American Academy of Religion
Episodes
Mood, Emotion, and Affect in Hindu and Christian Theologies
08 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What can study of the beliefs and practices of one tradition bring to bear on another? Michelle Voss Roberts, associate professor of theology at Wake ...
Honoring Karen McCarthy Brown
16 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The 1991 publication of Karen McCarthy Brown’s “Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn,” now in its third edition, was a watershed contributio...
Ziba Mir-Hosseini with Diana Eck on Islamic Law, Gender, and Women's Rights (2015 Marty Award Forum)
02 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Scholar and filmmaker Ziba Mir-Hosseini, a specialist in Islamic law, gender and development and Professorial Research Associate at the Centre for Mid...
Razi's Impact on the Islamic Tradition: A Conversation with Tariq Jaffer
19 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, Tariq Jaffer talks about the subject of his award-winning 2014 book, Razi: Master of Qur'anic Interpretation and Theological Reason...
Media Representations Of ISIS - ISIL
05 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A 2015 article in The Atlantic by Graeme Wood - "What ISIS Really Wants" – and the controversy it has given rise to, has brought once again to the f...
Religious Liberty, The Supreme Court, RFRA, And RLUIPA
21 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Using the Hobby Lobby and Holt v. Hobbs Supreme Court decisions as a starting point, the panel will discuss the challenges of valuing religion in law,...
Chaplaincy, Secular Space, and the US Constitution: A Conversation with Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
31 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation with Kristian Petersen, scholar Winnifred Fallers Sullivan discusses how the role of chaplains in the United States developed alo...
Tillich's Theological Legacies
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Just over fifty years ago, on October 22, 1965, Paul Tillich died, just days after having given his final public lecture. Consideration of the theolog...
Ebola, Africa, And Beyond: An Epidemic in Religious and Public Health Perspectives
07 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This roundtable brings together public health experts and religion scholars to ask what we can learn from the epidemic in relation to the potential of...
The Value of Religious Studies in an Age of Budget Cuts
18 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Pressure on humanistic disciplines like religious studies is enormous in the modern academy. From budget cuts and threats of downsizing, the professio...
Morality Without Religion: Empathy, Fairness, and Prosocial Primates
11 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This roundtable session features a discussion of Frans de Waal's Work on the theme of the development of "moral" practices outside of religion. Dr. F...
Anya Bernstein, Religious Bodies Politic: Rituals of Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism
28 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Anya Bernstein talks to Religious Studies News about her book Religious Bodies Politic: Rituals of Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism (University of Chica...
The Study of Religion and Responses to Terrorism: Paris, Beirut, and Beyond
21 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This panel session was added to the 2015 AAR program only a week before the Annual Meeting in response to the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, ...
Valuing the Study of Religion: Thomas A. Tweed 2015 AAR Presidential Address
14 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this plenary 2015 AAR president Tom Tweed addresses urgent issues we face within and beyond the academy by asking about how the study of religion i...
“Normativity” and the Academic Study of Religion: Theology v. Religious Studies
07 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation focuses on one of the most enduring and difficult issues facing the Academy: what is the relationship between theology and religious...
Racial Injustice and Religious Response from Selma to Ferguson (2015 AAR Plenary Panel)
18 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the AAR in Atlanta, GA. The 2015 annual meeting focused on “Valuing the Study of Religion,” which includes ...
Leela Prasad, Moved by Gandhi -- A Documentary Film
07 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Leela Prasad, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University, was awarded an American Academy of Religion’s 2014 Individual Research Gr...
Mark Rowe, Female Priests in Japanese Temple Buddhism
05 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Rowe, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at McMaster University, was awarded an American Academy of Religion’s 2014 Individual Research G...
Brian Pennington, Natural Disaster and Divine Agency: Hindu Theodicies of Climate Change
29 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Pennington, Director of the Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society and Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University, was aw...
SherAli Tareen, Islam, Tradition, and Democracy: The Case of the Deoband Madrasa
20 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
SherAli Tareen, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College, was awarded an American Academy of Religion’s 2014 Indivi...
Judith Butler's Parting Ways (Columbia University Press, 2012)
01 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
A panel discussion with Judith Butler about her book "Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism" (Columbia University Press, 2012). Novemb...
Plenary Panel: Public Understanding of Religion and Issues of Religious Pluralism: Plenary Panel
01 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
November 25, 2013 American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting Baltimore, Maryland Panelists: Shaun Allen Casey, Wesley Theological Seminary Ingrid Ma...
What Americans Want from Immigration Reform: Insights from the PRRI/Brookings Religion Survey
01 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
November 25, 2013 Baltimore, Maryland Panelists: Robert P. Jones, Public Religion Research Institute E.J. Dionne, The Brookings Institution and Washi...
Special Topics Forum: Remembering Robert N. Bellah (1927-2013)
30 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
November 24, 2013 Baltimore, Maryland Panelists: Harvey Cox, Harvard University David Little, Harvard University Ann Swidler, University of Californi...
Marty Forum: Wendell Berry
30 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
November 24, 2013 Baltimore, Maryland Panelists: Wendell Berry, Port Royal, Kentucky Norman Wirzba, Duke University Michael Kessler, Georgetown Unive...
Presidential Address: John Esposito
30 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
November 24, 2013 Baltimore, Maryland Panelists: John L. Esposito, Georgetown University Laurie Zoloth, Northwestern University (Presiding) (Audio F...
Plenary: A Lifetime of Learning: An Interview with Diana Eck
30 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
November 23, 2013 Baltimore, Maryland Panelists: Diana L. Eck, Harvard University Charles A. Kimball, University of Oklahoma John L. Esposito, George...
Plenary Panel: Pope Francis and the State of Global Catholicism
30 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
November 23, 2013 Baltimore, Maryland Panelists: Joan Chittister, Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Erie, PA Ingrid Mattson, University of Western Ontario...
Querying Natural Religion: Immanence, Gaia, and the Parliament of Lively Things
30 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
November 23, 2013 Baltimore, Maryland Panelists: Adrian Ivakhiv, University of Vermont Bron Taylor, University of Florida Daniel Deudney, Johns Hopki...
Plenary: Karen Armstrong: The Science of Compassion
30 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
November 23, 2013 Baltimore, Maryland Panelists: Karen Armstrong, Charter for Compassion John L. Esposito, Georgetown University (Presiding) (Audio ...
Andrew Quintman, The Yogin and the Madman: Reading the Biographical Corpus of Tibet's Saint Milarepa
06 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Quintman talks to Religious Studies News about his book The Yogin and the Madman: Reading the Biographical Corpus of Tibet's Great Saint Milare...
Kyle Harper, From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity
05 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle Harper talks to Religious Studies News about his book From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity (Harva...
Anna Sun, Confucianism as a World Religion: Contested Histories and Contemporary Realities
06 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Sun talks to Religious Studies News about her book Confucianism as a World Religion: Contested Histories and Contemporary Realities (Princeton Un...
Willis Jenkins, The Future of Ethics: Sustainability, Social Justice, and Religious Creativity
03 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Willis Jenkins talks to Religious Studies News about his book The Future of Ethics: Sustainability, Social Justice, and Religious Creativity (Georgeto...