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: 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, 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”
Categories: American Religion, Evangelicalism, Religion/media, Theories of Religion – Posted on October 23, 2012 John Lardas Modern, “Secularism in Antebellum America” Steam engines. Conversions. Inmates. Tracts. Networks. Vibrations. A white whale. Modern’s exciting book on antebellum secularism wends through Moby-Dick, evangelical … Continue reading >John Lardas Modern, “Secularism in Antebellum America”