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An open book review site published by the American Academy of Religion (@AARWeb). We provide up-to-date coverage of scholarly publishing in religious studies.
Atlanta, Georgia
Joined May 2016
What happens when pop idols become shamans? Minjung Noh’s review of K-Pop Demon Hunters explores how the film turns Korean shamanism into pop spectacle—where fandom becomes faith and music becomes ritual. Read more: https://t.co/7lDfvdFd3d
#Religion&Culture #KPop #FilmReview
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Davyda M. Hammond reviews 'Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake' by Judith Weisenfeld (@NYUpress) https://t.co/oP6BA1jhyM
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Coffee, conversations, and free books at the AAR/SBL Annual Meetings! Visit the AAR exhibit booth, sign up for the Reading Religion newsletter, and pick out a free book (while supplies last). #ReadingReligion #AARSBL25
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As #AARSBL2025 meets in Boston, we join colleagues raising urgent concerns about ICE enforcement in and around sacred spaces. Please read the AAR Board’s statement and share know-your-rights “red cards” with communities who need them. 🔗 https://t.co/wd2i9iJcze
#ReligiousStudies
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Statement by the AAR Board of Directors, in Boston on November 21, 2025 As we are gathered in Boston for the Annual Meeting of the world’s largest professional society of religious studies scholars,...
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We are here in the exhibit hall at #aarsbl25 Stop by and say hello to Evan and Kimberly! #bookreviews #religiousstudies #books
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How does speculative TV “do” and “undo” religion? Gregory Erickson explores how shows from Buffy to Westworld become stages for faith, doubt, and new sacred meanings. Read the review: https://t.co/izGLGA0M2t
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What does it mean to signify Black religion? Juan M. Floyd-Thomas explores four key works that trace how Black religious life reshapes symbols, meaning, and culture. Read: https://t.co/bwwiQsAVIw
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Shu-chen Hsu Hsiung reviews 'Negotiating the Christian Past in China: Memory and Missions in Contemporary Xiamen' by Jifeng Liu (@PSUPress). https://t.co/iNFaLUsbb2
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Justin Hawkins reviews 'Wayfaring: A Christian Approach to Mental Health Care' by Warren Kinghorn (@Eerdmansbooks) https://t.co/ztaarXPMg6
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Ethan Doyle White reviews 'Vernacular Religion: Collected Essays of Leonard Norman Primiano' by Deborah Dash Moore (Editor) (@NYUpress) https://t.co/UIfiwL3nSg
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For #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we revisit Sugarcane — a documentary confronting the legacy of residential schools and the persistence of Indigenous care. Read our review → https://t.co/RdpkmXBd4f
#FilmReview #IndigenousStudies
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Nancy Menning reviews 'Entangled Being: Unoriginal Sin and Wicked Problems' by Rebecca L. Copeland. https://t.co/N1ngKywOVE
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Our October newsletter is here! Explore our Four Books essay on Buddhist modernism, a new reading list on magic, horror, and the supernatural, plus the latest reviews and titles available for review. Read now → https://t.co/VMbF2dhSWr
#Religion #ReligiousStudies
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Ryan Coogler’s Sinners—where theology meets Southern Gothic horror—is back in IMAX just in time for Halloween. Our review unpacks its mix of sin, blues, and blood in the Deep South. Read more: https://t.co/x4iHniVmdH
#SinnersMovie #Theology #SouthernGothic #Horror #BlackCinema
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John Cottingham reviews 'Negative Natural Theology: God and the Limits of Reason' by Christopher J Insole.
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How can we live in harmony with the universe, and not just in it? What is it to feel at home in the world?Some thinkers who feel the force of these questions...
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Lora Walsh reviews 'Conversion and the Contest of Creeds in Early Medieval Christianity' by Marta Szada. https://t.co/ar0aAkTjuP
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Evan Sandsmark reviews 'Caryll Houselander: A Biography' by Mary Frances Coady (@OrbisBooks) https://t.co/gAV7t0KuJQ
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Jared Secord reviews 'Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses: Magic, Aesthetics, and Justice' by Laura Salah Nasrallah. https://t.co/cwYgqEU3Nd
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New from Reading Religion — "Four Books on Buddhist Modernism" by Jack Meng-Tat Chia explores how Buddhism has engaged with modernity across time and space, from ethics under colonialism to digital-era innovation. https://t.co/YWiBHIZ8Zx
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In this essay, Karen Jackson-Weaver reflects on four seminal works that have shaped her scholarship and the field of womanist theology and ethics. https://t.co/Ni3oY4432q
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