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Stoddard and Martin – Stereotyping Religion 1.1 Chris Cotter (CC): “Religions are belief systems.” “Religions are intrinsically violent.” “Religion is bullshit.” These are just some of […]
Situating Religion within Justice [transcript]
Situating Religion within Justice Podcast with Joseph Bulbulia (7 May 2018). Interviewed by Thomas White Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Bulbulia – Situating Religion within Justice 1.1 Thomas White (TW): Kiaora! And, once again, a warm welcome from the Otago University recording studios, down here in New Zealand’s South Island. Today, […]
From Static Categories to a River of Theories: “The Myth of Disenchantment” and Framing Religious Studies [transcript]
This transcript is also available as a PDF. For our previous podcast with Prof. Storm on “The Invention of Religion in Japan”, see here: https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/the-invention-of-religion-in-japan/ From Static Categories to a River of Theories: “The Myth of Disenchantment” and Framing Religious Studies Podcast with Jason Ā Josephson-Storm (14 May 2018). Interviewed by Daniel Gorman Jr. Transcribed […]