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American Academy of Religion

The audio feed of American Academy of Religion (AAR), the world's largest scholarly and professional association of academics, teachers, and research scholars dedicated to furthering knowledge of reli... Read more

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Marty Forum: Wendell Berry

Marty Forum: Wendell Berry

November 24, 2013Baltimore, MarylandPanelists:Wendell Berry, Port Royal, KentuckyNorman Wirzba, Duke UniversityMichael K... Read more

30 Jun 2015

1hr 31mins

Ranked #2

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AAR 2019 - Career Services for Non-Academic Careers

AAR 2019 - Career Services for Non-Academic Careers

When humanities scholars talk about exploring and pursuing “alt-ac” and “post-ac” careers, two concerns often dominate t... Read more

13 Mar 2020

1hr 56mins

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Judith Butler's Parting Ways (Columbia University Press, 2012)

Judith Butler's Parting Ways (Columbia University Press, 2012)

A panel discussion with Judith Butler about her book "Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism" (Columbia Un... Read more

1 Jul 2015

2hr 27mins

Ranked #4

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2016 Plenary Address: Michelle Alexander with Kelly Brown Douglas

2016 Plenary Address: Michelle Alexander with Kelly Brown Douglas

Michelle Alexander is a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, and legal scholar. Alexander is a graduate of Va... Read more

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Populism through the Lens of Religion and Race

Populism through the Lens of Religion and Race

This discussion explores the impact of religion and race on American populism across the ideological spectrum. Papers ex... Read more

24 May 2018

1hr 50mins

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"Goddess and God in the World": An Embodied Theological Conversation

"Goddess and God in the World": An Embodied Theological Conversation

Taking off from their new book, Goddess and God in the World: Conversations in Embodied Theology (Fortress, 2016), Carol... Read more

21 Sep 2017

2hr 5mins

Ranked #7

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AAR 2019 - Conversation with Kate Bowler & Laurie Patton on Becoming a Public Intellectual

AAR 2019 - Conversation with Kate Bowler & Laurie Patton on Becoming a Public Intellectual

After Kate Bowler’s 2013 book, Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel, became an unexpected public hit, sh... Read more

30 Apr 2020

57mins

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Recolonizing the Academy Under a Trump Presidency

Recolonizing the Academy Under a Trump Presidency

This panel analyzes the intensified colonization of academic spaces—both intellectual and physical—under the current pre... Read more

19 Apr 2018

1hr 32mins

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2019 AAR Presidential Address by Laurie Patton - “And Are We Not of Interest to Each Other?”

2019 AAR Presidential Address by Laurie Patton - “And Are We Not of Interest to Each Other?”

A Blueprint for the Public Study of Religion. In addition to its traditional goal of fostering excellence in the academi... Read more

23 Apr 2020

1hr 2mins

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AAR 2019 - How to Get Published in Religious Studies Journals

AAR 2019 - How to Get Published in Religious Studies Journals

This panel brings together five editors of religious studies journals to discuss the nuts and bolts of journal editing, ... Read more

26 Mar 2020

1hr 50mins

Ranked #11

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Contingency Possibilities: Career Options within and beyond the Academy

Contingency Possibilities: Career Options within and beyond the Academy

This joint panel explores ways in which contingency may be constructive (and the ways contingent faculty work can be mad... Read more

7 Mar 2019

2hr 18mins

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Conversion in America: A conversation with Lincoln Mullen

Conversion in America: A conversation with Lincoln Mullen

Lincoln Mullen, author of "The Chance of Salvation: A History of Conversion in America," joins Kristian Petersen in a co... Read more

18 Apr 2019

21mins

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Black Liberation Theologies of Disability

Black Liberation Theologies of Disability

Building upon a 2015 conference on Black Liberation Theologies of Disability at Union Theological Seminary, organized by... Read more

8 Sep 2017

2hr 15mins

Ranked #14

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“Normativity” and the Academic Study of Religion: Theology v. Religious Studies

“Normativity” and the Academic Study of Religion: Theology v. Religious Studies

This conversation focuses on one of the most enduring and difficult issues facing the Academy: what is the relationship ... Read more

7 Jan 2016

1hr

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The Study of Religion and Responses to Terrorism: Paris, Beirut, and Beyond

The Study of Religion and Responses to Terrorism: Paris, Beirut, and Beyond

This panel session was added to the 2015 AAR program only a week before the Annual Meeting in response to the November 1... Read more

21 Jan 2016

2hr 11mins

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Faculty Members on Preparing Scholars of Religion for Non-academic Careers

Faculty Members on Preparing Scholars of Religion for Non-academic Careers

In recent years as the job market for tenure-track academic positions has tightened and the use of contingent faculty ha... Read more

14 Jun 2018

1hr 23mins

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Reformation and Reformations

Reformation and Reformations

The Reformed Theology and History Group and the Martin Luther and the Global Lutheran Traditions Group host a joint pane... Read more

15 Mar 2018

2hr 33mins

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Protecting the Vulnerable on Campus - Academic Labor, LGBTIQ Persons, and Grad Students

Protecting the Vulnerable on Campus - Academic Labor, LGBTIQ Persons, and Grad Students

For many of us who study or work in colleges and seminary campuses today it may be easy to ignore the vulnerable at our ... Read more

10 May 2018

2hr 27mins

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AAR 2019 - The Art of Writing AAR Proposals

AAR 2019 - The Art of Writing AAR Proposals

Have you been struggling to get proposals accepted to the AAR Annual Meeting? Come to this session to get some tips and ... Read more

21 May 2020

31mins

Ranked #20

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Preparing Scholars for Nonacademic Careers: What's a Faculty Member to Do?

Preparing Scholars for Nonacademic Careers: What's a Faculty Member to Do?

A companion to our last episode, which focused on what students can do to prepare for nonacademic careers, this podcast ... Read more

21 Jun 2017

1hr 14mins

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