Over at Newsweek, Lisa Miller has written an insightful piece on the “Religious Studies Revival.” For undergraduates thinking about a major (or graduate school), it is a must read. Miller begins with an imaginary scene that I suppose is quite real:
“You want to major in what?” Such is the anguished cry of parents, who, having [...]
Tags:academic study of religion·Anthropology of Religion·cognitive science of religion·curriculum·doctrine·evolution of religion·history of religion·interdisciplinary·Lisa Miller·psychology of religion·religious studies departments·religious studies major·Religious Studies Revival·sociology of religion·theology
I just finished reading David Swartz’s superb article, “Bridging the Study of Culture and Religion: Pierre Bourdieu’s Political Economy of Symbolic Power” (open access), and must recommend it not only to cultural theorists but to archaeologists as well. Several aspects of Bourdieu’s thought lend themselves readily to novel interpretations of what otherwise might appear to [...]
Tags:archaeological theory·behavorial modernity·Bridging the Study of Culture and Religion·cultural theory·David Swartz·embodiment·Foucault·Marx·materialist history·Nietzsche·paleolithic hominids·Pierre Bourdieu·political economy·ritual objects·sociology of religion·spiritualist history·symbolic power·symbolism·Weber
