The Religious Studies Project

The Religious Studies Project


Latest Episodes

Harm, AI, and Religion | Discourse! June 2023
July 03, 2023

In our final #RSPdiscourse of the season, editor Andie Alexander, Craig Martin, and Paul-Franois Tremlett consider the concept of "harm" & religion in recent legislation, Scotland elections, and AI &

Mediatizing “Evangelicalism”: Authenticity, Identity, and Power
June 12, 2023

In today's episode, Daniel Jones talks with Travis Warren Cooper about Cooper's recent book, _The Digital Evangelicals_, and they discuss how issues of authenticity, authority, and power are deeply in

What’s Sincerity Got to Do With American Secularism?
June 05, 2023

Join Matt Sheedy and Charles McCrary as they discuss a cultural history of "sincerely held religious beliefs." McCrary explores how SCOTUS has determined who and what gets to count as 'religious' and

What’s Happening Down Under? | Discourse! May 2023
May 29, 2023

RSP discourse heads Down Under once again as 2/3 of the usual suspectsCarole Cusack & Raymond Radforddiscuss religion, politics, life and death in the Australian religious sphere. Be sure to tune in

Charting the Playful & Proper Study of Religion
May 15, 2023

Andie Alexander is joined by Sam Gill to talk about his recent book _The Proper Study of Religion_, and they discuss questions of comparison, difference, storytracking, and playfulness in the academic

Supreme Court to Coulter: Negotiating Religion in the Public Sphere | Discourse! April 2023
May 01, 2023

Join Matt Sheedy, Tyler Tully, and host Candace Mixon as they discuss the ramifications of the in-progress Supreme Court case Groff vs. Dejoy, the Catholic Churchs decision to rescind the Doctrine of

Keep Hope Alive: Preparing for White Christian Nationalism
April 17, 2023

Tune in this week with Raymond Radford and Bradley Onishi as they discuss white Christian nationalism, evangelicalism, the Jan. 6 insurrection, and much more!

Religion under Attack? | Discourse! March 2023
March 27, 2023

Join host Suzanne Newcombe, Carmen Becker, and Michael Munnik for this month's episode of Discourse! They discuss discrimination in a few European cases, including the SNP, protests at an abortion cli

The Church of Saint Thomas Paine: Religion without God
March 13, 2023

Tune in for today's #RSPmonday featuring Leigh Eric Schmidt and Dan Gorman discussing religion without God and the use of Thomas Paine as a symbol of atheism.

Spitting on the Sacred: Politics and Redefining Profanation
March 06, 2023

In this episode, Jacob Noblett talks to Dr. Finbarr Curtis about his recent book, Going Low: How Profane Politics Challenges American Democracy, to help breakdown the rejuvenation of populist politica