Key Categories in the Study of Religion

Rebekka King, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Middle Tennessee State University. Her research focuses on the negotiation of boundaries within North American Christianity. Her first book (under contract with NYU Press) charts the development of progressive Christianity in North America as a movement that spurned Christian orthodoxy in pursuit of a resolutely skeptical faith. She teaches courses on method and theory, anthropology of religion, and contemporary Christianity.

• 1. IntroductionRebekka King Part 1: Citizenship 2. Paper Terrorism: Religion, Paperwork, and the Contestation of State Power in the “Sovereign Citizen” Movement Michael J. McVicar, Florida State University3.The Rohingya, Buddhism, and the Category “Religion” Tenzan Eaghll, Mahidol University, Thailand4. Citizenship, Religion, and the Frailty of State Sovereignty: A Response to Michael McVicar Daniel Miller, Landmark College, Vermont5. The Material Production of Otherworldly Citizenship: From Paper to Digital Files to BodiesLauren Horn Griffin, University of Alabama6. Response: Paper Terrorism as Counter-ConductMichael J. McVicarPart 2: Race 7. Signifying “Der Rassist” in Religious Studies and the Axes of Social Difference Richard Newton, University of Alabama8. Of Dualisms and Doppelgängers: Mapping Ancient Minds and Bodies in Religious Studies (A Response to Richard Newton)Robyn Faith Walsh, University of Miami9. “Dark S(kin): Two Versions of Newton’s crimen oscuro”Rudy V. Busto, University of California, Santa Barbara10. Reworking our Schemes: Some Thoughts on Richard Newton’s Paper, “Signifying ‘Der Rassist’ in Religious Studies and the Axes of Social Difference Craig R. Prentiss, Rockhurst University, Missouri11. That’s a Racist Question: Interrogating Racism in the Study of American Religions Martha Smith Roberts, Fullerton College, California12. The Trope Has Been Set: Race and Religion as Critical Entanglement Richard NewtonPart 3: Gender 13.“This Field Which Is Not One / The Body Is Smart: Rethinking Theory in the Study of Religion” Megan Goodwin, Northeastern University 14. A Happy HeadacheEmily D. Crews, University of Chicago Divinity School15. Addressing Gender Parity in Critical PedagogyTara Baldrick-Morrone, Wake Forest University16. The ‘Muscle Jew’ and Maccabean Heroism of the Jewish Legion during WWI Tim Langille, Arizona State University17. “There is No Place for the State in the Bedrooms of the Nation” or A response to Goodwin’s Gender/Religion Lens: The Case of Québec’s Bill 21 Jennifer A. Selby, Memorial University of Newfoundland Part 4: Class 18. Regulating Religion to Maintain the Status QuoSuzanne Owen, Leeds Trinity University19. A Gramscian Inversion: Hegemony in Theory and in Practice Tommy Carrico, Florida State University 20. The Druid Network as a Capitalist Success Story: or, Why The Druid Network’s Charity Status is Beside the Point Neil George, York University21. Who’s Afraid of Class Analysis? Rethinking Identity and Class in the Study of Religion James Dennis LoRusso, Princeton University22. Definition, Comparison, Critique: A Response to Suzanne Owen on Economy, Class, and Religion Johan Strijdom, University of South Africa 23. Response Suzanne Owen