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The O of Giotto
There is a great story about the Renaissance painter Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) who is said to have won a Vatican contract from Pope Benedictus XII by submitting nothing more than a perfectly executed hand-drawn circle. The circle became famously … Continue reading
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Tagged crisis, nothing, theology, zero
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Is there anything good to be said for ‘Religion’?
As readers of the Critical Religion blog may be aware, my trenchant colleague Tim Fitzgerald has once more launched a missile against the category of ‘religion’ in his recent posting (30 May 2011) as the word reappeared in what he … Continue reading
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Tagged agency, capitalism, Critical Religion, deconstruction, democratic intellect, George Elder Davie, human condition, ideology, nihilism, postcolonial, religion, riots, ritual, shaman-ritual complex, theology, Timothy Fitzgerald
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Patriarchy, Patrimonialism – and Paradigm Change
Following some years in so-called early-retirement it was with much interest that I nervously ventured out once again to a mainstream academic conference: that of the Sociology of Religion Research Group of the British Sociological Association held at Easter in … Continue reading
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Tagged crisis, Critical Religion, patriarchy, patrimonialism, religion, sociology of religion, theology
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Francesca’s Buried Biblical Treasures
BBC 2’s series, The Bible’s Buried Secrets is a familiar – and in many ways, winning – combination of middle eastern street scenes, archaeological digs, panoramic shots of Jerusalem and the golden Dome of the Rock, and computer animated reconstructions. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam, BBC, Bible, Biblical criticism, Critical Religion, Eden, Eve, Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Jerusalem, theology
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Praying For Japan
Kat Neumann is writing her PhD under Andrew Hass and Alison Jasper. After the catastrophic events in Japan, the language of secular politics and news reports on the economic and political impact on food supplies, the stock market, rising flight … Continue reading
On Theory and Practice in Religious Studies
This is the first time I have ever ‘blogged’. In fact the latter word was so new to my PC that I had to add it to the dictionary in the software. In the course of the past two decade … Continue reading
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Tagged body, Critical Religion, culture change, decathexis, managerialism, religious studies, spiritualities, theology, university
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What is a University for?
The University is in a crisis. Even casual readers of the broadsheets know this. But the crisis is not what most people think, including those who run the University itself. The crisis is not that the University is underfunded, and … Continue reading
