In this week’s episode Sam Gill joins RSP editor Andie Alexander to discuss his recent book The Proper Study of Religion: Building on Jonathan Z. Smith. They consider different methodological and theoretical questions in the academic study of religion, such as comparison, difference-making, play & movement, experience, and “storytracking”—a narrative technique and method for critical self-reflection and scholarly analysis. Gill outlines a playful and proper study of religion that builds on the work of the late J. Z. Smith and demonstrates how a critical scholar of religion might apply Smith’s methods in their own scholarship.
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Presentism and Politics | Discourse! August 2022 (with video)
Unruly Women: Neocolonialism, Race, and Discrimination
Authorities and the Past | Discourse! June 2022 (with video)
Abortion, Climate Change Protests, & Ukraine Invasion | Discourse! May 2022 (with video)
Cults and NRMs: An RSP Remix, Part I
Curanderismo Roundtable
Semana Santa, Diversifying the Seder, Prayer in High School Football, and… Derry Girls? | Discourse! April 2022
Sunday in the Park with Theory
Obeah and Experiments with Power
How “Woke” Is Your Textbook?: Introducing Religious Studies in the 2020s
Ukraine Invasion, Philippine Elections, and Misinformation | Discourse! March 2022 (with video)
Religious Legal Activism: Abortion Rhetoric Among British Evangelicals
The Wilderness of Mirrors: Nationalism, Religion, and Secret Intelligence
The Devil is in the Details! | Discourse! February 2022 (with video)
The Insider/Outsider Problem: An RSP Remix
Spiritual Abuse Roundtable
The Critical Humanist Study of Islam
When Religion Doesn’t Behave | Discourse! January 2022 (with video)
Questioning the Silver Bullet: Critical Approaches for the Study of Ayahuasca
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