Study Religion
Study Religion is a production of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. The podcast brings listeners into the life of the department through discussions with faculty, student work, analysis of current events and popular culture, and interviews about the state of religious studies as a field. It is a chance to listen in to the conversations we're having on the balconies and inside the offices of Manly Hall, the department building and our logo.
Episodes
May 4, 2023 • 42 mins
In this episode of our new mini-series Examples, Ciara Eichhorst, the American Examples Fellow and a masters student in our department, discusses the topic of online Seduction Forums with 2022 AE participant Suzanne van Geuns. Dr. van Geuns is currently a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Center for Culture, Society, and Religion at Princeton University. Her scholarship broadly examines the intellectual exchange between compu...
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November 10, 2022 • 53 mins
In this episode of our new mini-series Examples, Ciara Eichhorst, the American Examples Fellow and a masters student in our department, discusses the topic of mesmerism, ridicule, and the corpse of an alleged mermaid with Dr. Joshua Urich. Dr. Urich received his PhD at the University of Texas-Austin and is a visiting assistant professor of religion at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. His chapter, “Truth is Never Ridiculous: Soc...
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September 6, 2022 • 45 mins
This is the fourth and final episode of a four-part series, in which Erica Bennett and Jacob Barrett hear from Shannon Trosper Schorey, a recent PhD graduate in Religious Studies, on her experience in a job outside the academy, in the tech sector. Jacob and Erica then reflect on the series as a whole.
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September 6, 2022 • 32 mins
In episode three of a four-part series we discuss how many students leave their graduate programs before completion, partly due to concerns of job security or availability, Jacob Barrett and Erica Bennett listen to Jared Powell explain his decision to leave his PhD program in English and pursue a career path outside academia.
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September 6, 2022 • 34 mins
In episode two of a four-part series, Erica Bennett and Jacob Barrett continue their discussion on the job market after a graduate degree in the humanities. This episode they hear from tenured English Professor Pamela Gilbert on her experience within academia and advising students going into the academic job market.
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September 6, 2022 • 34 mins
In the first episode of this four part series, Erica Bennett and Jacob Barrett discuss the worries of starting a PhD program in the humanities with particular focus placed on the dismal state of the job market for many humanities PhD graduates. To further flesh out the state of the job market currently, Erica talks with Bradley Sommer, a recent PhD grad in History.
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August 17, 2022 • 51 mins
In this episode of our new mini-series Examples, Ciara Eichhorst, the American Examples Fellow and a masters student in our department, discusses the topic of the atomic bomb and its relationship to the counterculture movement with Dr. Erik Kline. Dr. Kline is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and received his PhD in English from the University of Alabama. He has specialties in disability,...
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July 20, 2022 • 43 mins
In this episode of our new mini-series Examples, Ciara Eichhorst, the American Examples Fellow and a master’s student in our department, discusses the topic of comedy and its relationship with religious studies with Dr. Samah Choudhury. Dr. Choudhury is an assistant professor in the department of Philosophy and Religion at Ithaca College in New York, with specialties in Islamic Studies, Humor and Comedy, Race, and Gender. You can f...
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May 1, 2022 • 39 mins
In this episode Erica Bennett and Ciara Eichhorst, masters students in our department, discuss the recent social media trend of Veiling at Catholic Mass. Dr. Lauren Giffin, from our department, provides a analysis on religious trends, the histroy of veiling, and the intersection between religion and social media.
A transcript of the show is available at: religion.ua.edu/about-us/podcasts/
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March 2, 2022 • 22 mins
On this episode of Study Religion second year grad student, Erica Bennett, sits down with three first year grad students to discuss their roles and controbutions to the project Uncivil Religion. This project, spearheaded by Mike Altman in colaboration with Jerome Copulsky, and Peter Manseauo from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, documents the events that took place at the January 6th attack on the Capital.
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January 31, 2022 • 18 mins
Can philosophy of religion enter the globalized, 21st-century world? If so, how might the field be taught? Dr. Nathan Loewen interviews four academics who participated in a grant project funded by the Wabash Center, "Teaching Philosophy of Religion Inclusively to Diverse Students": Jin Y. Park, Kevin Schilbrack, Eric Dickman, Louis Komjathy and Gereon Kopf. A transcript of this podcast may be found at https://globalcritical.as.ua.e...
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January 17, 2022 • 15 mins
Can philosophy of religion enter the globalized, 21st-century world? If so, how might the field be taught? Dr. Nathan Loewen interviews four academics who participated in a grant project funded by the Wabash Center, "Teaching Philosophy of Religion Inclusively to Diverse Students": Jin Y. Park, Kevin Schilbrack, Eric Dickman, and Louis Komjathy. A transcript for this episode may be found at https://globalcritical.as.ua.edu/media/po...
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January 16, 2022 • 13 mins
Can philosophy of religion enter the globalized, 21st-century world? If so, how might the field be taught? Dr. Nathan Loewen interviews four academics who participated in a grant project funded by the Wabash Center, "Teaching Philosophy of Religion Inclusively to Diverse Students": Jin Y. Park, Kevin Schilbrack, Eric Dickman, and Louis Komjathy. A transcript of this episode is available at https://globalcritical.as.ua.edu/media/pod...
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January 16, 2022 • 21 mins
Can philosophy of religion enter the globalized, 21st-century world? If so, how might the field be taught? Dr. Nathan Loewen interviews four academics who participated in a grant project funded by the Wabash Center, "Teaching Philosophy of Religion Inclusively to Diverse Students": Jin Y. Park, Kevin Schilbrack, Eric Dickman, and Louis Komjathy. A transcript may be found at https://globalcritical.as.ua.edu/media/podcast-transcripts...
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January 16, 2022 • 17 mins
Can philosophy of religion enter the globalized, 21st-century world? If so, how might the field be taught? Dr. Nathan Loewen interviews four academics who participated in a grant project funded by the Wabash Center, "Teaching Philosophy of Religion Inclusively to Diverse Students": Jin Y. Park, Kevin Schilbrack, Eric Dickman, and Louis Komjathy. A transcript may be found at https://globalcritical.as.ua.edu/media/podcast-transcripts...
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January 15, 2022 • 13 mins
Can philosophy of religion enter the globalized, 21st-century world? If so, how might the field be taught? Dr. Nathan Loewen interviews four academics who participated in a grant project funded by the Wabash Center, "Teaching Philosophy of Religion Inclusively to Diverse Students": Jin Y. Park, Kevin Schilbrack, Eric Dickman, and Louis Komjathy. A transcript may be found at https://globalcritical.as.ua.edu/media/podcast-transcripts...
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December 7, 2021 • 32 mins
In this episode Erica Bennett and Sonya Harwood Johnson, masters students in our department, discuss the work of Lil Nas X thorugh the examples of his music videos and online persona. Dr. Merinda Simmons, from our department, provides a analysis on gender, sexuality, and religious dipictions presented in Lil Nas X's work.
A transcript of the show is available at: religion.ua.edu/about-us/podcasts/
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November 9, 2021 • 7 mins
In this episode of 1-800-REL-HELP our expert, Brook Wilensky-Lanford, explains to the caller what "secularism" is in the context of Relgious Studies. The caller and expert dive into how secular and religion are two peas in a pod, related, and understood in tandem.
Do you have questions about religion? Need answers about religious studies? Call 1-800-REL-HELP. If you've got doubts, give us a shout!
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November 2, 2021 • 7 mins
In this episode of 1-800-REL-HELP our expert, Erik Kline, helps the caller understand the topic of "conversion" in the study of religion.
Do you have questions about religion? Need answers about religious studies? Call 1-800-REL-HELP. If you've got doubts, give us a shout!
A transcript of this episode is available at: https://americanexamples.ua.edu/1-800-rel-help-podcast-transcripts/
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October 26, 2021 • 8 mins
In this episode of 1-800-REL-HELP our expert, Dana Lloyd, examines the relationship and the distinction between religion and law. Lloyd explains the complexity of this topic by using the example of Indigenous Peoples Law.
Do you have questions about religion? Need answers about religious studies? Call 1-800-REL-HELP. If you've got doubts, give us a shout!
A transcript of this episode is available at: https://americanexamples.ua.e...
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