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Summary: There can be no doubt that the academic study of religion emerged out of European colonialism. There are various lines of descent for the discipline, and like much of the humanities and social sciences, they all lead back to colonialis
Summary:I am a student of religion who does not study religion. I study what people think and talk about as religion.I study the spaces, places, things, objects, ideas, practices, and conflicts that can be found in particular discourses that ge
Summary:When we speak of religion are we in fact talking about race? Does the idea of ‘religion’ only make sense if we consider it as a particular instance of a racial formation? LISTEN NOWEpisode notesMy theoretical starting point here is th
Summary:To understand the burkini bans in France in summer 2016, our starting point needs to be based on an assumption of intersectionality. The bans are not only about religion or security, they also involve gender, sexuality, race, power, and
Summary: The history of the idea of chocolate is somewhat similar to the history of how we think about religions. Chocolate became chocolate through colonial encounter and appropriation. Without colonialism, we would not talk about chocolate –
Summary:So, here is a question that is rarely asked in Religion 101 classes: What type of gloves should you be wearing?All studies of religion are a study of humans, people and the worlds, cultures, meanings, ideas, and practices they live with
Summary: Postcolonialism and religion: in what ways are history and the contemporary world relevant not only to the topic of religion, but also to how we analyse and understand religions and cultures? LISTEN NOWEpisode notesFor some postcoloni
Summary: In this episode, my aim is to encourage you to stop using the word ‘belief’ when you think about (and talk about) religion. It is not a useful word, and for most of the time it does the opposite of what we want the word to do — that is
Summary: Agency is a concept often used to understand how people participate in (and sometimes resist) religious contexts and structures.That is, how do people who are in a subordinate position and who are marginalised from the main areas of po
Summary:This episode introduces the concept of intersectionality, a way to understand complex issues and identities deriving in particular from the work of Kimberlee Crenshaw. An intersectional approach recognises that the ‘single’ categories t
Summary:Is race a matter of identity (what people think of differences) or is it a biological given?How is it that the idea of race-as-a-given works to structure and enforce differences (and power relations) within a particular society? LISTEN
Summary:Gender matters to our understanding of culture and religion. How we understand gender, gender differences, and the understandings and practices of gender has a profound impact on how we talk about (and understand) religion.Gender is a m
Summary:An understanding of power, in its many forms, is an important part of the study of religion and culture. In this podcast on ‘Religion, Power and Ideology’ I give an outline of Michel Foucault’s understanding of the concept of power. In
Summary:Religion does not just exist within the context of culture. What we think of as religion always also exists within contexts of power, gender, race, ethnicity, and other areas of identity and difference.Or to put this another way: power,
Summary:Building on the discussion in the last two episodes, I introduce here the idea of subculture to explore through examples the linkages between such cultures of resistance, the cultural products that come from them, and religious ideas an
Summary: When we reverse the discussion, and explore how we can understand the many ways in which we can explore culture within religion, again the gap between the two disappears. Thus, culture is the medium through which religion is done, and
Summary:Continuing the discussion of religion and culture, in this episode we explore what is seen as the gap between the two. Looking at specific examples of religion in culture – in both ‘high’ and popular culture – we examine how religion is
Summary:Religion is a cultural practice. And culture is bound up with religious ideas, identities and religion practice. Religion can be understood as a form of culture, and the study of religion is a form of cultural studies.And what we gain f
Summary:In order to understand the contemporary world we need to take religion seriously. Although some may think of religion as an ancient (or medieval) relic of bygone times, religions are very often important elements of the contemporary wor
SummaryIf it is difficult to define religion, what about if we try to avoid doing so? Can we talk about religion without a definition?Trying to find a definition is almost like stepping through a quagmire, it is messy and difficult, and unhelpf
Summary Defining religion: What is it all about and what do we mean by the term religion?Well one thing to ask before we start exploring this is does it really matter. Surely we know what religion is, it is just there…?Whether we like it or no
Summary: This is the introductory episode for the Religion Bites podcast series.I am Malory Nye and you can see details about who I am here. LISTEN NOWEpisode notes What is Religion Bites?This is the introductory episode for the Religion Bite
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