Random thought on a holiday weekend: What does it say about us that we use pretty much the same terse phrase when describing death as we do when keeping the housekeeping staff out of our hotel rooms? […]
Month: November 2014
Wafer Thin Mint Veneer
As I mentioned briefly yesterday in a post, I was recently a respondent on a panel at our field’s main annual conference; the panel was devoted to whether there could be a consolidation of different trends in inter-religious/interfaith dialogue. Now, this is not what I work on and, as I made plain in my response, my own work would take those who aim toward identifying so-called mutual understanding across religions as being themselves an object of study, inasmuch as it […]
Common, Yes, But Also Compelling
Having just come from the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, where scholars of religions’ input on the topic of climate change was encouraged, inasmuch as we are presumed to have some special expertise based on what we happen to study — as phrased in a memo sent last year to the chairs of its various program units, written by our then incoming President: It is our scholarly duty, I would argue, that we bring forward a scholarship […]
“It’s what makes Thanksgiving Thanksgiving.”
By Andie Alexander Andie Alexander earned her B.A. in Religious Studies and History in 2012. She is now working on her M.A. in Religious Studies at CU Boulder. Andie also works as the online Curator for the Culture on the Edge blog. With Thanksgiving upon us, television commericals have been selling holiday food and related items. The closer Thanksgiving got, more and more ads for sweet potatoes, turkey, cranberry sauce, etc., starting popping up on TV. That’s no surprise, right? […]
Classically Alabama, Part 1
Each Monday a new episode from the adventures of the Praxis Squad will be posted. […]
A Good Book with Prof. McCutcheon
The sixth episode in our A Good Book series is now on Vimeo! This video features Prof. Russell McCutcheon and his discussion of Alfred North Whitehead’s book Process and Reality. A Good Book with Prof. McCutcheon from UA Religious Studies. […]
A Good Alabaman
Allie Rash is a senior double majoring in Mathematics and Religious Studies. She hails from Franklin, TN but calls North Carolina and Kansas home as well. She wrote this post for Dr. Finnegan’s class, REL 370: Hijab, Hip Hop, and Halal. Gerald Allen is the State Senator from the 21st district of Alabama, representing Hale, Pickens, and Tuscaloosa counties. Before his election to the State Senate, Allen served four terms in the Alabama House of Representatives. Politically, according to his most recent […]
Tea for Too Much Generalization, Part 2
Each Monday a new episode from the adventures of the Praxis Squad will be posted. […]
A Few Moments with Kelly Baker, Part 2
The second part of our interview with Dr. Kelly Baker, this year’s Day lecturer, is now up and running! In this second installment, Dr. Baker discusses reactions to her work, her favorite monsters, and more. If you missed the first part of the interivew, you can read the blog post here. Have you seen Dr. Baker’s lecture? Watch it here. A Few Moments with Kelly Baker, Part 2 from UA Religious Studies. […]
All Work and No Play…
We’re experimenting with a new feature in our Department this year: Live Tweets form the Lounge. For we’re now on Twitter, and it occurred to us that periodically inviting a different faculty member to just hang out in our Department lounge for an hour and tweet about what’s going on, what they’re teaching this semester, or what they’re working on in their own research might be a way to engage students or any other Twitter followers. It’s fun, sure, but it’s […]