Anthropologist Joe Webster discusses his research amongst Protestant groups in Scotland, from Brethren fishermen to the sometimes-controversial Orange Order. We talk about apocalypse and conspiracy, faith and fraternity, hate and masculinity – and why it's vital to listen to others, even if we don’t always like what we find.
For fans of Louis Theroux and Clifford Geertz alike. A conversation on ethics and representation, listening, community and more. Podcast listeners can get a year's subscription to New Humanist magazine for just £13.50. Head to newhumanist.org.uk/subscribe and enter the code WITHREASON
Presenters: Alice Bloch & Samira Shackle
Producer: Alice Bloch
Further reading:
Joseph Webster (2020) ‘The Religion of Orange Politics: Protestantism and Fraternity in Contemporary Scotland’
Joseph Webster (2013) ‘The Anthropology of Protestantism: Faith and Crisis Among Scottish Fishermen’
Clifford Geertz, "Distinguished Lecture: Anti Anti-Relativism." American Anthropologist, New Series, 86, no. 2 (1984): 263-78.
James Laidlaw (2013) ‘The Subject of Virtue: An Anthropology of Ethics and Freedom’
New Humanist magazine - Eleanor Gordon-Smith (2019) ‘The Sleep of Reason’
Music: 'Lost in the Cinema' by Danosongs
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