Philip L. Tite, University of Washington
Managing Editor
Arlene MacDonald, University of Texas Medical Branch
Book Review Editor
Adam T Miller, University of Chicago
The Bulletin began life in 1971 as the CSSR Bulletin when it was published by the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion (CSSR). In 2009 the Council disbanded and the journal moved to Equinox. It remains affiliated with the North American Association for the Study of Religion (NAASR), a CSSR successor and NAASR members receive The Bulletin as part of their annual membership.
The Bulletin publishes articles that address religion in general, the history of the field of religious studies, method and theory in the study of religion, and pedagogical practices. Articles featured in the Bulletin cover diverse religious traditions from any time period (from ancient religions to new religious movements), but are typically distinguished by their social scientific methods (e.g., historical, sociological, anthropological, cognitive scientific) or critical theory apparatus (i.e., post-colonialist, post-structuralist, neo-marxist). The Bulletin is unique in that it offers a forum for various academic voices to debate and reflect on the ever-changing state of the field, and insofar as it encourages scholars continually to engage meta-level questions at the leading edge of inquiry.
Since 2010 (volume 39), the Bulletin has been published in print and online, with a print frequency of 4 issues per volume. The associated Bulletin Blog has been active since 2010 and has approximately 2,500 followers.
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ISSN: 2041-1863 (Print)
ISSN: 2041-1871 (Online)
Recent Blog Entries
Studying Religion in the Age of a ‘White-Lash’ | |
by Tenzan Eaghll On the evening of November 9, 2016, as Trump’s victory over Clinton seemed inevitable, CNN commentator Van Jones made a statement that would prove true not only about the results at the polls, but the many things … Continue reading → | |
Posted: 2018-08-10 | More... |
On Byzantine Apocrypha and Erotapokriseis Literature | |
by Tony Burke This post originally appeared on the author’s blog. As I work through the contributions to the second volume of New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, I am struck by how many of them are related to a … Continue reading → | |
Posted: 2018-08-06 | More... |
Discourses of Religion and the Non-Religious/Secular in Islamic Contexts: Call for Expressions of Interest | |
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Proposed New Network: Discourses of Religion and the Non-Religious/Secular in Islamic Contexts Please send expressions of interest to Dr Alex Henley (alex.henley@theology.ox.ac.uk). A critical school has emerged in the Study of Religion that identifies the … Continue reading → | |
Posted: 2018-08-01 | More... |
A Review of Emily Ogden’s Credulity: A Cultural History of US Mesmerism | |
Editor’s note: Bulletin Book Reviews is the newly developed book review portal for the Bulletin for the Study of Religion, associated with NAASR and published by Equinox. We are interested in reviewing titles of wide relevance to the academic study of religion, … Continue reading → | |
Posted: 2018-07-26 | More... |
Name it and Disclaim it: A Tool for Better Discussion in Religious Studies | |
by Joseph P. Laycock and Natasha L. Mikles Anyone who has led discussion in an introductory undergraduate Religious Studies class has experienced frustrating comments from students such as, “Jews practice empty ritual,” or “Buddhists are more spiritual than other religions.” … Continue reading → | |
Posted: 2018-05-24 | More... |
So You’re Not a Priest? Scholars Explain What They Do To Outsiders: Merinda Simmons | |
In this series with the Bulletin, we ask scholars to talk about how they describe what they do to outsiders by sharing a story or two, and reflect on how this has affected their identity as scholars of religion. For other … Continue reading → | |
Posted: 2018-05-02 | More... |
So You’re Not a Priest? Scholars Explain What They Do to Outsiders: James Crossley | |
In this series with the Bulletin, we ask scholars to talk about how they describe what they do to outsiders by sharing a story or two, and reflect on how this has affected their identity as scholars of religion. For other … Continue reading → | |
Posted: 2018-04-20 | More... |
CFP: Sovereignty & Strangeness Graduate Conference, Northwestern Department of Religious Studies | |
The Northwestern Department of Religious Studies graduate students invite young scholars to submit paper proposals for “Sovereignty & Strangeness,” a graduate conference to be held October 19-21, 2018 in Evanston, IL. Proposals are due May 6, 2018. You can get … Continue reading → | |
Posted: 2018-04-17 | More... |
So You’re Not a Priest? Scholars Explain What They Do to Outsiders: Sher Afgan Tareen | |
In this series with the Bulletin, we ask scholars to talk about how they describe what they do to outsiders by sharing a story or two, and reflect on how this has affected their identity as scholars of religion. For other … Continue reading → | |
Posted: 2018-04-13 | More... |
So You’re Not a Priest? Scholars Explain What They Do to Outsiders: Zachary Braiterman | |
In this series with the Bulletin, we ask scholars to talk about how they describe what they do to outsiders by sharing a story or two, and reflect on how this has affected their identity as scholars of religion. For other … Continue reading → | |
Posted: 2018-04-10 | More... |
Recent Articles
Spalding Symposium, King’s College London, 21-23 April 2023 | |
We will have a display of recent books and journals and Declan McCarthy will be on hand on the 22nd to talk to participants The post Spalding Symposium, King’s College London, 21-23 April 2023 appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
Posted: 2023-04-04 | More... |
International Conference on Multilingual Theories and Practices, Dublin City University Institute of Education, 20-21 April 2023 | |
A display of our recent books and journals on multilingualism will be at the conference The post International Conference on Multilingual Theories and Practices, Dublin City University Institute of Education, 20-21 April 2023 appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
Posted: 2023-04-04 | More... |
British Forum for Ethnomusicology, University of Edinburgh, 13-16 April 2023 | |
There will be a display of the latest books and journal issues and flyers offering 25% off for web orders. The post British Forum for Ethnomusicology, University of Edinburgh, 13-16 April 2023 appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
Posted: 2023-03-27 | More... |
Society for Pentecostal Studies , Tulsa, OK, 16-18 March 2023 | |
An ad for our journal PentecoStudies will appear in the programme The post Society for Pentecostal Studies , Tulsa, OK, 16-18 March 2023 appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
Posted: 2023-03-03 | More... |
AAAL, Portland, OR, 18-21 March 2023 | |
Janet Joyce and Martha Pennington will be attending a display of books and journals The post AAAL, Portland, OR, 18-21 March 2023 appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
Posted: 2023-03-03 | More... |
Most Viewed Articles
Spalding Symposium, King’s College London, 21-23 April 2023 | |
We will have a display of recent books and journals and Declan McCarthy will be on hand on the 22nd to talk to participants The post Spalding Symposium, King’s College London, 21-23 April 2023 appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
Posted: 2023-04-04 | More... |
International Conference on Multilingual Theories and Practices, Dublin City University Institute of Education, 20-21 April 2023 | |
A display of our recent books and journals on multilingualism will be at the conference The post International Conference on Multilingual Theories and Practices, Dublin City University Institute of Education, 20-21 April 2023 appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
Posted: 2023-04-04 | More... |
British Forum for Ethnomusicology, University of Edinburgh, 13-16 April 2023 | |
There will be a display of the latest books and journal issues and flyers offering 25% off for web orders. The post British Forum for Ethnomusicology, University of Edinburgh, 13-16 April 2023 appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
Posted: 2023-03-27 | More... |
Society for Pentecostal Studies , Tulsa, OK, 16-18 March 2023 | |
An ad for our journal PentecoStudies will appear in the programme The post Society for Pentecostal Studies , Tulsa, OK, 16-18 March 2023 appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
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AAAL, Portland, OR, 18-21 March 2023 | |
Janet Joyce and Martha Pennington will be attending a display of books and journals The post AAAL, Portland, OR, 18-21 March 2023 appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
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JCA Book Review by Barbara Hausmair: Archaeologies of Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, and Repression: Dark Modernities edited by James Symonds and Pavel Vařeka | |
Archaeologies of Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, and Repression: Dark Modernities. Edited by James Symonds and Pavel Vařeka. 2020. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-46683-1 Reviewed by: Barbara Hausmair, University of Innsbruck barbara.hausmair@uibk.ac.at An intriguing conversation about their experiences of growing up and studying archaeology on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain provides James Symonds and Pavel Vařeka with [...] The post JCA Book Review by Barbara Hausmair: Archaeologies of Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, and Repression: Dark Modernities edited by James Symonds and Pavel Vařeka appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
Posted: 2022-01-13 | More... |
JCA Book Reviews: The Archaeology of Burning Man: The Rise and Fall of Black Rock City by Carolyn L. White | |
The Archaeology of Burning Man: The Rise and Fall of Black Rock City. By Carolyn L. White. Archaeologies of Landscape in the Americas Series. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2020. Hardback, 288 pp. ISBN 978-0826361332. The last sentence of this remarkable book states that ‘[a]ll cities are temporary, but some are more temporary than [...] The post JCA Book Reviews: The Archaeology of Burning Man: The Rise and Fall of Black Rock City by Carolyn L. White appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
Posted: 2022-01-13 | More... |
JCA Book Reviews: Rock, Bone, and Ruin: An Optimist’s Guide to the Historical Sciences. By Adrian Currie | |
Rock, Bone, and Ruin: An Optimist’s Guide to the Historical Sciences. By Adrian Currie, 2018. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Hardback, 376 pp. ISBN 9780262037266. In 1959 Umberto Eco published a short fictional essay titled “Fragments” in the avant-garde literary magazine Il Verri. The essay takes the form of an imagined paper read by “Prof. Anouk [...] The post JCA Book Reviews: Rock, Bone, and Ruin: An Optimist’s Guide to the Historical Sciences. By Adrian Currie appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
Posted: 2019-09-10 | More... |
JCA Book Reviews: Networked Remembrance: Excavating Buried Memories in the Railways Beneath London and Berlin. By Samuel Merrill | |
Networked Remembrance: Excavating Buried Memories in the Railways Beneath London and Berlin. By Samuel Merrill. Peter Lang Publishing Group. Paperback, 408 pp. ISBN 9781787073814. Travel punctuates our lives: moments of passage, transience, in-between time. Things happen when we travel – good things (meeting someone), and bad things (racial abuse on trains is increasingly common, at [...] The post JCA Book Reviews: Networked Remembrance: Excavating Buried Memories in the Railways Beneath London and Berlin. By Samuel Merrill appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
Posted: 2019-09-10 | More... |
JCA Book Reviews: Reluctant Landscapes: Historical Anthropologies of Political Experience in Siin, Senegal. By François Richard | |
Reluctant Landscapes: Historical Anthropologies of Political Experience in Siin, Senegal. By François Richard, 2018. University of Chicago Press. Paperback, 400 pp. ISBN 9780226252544. Fragmentary time in Atlantic West Africa François Richard’s Reluctant Landscapes describes places that refuse to be fully absorbed into political and commercial systems, and where global -isms themselves remain on-going or unresolved [...] The post JCA Book Reviews: Reluctant Landscapes: Historical Anthropologies of Political Experience in Siin, Senegal. By François Richard appeared first on Equinox Publishing. | |
Posted: 2019-09-10 | More... |
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