"This research addresses this unique component of science attitudes—spirituality of science: feelings of meaning, awe, and connection derived through scientific ideas."
In The Origins of White, Christian Supremacy, author Robert P. Jones locates the roots of modern bigotry in the 1400s, taking the #history of hate even further back than the 1619 Project.
I feel privileged to be invited back on ABC #Radio National/ #Religion & #Ethics to celebrate 💯 year anniversary of Khalil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’ — a #book I encountered as a young teenager & which shaped the person/ #writer I am, today.
(My section begins at 18 minute mark).
Big Thanks, to sensitive host Meredith Lake of Soul Search for this gift 🙏🏼✨
#Ganesh is popular #Hindu god associated with beginnings, luck, and the removal of obstacles. He is particularly venerated in #Rajasthan and we were in #Jaipur during the start of Gansha Chaturthi. When we arrived at our hotel, we noticed two altars to him. And as we left our hotel, we realized that there was a third one just above the door. If you look at many homes here, you will see a small idol of #Ganesha just above the door.
Our latest published issue is a special issue on social histories of #religion across the world. Although it is in French, two articles are already available in English:
The possibly by far most unexpected find in my search for new names to add to our list of new articles for the #Bywgraffiadur is probably the Reverend Peter Jones, or by his birth name KahkewAquonaby. He was born in 1831 to a Mississauga Ojibwe woman and a Welsh father. Following his conversion to Methodism, he became a missionary, preaching in Ojibwe and English.
C'est la rentrée, et les #Annales arrivent avec un très beau numéro spécial:
➡️ Le fait religieux à l'épreuve du monde
Quatre articles pour explorer l'Inquisition espagnole, un saint jésuite en Inde du Sud, une danse de la conquête dans la Sierra péruvienne, et deux assemblées protestantes en Chine contemporaine.
Comment un #jésuite portugais est-il devenu un saint #tamoul dont le culte est encore si vivace localement aujourd'hui?
Dans une #ethnohistoire fine et multilingue, Margherita Trento retisse les fils d'un #martyre et d'une canonisation dans la rencontre #missionnaire et #impériale de l'époque moderne.
Martyre, témoignage et lignées sociales en pays tamoul
(XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles)
I have been listening to Laufey's new jazz album "Bewitched" non-stop. I am obsessed, and I think it is an artistic masterpiece. I wrote a blog post about it here:
A new book on #US#religion, 'The Great Dechurching', has a survey of “dechurched #evangelicals”, of whom 68% said their #parents played a role in their decision to stop attending #church. The top 5 issues:
"For so long my practice of faith was marked by creating in groups and out groups. It started with “Believers” and “Non-believers”. Within the “Believers” there were the “Committed” and “Nominal”. Within the “Committed there were the “Faithful, Available, and Teachable” and their counterparts.
I certainly was not practicing religion. My practice of faith simply functioned to divide and separate.”
If you’re into sermons and the like, here’s my most recent message. I was speaking on Acts 17:16-34 when Paul spoke at the Areopogus in the city of Athens.
FICTIONAL AND FICTIONALISED RELIGIONS AS HERITAGE? REFLECTIONS ON THE OBJECT OF CRITICAL HERITAGE STUDIES by Mathilde van Dijk (International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2023).
"Heritage discourses and fictional narratives are not as far from each other as seems obvious. Rather, they operate on a sliding scale. Fans of certain media, whether they become adherents of a fiction-based religion or whether the fictions are meaningful to them in another way, visit the sites in which their favourite series or film were shot, use phrases from their favourite films or series, attend role-playing events and so on and so forth. Some fans do this individually; others gather in communities, on the internet, physically or both. Their favourite fictions become a building block of their identities".