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What happens when pop idols become shamans?
Minjung Noh’s review of K-Pop Demon Hunters explores how the film turns Korean shamanism into pop spectacle—where fandom becomes faith and music becomes ritual.
Read more: buff.ly/pe8a31l
#Religion&Culture #KPop #FilmReview #PopularCulture #ReadingReligion
Minjung Noh’s review of K-Pop Demon Hunters explores how the film turns Korean shamanism into pop spectacle—where fandom becomes faith and music becomes ritual.
Read more: buff.ly/pe8a31l
#Religion&Culture #KPop #FilmReview #PopularCulture #ReadingReligion
Davyda M. Hammond reviews 'Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake' by Judith Weisenfeld. buff.ly/Tt4zYaT
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Davyda M. Hammond reviews 'Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake' by Judith Weisenfeld. buff.ly/Tt4zYaT
Free books at AAR/SBL! 📚
Visit the AAR exhibit booth, sign up for the Reading Religion newsletter, and pick out a free book (while supplies last). #ReadingReligion #AARSBL25
Visit the AAR exhibit booth, sign up for the Reading Religion newsletter, and pick out a free book (while supplies last). #ReadingReligion #AARSBL25
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Free books at AAR/SBL! 📚
Visit the AAR exhibit booth, sign up for the Reading Religion newsletter, and pick out a free book (while supplies last). #ReadingReligion #AARSBL25
Visit the AAR exhibit booth, sign up for the Reading Religion newsletter, and pick out a free book (while supplies last). #ReadingReligion #AARSBL25
At the AAR/SBL annual meetings in Boston, we stand with colleagues raising concerns about ICE enforcement in and around sacred spaces. Please read the AAR Board statement and share know-your-rights “red cards” if you’re on site.
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Statement by the AAR Board of Directors, in Boston on November 21, 2025 - AAR
Statement by the AAR Board of Directors, in Boston on November 21, 2025 As we are gathered in Boston for the Annual Meeting of the world’s largest professional society of religious studies scholars, w...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
At the AAR/SBL annual meetings in Boston, we stand with colleagues raising concerns about ICE enforcement in and around sacred spaces. Please read the AAR Board statement and share know-your-rights “red cards” if you’re on site.
aarweb.org/news/aar-sta...
#AARSBL2025
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#AARSBL2025
We are here in the exhibit hall at #aarsbl25
Stop by and say hello to Evan and Kimberly!
#bookreviews #religiousstudies #books
Stop by and say hello to Evan and Kimberly!
#bookreviews #religiousstudies #books
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We are here in the exhibit hall at #aarsbl25
Stop by and say hello to Evan and Kimberly!
#bookreviews #religiousstudies #books
Stop by and say hello to Evan and Kimberly!
#bookreviews #religiousstudies #books
Ever thought about how a zombie show, a robot priest, or a futuristic wild west reflect religious questions? This review opens just that door. Dive in: buff.ly/hzP6ibt
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ever thought about how a zombie show, a robot priest, or a futuristic wild west reflect religious questions? This review opens just that door. Dive in: buff.ly/hzP6ibt
What does it mean to signify Black religion?
Juan M. Floyd-Thomas explores four key works that trace how Black religious life reshapes symbols, meaning, and culture.
Read: buff.ly/mr3jyCZ
Juan M. Floyd-Thomas explores four key works that trace how Black religious life reshapes symbols, meaning, and culture.
Read: buff.ly/mr3jyCZ
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
What does it mean to signify Black religion?
Juan M. Floyd-Thomas explores four key works that trace how Black religious life reshapes symbols, meaning, and culture.
Read: buff.ly/mr3jyCZ
Juan M. Floyd-Thomas explores four key works that trace how Black religious life reshapes symbols, meaning, and culture.
Read: buff.ly/mr3jyCZ
Shu-chen Hsu Hsiung reviews 'Negotiating the Christian Past in China: Memory and Missions in Contemporary Xiamen' by Jifeng Liu. buff.ly/q86Cw5P
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Shu-chen Hsu Hsiung reviews 'Negotiating the Christian Past in China: Memory and Missions in Contemporary Xiamen' by Jifeng Liu. buff.ly/q86Cw5P
What happens when pop idols become shamans?
Minjung Noh’s review of K-Pop Demon Hunters explores how the film turns Korean shamanism into pop spectacle—where fandom becomes faith and music becomes ritual.
Read more: buff.ly/pe8a31l
#Religion&Culture #KPop #FilmReview #PopularCulture #ReadingReligion
Minjung Noh’s review of K-Pop Demon Hunters explores how the film turns Korean shamanism into pop spectacle—where fandom becomes faith and music becomes ritual.
Read more: buff.ly/pe8a31l
#Religion&Culture #KPop #FilmReview #PopularCulture #ReadingReligion
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
What happens when pop idols become shamans?
Minjung Noh’s review of K-Pop Demon Hunters explores how the film turns Korean shamanism into pop spectacle—where fandom becomes faith and music becomes ritual.
Read more: buff.ly/pe8a31l
#Religion&Culture #KPop #FilmReview #PopularCulture #ReadingReligion
Minjung Noh’s review of K-Pop Demon Hunters explores how the film turns Korean shamanism into pop spectacle—where fandom becomes faith and music becomes ritual.
Read more: buff.ly/pe8a31l
#Religion&Culture #KPop #FilmReview #PopularCulture #ReadingReligion
Justin Hawkins reviews 'Wayfaring: A Christian Approach to Mental Health Care' by Warren Kinghorn. buff.ly/TU17lgG
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Justin Hawkins reviews 'Wayfaring: A Christian Approach to Mental Health Care' by Warren Kinghorn. buff.ly/TU17lgG
Ethan Doyle White reviews 'Vernacular Religion: Collected Essays of Leonard Norman Primiano' by Deborah Dash Moore (Editor) (@NYUpress) buff.ly/LCNih3S
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Ethan Doyle White reviews 'Vernacular Religion: Collected Essays of Leonard Norman Primiano' by Deborah Dash Moore (Editor) (@NYUpress) buff.ly/LCNih3S
During Native American Heritage Month, we turn to Sugarcane—a searing documentary co-directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie—and our review exploring its portrayal of Indigenous caretaking, silence, and survival in the wake of church-run residential schools.
Read more → buff.ly/WnFYBVz
Read more → buff.ly/WnFYBVz
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
During Native American Heritage Month, we turn to Sugarcane—a searing documentary co-directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie—and our review exploring its portrayal of Indigenous caretaking, silence, and survival in the wake of church-run residential schools.
Read more → buff.ly/WnFYBVz
Read more → buff.ly/WnFYBVz
Nancy Menning reviews 'Entangled Being: Unoriginal Sin and Wicked Problems' by Rebecca L. Copeland. buff.ly/umNssXV
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Nancy Menning reviews 'Entangled Being: Unoriginal Sin and Wicked Problems' by Rebecca L. Copeland. buff.ly/umNssXV
Our October newsletter is here! Explore our Four Books essay on Buddhist modernism, a new reading list on magic, horror, and the supernatural, plus the latest reviews and titles available for review.
Read now → buff.ly/WtNFtU8
#ReligiousStudies #BookReview #BuddhistModernism #MagicAndFaith
Read now → buff.ly/WtNFtU8
#ReligiousStudies #BookReview #BuddhistModernism #MagicAndFaith
October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Our October newsletter is here! Explore our Four Books essay on Buddhist modernism, a new reading list on magic, horror, and the supernatural, plus the latest reviews and titles available for review.
Read now → buff.ly/WtNFtU8
#ReligiousStudies #BookReview #BuddhistModernism #MagicAndFaith
Read now → buff.ly/WtNFtU8
#ReligiousStudies #BookReview #BuddhistModernism #MagicAndFaith
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners—where theology meets Southern Gothic horror—is back in IMAX just in time for Halloween.
Our review unpacks its mix of sin, blues, and blood in the Deep South. Read more: buff.ly/Oj2koEy
#SinnersMovie #Theology #SouthernGothic #Horror #BlackCinema
Our review unpacks its mix of sin, blues, and blood in the Deep South. Read more: buff.ly/Oj2koEy
#SinnersMovie #Theology #SouthernGothic #Horror #BlackCinema
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners—where theology meets Southern Gothic horror—is back in IMAX just in time for Halloween.
Our review unpacks its mix of sin, blues, and blood in the Deep South. Read more: buff.ly/Oj2koEy
#SinnersMovie #Theology #SouthernGothic #Horror #BlackCinema
Our review unpacks its mix of sin, blues, and blood in the Deep South. Read more: buff.ly/Oj2koEy
#SinnersMovie #Theology #SouthernGothic #Horror #BlackCinema
John Cottingham reviews 'Negative Natural Theology: God and the Limits of Reason' by Christopher J Insole. readingreligion.org/9780198932970
Negative Natural Theology - Reading Religion
How can we live in harmony with the universe, and not just in it? What is it to feel at home in the world?Some thinkers who feel the force of these questions...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
John Cottingham reviews 'Negative Natural Theology: God and the Limits of Reason' by Christopher J Insole. readingreligion.org/9780198932970
Lora Walsh reviews 'Conversion and the Contest of Creeds in Early Medieval Christianity' by Marta Szada. readingreligion.org/978100942644...
October 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Lora Walsh reviews 'Conversion and the Contest of Creeds in Early Medieval Christianity' by Marta Szada. readingreligion.org/978100942644...
Evan Sandsmark reviews 'Caryll Houselander: A Biography' by Mary Frances Coady. readingreligion.org/978162698530...
October 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Evan Sandsmark reviews 'Caryll Houselander: A Biography' by Mary Frances Coady. readingreligion.org/978162698530...
Jared Secord reviews 'Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses: Magic, Aesthetics, and Justice' by Laura Salah Nasrallah. readingreligion.org/978100940573...
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Jared Secord reviews 'Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses: Magic, Aesthetics, and Justice' by Laura Salah Nasrallah. readingreligion.org/978100940573...
New from Reading Religion — "Four Books on Buddhist Modernism" by Jack Meng-Tat Chia explores how Buddhism has engaged with modernity across time and space, from ethics under colonialism to digital-era innovation. buff.ly/D3yLCD1
October 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New from Reading Religion — "Four Books on Buddhist Modernism" by Jack Meng-Tat Chia explores how Buddhism has engaged with modernity across time and space, from ethics under colonialism to digital-era innovation. buff.ly/D3yLCD1
In this essay, Karen Jackson-Weaver reflects on four seminal works that have shaped her scholarship and the field of womanist theology and ethics. readingreligion.org/blog/four-bo...
October 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In this essay, Karen Jackson-Weaver reflects on four seminal works that have shaped her scholarship and the field of womanist theology and ethics. readingreligion.org/blog/four-bo...
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, check out our reading list! aarweb.org/news/hispani...
Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List - AAR
Some Suggested Titles from AAR's Reading Religion Reading Religion is an openly accessible book review website published by the American Academy of Religion. The site provides up-to-date coverage of…
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October 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Weston Wright reviews 'Making Pagans: Theatrical Practice and Comparative Religion in Early Modern England' by John Kuhn. readingreligion.org/978151282509...
October 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Weston Wright reviews 'Making Pagans: Theatrical Practice and Comparative Religion in Early Modern England' by John Kuhn. readingreligion.org/978151282509...
Peyton White reviews 'Cannabis, Sacred and Profane' by Christopher Partridge. buff.ly/EUHaGKq
September 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Peyton White reviews 'Cannabis, Sacred and Profane' by Christopher Partridge. buff.ly/EUHaGKq
Kyle Schiefelbein-Guerrero reviews 'Bonhoeffer for the Church: An Introduction' by Matthew D. Kirkpatrick. readingreligion.org/9781506497822
September 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Kyle Schiefelbein-Guerrero reviews 'Bonhoeffer for the Church: An Introduction' by Matthew D. Kirkpatrick. readingreligion.org/9781506497822
Jennifer Schlegel reviews 'The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future' by Robert P. Jones readingreligion.org/978166800952...
September 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Jennifer Schlegel reviews 'The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future' by Robert P. Jones readingreligion.org/978166800952...