Categories: American Religion, Dispensationalism, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, Modernity, Religion/culture – Posted on December 17, 2012 Hal Lindsey, “The Late Great Planet Earth” (1970) This generation will probably witness the end of the world. My used copy of Hal Lindsey’s The Late Great Planet … Continue reading >Hal Lindsey, “The Late Great Planet Earth” (1970)
Categories: Anthropology of Religion, Materiality, Modernity, Theories of Religion – Posted on December 9, 2012 Marx, “Theses on Feuerbach” (1845) Karl Marx, “Theses on Feuerbach” (1845). Online version. Marx’s Theses on Feuerbach offers eleven short critiques of Feuerbach’s dialectical materialism. … Continue reading >Marx, “Theses on Feuerbach” (1845)
Categories: Anthropology of Christianity, Anthropology of Religion, Materiality, Modernity, Religion/media, Theories of Religion – Posted on December 7, 2012 Bruno Latour, “Fetish-Factish” and “What is Iconoclash?” Latour seems to be having a moment in religious studies right now. It is easy to see why: for Latour, … Continue reading >Bruno Latour, “Fetish-Factish” and “What is Iconoclash?”
Categories: Anthropology of Christianity, Dispensationalism, Religion/culture – Posted on December 5, 2012 Joel Robbins, “Becoming Sinners: Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua New Guinea Society” (2004). Joel Robbins, Becoming Sinners: Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua New Guinea Society (2004) Review by A.T. Coates Robbins’s … Continue reading >Joel Robbins, “Becoming Sinners: Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua New Guinea Society” (2004).
Categories: American Religion, Fundamentalism, Religion/culture, Religion/media – Posted on December 3, 2012 Lawrence, “Defenders of God: The Fundamentalist Revolt Against the Modern Age” (1989) Bruce Lawrence, Defenders of God: The Fundamentalist Revolt Against the Modern Age (1989) Review by A.T. Coates Lawrence’s Defenders of … Continue reading >Lawrence, “Defenders of God: The Fundamentalist Revolt Against the Modern Age” (1989)
Categories: American Religion, Religion/culture, Religion/media, Theories of Religion – Posted on December 1, 2012 Kathryn Lofton, “Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon” (2011) Kathryn Lofton, Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon (2011) by A.T. Coates Katie Lofton’s Oprah: Gospel of an Icon is … Continue reading >Kathryn Lofton, “Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon” (2011)
Categories: American Religion, Anthropology of Christianity, Religion/media, Visual Culture – Posted on November 25, 2012 Martin Kemp, “Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon” (2012) Martin Kemp, Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon (2012) – Review by A.T. Coates Kemp’s lavishly illustrated art history … Continue reading >Martin Kemp, “Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon” (2012)
Categories: Uncategorized – Posted on November 11, 2012 Arjun Appadurai, “The Thing Itself” (2006) Arjun Appadurai, “The Thing Itself,” Public Culture 18.1 (2006): 15-21. Appadurai uses the phrase “the thing itself” to describe “the … Continue reading >Arjun Appadurai, “The Thing Itself” (2006)
Categories: American Religion, Anthropology of Christianity, Fundamentalism – Posted on November 10, 2012 J. Gresham Machen, “Christianity and Liberalism” (1923) J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism (1923) Machen delivers the classic text of bowtie fundamentalism. As the title suggests, he … Continue reading >J. Gresham Machen, “Christianity and Liberalism” (1923)
Categories: American Religion, Fundamentalism, Religion/media, Theories of Religion – Posted on November 5, 2012 Selections from Martin Marty’s “Fundamentalism Project” Martin Marty and R. Scott Appleby, “Introduction” and “Conclusion” in Fundamentalisms Observed (1991) and Marty, “Fundamentalism as a Social Phenomenon” … Continue reading >Selections from Martin Marty’s “Fundamentalism Project”