Steven Ramey’s recent post on the “multivalence of terms”—to use his words—in reference to a recent Boy George song has been making its way around
social media networks.
Click on the image to see the tweet…
Code Switching at Lehigh University
On April 14-15, 2014, Lehigh University will be hosting a Code Switching Workshop inspired by, and comprised of, Culture on the Edge‘s Monica Miller, Merinda Simmons, Leslie Dorrough Smith, and Vaia Touna. They will be joined by two other Lehigh faculty members: James Peterson, Associate Professor of English and Director of Africana Studies, and Jackie Krasas, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology and Director of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
The topic of code switching here at the Edge began last summer (2013) and then developed into a couple of blog posts (here and here).
Stay tuned to learn more
about the upcoming workshop…
What is the Goal of the Academic Study of Religion?
Interested in some additional thoughts on the Doniger controversy? Then see our own Steven Ramey‘s new post at the blog for the Bulletin for the Study of Religion.
[M]y intent is not to critique Doniger but to critique the tendency across the field to define religions in ways that give preference to one group over another, sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally….
Righteous Rhetoric Coming Soon
Leslie Dorrough Smith‘s forthcoming book Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America with Oxford University Press will be hitting the shelves in April 2014!
“The Nones” — Again
Interested in the responses of the Edge‘s own Steven Ramey and Monica Miller to previous commentaries on their work on “the Nones”?
Then try here.
Responses to “the Nones”
Read more from the Bulletin for the Study of Religion here.
Flattery Will Get You Everywhere
With spam like this coming to our site, who can complain?
The Nones are Getting Around
The Religious Studies Project re-posted our link to the recent panel on the Nones — have you seen it?
I’ll Be Watching You
Might As Well Jump!
Did you catch this post, now making its way around the web?
It opens: Continue reading “Might As Well Jump!”