New Books on “Fieldnotes in the Critical Study of Religion: Revisiting Classical Theorists”

Fieldnotes in the Critical Study of Religion: Revisiting Classical Theorists, edited by Vaia Touna & Richard Newton. Published by Bloomsbury. Part of the Critiquing Religion: Discourse, Culture, Power Series. The spine is a teal color and the cover design is a purple marble.

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Playing With Texts: Pedagogies of Scriptures

I'm on the way home from the meeting of the Institute for Signifying Scriptures. My brain is on rapid -fire mode with all sorts of ideas and questions. In the midst of it all, I just learned that a podcast episode I was on just dropped. Jacqueline Hidalgo, Vincent Wimbush, and I were on Nothing … Continue reading Playing With Texts: Pedagogies of Scriptures

Marronage: The Independent Institute for Signifying Scriptures

On April 11-13, 2024, the Institute for Signifying Scriptures will be hosting a special annual meeting to commemorate two momentous occasions: The 20th Anniversary of the Institute for Signifying Scriptures and the 25th Anniversary of the African Americans and the Bible Project. Over the next few weeks, I'm going to be highlighting some media to … Continue reading Marronage: The Independent Institute for Signifying Scriptures

20 Years On… Theorizing Scripture: New Critical Orientations to a Cultural Phenomenon

On April 11-13, 2024, the Institute for Signifying Scriptures will be hosting a special annual meeting to commemorate two momentous occasions: The 20th Anniversary of the Institute for Signifying Scriptures and the 25th Anniversary of the African Americans and the Bible Project. Over the next few weeks, I'm going to be highlighting some media to … Continue reading 20 Years On… Theorizing Scripture: New Critical Orientations to a Cultural Phenomenon