Representations of Religious Studies in Popular Culture [transcript]
Representations of Religious Studies in Popular Culture Podcast with Brian Collins and Kristen Tobey. (8 October 2018) Interviewed by Christopher Cotter Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Collins_and_Tobey_-_Representations_of_Religious_Studies_in_Popular_Culture_1.1 Christopher Cotter (CC): Many of our discussions at the Religious Studies Project focus upon the complex intersections between religion – whatever that is – […]
Preserving Identity and Empowering Women: How Do Canadian Muslim Schools Affect Their Students? [transcript]
Preserving Identity and Empowering Women: How Do Canadian Muslim Schools Affect Their Students? Podcast with Jasmin Zine (29 October 2018). Interviewed by Mariia Alekseevskaia. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Zine_-_Preserving_Identity_and_Empowering_Women_1.1 Mariia Alekseevskaia (MA): Hello. My name is Mariia Alekseevskaia. I’m here in Ottawa, at the Summer Feminist Festival, and it’s my […]
New Directions in the Study of Scientology [transcript]
New Directions in the Study of Scientology Podcast with David Robertson, Carole Cusack, Stephen Gregg and Aled Thomas (19 November 2018). Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Robertson_-_New_Directions_in_the_Study_of_Scientology_1.1 David Robertson (DR): So we’re here at the BASR Conference 2018, in Belfast. And I have gathered several colleagues together today to have a […]
Negotiating Gender in Contemporary Occultism [transcript]
Negotiating Gender in Contemporary Occultism Podcast with Manon Hedenborg White (10 December 2018). Interviewed by Sammy Bishop. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Hedenborg_White-_Negotiating_Gender_in_Contemporary_Occultism_1.1 Sammy Bishop (SB): Hello, I’m Sammy Bishop. I’m here at the EASR 2018 Conference in Bern. It’s a very sunny day today. And I am joined by Manon […]
America’s Dark Theologian Stephen King: A Religious Imagination Explored [transcript]
America’s Dark Theologian Stephen King: A Religious Imagination Explored Podcast with Douglas Cowan (11 February 2019). Interviewed by Carmen Celestini. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Cowan_-_America_s_Dark_Theologian_Stephen_King_1.1 Carmen Celestini (CC): Ok. Today I’m speaking with Dr Douglas Cowan about his recently published book, America’s Dark Theologian: The Religious Imagination of Stephen King. […]
Melodies of Change: Music and Progressive Judaism [transcript]
Melodies of Change: Music and Progressive Judaism Podcast with Ruth Illman (25 February 2019). Interviewed by Breann Fallon. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Illman_-_Melodies_of_Change_1.1 Breann Fallon (BF): Today I have with me Dr Ruth Illman. She is Docent (associate professor) of Comparative Religion at Åbo Akademi University. And she’s also Professor […]
LDS Garments and Agency [transcript]
LDS Garments and Agency Podcast with Nancy Ross (18 March 2019). Interviewed by Kristeen Black. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Ross_-_LDS_Garments_and_Agency_1.1 Kristeen Black (KB): The form of garments has changed over time from wrist-to-ankle, single-piece, long underwear, to versions that included short sleeves and legs, to the two-piece style that are […]
Muslim Dress beyond the Headscarf [transcript]
Muslim Dress beyond the Headscarf Podcast with Liz Bucar (1 April 2019). Interviewed by Candace Mixon. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Bucar_-_Muslim_Dress_beyond_the_Headscarf_1.1 Candace Mixon (CB): Ok, so I’m Candace Mixon and I’m meeting with Dr Liz Bucar at the Annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. And we are in […]
Nonreligion, Religion and Public Health [transcript]
Nonreligion, Religion and Public Health Podcast with David Speed (22 April 2019). Interviewed by Thomas J. Coleman III. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Speed_-_Nonreligion,_Religion_and_Public_Health_1.1 Thomas Coleman (TC): Thank you for joining us today on the Religious Studies Project. I’m Thomas Coleman. And I have an interesting topic that I don’t believe […]
Demystifying the Study of Religion [transcript]
Demystifying the Study of Religion Podcast with Russell T. McCutcheon, Matt Sheedy and Tara Baldrick- Morrone (29 April 2019). Interviewed by Tenzan Eaghll. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: McCutcheon_et_al._-_Demystifying_the_Study_of_Religion_1.1 Tenzan Eaghll: Hello. We are gathered here today, over the mighty inter-webs to discuss Russell McCutcheon’s latest book, “Religion” in Theory and […]
Science Fiction, Video Games, and Religion [transcript]
Science Fiction, Video Games, and Religion Podcast with Benn Banasik and Tara Smith (27 May 2019). Interviewed by Raymond Radford. Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Banasik_and_Smith_-_Science_Fiction_Video_Games_and_Religion_1.1 Raymond Radford (RR): My name is Ray Radford. I am the social media editor of the RSP. And today we have a couple of my […]
EASR Publishing Roundtable 2019 [transcript]
EASR Publishing Roundtable 2019 Podcast with Michael Stausberg, Gregory D. Alles, Joshua Wells, Valerie Hall, Jenny Butler, James White and Suzanne Owen (28 October 2019). Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/easr-publishing-roundtable-2019/ PDF version of the transcript available here. Suzanne Owen (SO): Welcome, this evening, to the panel on how to get […]
Reflections on the “Thinking with Jonathan Z. Smith” Conference at NTNU [transcript]
Reflections on the “Thinking with Jonathan Z. Smith” Conference at NTNU Podcast with Aaron W. Hughes (11 November 2019). Interviewed by Andie Alexander Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: PDF of this transcript available for download here. Andie Alexander: (AA): Welcome to the Religious Studies Project. I’m Andie Alexander, a doctoral student […]
Unbelief as a Nuanced Phenomenon: The Sociality of Nonreligion across Europe [transcript]
Unbelief as a Nuanced Phenomenon: The Sociality of Nonreligion across Europe Podcast with David Herbert and Josh Bullock (2 December 2019). Interviewed by Sidney Castillo Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Transcript available at: Sidney Castillo (SC): Hello! I’m here now with Josh Bullock and David Herbert. We are at the EASR Conference 2019 in Tartu, Estonia, […]
Secular Jewish Millennials in Israel/Palestine [transcript]
Secular Jewish Millennials in Israel/Palestine Podcast with Stacey Gutowski (9 December 2019). Interviewed by Christopher Cotter Transcribed by Helen Bradstock. Audio and transcript available at: Christopher Cotter (CC): In the popular imaginary Israel/ Palestine is, and has always been, a contested territory associated with secret sites, the Abrahamic religions, religion-related conflicts and a volatile political […]