Each Monday a new episode from the adventures of the Praxis Squad will be posted. […]
Month: October 2014
A Word from the Balcony
A yesterday a colleague posted a blog with three hypotheses on the topic of studying a thing called American Religious History — concerning how it may very well be a nationalist project, from start to finish (no matter how it is done), and that it is a discourse that may have historical continuities with (and practical effects akin to) the world religious discourse that so many in our field now claim to critique. His point, as I read him, was […]
The Illusion of Paradise Lost
Are you following the labor situation at the Episcopal General Theological Seminary in New York? No? Then you may want to at least read this first. […]
The Places We Go: Deutschland
Students occasionally ask me what I do other than teaching. “Research” is a very boring answer to many of them. They are more excited to learn that traveling to conferences is a big part of the research component of my job. On Sept. 15-17, I attended a conference in Essen-Werden, Germany. […]
Kicking Off Season 2 of ar·ti·facts
After a successful first season, our ar·ti·facts series is back for more! Each episode focuses on one professor discussing an item of interest in his or her office. Kicking off this year’s run is Prof. Rollens with her collection of pottery from a research dig in Israel. Enjoy, and stay tuned for more. ar·ti·facts: Picking up the Pieces with Prof. Sarah Rollens from UA Religious Studies. […]