For scholars of religion and others interested in the practice, pedagogy, history, and theory of religious studies.
Ellen Muehlberger deposited The Ascetic Leader in Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of Moses in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 9 hours, 34 minutes ago
In this essay, I consider the ideal ascetic leader depicted in the Life of Moses attributed to Gregory of Nyssa: that leader is not a bishop, but a leader who has more experience with the day-to-day struggles of monks, particularly the kind of struggles described by Evagrius and writers influenced by him.
A. Hilal Ugurlu deposited Philanthropy in the Form of a Hair Strand: Sacred Relics in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Lands in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 weeks ago
From the last quarter of the eighteenth century, the caliphal status and the legitimacy of the Ottoman sultans were constantly and increasingly challenged. One of the most effective and powerful tools that they utilized in order to strengthen their diminishing image in the eyes of their subjects was the re-appropriation of sacred places, either by…[Read more]
Narasimhananda Swami deposited A Non Philosophical Approach to the Sociology of Religious Pluralism in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 weeks ago
This paper follows Francois Laruelle’s non-philosophy and his non-religion and non-theology to suggest a non-philosophical approach to the sociology of religious pluralism. The entanglements of experiences of the religious end-user are analyzed vis-a-vis Laruelle’s thought and a dogma-free inclusive approach to religion is envisaged.
James A Benn deposited Religious Studies 718 Topics in Buddhist Studies: Recent Scholarship McMaster University, Term II 2020–21 in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Course Description
In this seminar we shall read and discuss a selection of recent important works on and around Buddhism and material culture (in English). In addition we shall survey trends in recent Buddhist Studies scholarship produced in other languages (Chinese, Japanese, French, German, etc.). Students will be required to write regular,…[Read more]Sérgio Dias Branco deposited “The Class of Images: Sketch for a Research Project” in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 weeks, 6 days ago
The concept of class has been progressively erased in contemporary discussions around art — and other topics. The explanatory power of this economic and social category, as articulated by Karl Marx, has been annulled precisely at a time when the contradictions of late capitalism are growing, composing an ideological background that creates c…[Read more]
Sérgio Dias Branco deposited Divinely Human: Robert Bresson’s Spiritual Reflections in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 weeks ago
This talk reads Robert Bresson’s Notes on the Cinematographer, not as a mere collection of thoughts, but as spiritual reflections. These brief meditations record aspects of his film practice in condensed form and reveal the connection between contemplation and action. The contemplative tone of the book becomes perceptible through the careful o…[Read more]
Evina Steinova deposited The Oldest Manuscript Tradition of the Etymologiae (eighty years after A. E. Anspach) in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville was one of the most widely read works of the early Middle Ages, as is evidenced by the number of surviving manuscripts. August Eduard Anspach’s handlist from the 1940s puts their number at almost 1,200, of which approximately 300 were estimated to have been copied before the year 1000. This article, based on a…[Read more]
Christian Frevel deposited “Mit meinem Gott überspringe ich eine Mauer”/”By my God I can leap over a wall” : Interreligiöse Horizonte in den Psalmen und Psalmenstudien/Interreligious Horizons in Psalms and Psalms Studies in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 months, 1 week ago
Als „kleine Biblia“ (Luther) hat der Psalter eine herausragende Rolle in Judentum und Christentum. Auch im Koran ist die Wertschätzung Davids hoch und die Psalmen klingen im Hintergrund mancher Sure an. Welches Potential können die Psalmen im Trialog der abrahamitischen Religionen entfalten? Was bedeutet es, wenn im Beten der Psalmen der eine…[Read more]
Eldar T. Hasanov deposited The Rise of Political Islam in Turkey: The Role of Socio-Psychological Factors in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The factors behind the rise of Islamism in Turkey remain the subject of intense scholarly debate. There are remarkable relationships between the rise of Islamism and preceding changes in population dynamics in Turkey. Rapid urbanization and large-scale migration of Kurds and other ethnic minorities from the east of the county to major cities in…[Read more]
Michael Miller deposited The Name of God and the Name of the Messiah: Jewish and Christian Parallels in Late Antiquity in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 months ago
This study argues that there is a tradition, arising from a ‘Jewish milieu’, based around the exegesis of select biblical passages, indicating that the messiah bears the Divine Name. This tradition appears to predate the Christian movement, and is referenced also in rabbinic literature. In the first section we highlight a tradition regarding the…[Read more]
Narasimhananda Swami deposited Review Catholicism: The Story of Catholic Christianity Reading Religion September 2020 in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
Catholicism: The Story of Catholic Christianity begins at the inception of the Catholic Church and deals with the election of the present Pope, and thus is contemporary yet rooted in history. Histories of religious traditions need not be unwieldy. They could be pointers to all the important references to literature on the subject. This book is a…[Read more]
Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Diaspora, temporality, and politics: Promises and dangers of rotational time in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 months, 3 weeks ago
In this contribution, I take up Michael Nijhawan’s focus on the embodied aspects of memory and time he elaborates so insightfully in “The Precarious Diasporas of Sikh and Ahmadiyya Generations”, specifically his invocation of, via Veena Das’s work, of Bergson’s distinction between translational and rotational time. Drawing on examples from my ow…[Read more]
Boban Dedovic deposited When Art Betrays Mythology: Acquitting Cronus (Κρόνος) in Goya’s Saturn in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was a famous Spanish painter who is credited with painting a work known as Saturn Devouring One of His Sons. This work was one of over ten others known as the ‘Black Paintings,’ which were painted on the walls of his Quinta home in Spain. The painting’s contents have been widely accepted as depict…[Read more]
Sérgio Dias Branco deposited Spectres of Today: The Fractures of History in “Horse Money” (2014) in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 months, 4 weeks ago
It took Pedro Costa four feature films to get to “Horse Money” (“Cavalo Dinheiro”, 2014). In Down to Earth (Casa de Lava, 1994), a Portuguese nurse accompanies an immigrant worker in coma from Lisbon to his homeland, the Cape Verdean island of Fogo. “Bones” (“Ossos”, 1997), In “Vanda’s Room” (“No Quarto da Vanda”, 2000), and “Colossal Youth” (“Ju…[Read more]
Rafael Lefort Jr deposited Esoteric Christianity vs. Secular Humanism in Esoteric Clothing: A Rebuttal to “Role of Abstract Ideals in the Creation of the Kesdjan” in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 months, 4 weeks ago
According to Gurdjieff, man is not born with an immortal soul. The man perishes with the death of the physical body. Gurdjieff also taught that through certain efforts man has the possibility of acquiring an immortal soul that can survive the death of the physical body. This paper examines Gurdjieff’s ideas on death and immortality and serves as a…[Read more]
Jo Henderson-Merrygold deposited Gendering Sarai: Reading Beyond Cisnormativity in Genesis 11:29–12:20 and 20:1–18 in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 4 months, 3 weeks ago
This article explores the way assumptions about gender prevalent in twenty-first century readers impact our understanding of Sarai. It interrogates the way a mere glimpse allows us to instantaneously assign a person gender, something trans theorist Julia Serano calls gendering. Through this article, we see how the third-party accounts of Sarai in…[Read more]
Meredith Warren deposited Activism in the Classroom: A Case Study on De-Patriarchalising Biblical Studies for Future Generations in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Efficient activism in the classroom and beyond is contingent upon the ability to identify and understand ideological principles, to express opposition to injustice, to challenge and de-centre authority and privilege, and to redistribute power to those without. Moreover, it requires collective and collaborative action. This article is a case study…[Read more]
Meredith Warren deposited Reading the Whole Bible with Integrity: Identifying Context, Identity, Community, and Antisemitism in Christian Hermeneutical Practices in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 4 months, 3 weeks ago
What is the relationship between the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and the New Testament, where does Jesus fit in, and why do these questions even matter? In the context of the biblical studies classroom for Christian ministerial training, being able to answer these questions is an essential part of effective and responsible biblical interpretation…[Read more]
Meredith Warren deposited ‘If not with others, how?’: Creating Rabbinic Activists Through Study in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Together we seek to model the redemptive, liberatory, activist, feminist approach to collaborative working to which both authors are committed as teachers, students, rabbis and activists. In our rabbinic chain of tradition (more particularly through other female rabbis) we explore, through the lenses of student and teacher, the 5-year rabbinic…[Read more]
Meredith Warren deposited Activism in the Queer Biblical Studies Classroom in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 4 months, 3 weeks ago
This article serves as an injunction for queer biblical studies to be reclaimed and mobilised as activist practice. First, I discuss the application and activist potential of queer theory – in and beyond the academy. To address concerns around queer elitism, I argue how rupturing the binary between theory and practice recharges the accessibility a…[Read more]
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