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, 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: 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, Anthropology of Christianity, Anthropology of Religion, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, Jerry Falwell, Religious Right – Posted on October 8, 2012 Susan F. Harding, The Book of Jerry Falwell: Fundamentalist Language and Politics Susan F. Harding. The Book of Jerry Falwell: Fundamentalist Language and Politics. Princeton, 2000. Susan Harding’s masterful study locates language … Continue reading >Susan F. Harding, The Book of Jerry Falwell: Fundamentalist Language and Politics