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April 2016
RUSSELL TRACEY MCCUTCHEONrussellmccutcheonuaedu
httpwwwasuaedurelmccutchhtml
Citizenship CanadianUSImmigrationStatus Permanent Resident (GreenCard)
Home 1445 Gardenia Ave OfficeDepartment ofReligiousStudies Tuscaloosa AL 35404 USA Universityof Alabama (205)752‐4415 Tuscaloosa AL35487‐0264USA Cell(205) 310‐7546 (205)348‐8512 348‐5271 Fax(205) 348‐6621
EDUCATION
PhD Centre for the GraduateStudyof ReligionUniversityof Toronto1995(ReligiousStudies)Dissertation Supervisor Prof Neil McMullin Committee Members Profs Donald WiebeWillardOxtobyExternalExaminerProfJSamuelPreus(IndianaUniversity)
MA Centrefor theStudyofReligionUniversityofToronto1988(ReligiousStudies)ThesisSupervisorProfErnestBest
ThM QueenrsquosUniversity KingstonOntarioCanada1987(Masterof Theology) ThesisSupervisorProfPamelaDickey Young
MDiv QueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada 1986(Master of Divinity)BA QueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada 1983(LifeSciences)
ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
‐Professor(tenured)College ofArtsampSciencesUniversityof Alabama2005‐present ‐AppointedGraduateCollegeUniversityof Alabama 2004‐present‐Associate Professor(tenured)Department of ReligiousStudiesUniversity ofAlabama 2001‐2005‐Associate Professor(untenured)Departmentof ReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriState
University 1999‐2001‐AppointedSchoolofGraduateStudiesSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐2001‐AssistantProfessor(tenure‐track)DepartmentofReligious StudiesSouthwestMissouriState
University 1996‐1999‐Full‐timeInstructorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof Tennessee1993‐1996 ‐GraduateAssistanttoProfDonaldWiebeCentre fortheStudyofReligionUniversityof Toronto
1991‐1992‐TeachingandResearchAssistant Departmentfor theStudyof ReligionUniversityof Toronto
(workingwithProfessorsMichel DesjardinsBruceAltonWillardOxtobyJosephOrsquoConnelland DonaldWiebe)1989‐1993
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudiesUniversity ofAlabama 2001‐2009 2013‐18 AssociateInformationOfficerCollegeofArtsamp SciencesUniversityof Alabama2010‐2011
(Directingthe Officeof EducationalTechnologyrsquos[etech]10staff members)CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources (CDTR)College ofArtsamp SciencesUniversityof
Alabama January 2009‐10
GRANT APPLICATIONS
ldquoHijackedA Conference attheUniversityofHannoveron the CriticalTreatmentofthePublic RhetoricoflsquoGoodrsquo and lsquoBadrsquoReligionrdquoco‐writtenapplication withSteffenFuumlhrdingandLeslieDorroughSmithVolkswagenFoundationValue 50000euro(SubmittedFall 2015Rejected)
ldquoHijackedA Conference attheUniversityofHannoveron the CriticalTreatmentofthePublic RhetoricoflsquoGoodrsquo and lsquoBadrsquoReligionrdquoco‐writtenwithSteffen FuumlhrdingandLeslieDorroughSmithFritz Thyssen Foundation Value 40000euro (Pending)
GRANT ASSESSMENT
National EndowmentfortheHumanities(NEH)panelistassessorforldquoEnduringQuestionsrdquocoursedevelopmentgrant(worth $25000 pergrant)WashingtonDCOctober31 2011httpwwwnehgovgrantsguidelinesEnduringQuestionshtml
RESEACH COLLABORATIONS
Cultureon theEdge sevenpersoninternationalprojectfocused ondevelopingtheoriesofidentificationwithblog(edgeuaedu)andbookseriesVisit httpedgeuaeduidentity
AUTHORED BOOKS
Methodologies(inprogress)A Modest Proposal on Method Essaying the Study of ReligionE JBrilloftheNetherlands2015 Entanglements Marking Place in the Field of ReligionEquinoxPublishers2014The Sacred is the Profane On the Political Nature of ldquoReligionrdquoOxfordUniversityPress2013(Co‐
authored withWilliamArnal)Studying Religion An IntroductionEquinoxPublishersUK2007Religion and the Domestication of Dissent or How to Live in a Less than Perfect NationEquinox
PublishersUK2005 The Discipline of Religion Structure Meaning and RhetoricRoutledgeUK2003Manufacturing Religion The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of NostalgiaOxford
UniversityPress2003 (paperbackedition)Critics Not Caretakers Redescribing the Public Study of ReligionStateUniversityofNewYorkPress
2001
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Manufacturing Religion The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of NostalgiaOxford UniversityPress1997(hardcoveredition)
EDITED BOOKS
Religion in 5 Minutes Scholars Answer Your Questions(co‐edited withAaron WHughes) Sheffield Equinox(contracted)
Contemporary Approaches to the Study of ReligionGermanyWalterdeGruyter(contracted) Fabricating IdentitiesVol2in theldquoWorkingwith Cultureon theEdgerdquoseriesEquinoxPublishers
UK(contracted)Fabricating OriginsVol 1 in theldquoWorkingwith Cultureon the Edgerdquoseries Equinox PublishersUK
2015 Religious Experience A ReaderCraigMartinandRussellTMcCutcheon (eds)withLeslieE Smith
Equinox PublishersUK2012 Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion Essays in Honor of Donald WiebeWilliamArnal
WilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)EquinoxPublishersUK2012Introducing Religion Essays in Honor of Jonathan Z SmithWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon
(eds)Equinox PublishersUK2008Guide to the Study of ReligionWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)ContinuumUK 2000Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth
Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 1995 Armin WGeertzandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)Brill 2000alsopublishedasaspecialdouble issueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion121amp2(2000)
The InsiderOutsider Problem and the Study of Religion A ReaderContinuumUK1999 (firstvolume in Controversies in the Study of Religionseriessee below)
TRANSLATIONS
Germantranslationof Studying Religion An Introduction SteffenFuumlhrding(trans)FrankfurtVerlagPeter Lang 2013
Izuchavane na religiyataVavedenieBulgariantranslationof Studying Religion An IntroductionInaMerdjanova(trans)SilistraBulgariaDEMOSFoundation2007
ldquoРольметодуітеоріївдослідженняхМіжнародноїАсоціаціїІсторіїрелігійrdquoUkrainiantranslation of ldquoTheRole ofMethod and Theoryin theIAHRrdquo(co‐authoredwithArmin W Geertz) Українськереіґіэнавство 1 (2005) 33 109‐122
Egheiridio ThreskeiologiasGreek translationofthe Guide to the Study of ReligionDimitrisXygalatas (trans)ThessalonikiGreece Vanias Edition2003
Kataskeuazontas ti Threskeia Greektranslationof Manufacturing Religion DimitrisXygalatas (trans)ThessalonikiGreece Vanias Editions2003
JapanesetranslationofldquoTheCategorylsquoReligionrsquoinRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo(originallypublishedin Numen423 [1995] 284‐309) Gendai Shisoo (Modern Thought aninter‐disciplinary Japaneseperiodical) 289(2000)210‐229TranslatedbyIsomaeJunichi(Japanese WomenrsquosUniversity)andRichardCalichman
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EDITED BOOK SERIES
Supplements to Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion(Brill)seriesfoundingco‐editor(with Aaron Hughesand Kocku von Stuckrad)Volumes include
AaronWHughes(ed) Theory and Method in the Study of Religion Twenty Five Years On (2013)
RussellTMcCutcheon A Modest Proposal on Method Essaying the Study of Religion (2014)
TrevorStackNaomiRGoldenberandTimothyFitzgerald(eds) Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty (2015)
FransWijsenandKocku vonStuckrad(eds) Making Religion Theory and Practice in the Discursive Study of Religion(2016)
LutherHMartinandDonaldWiebe(eds) Conversations and Controversies in the Scientific Study of Religion(2016)
Daniel Dubuisson Religion and Magic in Western Culture(2016)
Religion in Culture Studies in Social Contest and Contestation (RoutledgeUK)seriesfounderand co‐editormonographseriesVolumesinclude
WilliamEArnal The Symbolic Jesus Historical Scholarship Judaism and the Construction of Contemporary Identity (2005)
RussellTMcCutcheon Religion and the Domestication of Dissent or How to Live in a Less than Perfect Nation (2005)
Tim Murphy Representing Religion History Theory Crisis(2007)AaronHughes Situating Islam The Past and Future of an Academic Discipline (2008) BurtonMack Myth and the Christian Nation A Social Theory of Religion (2008)
D N Jha Rethinking Hindu Identity (2009) Junrsquoichi Isomae Japanese Mythology Hermeneutics on Scripture (2010) CraigMartin Masking Hegemony A Genealogy of Liberalism Religion and the Private Sphere
(2010)BurtonMack Christian Mentality The Entanglements of Power Violence and Fear (2011)AaronHughes Theorizing Islam Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction(2012) ChristopherRCotterampDavidGRobertson(ed) After lsquoWorld Religionsrsquo Reconstructing
Religious Studies(2016)
Controversies in the Study of Religion(ContinuumUK)seriesfounder andeditor anthology series designedforseniorundergraduate andgraduate students1998‐2003 Volumesinclude
The InsiderOutsider Problem and the Study of Religion A Reader (RussellTMcCutcheon[ed])1999
Feminism in the Study of Religion A Reader(DarleneJuschka [ed])2001 Understanding Religious Sacrifice A Reader(JeffreyCarter[ed])2003
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Critical Categories in the Study of Religion (RoutledgeUK)seriesfounder andco‐editor (withSteffen Fuumlhrding) anthology seriesdesigned forseniorundergraduate andgraduate studentsVolumesinclude
Syncretism in Religion A Reader(AnitaLeopold andJeppeSindingJensen[eds])2004Ritual and Religious Belief A Reader (Graham Harvey [ed]) 2005 Defining Hinduism A Reader (JELlewellyn[ed])2005Religion and Cognition A Reader(RJasonSlone[ed]2006) Mircea Eliade A Reader (BryanRennie[ed]2006) Defining Islam A Reader (AndrewRippin[ed]2007)Defining Buddhisms A Reader (KarenDerris and Natalie Gummer [eds] 2007)Myths and Mythologies A Reader(JeppeSindingJensen[ed]2009) Defining Judaism A Reader(AaronHughes[ed]2010)Readings in the Theory of Religion(ScottElliottandMatthew Waggoner [eds]2010) Religious Experience A Reader(RussellTMcCutcheon andLeslieSmith [eds]2012) Defining Magic A Reader(Bernd‐ChristianOttoMichaelStausberg[eds]2013)Missions Management and Effects A Reader in Religion and Colonialism(MarkElmore and
Caleb Elfenbein[eds]2014)What is Religious Studies (StevenSutcliffe[ed]2014)Defining Shinto A Reader (Mark MacWilliamsandOkuyama Michiaki[eds]2014) Faith A Reader (NathanRein[ed]contracted)
ORIGINAL WEB RESOURCES
Culture on the Edgeedgeuaedu(co‐createdwith StevenRameyJune2013)collaborativeresearch blog
Studying Religionhttpwwwasuaedurelstudyingreligionhtml(createdinMayJune 2005 withtheassistanceofKimDavis ChristineScott andKarissa Rinastakendown2012)Germantranslationeditionhttpwwwrw‐studierenuni‐hannoverde
eChairs Resource(passwordprotectedwebsitefor Department ChairsUniversity of Alabama Summer2009‐11)
Alabama GreeceInitiative ofthe CollegeofArtsamp Sciencesco‐developedwithStevenRamey httpwwwasuaedugreece
Past Perfect (Blog forREL Goesto Greece2011 study abroadcourseco‐developedwithMerindaSimmons)httpwwwasuaedupastperfectcoursecanceleddue toApril 27 2011 tornado
UNPUBLISHED BOOK MANUSCRIPTS
Manufacturing Religion The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of NostalgiaUnpublishedPhDdissertationCentre fortheStudyof Religion Universityof Toronto 1995xxiii+285 SupervisorsProfsNeilMcMullinandDonald Wiebe
Process Thought and the Problem of Evil A Study of the Contemporary Process Theodicy of David Griffin in the Light of Charles HartshorneUnpublishedMasterof Theology ThesisQueenrsquos
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University1987vii + 167SupervisorProfPamelaDickey Young
SCHOLARLY JOURNALS EDITED
‐Co‐InterimEditor‐in‐Chief(withWilliBraun) Method amp Theory in the Study of Religionvol24(2012)
‐GuestEditorldquoStrategies for SurvivingDissolutionWorking withGary Leaseinthe AcademicStudyofReligionrdquospecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion (212 [2009])
‐EditorandorCo‐editor 1990to2001 Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion‐EditorandorCo‐editor 1996to2001 Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion‐Sub‐editorforbooknotes(method andtheory) 1997to 2002 Religious Studies Review
BOOK CHAPTERS
ldquoForeword Plus ccedila changehelliprdquotothe new edition ofJacquesWaardenburgrsquos Classical Approaches to the Study of Religionvol1(1973)BerlinWalterdeGruyter (forthcoming)
ldquoCriticisms Debates and Futures The Sociology of Religion and Social Theoryrdquo in William B Parsons (ed) Social Religion Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks Religion vol 2 (forthcoming)
ldquoHistoricizing the Elephant in the Roomrdquo in High Urban and Greg Johnson (eds) Irreverence and the Sacred Critical Studies in the History of Religions New York Oxford University Press (submitted)
ldquoAfterword Feast and Famine in the Study of Religionrdquo in Aaron Hughes (ed) Theory in a Time ofExcess Collected Papers from the NAASR 2015 Conference Sheffield UK Equinox Publishers(submitted)
ldquoAfterword The Magic of the Melancholyrdquo in Vaia Touna (ed) The Problem of Nostalgia in the Study of Identity Towards a Dynamic Theory of People and Place(submitted)
ldquorsquoIrsquom Spiritual But Not Religiousrsquo The Strategic Use of the Solitary Identifierrdquo in Craig Martin and BradStoddard(eds) Stereotyping Religion Critiquing Clicheacutes(submitted)
ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History of Religionsrdquo in Steffen Fuumlhrding (ed) Working Papers on Method and Theory from Hannover(Brillsubmitted)
ldquoAfterwordOnUtilityandLimitsrdquoinChristopherCotterand DavidRobertson(eds) After World Religions Reconstructing Religious StudiesNewYorkRoutledge(2016)
ldquoThe Role of Method and Theory in the IAHRrdquo (co‐written with Armin W Geertz) revision and update of our2000 essay forinclusioninaldquobestofrdquo NumenvolumeBrill2015
ldquoWill Your Cognitive Anchor Hold in the Storms of Culturerdquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 28‐45 Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoThe Melancholy Empire Builder The Life and Works of Mircea Eliaderdquo in Monica Miller (ed)Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 52‐85 Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoA Gift with Diminished Returns On Jeff Kripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Giftrdquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 97‐117 Equinox
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April 2016
PublishersUK2015ldquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truth in It Itrsquos a Sinrdquo The Cost of Saving Others from Themselvesrdquo in Monica
Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 124‐161 EquinoxPublishersUK2015
ldquoAffinities Benefits and Costs The ABCs of Good Scholars Gone Publicrdquo in Monica Miller (ed)Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 169‐190Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoThe Resiliency of Conceptual Anachronisms On the Limits of lsquothe Westrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 200‐222 EquinoxPublishersUK2015
ldquoWritingaHistoryofOriginsrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon(ed) Fabricating Origins70‐73 Vol 1 ldquoWorkingwithCulture on the EdgerdquoseriesEquinox Publishers UK 2015
ldquoAfterwordOriginsTodayrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon (ed) Fabricating Origins77‐92Vol1ldquoWorkingwithCulture on the EdgerdquoseriesEquinox Publishers UK 2015
ldquoIntroductionrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon (ed) Fabricating Origins1‐8Vol1ldquoWorkingwithCulture ontheEdgerdquo seriesEquinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoAfterwordReinventingtheStudyofReligioninAlabamardquoin StevenRamey(ed) Writing Religion The Case for the Critical Study of Religion208‐222 Universityof Alabama Press2015
ldquoNaming theUnnameable Theological LanguageandtheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoreprintedin AaronWHughes(ed) Theory and Method in the Study of Religion Twenty Five Years On87‐99Brill2013
ldquoEverythingOldisNewAgainrdquo in WilliamArnalWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion Essays in Honor of Donald Wiebe78‐94 Equinox PublishersUK2012
Introduction andAfterwordldquoIHave a Hunchrdquoreprintedin Craig MartinandRussellTMcCutcheon (eds)withLeslieESmith Religious Experience A Reader199‐202Equinox PublishersUK 2012
ldquoAResponse toRobertFordCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseHistoryanditsImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoinVolkhard Krech andMarion Steinicke (eds) Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe Encounters Notions and Comparative Perspectives295‐305Leiden Brill2012
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquordquoin Donald Wiebe andPanayotisPachis(eds) Chasing Down Religion In the Sights of History and the Cognitive Sciences Essay in Honour of Luther H Martin285‐301 Thessaloniki Greece Barbounakis Publications2010 Reprinted byEquinoxPublishers (2014)
ldquoIntroducingSmithrdquoinWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Introducing Religion Essays in Honor of Jonathan Z Smith1‐17EquinoxPublishersUK2008
ldquoThe Tricks and Treats of ClassificationSearchingfortheHeartofAuthenticIslamrdquoBryan Rennie andPhilipLTite(eds) Religion Violence and Terror81‐95 London andNewYork Routledge 2008
ldquoSocialTheoryoftheRhetoricofFaithrdquoinPanayotisPachis PetrosVasiliadisandDimitrisKaimakis(eds)ΦΙΛΙΑΚΑΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ [FriendshipandSociety]FestschriftinHonorofProfGregorios D Ziaka347‐364 ThessalonikiGreeceVaniasPublishers2007
ldquoAfricaon OurMindsrdquoin Ted Trost(ed) The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion229‐237 NewYorkPalgraveMacmillan2007
ldquoTheseson Professionalizationrdquoin Mathieu ECourville(ed) Next Step in Studying Religion A
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April 2016
Graduatersquos Guide41‐45London Continuum2007ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblem inthe Comparative Studyof
ReligionsrdquoThomasIdinopulos BrianWilsonandJames ConstantineHanges (eds)Comparing Religions Possibilities and Perils235‐248Leiden Brill2006
ldquoCriticalTrendsinthe StudyofReligionin the USrdquoPeterAntesArminWGeertzandRandiWarne (eds)317‐343 New Approaches to the Study of Religion(ReligionandReasonSeries) GermanyVerlagde Gruyter2004
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquo co‐writtenwithWilliBraunforGreektranslationof Guide to the Study of ReligionVanias EditionsThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquoforGreektranslationof Manufacturing ReligionVaniasEditions ThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoDispatchesfromthe Warsof lsquoReligionrsquordquoTimothy Light and BrianWilson(eds) Religion as a Human Capacity A Festschrift in Honor of E Thomas Lawson 161‐189Brill2003
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo andthe PoliticsofTolerancerdquoLarry GreilandDavidG Bromley (eds)Defining Religion Investigating the Boundaries Between the Sacred and Secular139‐162 LondonElsevierPress2003
ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoDelwinBrownandLinellCady (eds)Religious Studies Theology and the University13‐30StateUniversityofNewYork Press2002
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquoBryan Rennie(ed) Reconsidering Eliade11‐23State University of NewYorkPress2001
ldquoThe ImperialDynamicin the StudyofReligionNeo‐colonialPracticesinanAmericanDisciplinerdquo CRichardKing(ed) Postcolonial America275‐302University of IllinoisPress2000
ldquoTheRoleof Method and Theoryin theIAHRrdquo(co‐authored withArmin W Geertz)ArminWGeertz andRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 19953‐37Brill2000
ldquoTaming Ethnocentrism and Trans‐culturalUnderstandingsrdquoArmin WGeertz andRussell McCutcheon (eds) Perspectives on Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 1995298‐306Brill2000Reprinted in Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 121amp2(2000) 294‐306
ldquoMythrdquoWilliBraun and RussellMcCutcheon (eds) Guide to the Study of Religion190‐208 ContinuumUK2000
ldquoCriticsNotCaretakers The Scholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoTim Jensen and Michael Rothstein(eds) Secular Theories on Religion A Selection of Recent Academic Perspectives167‐181Museum Tusculanum Press 2000
ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoThomasA IdinopulosandBrianCWilson(eds) What is Religion Origins Definitions and Explanations51‐71Brill1998
PEER REVIEW ESSAYS
ldquoBeyondCynicismASamplingofCurrentWork intheSwissStudy ofReligionrdquointroductionto asetofpaperssubmittedtothe Bulletin for the Study of Religion (underconsideration)
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoForum CraftingtheIntroductoryCoursein
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April 2016
ReligiousStudies(plusfourresponses) Teaching Theology amp Religion191(2016) 80‐89 ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History
ofReligionsrdquo Asdiwal(Journalof the SwissSociety fortheStudy ofReligion submitted) ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion254amp5(2013)339‐349 ldquoIHave aHunchrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion241(2012) 81‐92 ldquolsquoThey Licked thePlatter CleanrsquoOn theCo‐Dependency of the ReligiousandtheSecularrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion193amp4 (2007) 173‐199 ldquolsquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truthinit Itrsquos a Sinrsquo Onthe LimitsoftheHumanistic StudyofReligionand
theCostsofSavingOthers fromThemselvesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion 743 (2006)720‐750
ldquoTheDomesticationofDissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaronTerrorismrdquo Temenos 411(2005) 39‐50
ldquoAffinitiesBenefitsand Costs TheABCsofGoodScholarsGonePublicrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion171 (2005) 27‐43
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto LiveinaLess thanPerfectNationrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion162(2004) 164‐181
ldquolsquoJustFollow theMoneyrsquo The ColdWartheHumanisticStudyof Religionand theFallacy ofInsufficientCynicismrdquo Culture amp Religion51(2004) 41‐69
ldquoReligionIreandDangerousThingsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion721(2004) 173‐193
ldquoThe Ideologyof Closure andthe Problemofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquoStudies in ReligionSciences Religieuses323(2003)361‐376
ldquoTheJargon ofAuthenticityandtheStudyofReligionrdquo Religion and Theology83 (2002) 17‐40 ldquolsquoLikeSmallBumpsontheNeckrsquoTheProblemofEvilasSomethingOrdinaryrdquo Journal of Mundane
Behaviors13 (October2000httpwwwmundanebehaviororg)ldquoTheorizing atthe MarginReligion as Something Ordinaryrdquo Arc(Journalof the Faculty ofReligious
Studies McGill University Montreal)28 (2000) 143‐157 ldquoTheCrisisofAcademicLabor andtheMyth of AutonomyDispatchfromthe Job Warsrdquo Studies In
ReligionSciences Religieuses274(1998) 387‐405 ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionandrsquo FilmTeachingtheInsiderOutsiderProblemrdquo Teaching Theology and
Religious Studies1 2 (1998) 99‐110ldquoTheEconomicsofSpiritualLuxury The Glittering LobbyandtheParliamentof Religionsrdquo Journal
of Contemporary Religion131(1998)51‐64 ldquoADefault ofCriticalIntelligenceTheScholarofReligionas PublicIntellectualrdquo Journal of the
American Academy of Religion652(1997) 443‐468 ldquolsquoMyTheoryofthe BrontosaurusrsquoPostmodernismandlsquoTheoryrsquoof Religionrdquo Studies in
ReligionSciences Religieuses261(1997) 3‐23 ldquoNaming the Unnameable TheologicalLanguage andthe Academic Studyof Religionrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion22(1990) 213‐229
INVITED REPLIES
ldquoClarificationsARejoinderrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion(co‐authored withWilliam Arnal) 27 (2015) 137‐149
ldquoADirectQuestionDeservesaDirect AnswerA Replyto Atalia OmerrsquoslsquoCanaCriticBeaCaretaker toorsquordquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion804(2012) 1077‐1082
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April 2016
ldquoThreeDotsandaDashldquoThe Immanent Framehttpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐and‐a‐dash(accessedMay12012)
ldquoRecovering theHuman A Tale of NounsandVerbsARejoindertoAnnTavesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion801(2012) 236‐40
ldquoAResponsetoDonaldWiebefrom anEast‐Going Zaxrdquo Temenos422(2006)113‐129 ldquoAReplytoPaulCourtrightrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion743(2006) 755‐6 ldquoThe Perils of Having Ones Cake and Eating itToo Some ThoughtsinReplyrdquo Religious Studies
Review311 amp2(2005) 32‐36ldquoTheorizinglsquoReligionrsquoRejoindertoRobertASegalrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion
731 (2005)215‐217 ldquoAFew WordsontheTemptation to Defendthe HonorofaTextrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies
for the Study of Religion 333 and 4(2004) 90‐91 ldquoFillingin theCrackswithResin AReplytoJohn BurrisrsquoslsquoText andContext inthe Study of
Religionrsquordquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion153 (2003)284‐303 ldquoABriefResponse form a Fortunate Manrdquo Culture amp Religion 11 (2000) 131‐139 ldquoOfStrawmen andHumanistsAReplyto Bryan Rennierdquo Religion29 (1999)91‐92ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedRejoindertoPaulJGriffiths andJune
OrsquoConnorrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion664(1998) 911‐917 ldquoReturningtheVolley toWilliamEArnalrdquo Studies In ReligionSciences Religieuses271 (1998) 67‐
68ldquoIdeologyandtheProblemof NamingAResponse toClarkson and Milnerdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion32(1991) 245‐256
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND TEXTBOOK ARTICLES
ldquoWhatisReligionrdquo The Worldrsquos Religions A Lion Handbook (revisededition)ChristopherPartridge(ed)LionPublishingUK (2004)forthcoming
ldquoReligionOverviewrdquo New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (revisededition)MaryanneClineHorowitz(ed‐in‐chief)CharlesScribnerrsquos Sons(2004)vol5 2048‐2051
NON‐PEER REVIEW (SOLICITED) ESSAYS
ldquoOrthodoxiesinthe Field ofProductionrdquo Religion amp Theology22(2015) 133ndash152revisionof the Introduction to Entanglements (2015)
ldquolsquoAsitWasin the Beginninghelliprsquo The ModernProblem ofthe AncientSelfrdquo Bulletin for the Study of Religion 392(2010)httpwwwequinoxjournalscomBSORarticleview8337
ldquoIntroductionrdquoStrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGary Leasein the Academic StudyofReligionSpecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 107‐8
ldquoGaryLease 1940‐2008rdquo (co‐written withLuther HMartin andDonaldWiebe)StrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGaryLease intheAcademic StudyofReligionSpecial issueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 109‐112
ldquoCh‐Ch‐Ch‐ChangesFromtheDeskofthe CSSRPresidentrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion351 (2006) 4‐5
Introduction toldquoReinventingthe Study ofReligioninAlabama ASymposiumrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion(2004) 27‐29
10
April 2016
ldquoCanadianScholarsWorkingintheUSAn UnofficialPrimer on theINSrdquoco‐writtenwithChristinaLapel(SouthwestMissouriState University)formerlypostedattheCanadianSociety forStudiesinReligionwebsite lthttpwwwccsrcacssrrequestshtmlinsgt
ldquoBeyondthe AnnualMeeting An Interviewwith the Authorsrdquoco‐writtenwithWilliBraun (Universityof Edmonton) Religious Studies News173(2002) 15
ldquolsquoWersquoreAllin thisTogetherrsquoSomeResourcesforThinkingaboutAcademicLaborrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion273(1998) 70‐73
ldquoThelsquoCultrsquoof HeavenrsquosGateMakingitKnown and Knowablerdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion262(1997) 26‐28
ldquoClassification andthe ShapelessBeastACriticalLook atthe AARResearch InterestSurveyrdquo Religious Studies News September 123 (1997) 79
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionIntroductionrdquoBulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 261 (1997) 3‐7
ldquoReligionin theAcademy Letterto the Editorrdquo Academe831(1997) 3‐4
REVIEW ESSAYS AND PUBLISHED REVIEW SYMPOSIA
ldquoIdentifyingtheMeaning andEnd ofScholarshipWhatrsquosatStakein Muslim Identitiesrdquo[review essayonAaronHughesrsquos Muslim Identities] Comparative Islamic Studies (submitted)
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsTwentyYearsLaterrdquo Numen62(2015) 119‐141 ldquoTheState ofIslamic Studiesinthe StudyofReligionAn Introductionrdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion244amp5 (2012) 309‐313ldquoWillYourCognitiveAnchorHoldintheStormsofCulturerdquo[reviewessayon Ann Tavesrsquos Religious
Experience Reconsidered Religion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion 784(2010) 1182‐1193
ldquoAGiftwithDiminishedReturnsrdquo [reviewessayon JeffreyKripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Gift] Journal of the American Academy of Religion763(2008) 748‐765
ldquoWordsWordsWordsrdquo[reviewessay on handbooksinthe studyofreligion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion754(2007) 952‐987
ldquoTheResiliencyof ConceptualAnachronismsOn theLimitsof lsquotheWestrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo [reviewessayonDanielDubuissonrsquos The Western Construction of Religionrdquo] Religion363(2006) 154‐165
ldquoRelatingSmithrdquo[reviewessayonJonathan ZSmithrsquos Relating Religion] The Journal of Religion 862 (2006)287‐297
ldquoIntroductiontothe IAHRReview Symposium on RichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religionrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion142 (2002) 231‐233
ldquoThe PerfectPast and theJargon ofAuthenticityldquoBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Mythrdquo Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses301(2001) 79‐90
ldquoIntroductiontotheIAHRReview Symposium on Jeremy Carrettersquos Foucault and Religion Spiritual Corporality and Political Spiritualityrdquo Culture and Religion21(2001) 97‐100
ldquoThePoliticsofMythrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion123 (2000)441‐446 ldquoIntroductionAcademic Freedom and Liberal Humanism InvitedRepliestoStanley FishrsquoslsquoWhen
Sauce for the Goose Isnrsquot SaucefortheGanderrsquordquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion292 (2000) 36‐38
ldquoIntroductionReviewSymposiumon RodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of Christianityrdquo Religious Studies Review252 (1999) 127‐128
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April 2016
ldquoMethods and Theoriesin the Classroom TeachingtheStudy of MythsandRitualsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion661(1998) 147‐164
ldquolsquoJustthe SameGame WhereverYou Gorsquo AHistory ofGodrdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1044 (1997) 617‐633
ldquolsquoTheCommonGroundOnWhichStudentsofReligionMeetrsquoMethodologyandTheory Withinthe IAHRrdquo Marburg Internet Journal of Religion 12 (1996) 1‐5
ldquoMethodologyandTheoryinthe IAHRASurveyrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 243‐4(1995) 53‐59
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo Numen 423(1995) 284‐309 ldquoTheMythoftheApoliticalScholarTheLifeandWorksofMirceaEliaderdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1003
(1993) 642‐663
BLOG POSTS
Seehttpedgeuaeducategoryrussell‐mccutcheonforanarchiveof myownpostsat CultureontheEdge
Seewwwasuaedurelblogauthorrmccutchforanarchiveofmy own postsontheblog forthe DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofAlabama
ldquoInaDifferentLightrdquo Bulletin of the British Association for Study of Religionhttpbasracukbasr‐bulletin(submitted)
Religious Studies ProjectPodcastinterviewwith(withAaron Hughes)wwwreligiousstudiesprojectcompodcastgetting‐to‐know‐the‐north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion
ldquoGrowthIdentityand Branding inthe DepartmentofReligious Studiesat the University of AlabamardquointerviewwithReligious StudiesNewshttprsnaarweborgarticlesgrowth‐identity‐and‐branding‐department‐religious‐studies‐university‐alabama
QampAwithRussellMcCutcheonandJeffKripalon writingtextbooksfor the introductory course postedat TheCraftof Teachinginthe AcademicStudyofReligion(Universityof Chicago) httpscraftofteachingreligionwordpresscom(submitted)
ldquoLayingitAllOutOnMovingfromDissertation‐to‐BookSeriesrdquo httpsbulletinequinoxpubcom201512laying‐it‐all‐out‐on‐moving‐from‐dissertation‐to‐book‐series
NAASRNoteshttpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201504naasr‐notes‐russell‐mccutcheonInterviewasPresidentoftheNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of Religion (NAASR)
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201503north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion‐naasr‐an‐interview‐with‐russell‐mccutcheon
PodcastwithWilliamArnalco‐authorof The Sacred is the Profane(2013) httpnewbooksinreligioncom20140627william‐arnal‐and‐russell‐t‐mccutcheon‐the‐sacred‐is‐the‐profane‐the‐political‐nature‐of‐religion‐oxford‐up‐2013
ldquoMindtheGaprdquohttppracticumreligionblogblogspotcom201405mind‐gaphtmlThe Berkeley Centerrsquos bloginterviewldquoThe ReligiousScholarvsAdvocaterdquoat
httpberkleycentergeorgetownedupostsreligion‐scholar‐versus‐advocateldquoTheSacred istheProfanerdquopostedat httpwwwpoliticaltheologycomldquoSemperUbi SubUbirdquoblogfrom DepartmentofReligiousStudies blogrepostedat
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201302semper‐ubi‐sub‐ubildquoCriticalThinkingBegins atHomerdquoblogfromDepartmentofReligiousStudiesblogrepostedat
12
April 2016
httpswwwequinoxpubcomblog201302critical‐thinking‐begins‐at‐homeldquoThreeDots anda DashldquoThe ImmanentFrame httpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐
and‐a‐dash(thisitemislisted aboveunderInvitedResponses)ldquoTheMostEmbarrassingBook MemerdquoBulletinfor theStudyofReligion (guestblog)
httpwwwequinoxjournalscomblog201012the‐most‐embarrassing‐book‐meme‐a‐guest‐post‐from‐russ‐mccutcheon
PastPerfect(httpwwwasuaedupastperfectauthorrmccutcheon) 2011studyabroadin Greece blog (tripcanceleddueto April27 2011 tornado)
LOCAL PUBLIC TALKS
ldquoTheHistory ofthe CategoryReligionrdquoIslamicCenterofTuscaloosaJanuary142005ldquoThePoliticsofReligiousPluralismrdquoUniversityPresbyterian ChurchTuscaloosaFall2004ldquoWhatistheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoWesleyFoundationUniversityof AlabamaTuscaloosa
March9 2003ldquoIntroductoryRemarksontheAcademicStudyofIslamrdquoopening speakeratldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquo
workshoporganizedby theInternationalHonorsProgramUniversityof Alabama January 182003
ldquoIntroductoryRemarksattheOpenHouserdquoIslamicCenter ofTuscaloosaOctober2001 ldquoKarenArmstrongrsquos A History of GodABook ReviewrdquoDavis‐KiddBookstoreKnoxvilleTNSpring
1995
INVITED ACADEMIC LECTURES
DiscussionLeaderGraduateStudentWorkshopUniversitiesof ZurichandBaselSwitzerland September 28‐30 2015
ldquoMan isthe Measureof AllThingshelliprdquo OnThe Fabrication ofOrientalReligionsby European HistoryofReligionsrdquo Faculty of TheologyUniversity of ZurichSeptember 292015
ldquoFanfare for theCommon egOn the StrategicUse ofthe MundanerdquoDepartment ofReligion andClassicsUniversityofRochesterSeptember3 2015
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoThe DeanofDivinityrsquosldquoCraft of Teaching WorkshoprdquoUniversityofChicago Divinity School April 6 2015
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoAliceEckardtVisitingScholarandPublic LectureDepartmentof Religion StudiesLehighUniversity(October 2014)
KeynoteldquoAndThatrsquosWhy NoOne TakestheHumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoInauguralGraduateStudent Conference inthe Study of ReligionQueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada February28‐March12014
KeynoteLectureforaWorkshopon ldquoBeyond CritiqueNewApproachesto the Study ofReligion and SecularismrdquoFlorenceItaly May30‐ June2013declined
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoTexasStateUniversitySan MarcosTX April1‐22013
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoUniversityof UtahSaltLake CityUT March 20‐222013
GuestTeacherBrownBagLunch DiscussionUniversityof Alberta EdmontonCanada February 13‐15 2013
VisitingProfessorandPublicLectureInstitutfuumlrTheologie und ReligionswissenschaftLeibniz
13
April 2016
UniversityHannoverGermany October 2012 declinedEuropeanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(EASR)Plenary SpeakerStockholmSweden
(August 23‐262012) declinedldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
PhilosophyReligiousStudiesProgramAuburnUniversityApril 132012ldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
ReligiousStudiesUniversityof Western MichiganMarch15 2012 ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoOn the Persistenceof Imagining ReligionrdquoStateUniversityofNewYork
atBuffaloSeptember19 2011ldquoTheStudyofReligionrdquoUniversityofVirginia NationalEndowment for theHumanitiesSummer
Seminar Invited LecturerParticipantJuly192011ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoThe Yale Seminar in ReligiousStudiesFirst AnnualWorkshopWhatisBelief
Yale UniversityApril15 2011ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoInstitut fuumlrTheologie und
ReligionswissenschaftLeibnizUniversityHannoverGermany January 19 2011 ldquoCategoriesatWorkRethinking lsquoReligious Experiencersquordquoweek‐longundergraduategraduate
intensivecourseInstitutfuumlrTheologieundReligionswissenschaftLeibniz University HannoverGermanyJanuary 17‐21 2011
InvitationstolectureatWestern MichiganStateUniversityand theUniversityofLondonUK declined(Spring 2010)
ldquoRedescribingExperiencerdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquodeliveredtotheInterrogating Religion workshopUniversity ofOttawaApril17‐192009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoKeynoteSpeakerEighth AnnualReligionGraduateStudent SymposiumFloridaStateUniversityTallahasseeFL February 20‐222009
ldquoAResponse toProfRobertCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseReligiousHistoryandits ImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoDynamicsintheHistoryofReligionsbetweenAsiaandEuropeRuhrUniversityBochumGermanyOctober15‐172008
ldquoCriticsand Caretakersin the AcademicStudyofReligionrdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay212008
InvitedPlenarySpeaker (declined)ldquoRethinkingReligion inIndiardquoco‐sponsoredbyResearch Centre VergelijkendeCultuurwetenschap(Ghent UniversityBelgium)theCentrefor theStudyofLocalCultures(Kuvempu UniversityIndia)andthe Karnataka Academy of SocialSciencesandHumanities (KASSH)andheldat the IndiraGandhi NationalCentrefortheArtsNewDelhiJanuary24‐27 2008 (Invitation declined)
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoUniversity ofVictoriaBritishColumbia Canada October22 2007
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoThe AnnualRobertLesterLectureUniversityofColoradoatBoulderSeptember 13 2007
ldquoReligiononOurMindsrdquoSecularismandBeyondComparativePerspectivesUniversityofCopenhagen May 28‐June 1 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic FakesrdquoDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofCalgaryMarch27 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic Fakesrdquo
14
April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
16
April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
17
April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
18
April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
19
April 2016
Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
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MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
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between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
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‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
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‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudiesUniversity ofAlabama 2001‐2009 2013‐18 AssociateInformationOfficerCollegeofArtsamp SciencesUniversityof Alabama2010‐2011
(Directingthe Officeof EducationalTechnologyrsquos[etech]10staff members)CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources (CDTR)College ofArtsamp SciencesUniversityof
Alabama January 2009‐10
GRANT APPLICATIONS
ldquoHijackedA Conference attheUniversityofHannoveron the CriticalTreatmentofthePublic RhetoricoflsquoGoodrsquo and lsquoBadrsquoReligionrdquoco‐writtenapplication withSteffenFuumlhrdingandLeslieDorroughSmithVolkswagenFoundationValue 50000euro(SubmittedFall 2015Rejected)
ldquoHijackedA Conference attheUniversityofHannoveron the CriticalTreatmentofthePublic RhetoricoflsquoGoodrsquo and lsquoBadrsquoReligionrdquoco‐writtenwithSteffen FuumlhrdingandLeslieDorroughSmithFritz Thyssen Foundation Value 40000euro (Pending)
GRANT ASSESSMENT
National EndowmentfortheHumanities(NEH)panelistassessorforldquoEnduringQuestionsrdquocoursedevelopmentgrant(worth $25000 pergrant)WashingtonDCOctober31 2011httpwwwnehgovgrantsguidelinesEnduringQuestionshtml
RESEACH COLLABORATIONS
Cultureon theEdge sevenpersoninternationalprojectfocused ondevelopingtheoriesofidentificationwithblog(edgeuaedu)andbookseriesVisit httpedgeuaeduidentity
AUTHORED BOOKS
Methodologies(inprogress)A Modest Proposal on Method Essaying the Study of ReligionE JBrilloftheNetherlands2015 Entanglements Marking Place in the Field of ReligionEquinoxPublishers2014The Sacred is the Profane On the Political Nature of ldquoReligionrdquoOxfordUniversityPress2013(Co‐
authored withWilliamArnal)Studying Religion An IntroductionEquinoxPublishersUK2007Religion and the Domestication of Dissent or How to Live in a Less than Perfect NationEquinox
PublishersUK2005 The Discipline of Religion Structure Meaning and RhetoricRoutledgeUK2003Manufacturing Religion The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of NostalgiaOxford
UniversityPress2003 (paperbackedition)Critics Not Caretakers Redescribing the Public Study of ReligionStateUniversityofNewYorkPress
2001
2
April 2016
Manufacturing Religion The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of NostalgiaOxford UniversityPress1997(hardcoveredition)
EDITED BOOKS
Religion in 5 Minutes Scholars Answer Your Questions(co‐edited withAaron WHughes) Sheffield Equinox(contracted)
Contemporary Approaches to the Study of ReligionGermanyWalterdeGruyter(contracted) Fabricating IdentitiesVol2in theldquoWorkingwith Cultureon theEdgerdquoseriesEquinoxPublishers
UK(contracted)Fabricating OriginsVol 1 in theldquoWorkingwith Cultureon the Edgerdquoseries Equinox PublishersUK
2015 Religious Experience A ReaderCraigMartinandRussellTMcCutcheon (eds)withLeslieE Smith
Equinox PublishersUK2012 Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion Essays in Honor of Donald WiebeWilliamArnal
WilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)EquinoxPublishersUK2012Introducing Religion Essays in Honor of Jonathan Z SmithWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon
(eds)Equinox PublishersUK2008Guide to the Study of ReligionWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)ContinuumUK 2000Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth
Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 1995 Armin WGeertzandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)Brill 2000alsopublishedasaspecialdouble issueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion121amp2(2000)
The InsiderOutsider Problem and the Study of Religion A ReaderContinuumUK1999 (firstvolume in Controversies in the Study of Religionseriessee below)
TRANSLATIONS
Germantranslationof Studying Religion An Introduction SteffenFuumlhrding(trans)FrankfurtVerlagPeter Lang 2013
Izuchavane na religiyataVavedenieBulgariantranslationof Studying Religion An IntroductionInaMerdjanova(trans)SilistraBulgariaDEMOSFoundation2007
ldquoРольметодуітеоріївдослідженняхМіжнародноїАсоціаціїІсторіїрелігійrdquoUkrainiantranslation of ldquoTheRole ofMethod and Theoryin theIAHRrdquo(co‐authoredwithArmin W Geertz) Українськереіґіэнавство 1 (2005) 33 109‐122
Egheiridio ThreskeiologiasGreek translationofthe Guide to the Study of ReligionDimitrisXygalatas (trans)ThessalonikiGreece Vanias Edition2003
Kataskeuazontas ti Threskeia Greektranslationof Manufacturing Religion DimitrisXygalatas (trans)ThessalonikiGreece Vanias Editions2003
JapanesetranslationofldquoTheCategorylsquoReligionrsquoinRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo(originallypublishedin Numen423 [1995] 284‐309) Gendai Shisoo (Modern Thought aninter‐disciplinary Japaneseperiodical) 289(2000)210‐229TranslatedbyIsomaeJunichi(Japanese WomenrsquosUniversity)andRichardCalichman
3
April 2016
EDITED BOOK SERIES
Supplements to Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion(Brill)seriesfoundingco‐editor(with Aaron Hughesand Kocku von Stuckrad)Volumes include
AaronWHughes(ed) Theory and Method in the Study of Religion Twenty Five Years On (2013)
RussellTMcCutcheon A Modest Proposal on Method Essaying the Study of Religion (2014)
TrevorStackNaomiRGoldenberandTimothyFitzgerald(eds) Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty (2015)
FransWijsenandKocku vonStuckrad(eds) Making Religion Theory and Practice in the Discursive Study of Religion(2016)
LutherHMartinandDonaldWiebe(eds) Conversations and Controversies in the Scientific Study of Religion(2016)
Daniel Dubuisson Religion and Magic in Western Culture(2016)
Religion in Culture Studies in Social Contest and Contestation (RoutledgeUK)seriesfounderand co‐editormonographseriesVolumesinclude
WilliamEArnal The Symbolic Jesus Historical Scholarship Judaism and the Construction of Contemporary Identity (2005)
RussellTMcCutcheon Religion and the Domestication of Dissent or How to Live in a Less than Perfect Nation (2005)
Tim Murphy Representing Religion History Theory Crisis(2007)AaronHughes Situating Islam The Past and Future of an Academic Discipline (2008) BurtonMack Myth and the Christian Nation A Social Theory of Religion (2008)
D N Jha Rethinking Hindu Identity (2009) Junrsquoichi Isomae Japanese Mythology Hermeneutics on Scripture (2010) CraigMartin Masking Hegemony A Genealogy of Liberalism Religion and the Private Sphere
(2010)BurtonMack Christian Mentality The Entanglements of Power Violence and Fear (2011)AaronHughes Theorizing Islam Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction(2012) ChristopherRCotterampDavidGRobertson(ed) After lsquoWorld Religionsrsquo Reconstructing
Religious Studies(2016)
Controversies in the Study of Religion(ContinuumUK)seriesfounder andeditor anthology series designedforseniorundergraduate andgraduate students1998‐2003 Volumesinclude
The InsiderOutsider Problem and the Study of Religion A Reader (RussellTMcCutcheon[ed])1999
Feminism in the Study of Religion A Reader(DarleneJuschka [ed])2001 Understanding Religious Sacrifice A Reader(JeffreyCarter[ed])2003
4
April 2016
Critical Categories in the Study of Religion (RoutledgeUK)seriesfounder andco‐editor (withSteffen Fuumlhrding) anthology seriesdesigned forseniorundergraduate andgraduate studentsVolumesinclude
Syncretism in Religion A Reader(AnitaLeopold andJeppeSindingJensen[eds])2004Ritual and Religious Belief A Reader (Graham Harvey [ed]) 2005 Defining Hinduism A Reader (JELlewellyn[ed])2005Religion and Cognition A Reader(RJasonSlone[ed]2006) Mircea Eliade A Reader (BryanRennie[ed]2006) Defining Islam A Reader (AndrewRippin[ed]2007)Defining Buddhisms A Reader (KarenDerris and Natalie Gummer [eds] 2007)Myths and Mythologies A Reader(JeppeSindingJensen[ed]2009) Defining Judaism A Reader(AaronHughes[ed]2010)Readings in the Theory of Religion(ScottElliottandMatthew Waggoner [eds]2010) Religious Experience A Reader(RussellTMcCutcheon andLeslieSmith [eds]2012) Defining Magic A Reader(Bernd‐ChristianOttoMichaelStausberg[eds]2013)Missions Management and Effects A Reader in Religion and Colonialism(MarkElmore and
Caleb Elfenbein[eds]2014)What is Religious Studies (StevenSutcliffe[ed]2014)Defining Shinto A Reader (Mark MacWilliamsandOkuyama Michiaki[eds]2014) Faith A Reader (NathanRein[ed]contracted)
ORIGINAL WEB RESOURCES
Culture on the Edgeedgeuaedu(co‐createdwith StevenRameyJune2013)collaborativeresearch blog
Studying Religionhttpwwwasuaedurelstudyingreligionhtml(createdinMayJune 2005 withtheassistanceofKimDavis ChristineScott andKarissa Rinastakendown2012)Germantranslationeditionhttpwwwrw‐studierenuni‐hannoverde
eChairs Resource(passwordprotectedwebsitefor Department ChairsUniversity of Alabama Summer2009‐11)
Alabama GreeceInitiative ofthe CollegeofArtsamp Sciencesco‐developedwithStevenRamey httpwwwasuaedugreece
Past Perfect (Blog forREL Goesto Greece2011 study abroadcourseco‐developedwithMerindaSimmons)httpwwwasuaedupastperfectcoursecanceleddue toApril 27 2011 tornado
UNPUBLISHED BOOK MANUSCRIPTS
Manufacturing Religion The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of NostalgiaUnpublishedPhDdissertationCentre fortheStudyof Religion Universityof Toronto 1995xxiii+285 SupervisorsProfsNeilMcMullinandDonald Wiebe
Process Thought and the Problem of Evil A Study of the Contemporary Process Theodicy of David Griffin in the Light of Charles HartshorneUnpublishedMasterof Theology ThesisQueenrsquos
5
April 2016
University1987vii + 167SupervisorProfPamelaDickey Young
SCHOLARLY JOURNALS EDITED
‐Co‐InterimEditor‐in‐Chief(withWilliBraun) Method amp Theory in the Study of Religionvol24(2012)
‐GuestEditorldquoStrategies for SurvivingDissolutionWorking withGary Leaseinthe AcademicStudyofReligionrdquospecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion (212 [2009])
‐EditorandorCo‐editor 1990to2001 Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion‐EditorandorCo‐editor 1996to2001 Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion‐Sub‐editorforbooknotes(method andtheory) 1997to 2002 Religious Studies Review
BOOK CHAPTERS
ldquoForeword Plus ccedila changehelliprdquotothe new edition ofJacquesWaardenburgrsquos Classical Approaches to the Study of Religionvol1(1973)BerlinWalterdeGruyter (forthcoming)
ldquoCriticisms Debates and Futures The Sociology of Religion and Social Theoryrdquo in William B Parsons (ed) Social Religion Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks Religion vol 2 (forthcoming)
ldquoHistoricizing the Elephant in the Roomrdquo in High Urban and Greg Johnson (eds) Irreverence and the Sacred Critical Studies in the History of Religions New York Oxford University Press (submitted)
ldquoAfterword Feast and Famine in the Study of Religionrdquo in Aaron Hughes (ed) Theory in a Time ofExcess Collected Papers from the NAASR 2015 Conference Sheffield UK Equinox Publishers(submitted)
ldquoAfterword The Magic of the Melancholyrdquo in Vaia Touna (ed) The Problem of Nostalgia in the Study of Identity Towards a Dynamic Theory of People and Place(submitted)
ldquorsquoIrsquom Spiritual But Not Religiousrsquo The Strategic Use of the Solitary Identifierrdquo in Craig Martin and BradStoddard(eds) Stereotyping Religion Critiquing Clicheacutes(submitted)
ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History of Religionsrdquo in Steffen Fuumlhrding (ed) Working Papers on Method and Theory from Hannover(Brillsubmitted)
ldquoAfterwordOnUtilityandLimitsrdquoinChristopherCotterand DavidRobertson(eds) After World Religions Reconstructing Religious StudiesNewYorkRoutledge(2016)
ldquoThe Role of Method and Theory in the IAHRrdquo (co‐written with Armin W Geertz) revision and update of our2000 essay forinclusioninaldquobestofrdquo NumenvolumeBrill2015
ldquoWill Your Cognitive Anchor Hold in the Storms of Culturerdquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 28‐45 Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoThe Melancholy Empire Builder The Life and Works of Mircea Eliaderdquo in Monica Miller (ed)Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 52‐85 Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoA Gift with Diminished Returns On Jeff Kripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Giftrdquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 97‐117 Equinox
6
April 2016
PublishersUK2015ldquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truth in It Itrsquos a Sinrdquo The Cost of Saving Others from Themselvesrdquo in Monica
Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 124‐161 EquinoxPublishersUK2015
ldquoAffinities Benefits and Costs The ABCs of Good Scholars Gone Publicrdquo in Monica Miller (ed)Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 169‐190Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoThe Resiliency of Conceptual Anachronisms On the Limits of lsquothe Westrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 200‐222 EquinoxPublishersUK2015
ldquoWritingaHistoryofOriginsrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon(ed) Fabricating Origins70‐73 Vol 1 ldquoWorkingwithCulture on the EdgerdquoseriesEquinox Publishers UK 2015
ldquoAfterwordOriginsTodayrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon (ed) Fabricating Origins77‐92Vol1ldquoWorkingwithCulture on the EdgerdquoseriesEquinox Publishers UK 2015
ldquoIntroductionrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon (ed) Fabricating Origins1‐8Vol1ldquoWorkingwithCulture ontheEdgerdquo seriesEquinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoAfterwordReinventingtheStudyofReligioninAlabamardquoin StevenRamey(ed) Writing Religion The Case for the Critical Study of Religion208‐222 Universityof Alabama Press2015
ldquoNaming theUnnameable Theological LanguageandtheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoreprintedin AaronWHughes(ed) Theory and Method in the Study of Religion Twenty Five Years On87‐99Brill2013
ldquoEverythingOldisNewAgainrdquo in WilliamArnalWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion Essays in Honor of Donald Wiebe78‐94 Equinox PublishersUK2012
Introduction andAfterwordldquoIHave a Hunchrdquoreprintedin Craig MartinandRussellTMcCutcheon (eds)withLeslieESmith Religious Experience A Reader199‐202Equinox PublishersUK 2012
ldquoAResponse toRobertFordCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseHistoryanditsImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoinVolkhard Krech andMarion Steinicke (eds) Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe Encounters Notions and Comparative Perspectives295‐305Leiden Brill2012
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquordquoin Donald Wiebe andPanayotisPachis(eds) Chasing Down Religion In the Sights of History and the Cognitive Sciences Essay in Honour of Luther H Martin285‐301 Thessaloniki Greece Barbounakis Publications2010 Reprinted byEquinoxPublishers (2014)
ldquoIntroducingSmithrdquoinWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Introducing Religion Essays in Honor of Jonathan Z Smith1‐17EquinoxPublishersUK2008
ldquoThe Tricks and Treats of ClassificationSearchingfortheHeartofAuthenticIslamrdquoBryan Rennie andPhilipLTite(eds) Religion Violence and Terror81‐95 London andNewYork Routledge 2008
ldquoSocialTheoryoftheRhetoricofFaithrdquoinPanayotisPachis PetrosVasiliadisandDimitrisKaimakis(eds)ΦΙΛΙΑΚΑΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ [FriendshipandSociety]FestschriftinHonorofProfGregorios D Ziaka347‐364 ThessalonikiGreeceVaniasPublishers2007
ldquoAfricaon OurMindsrdquoin Ted Trost(ed) The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion229‐237 NewYorkPalgraveMacmillan2007
ldquoTheseson Professionalizationrdquoin Mathieu ECourville(ed) Next Step in Studying Religion A
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April 2016
Graduatersquos Guide41‐45London Continuum2007ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblem inthe Comparative Studyof
ReligionsrdquoThomasIdinopulos BrianWilsonandJames ConstantineHanges (eds)Comparing Religions Possibilities and Perils235‐248Leiden Brill2006
ldquoCriticalTrendsinthe StudyofReligionin the USrdquoPeterAntesArminWGeertzandRandiWarne (eds)317‐343 New Approaches to the Study of Religion(ReligionandReasonSeries) GermanyVerlagde Gruyter2004
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquo co‐writtenwithWilliBraunforGreektranslationof Guide to the Study of ReligionVanias EditionsThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquoforGreektranslationof Manufacturing ReligionVaniasEditions ThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoDispatchesfromthe Warsof lsquoReligionrsquordquoTimothy Light and BrianWilson(eds) Religion as a Human Capacity A Festschrift in Honor of E Thomas Lawson 161‐189Brill2003
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo andthe PoliticsofTolerancerdquoLarry GreilandDavidG Bromley (eds)Defining Religion Investigating the Boundaries Between the Sacred and Secular139‐162 LondonElsevierPress2003
ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoDelwinBrownandLinellCady (eds)Religious Studies Theology and the University13‐30StateUniversityofNewYork Press2002
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquoBryan Rennie(ed) Reconsidering Eliade11‐23State University of NewYorkPress2001
ldquoThe ImperialDynamicin the StudyofReligionNeo‐colonialPracticesinanAmericanDisciplinerdquo CRichardKing(ed) Postcolonial America275‐302University of IllinoisPress2000
ldquoTheRoleof Method and Theoryin theIAHRrdquo(co‐authored withArmin W Geertz)ArminWGeertz andRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 19953‐37Brill2000
ldquoTaming Ethnocentrism and Trans‐culturalUnderstandingsrdquoArmin WGeertz andRussell McCutcheon (eds) Perspectives on Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 1995298‐306Brill2000Reprinted in Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 121amp2(2000) 294‐306
ldquoMythrdquoWilliBraun and RussellMcCutcheon (eds) Guide to the Study of Religion190‐208 ContinuumUK2000
ldquoCriticsNotCaretakers The Scholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoTim Jensen and Michael Rothstein(eds) Secular Theories on Religion A Selection of Recent Academic Perspectives167‐181Museum Tusculanum Press 2000
ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoThomasA IdinopulosandBrianCWilson(eds) What is Religion Origins Definitions and Explanations51‐71Brill1998
PEER REVIEW ESSAYS
ldquoBeyondCynicismASamplingofCurrentWork intheSwissStudy ofReligionrdquointroductionto asetofpaperssubmittedtothe Bulletin for the Study of Religion (underconsideration)
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoForum CraftingtheIntroductoryCoursein
8
April 2016
ReligiousStudies(plusfourresponses) Teaching Theology amp Religion191(2016) 80‐89 ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History
ofReligionsrdquo Asdiwal(Journalof the SwissSociety fortheStudy ofReligion submitted) ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion254amp5(2013)339‐349 ldquoIHave aHunchrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion241(2012) 81‐92 ldquolsquoThey Licked thePlatter CleanrsquoOn theCo‐Dependency of the ReligiousandtheSecularrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion193amp4 (2007) 173‐199 ldquolsquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truthinit Itrsquos a Sinrsquo Onthe LimitsoftheHumanistic StudyofReligionand
theCostsofSavingOthers fromThemselvesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion 743 (2006)720‐750
ldquoTheDomesticationofDissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaronTerrorismrdquo Temenos 411(2005) 39‐50
ldquoAffinitiesBenefitsand Costs TheABCsofGoodScholarsGonePublicrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion171 (2005) 27‐43
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto LiveinaLess thanPerfectNationrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion162(2004) 164‐181
ldquolsquoJustFollow theMoneyrsquo The ColdWartheHumanisticStudyof Religionand theFallacy ofInsufficientCynicismrdquo Culture amp Religion51(2004) 41‐69
ldquoReligionIreandDangerousThingsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion721(2004) 173‐193
ldquoThe Ideologyof Closure andthe Problemofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquoStudies in ReligionSciences Religieuses323(2003)361‐376
ldquoTheJargon ofAuthenticityandtheStudyofReligionrdquo Religion and Theology83 (2002) 17‐40 ldquolsquoLikeSmallBumpsontheNeckrsquoTheProblemofEvilasSomethingOrdinaryrdquo Journal of Mundane
Behaviors13 (October2000httpwwwmundanebehaviororg)ldquoTheorizing atthe MarginReligion as Something Ordinaryrdquo Arc(Journalof the Faculty ofReligious
Studies McGill University Montreal)28 (2000) 143‐157 ldquoTheCrisisofAcademicLabor andtheMyth of AutonomyDispatchfromthe Job Warsrdquo Studies In
ReligionSciences Religieuses274(1998) 387‐405 ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionandrsquo FilmTeachingtheInsiderOutsiderProblemrdquo Teaching Theology and
Religious Studies1 2 (1998) 99‐110ldquoTheEconomicsofSpiritualLuxury The Glittering LobbyandtheParliamentof Religionsrdquo Journal
of Contemporary Religion131(1998)51‐64 ldquoADefault ofCriticalIntelligenceTheScholarofReligionas PublicIntellectualrdquo Journal of the
American Academy of Religion652(1997) 443‐468 ldquolsquoMyTheoryofthe BrontosaurusrsquoPostmodernismandlsquoTheoryrsquoof Religionrdquo Studies in
ReligionSciences Religieuses261(1997) 3‐23 ldquoNaming the Unnameable TheologicalLanguage andthe Academic Studyof Religionrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion22(1990) 213‐229
INVITED REPLIES
ldquoClarificationsARejoinderrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion(co‐authored withWilliam Arnal) 27 (2015) 137‐149
ldquoADirectQuestionDeservesaDirect AnswerA Replyto Atalia OmerrsquoslsquoCanaCriticBeaCaretaker toorsquordquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion804(2012) 1077‐1082
9
April 2016
ldquoThreeDotsandaDashldquoThe Immanent Framehttpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐and‐a‐dash(accessedMay12012)
ldquoRecovering theHuman A Tale of NounsandVerbsARejoindertoAnnTavesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion801(2012) 236‐40
ldquoAResponsetoDonaldWiebefrom anEast‐Going Zaxrdquo Temenos422(2006)113‐129 ldquoAReplytoPaulCourtrightrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion743(2006) 755‐6 ldquoThe Perils of Having Ones Cake and Eating itToo Some ThoughtsinReplyrdquo Religious Studies
Review311 amp2(2005) 32‐36ldquoTheorizinglsquoReligionrsquoRejoindertoRobertASegalrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion
731 (2005)215‐217 ldquoAFew WordsontheTemptation to Defendthe HonorofaTextrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies
for the Study of Religion 333 and 4(2004) 90‐91 ldquoFillingin theCrackswithResin AReplytoJohn BurrisrsquoslsquoText andContext inthe Study of
Religionrsquordquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion153 (2003)284‐303 ldquoABriefResponse form a Fortunate Manrdquo Culture amp Religion 11 (2000) 131‐139 ldquoOfStrawmen andHumanistsAReplyto Bryan Rennierdquo Religion29 (1999)91‐92ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedRejoindertoPaulJGriffiths andJune
OrsquoConnorrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion664(1998) 911‐917 ldquoReturningtheVolley toWilliamEArnalrdquo Studies In ReligionSciences Religieuses271 (1998) 67‐
68ldquoIdeologyandtheProblemof NamingAResponse toClarkson and Milnerdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion32(1991) 245‐256
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND TEXTBOOK ARTICLES
ldquoWhatisReligionrdquo The Worldrsquos Religions A Lion Handbook (revisededition)ChristopherPartridge(ed)LionPublishingUK (2004)forthcoming
ldquoReligionOverviewrdquo New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (revisededition)MaryanneClineHorowitz(ed‐in‐chief)CharlesScribnerrsquos Sons(2004)vol5 2048‐2051
NON‐PEER REVIEW (SOLICITED) ESSAYS
ldquoOrthodoxiesinthe Field ofProductionrdquo Religion amp Theology22(2015) 133ndash152revisionof the Introduction to Entanglements (2015)
ldquolsquoAsitWasin the Beginninghelliprsquo The ModernProblem ofthe AncientSelfrdquo Bulletin for the Study of Religion 392(2010)httpwwwequinoxjournalscomBSORarticleview8337
ldquoIntroductionrdquoStrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGary Leasein the Academic StudyofReligionSpecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 107‐8
ldquoGaryLease 1940‐2008rdquo (co‐written withLuther HMartin andDonaldWiebe)StrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGaryLease intheAcademic StudyofReligionSpecial issueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 109‐112
ldquoCh‐Ch‐Ch‐ChangesFromtheDeskofthe CSSRPresidentrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion351 (2006) 4‐5
Introduction toldquoReinventingthe Study ofReligioninAlabama ASymposiumrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion(2004) 27‐29
10
April 2016
ldquoCanadianScholarsWorkingintheUSAn UnofficialPrimer on theINSrdquoco‐writtenwithChristinaLapel(SouthwestMissouriState University)formerlypostedattheCanadianSociety forStudiesinReligionwebsite lthttpwwwccsrcacssrrequestshtmlinsgt
ldquoBeyondthe AnnualMeeting An Interviewwith the Authorsrdquoco‐writtenwithWilliBraun (Universityof Edmonton) Religious Studies News173(2002) 15
ldquolsquoWersquoreAllin thisTogetherrsquoSomeResourcesforThinkingaboutAcademicLaborrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion273(1998) 70‐73
ldquoThelsquoCultrsquoof HeavenrsquosGateMakingitKnown and Knowablerdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion262(1997) 26‐28
ldquoClassification andthe ShapelessBeastACriticalLook atthe AARResearch InterestSurveyrdquo Religious Studies News September 123 (1997) 79
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionIntroductionrdquoBulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 261 (1997) 3‐7
ldquoReligionin theAcademy Letterto the Editorrdquo Academe831(1997) 3‐4
REVIEW ESSAYS AND PUBLISHED REVIEW SYMPOSIA
ldquoIdentifyingtheMeaning andEnd ofScholarshipWhatrsquosatStakein Muslim Identitiesrdquo[review essayonAaronHughesrsquos Muslim Identities] Comparative Islamic Studies (submitted)
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsTwentyYearsLaterrdquo Numen62(2015) 119‐141 ldquoTheState ofIslamic Studiesinthe StudyofReligionAn Introductionrdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion244amp5 (2012) 309‐313ldquoWillYourCognitiveAnchorHoldintheStormsofCulturerdquo[reviewessayon Ann Tavesrsquos Religious
Experience Reconsidered Religion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion 784(2010) 1182‐1193
ldquoAGiftwithDiminishedReturnsrdquo [reviewessayon JeffreyKripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Gift] Journal of the American Academy of Religion763(2008) 748‐765
ldquoWordsWordsWordsrdquo[reviewessay on handbooksinthe studyofreligion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion754(2007) 952‐987
ldquoTheResiliencyof ConceptualAnachronismsOn theLimitsof lsquotheWestrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo [reviewessayonDanielDubuissonrsquos The Western Construction of Religionrdquo] Religion363(2006) 154‐165
ldquoRelatingSmithrdquo[reviewessayonJonathan ZSmithrsquos Relating Religion] The Journal of Religion 862 (2006)287‐297
ldquoIntroductiontothe IAHRReview Symposium on RichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religionrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion142 (2002) 231‐233
ldquoThe PerfectPast and theJargon ofAuthenticityldquoBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Mythrdquo Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses301(2001) 79‐90
ldquoIntroductiontotheIAHRReview Symposium on Jeremy Carrettersquos Foucault and Religion Spiritual Corporality and Political Spiritualityrdquo Culture and Religion21(2001) 97‐100
ldquoThePoliticsofMythrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion123 (2000)441‐446 ldquoIntroductionAcademic Freedom and Liberal Humanism InvitedRepliestoStanley FishrsquoslsquoWhen
Sauce for the Goose Isnrsquot SaucefortheGanderrsquordquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion292 (2000) 36‐38
ldquoIntroductionReviewSymposiumon RodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of Christianityrdquo Religious Studies Review252 (1999) 127‐128
11
April 2016
ldquoMethods and Theoriesin the Classroom TeachingtheStudy of MythsandRitualsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion661(1998) 147‐164
ldquolsquoJustthe SameGame WhereverYou Gorsquo AHistory ofGodrdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1044 (1997) 617‐633
ldquolsquoTheCommonGroundOnWhichStudentsofReligionMeetrsquoMethodologyandTheory Withinthe IAHRrdquo Marburg Internet Journal of Religion 12 (1996) 1‐5
ldquoMethodologyandTheoryinthe IAHRASurveyrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 243‐4(1995) 53‐59
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo Numen 423(1995) 284‐309 ldquoTheMythoftheApoliticalScholarTheLifeandWorksofMirceaEliaderdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1003
(1993) 642‐663
BLOG POSTS
Seehttpedgeuaeducategoryrussell‐mccutcheonforanarchiveof myownpostsat CultureontheEdge
Seewwwasuaedurelblogauthorrmccutchforanarchiveofmy own postsontheblog forthe DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofAlabama
ldquoInaDifferentLightrdquo Bulletin of the British Association for Study of Religionhttpbasracukbasr‐bulletin(submitted)
Religious Studies ProjectPodcastinterviewwith(withAaron Hughes)wwwreligiousstudiesprojectcompodcastgetting‐to‐know‐the‐north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion
ldquoGrowthIdentityand Branding inthe DepartmentofReligious Studiesat the University of AlabamardquointerviewwithReligious StudiesNewshttprsnaarweborgarticlesgrowth‐identity‐and‐branding‐department‐religious‐studies‐university‐alabama
QampAwithRussellMcCutcheonandJeffKripalon writingtextbooksfor the introductory course postedat TheCraftof Teachinginthe AcademicStudyofReligion(Universityof Chicago) httpscraftofteachingreligionwordpresscom(submitted)
ldquoLayingitAllOutOnMovingfromDissertation‐to‐BookSeriesrdquo httpsbulletinequinoxpubcom201512laying‐it‐all‐out‐on‐moving‐from‐dissertation‐to‐book‐series
NAASRNoteshttpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201504naasr‐notes‐russell‐mccutcheonInterviewasPresidentoftheNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of Religion (NAASR)
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201503north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion‐naasr‐an‐interview‐with‐russell‐mccutcheon
PodcastwithWilliamArnalco‐authorof The Sacred is the Profane(2013) httpnewbooksinreligioncom20140627william‐arnal‐and‐russell‐t‐mccutcheon‐the‐sacred‐is‐the‐profane‐the‐political‐nature‐of‐religion‐oxford‐up‐2013
ldquoMindtheGaprdquohttppracticumreligionblogblogspotcom201405mind‐gaphtmlThe Berkeley Centerrsquos bloginterviewldquoThe ReligiousScholarvsAdvocaterdquoat
httpberkleycentergeorgetownedupostsreligion‐scholar‐versus‐advocateldquoTheSacred istheProfanerdquopostedat httpwwwpoliticaltheologycomldquoSemperUbi SubUbirdquoblogfrom DepartmentofReligiousStudies blogrepostedat
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201302semper‐ubi‐sub‐ubildquoCriticalThinkingBegins atHomerdquoblogfromDepartmentofReligiousStudiesblogrepostedat
12
April 2016
httpswwwequinoxpubcomblog201302critical‐thinking‐begins‐at‐homeldquoThreeDots anda DashldquoThe ImmanentFrame httpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐
and‐a‐dash(thisitemislisted aboveunderInvitedResponses)ldquoTheMostEmbarrassingBook MemerdquoBulletinfor theStudyofReligion (guestblog)
httpwwwequinoxjournalscomblog201012the‐most‐embarrassing‐book‐meme‐a‐guest‐post‐from‐russ‐mccutcheon
PastPerfect(httpwwwasuaedupastperfectauthorrmccutcheon) 2011studyabroadin Greece blog (tripcanceleddueto April27 2011 tornado)
LOCAL PUBLIC TALKS
ldquoTheHistory ofthe CategoryReligionrdquoIslamicCenterofTuscaloosaJanuary142005ldquoThePoliticsofReligiousPluralismrdquoUniversityPresbyterian ChurchTuscaloosaFall2004ldquoWhatistheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoWesleyFoundationUniversityof AlabamaTuscaloosa
March9 2003ldquoIntroductoryRemarksontheAcademicStudyofIslamrdquoopening speakeratldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquo
workshoporganizedby theInternationalHonorsProgramUniversityof Alabama January 182003
ldquoIntroductoryRemarksattheOpenHouserdquoIslamicCenter ofTuscaloosaOctober2001 ldquoKarenArmstrongrsquos A History of GodABook ReviewrdquoDavis‐KiddBookstoreKnoxvilleTNSpring
1995
INVITED ACADEMIC LECTURES
DiscussionLeaderGraduateStudentWorkshopUniversitiesof ZurichandBaselSwitzerland September 28‐30 2015
ldquoMan isthe Measureof AllThingshelliprdquo OnThe Fabrication ofOrientalReligionsby European HistoryofReligionsrdquo Faculty of TheologyUniversity of ZurichSeptember 292015
ldquoFanfare for theCommon egOn the StrategicUse ofthe MundanerdquoDepartment ofReligion andClassicsUniversityofRochesterSeptember3 2015
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoThe DeanofDivinityrsquosldquoCraft of Teaching WorkshoprdquoUniversityofChicago Divinity School April 6 2015
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoAliceEckardtVisitingScholarandPublic LectureDepartmentof Religion StudiesLehighUniversity(October 2014)
KeynoteldquoAndThatrsquosWhy NoOne TakestheHumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoInauguralGraduateStudent Conference inthe Study of ReligionQueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada February28‐March12014
KeynoteLectureforaWorkshopon ldquoBeyond CritiqueNewApproachesto the Study ofReligion and SecularismrdquoFlorenceItaly May30‐ June2013declined
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoTexasStateUniversitySan MarcosTX April1‐22013
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoUniversityof UtahSaltLake CityUT March 20‐222013
GuestTeacherBrownBagLunch DiscussionUniversityof Alberta EdmontonCanada February 13‐15 2013
VisitingProfessorandPublicLectureInstitutfuumlrTheologie und ReligionswissenschaftLeibniz
13
April 2016
UniversityHannoverGermany October 2012 declinedEuropeanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(EASR)Plenary SpeakerStockholmSweden
(August 23‐262012) declinedldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
PhilosophyReligiousStudiesProgramAuburnUniversityApril 132012ldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
ReligiousStudiesUniversityof Western MichiganMarch15 2012 ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoOn the Persistenceof Imagining ReligionrdquoStateUniversityofNewYork
atBuffaloSeptember19 2011ldquoTheStudyofReligionrdquoUniversityofVirginia NationalEndowment for theHumanitiesSummer
Seminar Invited LecturerParticipantJuly192011ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoThe Yale Seminar in ReligiousStudiesFirst AnnualWorkshopWhatisBelief
Yale UniversityApril15 2011ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoInstitut fuumlrTheologie und
ReligionswissenschaftLeibnizUniversityHannoverGermany January 19 2011 ldquoCategoriesatWorkRethinking lsquoReligious Experiencersquordquoweek‐longundergraduategraduate
intensivecourseInstitutfuumlrTheologieundReligionswissenschaftLeibniz University HannoverGermanyJanuary 17‐21 2011
InvitationstolectureatWestern MichiganStateUniversityand theUniversityofLondonUK declined(Spring 2010)
ldquoRedescribingExperiencerdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquodeliveredtotheInterrogating Religion workshopUniversity ofOttawaApril17‐192009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoKeynoteSpeakerEighth AnnualReligionGraduateStudent SymposiumFloridaStateUniversityTallahasseeFL February 20‐222009
ldquoAResponse toProfRobertCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseReligiousHistoryandits ImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoDynamicsintheHistoryofReligionsbetweenAsiaandEuropeRuhrUniversityBochumGermanyOctober15‐172008
ldquoCriticsand Caretakersin the AcademicStudyofReligionrdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay212008
InvitedPlenarySpeaker (declined)ldquoRethinkingReligion inIndiardquoco‐sponsoredbyResearch Centre VergelijkendeCultuurwetenschap(Ghent UniversityBelgium)theCentrefor theStudyofLocalCultures(Kuvempu UniversityIndia)andthe Karnataka Academy of SocialSciencesandHumanities (KASSH)andheldat the IndiraGandhi NationalCentrefortheArtsNewDelhiJanuary24‐27 2008 (Invitation declined)
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoUniversity ofVictoriaBritishColumbia Canada October22 2007
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoThe AnnualRobertLesterLectureUniversityofColoradoatBoulderSeptember 13 2007
ldquoReligiononOurMindsrdquoSecularismandBeyondComparativePerspectivesUniversityofCopenhagen May 28‐June 1 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic FakesrdquoDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofCalgaryMarch27 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic Fakesrdquo
14
April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
16
April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
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Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
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ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
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MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
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between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
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April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
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April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
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April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
Manufacturing Religion The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of NostalgiaOxford UniversityPress1997(hardcoveredition)
EDITED BOOKS
Religion in 5 Minutes Scholars Answer Your Questions(co‐edited withAaron WHughes) Sheffield Equinox(contracted)
Contemporary Approaches to the Study of ReligionGermanyWalterdeGruyter(contracted) Fabricating IdentitiesVol2in theldquoWorkingwith Cultureon theEdgerdquoseriesEquinoxPublishers
UK(contracted)Fabricating OriginsVol 1 in theldquoWorkingwith Cultureon the Edgerdquoseries Equinox PublishersUK
2015 Religious Experience A ReaderCraigMartinandRussellTMcCutcheon (eds)withLeslieE Smith
Equinox PublishersUK2012 Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion Essays in Honor of Donald WiebeWilliamArnal
WilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)EquinoxPublishersUK2012Introducing Religion Essays in Honor of Jonathan Z SmithWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon
(eds)Equinox PublishersUK2008Guide to the Study of ReligionWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)ContinuumUK 2000Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth
Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 1995 Armin WGeertzandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)Brill 2000alsopublishedasaspecialdouble issueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion121amp2(2000)
The InsiderOutsider Problem and the Study of Religion A ReaderContinuumUK1999 (firstvolume in Controversies in the Study of Religionseriessee below)
TRANSLATIONS
Germantranslationof Studying Religion An Introduction SteffenFuumlhrding(trans)FrankfurtVerlagPeter Lang 2013
Izuchavane na religiyataVavedenieBulgariantranslationof Studying Religion An IntroductionInaMerdjanova(trans)SilistraBulgariaDEMOSFoundation2007
ldquoРольметодуітеоріївдослідженняхМіжнародноїАсоціаціїІсторіїрелігійrdquoUkrainiantranslation of ldquoTheRole ofMethod and Theoryin theIAHRrdquo(co‐authoredwithArmin W Geertz) Українськереіґіэнавство 1 (2005) 33 109‐122
Egheiridio ThreskeiologiasGreek translationofthe Guide to the Study of ReligionDimitrisXygalatas (trans)ThessalonikiGreece Vanias Edition2003
Kataskeuazontas ti Threskeia Greektranslationof Manufacturing Religion DimitrisXygalatas (trans)ThessalonikiGreece Vanias Editions2003
JapanesetranslationofldquoTheCategorylsquoReligionrsquoinRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo(originallypublishedin Numen423 [1995] 284‐309) Gendai Shisoo (Modern Thought aninter‐disciplinary Japaneseperiodical) 289(2000)210‐229TranslatedbyIsomaeJunichi(Japanese WomenrsquosUniversity)andRichardCalichman
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EDITED BOOK SERIES
Supplements to Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion(Brill)seriesfoundingco‐editor(with Aaron Hughesand Kocku von Stuckrad)Volumes include
AaronWHughes(ed) Theory and Method in the Study of Religion Twenty Five Years On (2013)
RussellTMcCutcheon A Modest Proposal on Method Essaying the Study of Religion (2014)
TrevorStackNaomiRGoldenberandTimothyFitzgerald(eds) Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty (2015)
FransWijsenandKocku vonStuckrad(eds) Making Religion Theory and Practice in the Discursive Study of Religion(2016)
LutherHMartinandDonaldWiebe(eds) Conversations and Controversies in the Scientific Study of Religion(2016)
Daniel Dubuisson Religion and Magic in Western Culture(2016)
Religion in Culture Studies in Social Contest and Contestation (RoutledgeUK)seriesfounderand co‐editormonographseriesVolumesinclude
WilliamEArnal The Symbolic Jesus Historical Scholarship Judaism and the Construction of Contemporary Identity (2005)
RussellTMcCutcheon Religion and the Domestication of Dissent or How to Live in a Less than Perfect Nation (2005)
Tim Murphy Representing Religion History Theory Crisis(2007)AaronHughes Situating Islam The Past and Future of an Academic Discipline (2008) BurtonMack Myth and the Christian Nation A Social Theory of Religion (2008)
D N Jha Rethinking Hindu Identity (2009) Junrsquoichi Isomae Japanese Mythology Hermeneutics on Scripture (2010) CraigMartin Masking Hegemony A Genealogy of Liberalism Religion and the Private Sphere
(2010)BurtonMack Christian Mentality The Entanglements of Power Violence and Fear (2011)AaronHughes Theorizing Islam Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction(2012) ChristopherRCotterampDavidGRobertson(ed) After lsquoWorld Religionsrsquo Reconstructing
Religious Studies(2016)
Controversies in the Study of Religion(ContinuumUK)seriesfounder andeditor anthology series designedforseniorundergraduate andgraduate students1998‐2003 Volumesinclude
The InsiderOutsider Problem and the Study of Religion A Reader (RussellTMcCutcheon[ed])1999
Feminism in the Study of Religion A Reader(DarleneJuschka [ed])2001 Understanding Religious Sacrifice A Reader(JeffreyCarter[ed])2003
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April 2016
Critical Categories in the Study of Religion (RoutledgeUK)seriesfounder andco‐editor (withSteffen Fuumlhrding) anthology seriesdesigned forseniorundergraduate andgraduate studentsVolumesinclude
Syncretism in Religion A Reader(AnitaLeopold andJeppeSindingJensen[eds])2004Ritual and Religious Belief A Reader (Graham Harvey [ed]) 2005 Defining Hinduism A Reader (JELlewellyn[ed])2005Religion and Cognition A Reader(RJasonSlone[ed]2006) Mircea Eliade A Reader (BryanRennie[ed]2006) Defining Islam A Reader (AndrewRippin[ed]2007)Defining Buddhisms A Reader (KarenDerris and Natalie Gummer [eds] 2007)Myths and Mythologies A Reader(JeppeSindingJensen[ed]2009) Defining Judaism A Reader(AaronHughes[ed]2010)Readings in the Theory of Religion(ScottElliottandMatthew Waggoner [eds]2010) Religious Experience A Reader(RussellTMcCutcheon andLeslieSmith [eds]2012) Defining Magic A Reader(Bernd‐ChristianOttoMichaelStausberg[eds]2013)Missions Management and Effects A Reader in Religion and Colonialism(MarkElmore and
Caleb Elfenbein[eds]2014)What is Religious Studies (StevenSutcliffe[ed]2014)Defining Shinto A Reader (Mark MacWilliamsandOkuyama Michiaki[eds]2014) Faith A Reader (NathanRein[ed]contracted)
ORIGINAL WEB RESOURCES
Culture on the Edgeedgeuaedu(co‐createdwith StevenRameyJune2013)collaborativeresearch blog
Studying Religionhttpwwwasuaedurelstudyingreligionhtml(createdinMayJune 2005 withtheassistanceofKimDavis ChristineScott andKarissa Rinastakendown2012)Germantranslationeditionhttpwwwrw‐studierenuni‐hannoverde
eChairs Resource(passwordprotectedwebsitefor Department ChairsUniversity of Alabama Summer2009‐11)
Alabama GreeceInitiative ofthe CollegeofArtsamp Sciencesco‐developedwithStevenRamey httpwwwasuaedugreece
Past Perfect (Blog forREL Goesto Greece2011 study abroadcourseco‐developedwithMerindaSimmons)httpwwwasuaedupastperfectcoursecanceleddue toApril 27 2011 tornado
UNPUBLISHED BOOK MANUSCRIPTS
Manufacturing Religion The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of NostalgiaUnpublishedPhDdissertationCentre fortheStudyof Religion Universityof Toronto 1995xxiii+285 SupervisorsProfsNeilMcMullinandDonald Wiebe
Process Thought and the Problem of Evil A Study of the Contemporary Process Theodicy of David Griffin in the Light of Charles HartshorneUnpublishedMasterof Theology ThesisQueenrsquos
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University1987vii + 167SupervisorProfPamelaDickey Young
SCHOLARLY JOURNALS EDITED
‐Co‐InterimEditor‐in‐Chief(withWilliBraun) Method amp Theory in the Study of Religionvol24(2012)
‐GuestEditorldquoStrategies for SurvivingDissolutionWorking withGary Leaseinthe AcademicStudyofReligionrdquospecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion (212 [2009])
‐EditorandorCo‐editor 1990to2001 Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion‐EditorandorCo‐editor 1996to2001 Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion‐Sub‐editorforbooknotes(method andtheory) 1997to 2002 Religious Studies Review
BOOK CHAPTERS
ldquoForeword Plus ccedila changehelliprdquotothe new edition ofJacquesWaardenburgrsquos Classical Approaches to the Study of Religionvol1(1973)BerlinWalterdeGruyter (forthcoming)
ldquoCriticisms Debates and Futures The Sociology of Religion and Social Theoryrdquo in William B Parsons (ed) Social Religion Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks Religion vol 2 (forthcoming)
ldquoHistoricizing the Elephant in the Roomrdquo in High Urban and Greg Johnson (eds) Irreverence and the Sacred Critical Studies in the History of Religions New York Oxford University Press (submitted)
ldquoAfterword Feast and Famine in the Study of Religionrdquo in Aaron Hughes (ed) Theory in a Time ofExcess Collected Papers from the NAASR 2015 Conference Sheffield UK Equinox Publishers(submitted)
ldquoAfterword The Magic of the Melancholyrdquo in Vaia Touna (ed) The Problem of Nostalgia in the Study of Identity Towards a Dynamic Theory of People and Place(submitted)
ldquorsquoIrsquom Spiritual But Not Religiousrsquo The Strategic Use of the Solitary Identifierrdquo in Craig Martin and BradStoddard(eds) Stereotyping Religion Critiquing Clicheacutes(submitted)
ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History of Religionsrdquo in Steffen Fuumlhrding (ed) Working Papers on Method and Theory from Hannover(Brillsubmitted)
ldquoAfterwordOnUtilityandLimitsrdquoinChristopherCotterand DavidRobertson(eds) After World Religions Reconstructing Religious StudiesNewYorkRoutledge(2016)
ldquoThe Role of Method and Theory in the IAHRrdquo (co‐written with Armin W Geertz) revision and update of our2000 essay forinclusioninaldquobestofrdquo NumenvolumeBrill2015
ldquoWill Your Cognitive Anchor Hold in the Storms of Culturerdquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 28‐45 Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoThe Melancholy Empire Builder The Life and Works of Mircea Eliaderdquo in Monica Miller (ed)Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 52‐85 Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoA Gift with Diminished Returns On Jeff Kripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Giftrdquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 97‐117 Equinox
6
April 2016
PublishersUK2015ldquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truth in It Itrsquos a Sinrdquo The Cost of Saving Others from Themselvesrdquo in Monica
Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 124‐161 EquinoxPublishersUK2015
ldquoAffinities Benefits and Costs The ABCs of Good Scholars Gone Publicrdquo in Monica Miller (ed)Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 169‐190Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoThe Resiliency of Conceptual Anachronisms On the Limits of lsquothe Westrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 200‐222 EquinoxPublishersUK2015
ldquoWritingaHistoryofOriginsrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon(ed) Fabricating Origins70‐73 Vol 1 ldquoWorkingwithCulture on the EdgerdquoseriesEquinox Publishers UK 2015
ldquoAfterwordOriginsTodayrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon (ed) Fabricating Origins77‐92Vol1ldquoWorkingwithCulture on the EdgerdquoseriesEquinox Publishers UK 2015
ldquoIntroductionrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon (ed) Fabricating Origins1‐8Vol1ldquoWorkingwithCulture ontheEdgerdquo seriesEquinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoAfterwordReinventingtheStudyofReligioninAlabamardquoin StevenRamey(ed) Writing Religion The Case for the Critical Study of Religion208‐222 Universityof Alabama Press2015
ldquoNaming theUnnameable Theological LanguageandtheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoreprintedin AaronWHughes(ed) Theory and Method in the Study of Religion Twenty Five Years On87‐99Brill2013
ldquoEverythingOldisNewAgainrdquo in WilliamArnalWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion Essays in Honor of Donald Wiebe78‐94 Equinox PublishersUK2012
Introduction andAfterwordldquoIHave a Hunchrdquoreprintedin Craig MartinandRussellTMcCutcheon (eds)withLeslieESmith Religious Experience A Reader199‐202Equinox PublishersUK 2012
ldquoAResponse toRobertFordCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseHistoryanditsImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoinVolkhard Krech andMarion Steinicke (eds) Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe Encounters Notions and Comparative Perspectives295‐305Leiden Brill2012
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquordquoin Donald Wiebe andPanayotisPachis(eds) Chasing Down Religion In the Sights of History and the Cognitive Sciences Essay in Honour of Luther H Martin285‐301 Thessaloniki Greece Barbounakis Publications2010 Reprinted byEquinoxPublishers (2014)
ldquoIntroducingSmithrdquoinWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Introducing Religion Essays in Honor of Jonathan Z Smith1‐17EquinoxPublishersUK2008
ldquoThe Tricks and Treats of ClassificationSearchingfortheHeartofAuthenticIslamrdquoBryan Rennie andPhilipLTite(eds) Religion Violence and Terror81‐95 London andNewYork Routledge 2008
ldquoSocialTheoryoftheRhetoricofFaithrdquoinPanayotisPachis PetrosVasiliadisandDimitrisKaimakis(eds)ΦΙΛΙΑΚΑΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ [FriendshipandSociety]FestschriftinHonorofProfGregorios D Ziaka347‐364 ThessalonikiGreeceVaniasPublishers2007
ldquoAfricaon OurMindsrdquoin Ted Trost(ed) The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion229‐237 NewYorkPalgraveMacmillan2007
ldquoTheseson Professionalizationrdquoin Mathieu ECourville(ed) Next Step in Studying Religion A
7
April 2016
Graduatersquos Guide41‐45London Continuum2007ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblem inthe Comparative Studyof
ReligionsrdquoThomasIdinopulos BrianWilsonandJames ConstantineHanges (eds)Comparing Religions Possibilities and Perils235‐248Leiden Brill2006
ldquoCriticalTrendsinthe StudyofReligionin the USrdquoPeterAntesArminWGeertzandRandiWarne (eds)317‐343 New Approaches to the Study of Religion(ReligionandReasonSeries) GermanyVerlagde Gruyter2004
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquo co‐writtenwithWilliBraunforGreektranslationof Guide to the Study of ReligionVanias EditionsThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquoforGreektranslationof Manufacturing ReligionVaniasEditions ThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoDispatchesfromthe Warsof lsquoReligionrsquordquoTimothy Light and BrianWilson(eds) Religion as a Human Capacity A Festschrift in Honor of E Thomas Lawson 161‐189Brill2003
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo andthe PoliticsofTolerancerdquoLarry GreilandDavidG Bromley (eds)Defining Religion Investigating the Boundaries Between the Sacred and Secular139‐162 LondonElsevierPress2003
ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoDelwinBrownandLinellCady (eds)Religious Studies Theology and the University13‐30StateUniversityofNewYork Press2002
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquoBryan Rennie(ed) Reconsidering Eliade11‐23State University of NewYorkPress2001
ldquoThe ImperialDynamicin the StudyofReligionNeo‐colonialPracticesinanAmericanDisciplinerdquo CRichardKing(ed) Postcolonial America275‐302University of IllinoisPress2000
ldquoTheRoleof Method and Theoryin theIAHRrdquo(co‐authored withArmin W Geertz)ArminWGeertz andRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 19953‐37Brill2000
ldquoTaming Ethnocentrism and Trans‐culturalUnderstandingsrdquoArmin WGeertz andRussell McCutcheon (eds) Perspectives on Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 1995298‐306Brill2000Reprinted in Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 121amp2(2000) 294‐306
ldquoMythrdquoWilliBraun and RussellMcCutcheon (eds) Guide to the Study of Religion190‐208 ContinuumUK2000
ldquoCriticsNotCaretakers The Scholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoTim Jensen and Michael Rothstein(eds) Secular Theories on Religion A Selection of Recent Academic Perspectives167‐181Museum Tusculanum Press 2000
ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoThomasA IdinopulosandBrianCWilson(eds) What is Religion Origins Definitions and Explanations51‐71Brill1998
PEER REVIEW ESSAYS
ldquoBeyondCynicismASamplingofCurrentWork intheSwissStudy ofReligionrdquointroductionto asetofpaperssubmittedtothe Bulletin for the Study of Religion (underconsideration)
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoForum CraftingtheIntroductoryCoursein
8
April 2016
ReligiousStudies(plusfourresponses) Teaching Theology amp Religion191(2016) 80‐89 ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History
ofReligionsrdquo Asdiwal(Journalof the SwissSociety fortheStudy ofReligion submitted) ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion254amp5(2013)339‐349 ldquoIHave aHunchrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion241(2012) 81‐92 ldquolsquoThey Licked thePlatter CleanrsquoOn theCo‐Dependency of the ReligiousandtheSecularrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion193amp4 (2007) 173‐199 ldquolsquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truthinit Itrsquos a Sinrsquo Onthe LimitsoftheHumanistic StudyofReligionand
theCostsofSavingOthers fromThemselvesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion 743 (2006)720‐750
ldquoTheDomesticationofDissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaronTerrorismrdquo Temenos 411(2005) 39‐50
ldquoAffinitiesBenefitsand Costs TheABCsofGoodScholarsGonePublicrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion171 (2005) 27‐43
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto LiveinaLess thanPerfectNationrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion162(2004) 164‐181
ldquolsquoJustFollow theMoneyrsquo The ColdWartheHumanisticStudyof Religionand theFallacy ofInsufficientCynicismrdquo Culture amp Religion51(2004) 41‐69
ldquoReligionIreandDangerousThingsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion721(2004) 173‐193
ldquoThe Ideologyof Closure andthe Problemofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquoStudies in ReligionSciences Religieuses323(2003)361‐376
ldquoTheJargon ofAuthenticityandtheStudyofReligionrdquo Religion and Theology83 (2002) 17‐40 ldquolsquoLikeSmallBumpsontheNeckrsquoTheProblemofEvilasSomethingOrdinaryrdquo Journal of Mundane
Behaviors13 (October2000httpwwwmundanebehaviororg)ldquoTheorizing atthe MarginReligion as Something Ordinaryrdquo Arc(Journalof the Faculty ofReligious
Studies McGill University Montreal)28 (2000) 143‐157 ldquoTheCrisisofAcademicLabor andtheMyth of AutonomyDispatchfromthe Job Warsrdquo Studies In
ReligionSciences Religieuses274(1998) 387‐405 ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionandrsquo FilmTeachingtheInsiderOutsiderProblemrdquo Teaching Theology and
Religious Studies1 2 (1998) 99‐110ldquoTheEconomicsofSpiritualLuxury The Glittering LobbyandtheParliamentof Religionsrdquo Journal
of Contemporary Religion131(1998)51‐64 ldquoADefault ofCriticalIntelligenceTheScholarofReligionas PublicIntellectualrdquo Journal of the
American Academy of Religion652(1997) 443‐468 ldquolsquoMyTheoryofthe BrontosaurusrsquoPostmodernismandlsquoTheoryrsquoof Religionrdquo Studies in
ReligionSciences Religieuses261(1997) 3‐23 ldquoNaming the Unnameable TheologicalLanguage andthe Academic Studyof Religionrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion22(1990) 213‐229
INVITED REPLIES
ldquoClarificationsARejoinderrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion(co‐authored withWilliam Arnal) 27 (2015) 137‐149
ldquoADirectQuestionDeservesaDirect AnswerA Replyto Atalia OmerrsquoslsquoCanaCriticBeaCaretaker toorsquordquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion804(2012) 1077‐1082
9
April 2016
ldquoThreeDotsandaDashldquoThe Immanent Framehttpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐and‐a‐dash(accessedMay12012)
ldquoRecovering theHuman A Tale of NounsandVerbsARejoindertoAnnTavesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion801(2012) 236‐40
ldquoAResponsetoDonaldWiebefrom anEast‐Going Zaxrdquo Temenos422(2006)113‐129 ldquoAReplytoPaulCourtrightrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion743(2006) 755‐6 ldquoThe Perils of Having Ones Cake and Eating itToo Some ThoughtsinReplyrdquo Religious Studies
Review311 amp2(2005) 32‐36ldquoTheorizinglsquoReligionrsquoRejoindertoRobertASegalrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion
731 (2005)215‐217 ldquoAFew WordsontheTemptation to Defendthe HonorofaTextrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies
for the Study of Religion 333 and 4(2004) 90‐91 ldquoFillingin theCrackswithResin AReplytoJohn BurrisrsquoslsquoText andContext inthe Study of
Religionrsquordquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion153 (2003)284‐303 ldquoABriefResponse form a Fortunate Manrdquo Culture amp Religion 11 (2000) 131‐139 ldquoOfStrawmen andHumanistsAReplyto Bryan Rennierdquo Religion29 (1999)91‐92ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedRejoindertoPaulJGriffiths andJune
OrsquoConnorrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion664(1998) 911‐917 ldquoReturningtheVolley toWilliamEArnalrdquo Studies In ReligionSciences Religieuses271 (1998) 67‐
68ldquoIdeologyandtheProblemof NamingAResponse toClarkson and Milnerdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion32(1991) 245‐256
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND TEXTBOOK ARTICLES
ldquoWhatisReligionrdquo The Worldrsquos Religions A Lion Handbook (revisededition)ChristopherPartridge(ed)LionPublishingUK (2004)forthcoming
ldquoReligionOverviewrdquo New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (revisededition)MaryanneClineHorowitz(ed‐in‐chief)CharlesScribnerrsquos Sons(2004)vol5 2048‐2051
NON‐PEER REVIEW (SOLICITED) ESSAYS
ldquoOrthodoxiesinthe Field ofProductionrdquo Religion amp Theology22(2015) 133ndash152revisionof the Introduction to Entanglements (2015)
ldquolsquoAsitWasin the Beginninghelliprsquo The ModernProblem ofthe AncientSelfrdquo Bulletin for the Study of Religion 392(2010)httpwwwequinoxjournalscomBSORarticleview8337
ldquoIntroductionrdquoStrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGary Leasein the Academic StudyofReligionSpecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 107‐8
ldquoGaryLease 1940‐2008rdquo (co‐written withLuther HMartin andDonaldWiebe)StrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGaryLease intheAcademic StudyofReligionSpecial issueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 109‐112
ldquoCh‐Ch‐Ch‐ChangesFromtheDeskofthe CSSRPresidentrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion351 (2006) 4‐5
Introduction toldquoReinventingthe Study ofReligioninAlabama ASymposiumrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion(2004) 27‐29
10
April 2016
ldquoCanadianScholarsWorkingintheUSAn UnofficialPrimer on theINSrdquoco‐writtenwithChristinaLapel(SouthwestMissouriState University)formerlypostedattheCanadianSociety forStudiesinReligionwebsite lthttpwwwccsrcacssrrequestshtmlinsgt
ldquoBeyondthe AnnualMeeting An Interviewwith the Authorsrdquoco‐writtenwithWilliBraun (Universityof Edmonton) Religious Studies News173(2002) 15
ldquolsquoWersquoreAllin thisTogetherrsquoSomeResourcesforThinkingaboutAcademicLaborrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion273(1998) 70‐73
ldquoThelsquoCultrsquoof HeavenrsquosGateMakingitKnown and Knowablerdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion262(1997) 26‐28
ldquoClassification andthe ShapelessBeastACriticalLook atthe AARResearch InterestSurveyrdquo Religious Studies News September 123 (1997) 79
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionIntroductionrdquoBulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 261 (1997) 3‐7
ldquoReligionin theAcademy Letterto the Editorrdquo Academe831(1997) 3‐4
REVIEW ESSAYS AND PUBLISHED REVIEW SYMPOSIA
ldquoIdentifyingtheMeaning andEnd ofScholarshipWhatrsquosatStakein Muslim Identitiesrdquo[review essayonAaronHughesrsquos Muslim Identities] Comparative Islamic Studies (submitted)
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsTwentyYearsLaterrdquo Numen62(2015) 119‐141 ldquoTheState ofIslamic Studiesinthe StudyofReligionAn Introductionrdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion244amp5 (2012) 309‐313ldquoWillYourCognitiveAnchorHoldintheStormsofCulturerdquo[reviewessayon Ann Tavesrsquos Religious
Experience Reconsidered Religion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion 784(2010) 1182‐1193
ldquoAGiftwithDiminishedReturnsrdquo [reviewessayon JeffreyKripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Gift] Journal of the American Academy of Religion763(2008) 748‐765
ldquoWordsWordsWordsrdquo[reviewessay on handbooksinthe studyofreligion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion754(2007) 952‐987
ldquoTheResiliencyof ConceptualAnachronismsOn theLimitsof lsquotheWestrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo [reviewessayonDanielDubuissonrsquos The Western Construction of Religionrdquo] Religion363(2006) 154‐165
ldquoRelatingSmithrdquo[reviewessayonJonathan ZSmithrsquos Relating Religion] The Journal of Religion 862 (2006)287‐297
ldquoIntroductiontothe IAHRReview Symposium on RichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religionrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion142 (2002) 231‐233
ldquoThe PerfectPast and theJargon ofAuthenticityldquoBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Mythrdquo Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses301(2001) 79‐90
ldquoIntroductiontotheIAHRReview Symposium on Jeremy Carrettersquos Foucault and Religion Spiritual Corporality and Political Spiritualityrdquo Culture and Religion21(2001) 97‐100
ldquoThePoliticsofMythrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion123 (2000)441‐446 ldquoIntroductionAcademic Freedom and Liberal Humanism InvitedRepliestoStanley FishrsquoslsquoWhen
Sauce for the Goose Isnrsquot SaucefortheGanderrsquordquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion292 (2000) 36‐38
ldquoIntroductionReviewSymposiumon RodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of Christianityrdquo Religious Studies Review252 (1999) 127‐128
11
April 2016
ldquoMethods and Theoriesin the Classroom TeachingtheStudy of MythsandRitualsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion661(1998) 147‐164
ldquolsquoJustthe SameGame WhereverYou Gorsquo AHistory ofGodrdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1044 (1997) 617‐633
ldquolsquoTheCommonGroundOnWhichStudentsofReligionMeetrsquoMethodologyandTheory Withinthe IAHRrdquo Marburg Internet Journal of Religion 12 (1996) 1‐5
ldquoMethodologyandTheoryinthe IAHRASurveyrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 243‐4(1995) 53‐59
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo Numen 423(1995) 284‐309 ldquoTheMythoftheApoliticalScholarTheLifeandWorksofMirceaEliaderdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1003
(1993) 642‐663
BLOG POSTS
Seehttpedgeuaeducategoryrussell‐mccutcheonforanarchiveof myownpostsat CultureontheEdge
Seewwwasuaedurelblogauthorrmccutchforanarchiveofmy own postsontheblog forthe DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofAlabama
ldquoInaDifferentLightrdquo Bulletin of the British Association for Study of Religionhttpbasracukbasr‐bulletin(submitted)
Religious Studies ProjectPodcastinterviewwith(withAaron Hughes)wwwreligiousstudiesprojectcompodcastgetting‐to‐know‐the‐north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion
ldquoGrowthIdentityand Branding inthe DepartmentofReligious Studiesat the University of AlabamardquointerviewwithReligious StudiesNewshttprsnaarweborgarticlesgrowth‐identity‐and‐branding‐department‐religious‐studies‐university‐alabama
QampAwithRussellMcCutcheonandJeffKripalon writingtextbooksfor the introductory course postedat TheCraftof Teachinginthe AcademicStudyofReligion(Universityof Chicago) httpscraftofteachingreligionwordpresscom(submitted)
ldquoLayingitAllOutOnMovingfromDissertation‐to‐BookSeriesrdquo httpsbulletinequinoxpubcom201512laying‐it‐all‐out‐on‐moving‐from‐dissertation‐to‐book‐series
NAASRNoteshttpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201504naasr‐notes‐russell‐mccutcheonInterviewasPresidentoftheNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of Religion (NAASR)
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201503north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion‐naasr‐an‐interview‐with‐russell‐mccutcheon
PodcastwithWilliamArnalco‐authorof The Sacred is the Profane(2013) httpnewbooksinreligioncom20140627william‐arnal‐and‐russell‐t‐mccutcheon‐the‐sacred‐is‐the‐profane‐the‐political‐nature‐of‐religion‐oxford‐up‐2013
ldquoMindtheGaprdquohttppracticumreligionblogblogspotcom201405mind‐gaphtmlThe Berkeley Centerrsquos bloginterviewldquoThe ReligiousScholarvsAdvocaterdquoat
httpberkleycentergeorgetownedupostsreligion‐scholar‐versus‐advocateldquoTheSacred istheProfanerdquopostedat httpwwwpoliticaltheologycomldquoSemperUbi SubUbirdquoblogfrom DepartmentofReligiousStudies blogrepostedat
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201302semper‐ubi‐sub‐ubildquoCriticalThinkingBegins atHomerdquoblogfromDepartmentofReligiousStudiesblogrepostedat
12
April 2016
httpswwwequinoxpubcomblog201302critical‐thinking‐begins‐at‐homeldquoThreeDots anda DashldquoThe ImmanentFrame httpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐
and‐a‐dash(thisitemislisted aboveunderInvitedResponses)ldquoTheMostEmbarrassingBook MemerdquoBulletinfor theStudyofReligion (guestblog)
httpwwwequinoxjournalscomblog201012the‐most‐embarrassing‐book‐meme‐a‐guest‐post‐from‐russ‐mccutcheon
PastPerfect(httpwwwasuaedupastperfectauthorrmccutcheon) 2011studyabroadin Greece blog (tripcanceleddueto April27 2011 tornado)
LOCAL PUBLIC TALKS
ldquoTheHistory ofthe CategoryReligionrdquoIslamicCenterofTuscaloosaJanuary142005ldquoThePoliticsofReligiousPluralismrdquoUniversityPresbyterian ChurchTuscaloosaFall2004ldquoWhatistheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoWesleyFoundationUniversityof AlabamaTuscaloosa
March9 2003ldquoIntroductoryRemarksontheAcademicStudyofIslamrdquoopening speakeratldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquo
workshoporganizedby theInternationalHonorsProgramUniversityof Alabama January 182003
ldquoIntroductoryRemarksattheOpenHouserdquoIslamicCenter ofTuscaloosaOctober2001 ldquoKarenArmstrongrsquos A History of GodABook ReviewrdquoDavis‐KiddBookstoreKnoxvilleTNSpring
1995
INVITED ACADEMIC LECTURES
DiscussionLeaderGraduateStudentWorkshopUniversitiesof ZurichandBaselSwitzerland September 28‐30 2015
ldquoMan isthe Measureof AllThingshelliprdquo OnThe Fabrication ofOrientalReligionsby European HistoryofReligionsrdquo Faculty of TheologyUniversity of ZurichSeptember 292015
ldquoFanfare for theCommon egOn the StrategicUse ofthe MundanerdquoDepartment ofReligion andClassicsUniversityofRochesterSeptember3 2015
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoThe DeanofDivinityrsquosldquoCraft of Teaching WorkshoprdquoUniversityofChicago Divinity School April 6 2015
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoAliceEckardtVisitingScholarandPublic LectureDepartmentof Religion StudiesLehighUniversity(October 2014)
KeynoteldquoAndThatrsquosWhy NoOne TakestheHumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoInauguralGraduateStudent Conference inthe Study of ReligionQueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada February28‐March12014
KeynoteLectureforaWorkshopon ldquoBeyond CritiqueNewApproachesto the Study ofReligion and SecularismrdquoFlorenceItaly May30‐ June2013declined
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoTexasStateUniversitySan MarcosTX April1‐22013
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoUniversityof UtahSaltLake CityUT March 20‐222013
GuestTeacherBrownBagLunch DiscussionUniversityof Alberta EdmontonCanada February 13‐15 2013
VisitingProfessorandPublicLectureInstitutfuumlrTheologie und ReligionswissenschaftLeibniz
13
April 2016
UniversityHannoverGermany October 2012 declinedEuropeanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(EASR)Plenary SpeakerStockholmSweden
(August 23‐262012) declinedldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
PhilosophyReligiousStudiesProgramAuburnUniversityApril 132012ldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
ReligiousStudiesUniversityof Western MichiganMarch15 2012 ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoOn the Persistenceof Imagining ReligionrdquoStateUniversityofNewYork
atBuffaloSeptember19 2011ldquoTheStudyofReligionrdquoUniversityofVirginia NationalEndowment for theHumanitiesSummer
Seminar Invited LecturerParticipantJuly192011ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoThe Yale Seminar in ReligiousStudiesFirst AnnualWorkshopWhatisBelief
Yale UniversityApril15 2011ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoInstitut fuumlrTheologie und
ReligionswissenschaftLeibnizUniversityHannoverGermany January 19 2011 ldquoCategoriesatWorkRethinking lsquoReligious Experiencersquordquoweek‐longundergraduategraduate
intensivecourseInstitutfuumlrTheologieundReligionswissenschaftLeibniz University HannoverGermanyJanuary 17‐21 2011
InvitationstolectureatWestern MichiganStateUniversityand theUniversityofLondonUK declined(Spring 2010)
ldquoRedescribingExperiencerdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquodeliveredtotheInterrogating Religion workshopUniversity ofOttawaApril17‐192009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoKeynoteSpeakerEighth AnnualReligionGraduateStudent SymposiumFloridaStateUniversityTallahasseeFL February 20‐222009
ldquoAResponse toProfRobertCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseReligiousHistoryandits ImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoDynamicsintheHistoryofReligionsbetweenAsiaandEuropeRuhrUniversityBochumGermanyOctober15‐172008
ldquoCriticsand Caretakersin the AcademicStudyofReligionrdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay212008
InvitedPlenarySpeaker (declined)ldquoRethinkingReligion inIndiardquoco‐sponsoredbyResearch Centre VergelijkendeCultuurwetenschap(Ghent UniversityBelgium)theCentrefor theStudyofLocalCultures(Kuvempu UniversityIndia)andthe Karnataka Academy of SocialSciencesandHumanities (KASSH)andheldat the IndiraGandhi NationalCentrefortheArtsNewDelhiJanuary24‐27 2008 (Invitation declined)
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoUniversity ofVictoriaBritishColumbia Canada October22 2007
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoThe AnnualRobertLesterLectureUniversityofColoradoatBoulderSeptember 13 2007
ldquoReligiononOurMindsrdquoSecularismandBeyondComparativePerspectivesUniversityofCopenhagen May 28‐June 1 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic FakesrdquoDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofCalgaryMarch27 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic Fakesrdquo
14
April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
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April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
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April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
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April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
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MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
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between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
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‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
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April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
EDITED BOOK SERIES
Supplements to Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion(Brill)seriesfoundingco‐editor(with Aaron Hughesand Kocku von Stuckrad)Volumes include
AaronWHughes(ed) Theory and Method in the Study of Religion Twenty Five Years On (2013)
RussellTMcCutcheon A Modest Proposal on Method Essaying the Study of Religion (2014)
TrevorStackNaomiRGoldenberandTimothyFitzgerald(eds) Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty (2015)
FransWijsenandKocku vonStuckrad(eds) Making Religion Theory and Practice in the Discursive Study of Religion(2016)
LutherHMartinandDonaldWiebe(eds) Conversations and Controversies in the Scientific Study of Religion(2016)
Daniel Dubuisson Religion and Magic in Western Culture(2016)
Religion in Culture Studies in Social Contest and Contestation (RoutledgeUK)seriesfounderand co‐editormonographseriesVolumesinclude
WilliamEArnal The Symbolic Jesus Historical Scholarship Judaism and the Construction of Contemporary Identity (2005)
RussellTMcCutcheon Religion and the Domestication of Dissent or How to Live in a Less than Perfect Nation (2005)
Tim Murphy Representing Religion History Theory Crisis(2007)AaronHughes Situating Islam The Past and Future of an Academic Discipline (2008) BurtonMack Myth and the Christian Nation A Social Theory of Religion (2008)
D N Jha Rethinking Hindu Identity (2009) Junrsquoichi Isomae Japanese Mythology Hermeneutics on Scripture (2010) CraigMartin Masking Hegemony A Genealogy of Liberalism Religion and the Private Sphere
(2010)BurtonMack Christian Mentality The Entanglements of Power Violence and Fear (2011)AaronHughes Theorizing Islam Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction(2012) ChristopherRCotterampDavidGRobertson(ed) After lsquoWorld Religionsrsquo Reconstructing
Religious Studies(2016)
Controversies in the Study of Religion(ContinuumUK)seriesfounder andeditor anthology series designedforseniorundergraduate andgraduate students1998‐2003 Volumesinclude
The InsiderOutsider Problem and the Study of Religion A Reader (RussellTMcCutcheon[ed])1999
Feminism in the Study of Religion A Reader(DarleneJuschka [ed])2001 Understanding Religious Sacrifice A Reader(JeffreyCarter[ed])2003
4
April 2016
Critical Categories in the Study of Religion (RoutledgeUK)seriesfounder andco‐editor (withSteffen Fuumlhrding) anthology seriesdesigned forseniorundergraduate andgraduate studentsVolumesinclude
Syncretism in Religion A Reader(AnitaLeopold andJeppeSindingJensen[eds])2004Ritual and Religious Belief A Reader (Graham Harvey [ed]) 2005 Defining Hinduism A Reader (JELlewellyn[ed])2005Religion and Cognition A Reader(RJasonSlone[ed]2006) Mircea Eliade A Reader (BryanRennie[ed]2006) Defining Islam A Reader (AndrewRippin[ed]2007)Defining Buddhisms A Reader (KarenDerris and Natalie Gummer [eds] 2007)Myths and Mythologies A Reader(JeppeSindingJensen[ed]2009) Defining Judaism A Reader(AaronHughes[ed]2010)Readings in the Theory of Religion(ScottElliottandMatthew Waggoner [eds]2010) Religious Experience A Reader(RussellTMcCutcheon andLeslieSmith [eds]2012) Defining Magic A Reader(Bernd‐ChristianOttoMichaelStausberg[eds]2013)Missions Management and Effects A Reader in Religion and Colonialism(MarkElmore and
Caleb Elfenbein[eds]2014)What is Religious Studies (StevenSutcliffe[ed]2014)Defining Shinto A Reader (Mark MacWilliamsandOkuyama Michiaki[eds]2014) Faith A Reader (NathanRein[ed]contracted)
ORIGINAL WEB RESOURCES
Culture on the Edgeedgeuaedu(co‐createdwith StevenRameyJune2013)collaborativeresearch blog
Studying Religionhttpwwwasuaedurelstudyingreligionhtml(createdinMayJune 2005 withtheassistanceofKimDavis ChristineScott andKarissa Rinastakendown2012)Germantranslationeditionhttpwwwrw‐studierenuni‐hannoverde
eChairs Resource(passwordprotectedwebsitefor Department ChairsUniversity of Alabama Summer2009‐11)
Alabama GreeceInitiative ofthe CollegeofArtsamp Sciencesco‐developedwithStevenRamey httpwwwasuaedugreece
Past Perfect (Blog forREL Goesto Greece2011 study abroadcourseco‐developedwithMerindaSimmons)httpwwwasuaedupastperfectcoursecanceleddue toApril 27 2011 tornado
UNPUBLISHED BOOK MANUSCRIPTS
Manufacturing Religion The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of NostalgiaUnpublishedPhDdissertationCentre fortheStudyof Religion Universityof Toronto 1995xxiii+285 SupervisorsProfsNeilMcMullinandDonald Wiebe
Process Thought and the Problem of Evil A Study of the Contemporary Process Theodicy of David Griffin in the Light of Charles HartshorneUnpublishedMasterof Theology ThesisQueenrsquos
5
April 2016
University1987vii + 167SupervisorProfPamelaDickey Young
SCHOLARLY JOURNALS EDITED
‐Co‐InterimEditor‐in‐Chief(withWilliBraun) Method amp Theory in the Study of Religionvol24(2012)
‐GuestEditorldquoStrategies for SurvivingDissolutionWorking withGary Leaseinthe AcademicStudyofReligionrdquospecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion (212 [2009])
‐EditorandorCo‐editor 1990to2001 Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion‐EditorandorCo‐editor 1996to2001 Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion‐Sub‐editorforbooknotes(method andtheory) 1997to 2002 Religious Studies Review
BOOK CHAPTERS
ldquoForeword Plus ccedila changehelliprdquotothe new edition ofJacquesWaardenburgrsquos Classical Approaches to the Study of Religionvol1(1973)BerlinWalterdeGruyter (forthcoming)
ldquoCriticisms Debates and Futures The Sociology of Religion and Social Theoryrdquo in William B Parsons (ed) Social Religion Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks Religion vol 2 (forthcoming)
ldquoHistoricizing the Elephant in the Roomrdquo in High Urban and Greg Johnson (eds) Irreverence and the Sacred Critical Studies in the History of Religions New York Oxford University Press (submitted)
ldquoAfterword Feast and Famine in the Study of Religionrdquo in Aaron Hughes (ed) Theory in a Time ofExcess Collected Papers from the NAASR 2015 Conference Sheffield UK Equinox Publishers(submitted)
ldquoAfterword The Magic of the Melancholyrdquo in Vaia Touna (ed) The Problem of Nostalgia in the Study of Identity Towards a Dynamic Theory of People and Place(submitted)
ldquorsquoIrsquom Spiritual But Not Religiousrsquo The Strategic Use of the Solitary Identifierrdquo in Craig Martin and BradStoddard(eds) Stereotyping Religion Critiquing Clicheacutes(submitted)
ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History of Religionsrdquo in Steffen Fuumlhrding (ed) Working Papers on Method and Theory from Hannover(Brillsubmitted)
ldquoAfterwordOnUtilityandLimitsrdquoinChristopherCotterand DavidRobertson(eds) After World Religions Reconstructing Religious StudiesNewYorkRoutledge(2016)
ldquoThe Role of Method and Theory in the IAHRrdquo (co‐written with Armin W Geertz) revision and update of our2000 essay forinclusioninaldquobestofrdquo NumenvolumeBrill2015
ldquoWill Your Cognitive Anchor Hold in the Storms of Culturerdquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 28‐45 Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoThe Melancholy Empire Builder The Life and Works of Mircea Eliaderdquo in Monica Miller (ed)Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 52‐85 Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoA Gift with Diminished Returns On Jeff Kripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Giftrdquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 97‐117 Equinox
6
April 2016
PublishersUK2015ldquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truth in It Itrsquos a Sinrdquo The Cost of Saving Others from Themselvesrdquo in Monica
Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 124‐161 EquinoxPublishersUK2015
ldquoAffinities Benefits and Costs The ABCs of Good Scholars Gone Publicrdquo in Monica Miller (ed)Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 169‐190Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoThe Resiliency of Conceptual Anachronisms On the Limits of lsquothe Westrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 200‐222 EquinoxPublishersUK2015
ldquoWritingaHistoryofOriginsrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon(ed) Fabricating Origins70‐73 Vol 1 ldquoWorkingwithCulture on the EdgerdquoseriesEquinox Publishers UK 2015
ldquoAfterwordOriginsTodayrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon (ed) Fabricating Origins77‐92Vol1ldquoWorkingwithCulture on the EdgerdquoseriesEquinox Publishers UK 2015
ldquoIntroductionrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon (ed) Fabricating Origins1‐8Vol1ldquoWorkingwithCulture ontheEdgerdquo seriesEquinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoAfterwordReinventingtheStudyofReligioninAlabamardquoin StevenRamey(ed) Writing Religion The Case for the Critical Study of Religion208‐222 Universityof Alabama Press2015
ldquoNaming theUnnameable Theological LanguageandtheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoreprintedin AaronWHughes(ed) Theory and Method in the Study of Religion Twenty Five Years On87‐99Brill2013
ldquoEverythingOldisNewAgainrdquo in WilliamArnalWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion Essays in Honor of Donald Wiebe78‐94 Equinox PublishersUK2012
Introduction andAfterwordldquoIHave a Hunchrdquoreprintedin Craig MartinandRussellTMcCutcheon (eds)withLeslieESmith Religious Experience A Reader199‐202Equinox PublishersUK 2012
ldquoAResponse toRobertFordCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseHistoryanditsImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoinVolkhard Krech andMarion Steinicke (eds) Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe Encounters Notions and Comparative Perspectives295‐305Leiden Brill2012
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquordquoin Donald Wiebe andPanayotisPachis(eds) Chasing Down Religion In the Sights of History and the Cognitive Sciences Essay in Honour of Luther H Martin285‐301 Thessaloniki Greece Barbounakis Publications2010 Reprinted byEquinoxPublishers (2014)
ldquoIntroducingSmithrdquoinWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Introducing Religion Essays in Honor of Jonathan Z Smith1‐17EquinoxPublishersUK2008
ldquoThe Tricks and Treats of ClassificationSearchingfortheHeartofAuthenticIslamrdquoBryan Rennie andPhilipLTite(eds) Religion Violence and Terror81‐95 London andNewYork Routledge 2008
ldquoSocialTheoryoftheRhetoricofFaithrdquoinPanayotisPachis PetrosVasiliadisandDimitrisKaimakis(eds)ΦΙΛΙΑΚΑΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ [FriendshipandSociety]FestschriftinHonorofProfGregorios D Ziaka347‐364 ThessalonikiGreeceVaniasPublishers2007
ldquoAfricaon OurMindsrdquoin Ted Trost(ed) The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion229‐237 NewYorkPalgraveMacmillan2007
ldquoTheseson Professionalizationrdquoin Mathieu ECourville(ed) Next Step in Studying Religion A
7
April 2016
Graduatersquos Guide41‐45London Continuum2007ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblem inthe Comparative Studyof
ReligionsrdquoThomasIdinopulos BrianWilsonandJames ConstantineHanges (eds)Comparing Religions Possibilities and Perils235‐248Leiden Brill2006
ldquoCriticalTrendsinthe StudyofReligionin the USrdquoPeterAntesArminWGeertzandRandiWarne (eds)317‐343 New Approaches to the Study of Religion(ReligionandReasonSeries) GermanyVerlagde Gruyter2004
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquo co‐writtenwithWilliBraunforGreektranslationof Guide to the Study of ReligionVanias EditionsThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquoforGreektranslationof Manufacturing ReligionVaniasEditions ThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoDispatchesfromthe Warsof lsquoReligionrsquordquoTimothy Light and BrianWilson(eds) Religion as a Human Capacity A Festschrift in Honor of E Thomas Lawson 161‐189Brill2003
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo andthe PoliticsofTolerancerdquoLarry GreilandDavidG Bromley (eds)Defining Religion Investigating the Boundaries Between the Sacred and Secular139‐162 LondonElsevierPress2003
ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoDelwinBrownandLinellCady (eds)Religious Studies Theology and the University13‐30StateUniversityofNewYork Press2002
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquoBryan Rennie(ed) Reconsidering Eliade11‐23State University of NewYorkPress2001
ldquoThe ImperialDynamicin the StudyofReligionNeo‐colonialPracticesinanAmericanDisciplinerdquo CRichardKing(ed) Postcolonial America275‐302University of IllinoisPress2000
ldquoTheRoleof Method and Theoryin theIAHRrdquo(co‐authored withArmin W Geertz)ArminWGeertz andRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 19953‐37Brill2000
ldquoTaming Ethnocentrism and Trans‐culturalUnderstandingsrdquoArmin WGeertz andRussell McCutcheon (eds) Perspectives on Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 1995298‐306Brill2000Reprinted in Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 121amp2(2000) 294‐306
ldquoMythrdquoWilliBraun and RussellMcCutcheon (eds) Guide to the Study of Religion190‐208 ContinuumUK2000
ldquoCriticsNotCaretakers The Scholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoTim Jensen and Michael Rothstein(eds) Secular Theories on Religion A Selection of Recent Academic Perspectives167‐181Museum Tusculanum Press 2000
ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoThomasA IdinopulosandBrianCWilson(eds) What is Religion Origins Definitions and Explanations51‐71Brill1998
PEER REVIEW ESSAYS
ldquoBeyondCynicismASamplingofCurrentWork intheSwissStudy ofReligionrdquointroductionto asetofpaperssubmittedtothe Bulletin for the Study of Religion (underconsideration)
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoForum CraftingtheIntroductoryCoursein
8
April 2016
ReligiousStudies(plusfourresponses) Teaching Theology amp Religion191(2016) 80‐89 ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History
ofReligionsrdquo Asdiwal(Journalof the SwissSociety fortheStudy ofReligion submitted) ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion254amp5(2013)339‐349 ldquoIHave aHunchrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion241(2012) 81‐92 ldquolsquoThey Licked thePlatter CleanrsquoOn theCo‐Dependency of the ReligiousandtheSecularrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion193amp4 (2007) 173‐199 ldquolsquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truthinit Itrsquos a Sinrsquo Onthe LimitsoftheHumanistic StudyofReligionand
theCostsofSavingOthers fromThemselvesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion 743 (2006)720‐750
ldquoTheDomesticationofDissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaronTerrorismrdquo Temenos 411(2005) 39‐50
ldquoAffinitiesBenefitsand Costs TheABCsofGoodScholarsGonePublicrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion171 (2005) 27‐43
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto LiveinaLess thanPerfectNationrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion162(2004) 164‐181
ldquolsquoJustFollow theMoneyrsquo The ColdWartheHumanisticStudyof Religionand theFallacy ofInsufficientCynicismrdquo Culture amp Religion51(2004) 41‐69
ldquoReligionIreandDangerousThingsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion721(2004) 173‐193
ldquoThe Ideologyof Closure andthe Problemofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquoStudies in ReligionSciences Religieuses323(2003)361‐376
ldquoTheJargon ofAuthenticityandtheStudyofReligionrdquo Religion and Theology83 (2002) 17‐40 ldquolsquoLikeSmallBumpsontheNeckrsquoTheProblemofEvilasSomethingOrdinaryrdquo Journal of Mundane
Behaviors13 (October2000httpwwwmundanebehaviororg)ldquoTheorizing atthe MarginReligion as Something Ordinaryrdquo Arc(Journalof the Faculty ofReligious
Studies McGill University Montreal)28 (2000) 143‐157 ldquoTheCrisisofAcademicLabor andtheMyth of AutonomyDispatchfromthe Job Warsrdquo Studies In
ReligionSciences Religieuses274(1998) 387‐405 ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionandrsquo FilmTeachingtheInsiderOutsiderProblemrdquo Teaching Theology and
Religious Studies1 2 (1998) 99‐110ldquoTheEconomicsofSpiritualLuxury The Glittering LobbyandtheParliamentof Religionsrdquo Journal
of Contemporary Religion131(1998)51‐64 ldquoADefault ofCriticalIntelligenceTheScholarofReligionas PublicIntellectualrdquo Journal of the
American Academy of Religion652(1997) 443‐468 ldquolsquoMyTheoryofthe BrontosaurusrsquoPostmodernismandlsquoTheoryrsquoof Religionrdquo Studies in
ReligionSciences Religieuses261(1997) 3‐23 ldquoNaming the Unnameable TheologicalLanguage andthe Academic Studyof Religionrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion22(1990) 213‐229
INVITED REPLIES
ldquoClarificationsARejoinderrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion(co‐authored withWilliam Arnal) 27 (2015) 137‐149
ldquoADirectQuestionDeservesaDirect AnswerA Replyto Atalia OmerrsquoslsquoCanaCriticBeaCaretaker toorsquordquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion804(2012) 1077‐1082
9
April 2016
ldquoThreeDotsandaDashldquoThe Immanent Framehttpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐and‐a‐dash(accessedMay12012)
ldquoRecovering theHuman A Tale of NounsandVerbsARejoindertoAnnTavesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion801(2012) 236‐40
ldquoAResponsetoDonaldWiebefrom anEast‐Going Zaxrdquo Temenos422(2006)113‐129 ldquoAReplytoPaulCourtrightrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion743(2006) 755‐6 ldquoThe Perils of Having Ones Cake and Eating itToo Some ThoughtsinReplyrdquo Religious Studies
Review311 amp2(2005) 32‐36ldquoTheorizinglsquoReligionrsquoRejoindertoRobertASegalrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion
731 (2005)215‐217 ldquoAFew WordsontheTemptation to Defendthe HonorofaTextrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies
for the Study of Religion 333 and 4(2004) 90‐91 ldquoFillingin theCrackswithResin AReplytoJohn BurrisrsquoslsquoText andContext inthe Study of
Religionrsquordquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion153 (2003)284‐303 ldquoABriefResponse form a Fortunate Manrdquo Culture amp Religion 11 (2000) 131‐139 ldquoOfStrawmen andHumanistsAReplyto Bryan Rennierdquo Religion29 (1999)91‐92ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedRejoindertoPaulJGriffiths andJune
OrsquoConnorrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion664(1998) 911‐917 ldquoReturningtheVolley toWilliamEArnalrdquo Studies In ReligionSciences Religieuses271 (1998) 67‐
68ldquoIdeologyandtheProblemof NamingAResponse toClarkson and Milnerdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion32(1991) 245‐256
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND TEXTBOOK ARTICLES
ldquoWhatisReligionrdquo The Worldrsquos Religions A Lion Handbook (revisededition)ChristopherPartridge(ed)LionPublishingUK (2004)forthcoming
ldquoReligionOverviewrdquo New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (revisededition)MaryanneClineHorowitz(ed‐in‐chief)CharlesScribnerrsquos Sons(2004)vol5 2048‐2051
NON‐PEER REVIEW (SOLICITED) ESSAYS
ldquoOrthodoxiesinthe Field ofProductionrdquo Religion amp Theology22(2015) 133ndash152revisionof the Introduction to Entanglements (2015)
ldquolsquoAsitWasin the Beginninghelliprsquo The ModernProblem ofthe AncientSelfrdquo Bulletin for the Study of Religion 392(2010)httpwwwequinoxjournalscomBSORarticleview8337
ldquoIntroductionrdquoStrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGary Leasein the Academic StudyofReligionSpecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 107‐8
ldquoGaryLease 1940‐2008rdquo (co‐written withLuther HMartin andDonaldWiebe)StrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGaryLease intheAcademic StudyofReligionSpecial issueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 109‐112
ldquoCh‐Ch‐Ch‐ChangesFromtheDeskofthe CSSRPresidentrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion351 (2006) 4‐5
Introduction toldquoReinventingthe Study ofReligioninAlabama ASymposiumrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion(2004) 27‐29
10
April 2016
ldquoCanadianScholarsWorkingintheUSAn UnofficialPrimer on theINSrdquoco‐writtenwithChristinaLapel(SouthwestMissouriState University)formerlypostedattheCanadianSociety forStudiesinReligionwebsite lthttpwwwccsrcacssrrequestshtmlinsgt
ldquoBeyondthe AnnualMeeting An Interviewwith the Authorsrdquoco‐writtenwithWilliBraun (Universityof Edmonton) Religious Studies News173(2002) 15
ldquolsquoWersquoreAllin thisTogetherrsquoSomeResourcesforThinkingaboutAcademicLaborrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion273(1998) 70‐73
ldquoThelsquoCultrsquoof HeavenrsquosGateMakingitKnown and Knowablerdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion262(1997) 26‐28
ldquoClassification andthe ShapelessBeastACriticalLook atthe AARResearch InterestSurveyrdquo Religious Studies News September 123 (1997) 79
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionIntroductionrdquoBulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 261 (1997) 3‐7
ldquoReligionin theAcademy Letterto the Editorrdquo Academe831(1997) 3‐4
REVIEW ESSAYS AND PUBLISHED REVIEW SYMPOSIA
ldquoIdentifyingtheMeaning andEnd ofScholarshipWhatrsquosatStakein Muslim Identitiesrdquo[review essayonAaronHughesrsquos Muslim Identities] Comparative Islamic Studies (submitted)
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsTwentyYearsLaterrdquo Numen62(2015) 119‐141 ldquoTheState ofIslamic Studiesinthe StudyofReligionAn Introductionrdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion244amp5 (2012) 309‐313ldquoWillYourCognitiveAnchorHoldintheStormsofCulturerdquo[reviewessayon Ann Tavesrsquos Religious
Experience Reconsidered Religion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion 784(2010) 1182‐1193
ldquoAGiftwithDiminishedReturnsrdquo [reviewessayon JeffreyKripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Gift] Journal of the American Academy of Religion763(2008) 748‐765
ldquoWordsWordsWordsrdquo[reviewessay on handbooksinthe studyofreligion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion754(2007) 952‐987
ldquoTheResiliencyof ConceptualAnachronismsOn theLimitsof lsquotheWestrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo [reviewessayonDanielDubuissonrsquos The Western Construction of Religionrdquo] Religion363(2006) 154‐165
ldquoRelatingSmithrdquo[reviewessayonJonathan ZSmithrsquos Relating Religion] The Journal of Religion 862 (2006)287‐297
ldquoIntroductiontothe IAHRReview Symposium on RichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religionrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion142 (2002) 231‐233
ldquoThe PerfectPast and theJargon ofAuthenticityldquoBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Mythrdquo Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses301(2001) 79‐90
ldquoIntroductiontotheIAHRReview Symposium on Jeremy Carrettersquos Foucault and Religion Spiritual Corporality and Political Spiritualityrdquo Culture and Religion21(2001) 97‐100
ldquoThePoliticsofMythrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion123 (2000)441‐446 ldquoIntroductionAcademic Freedom and Liberal Humanism InvitedRepliestoStanley FishrsquoslsquoWhen
Sauce for the Goose Isnrsquot SaucefortheGanderrsquordquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion292 (2000) 36‐38
ldquoIntroductionReviewSymposiumon RodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of Christianityrdquo Religious Studies Review252 (1999) 127‐128
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April 2016
ldquoMethods and Theoriesin the Classroom TeachingtheStudy of MythsandRitualsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion661(1998) 147‐164
ldquolsquoJustthe SameGame WhereverYou Gorsquo AHistory ofGodrdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1044 (1997) 617‐633
ldquolsquoTheCommonGroundOnWhichStudentsofReligionMeetrsquoMethodologyandTheory Withinthe IAHRrdquo Marburg Internet Journal of Religion 12 (1996) 1‐5
ldquoMethodologyandTheoryinthe IAHRASurveyrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 243‐4(1995) 53‐59
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo Numen 423(1995) 284‐309 ldquoTheMythoftheApoliticalScholarTheLifeandWorksofMirceaEliaderdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1003
(1993) 642‐663
BLOG POSTS
Seehttpedgeuaeducategoryrussell‐mccutcheonforanarchiveof myownpostsat CultureontheEdge
Seewwwasuaedurelblogauthorrmccutchforanarchiveofmy own postsontheblog forthe DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofAlabama
ldquoInaDifferentLightrdquo Bulletin of the British Association for Study of Religionhttpbasracukbasr‐bulletin(submitted)
Religious Studies ProjectPodcastinterviewwith(withAaron Hughes)wwwreligiousstudiesprojectcompodcastgetting‐to‐know‐the‐north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion
ldquoGrowthIdentityand Branding inthe DepartmentofReligious Studiesat the University of AlabamardquointerviewwithReligious StudiesNewshttprsnaarweborgarticlesgrowth‐identity‐and‐branding‐department‐religious‐studies‐university‐alabama
QampAwithRussellMcCutcheonandJeffKripalon writingtextbooksfor the introductory course postedat TheCraftof Teachinginthe AcademicStudyofReligion(Universityof Chicago) httpscraftofteachingreligionwordpresscom(submitted)
ldquoLayingitAllOutOnMovingfromDissertation‐to‐BookSeriesrdquo httpsbulletinequinoxpubcom201512laying‐it‐all‐out‐on‐moving‐from‐dissertation‐to‐book‐series
NAASRNoteshttpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201504naasr‐notes‐russell‐mccutcheonInterviewasPresidentoftheNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of Religion (NAASR)
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201503north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion‐naasr‐an‐interview‐with‐russell‐mccutcheon
PodcastwithWilliamArnalco‐authorof The Sacred is the Profane(2013) httpnewbooksinreligioncom20140627william‐arnal‐and‐russell‐t‐mccutcheon‐the‐sacred‐is‐the‐profane‐the‐political‐nature‐of‐religion‐oxford‐up‐2013
ldquoMindtheGaprdquohttppracticumreligionblogblogspotcom201405mind‐gaphtmlThe Berkeley Centerrsquos bloginterviewldquoThe ReligiousScholarvsAdvocaterdquoat
httpberkleycentergeorgetownedupostsreligion‐scholar‐versus‐advocateldquoTheSacred istheProfanerdquopostedat httpwwwpoliticaltheologycomldquoSemperUbi SubUbirdquoblogfrom DepartmentofReligiousStudies blogrepostedat
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201302semper‐ubi‐sub‐ubildquoCriticalThinkingBegins atHomerdquoblogfromDepartmentofReligiousStudiesblogrepostedat
12
April 2016
httpswwwequinoxpubcomblog201302critical‐thinking‐begins‐at‐homeldquoThreeDots anda DashldquoThe ImmanentFrame httpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐
and‐a‐dash(thisitemislisted aboveunderInvitedResponses)ldquoTheMostEmbarrassingBook MemerdquoBulletinfor theStudyofReligion (guestblog)
httpwwwequinoxjournalscomblog201012the‐most‐embarrassing‐book‐meme‐a‐guest‐post‐from‐russ‐mccutcheon
PastPerfect(httpwwwasuaedupastperfectauthorrmccutcheon) 2011studyabroadin Greece blog (tripcanceleddueto April27 2011 tornado)
LOCAL PUBLIC TALKS
ldquoTheHistory ofthe CategoryReligionrdquoIslamicCenterofTuscaloosaJanuary142005ldquoThePoliticsofReligiousPluralismrdquoUniversityPresbyterian ChurchTuscaloosaFall2004ldquoWhatistheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoWesleyFoundationUniversityof AlabamaTuscaloosa
March9 2003ldquoIntroductoryRemarksontheAcademicStudyofIslamrdquoopening speakeratldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquo
workshoporganizedby theInternationalHonorsProgramUniversityof Alabama January 182003
ldquoIntroductoryRemarksattheOpenHouserdquoIslamicCenter ofTuscaloosaOctober2001 ldquoKarenArmstrongrsquos A History of GodABook ReviewrdquoDavis‐KiddBookstoreKnoxvilleTNSpring
1995
INVITED ACADEMIC LECTURES
DiscussionLeaderGraduateStudentWorkshopUniversitiesof ZurichandBaselSwitzerland September 28‐30 2015
ldquoMan isthe Measureof AllThingshelliprdquo OnThe Fabrication ofOrientalReligionsby European HistoryofReligionsrdquo Faculty of TheologyUniversity of ZurichSeptember 292015
ldquoFanfare for theCommon egOn the StrategicUse ofthe MundanerdquoDepartment ofReligion andClassicsUniversityofRochesterSeptember3 2015
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoThe DeanofDivinityrsquosldquoCraft of Teaching WorkshoprdquoUniversityofChicago Divinity School April 6 2015
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoAliceEckardtVisitingScholarandPublic LectureDepartmentof Religion StudiesLehighUniversity(October 2014)
KeynoteldquoAndThatrsquosWhy NoOne TakestheHumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoInauguralGraduateStudent Conference inthe Study of ReligionQueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada February28‐March12014
KeynoteLectureforaWorkshopon ldquoBeyond CritiqueNewApproachesto the Study ofReligion and SecularismrdquoFlorenceItaly May30‐ June2013declined
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoTexasStateUniversitySan MarcosTX April1‐22013
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoUniversityof UtahSaltLake CityUT March 20‐222013
GuestTeacherBrownBagLunch DiscussionUniversityof Alberta EdmontonCanada February 13‐15 2013
VisitingProfessorandPublicLectureInstitutfuumlrTheologie und ReligionswissenschaftLeibniz
13
April 2016
UniversityHannoverGermany October 2012 declinedEuropeanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(EASR)Plenary SpeakerStockholmSweden
(August 23‐262012) declinedldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
PhilosophyReligiousStudiesProgramAuburnUniversityApril 132012ldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
ReligiousStudiesUniversityof Western MichiganMarch15 2012 ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoOn the Persistenceof Imagining ReligionrdquoStateUniversityofNewYork
atBuffaloSeptember19 2011ldquoTheStudyofReligionrdquoUniversityofVirginia NationalEndowment for theHumanitiesSummer
Seminar Invited LecturerParticipantJuly192011ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoThe Yale Seminar in ReligiousStudiesFirst AnnualWorkshopWhatisBelief
Yale UniversityApril15 2011ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoInstitut fuumlrTheologie und
ReligionswissenschaftLeibnizUniversityHannoverGermany January 19 2011 ldquoCategoriesatWorkRethinking lsquoReligious Experiencersquordquoweek‐longundergraduategraduate
intensivecourseInstitutfuumlrTheologieundReligionswissenschaftLeibniz University HannoverGermanyJanuary 17‐21 2011
InvitationstolectureatWestern MichiganStateUniversityand theUniversityofLondonUK declined(Spring 2010)
ldquoRedescribingExperiencerdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquodeliveredtotheInterrogating Religion workshopUniversity ofOttawaApril17‐192009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoKeynoteSpeakerEighth AnnualReligionGraduateStudent SymposiumFloridaStateUniversityTallahasseeFL February 20‐222009
ldquoAResponse toProfRobertCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseReligiousHistoryandits ImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoDynamicsintheHistoryofReligionsbetweenAsiaandEuropeRuhrUniversityBochumGermanyOctober15‐172008
ldquoCriticsand Caretakersin the AcademicStudyofReligionrdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay212008
InvitedPlenarySpeaker (declined)ldquoRethinkingReligion inIndiardquoco‐sponsoredbyResearch Centre VergelijkendeCultuurwetenschap(Ghent UniversityBelgium)theCentrefor theStudyofLocalCultures(Kuvempu UniversityIndia)andthe Karnataka Academy of SocialSciencesandHumanities (KASSH)andheldat the IndiraGandhi NationalCentrefortheArtsNewDelhiJanuary24‐27 2008 (Invitation declined)
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoUniversity ofVictoriaBritishColumbia Canada October22 2007
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoThe AnnualRobertLesterLectureUniversityofColoradoatBoulderSeptember 13 2007
ldquoReligiononOurMindsrdquoSecularismandBeyondComparativePerspectivesUniversityofCopenhagen May 28‐June 1 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic FakesrdquoDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofCalgaryMarch27 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic Fakesrdquo
14
April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
16
April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
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April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
18
April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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April 2016
Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
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April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
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April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
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‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
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Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
Critical Categories in the Study of Religion (RoutledgeUK)seriesfounder andco‐editor (withSteffen Fuumlhrding) anthology seriesdesigned forseniorundergraduate andgraduate studentsVolumesinclude
Syncretism in Religion A Reader(AnitaLeopold andJeppeSindingJensen[eds])2004Ritual and Religious Belief A Reader (Graham Harvey [ed]) 2005 Defining Hinduism A Reader (JELlewellyn[ed])2005Religion and Cognition A Reader(RJasonSlone[ed]2006) Mircea Eliade A Reader (BryanRennie[ed]2006) Defining Islam A Reader (AndrewRippin[ed]2007)Defining Buddhisms A Reader (KarenDerris and Natalie Gummer [eds] 2007)Myths and Mythologies A Reader(JeppeSindingJensen[ed]2009) Defining Judaism A Reader(AaronHughes[ed]2010)Readings in the Theory of Religion(ScottElliottandMatthew Waggoner [eds]2010) Religious Experience A Reader(RussellTMcCutcheon andLeslieSmith [eds]2012) Defining Magic A Reader(Bernd‐ChristianOttoMichaelStausberg[eds]2013)Missions Management and Effects A Reader in Religion and Colonialism(MarkElmore and
Caleb Elfenbein[eds]2014)What is Religious Studies (StevenSutcliffe[ed]2014)Defining Shinto A Reader (Mark MacWilliamsandOkuyama Michiaki[eds]2014) Faith A Reader (NathanRein[ed]contracted)
ORIGINAL WEB RESOURCES
Culture on the Edgeedgeuaedu(co‐createdwith StevenRameyJune2013)collaborativeresearch blog
Studying Religionhttpwwwasuaedurelstudyingreligionhtml(createdinMayJune 2005 withtheassistanceofKimDavis ChristineScott andKarissa Rinastakendown2012)Germantranslationeditionhttpwwwrw‐studierenuni‐hannoverde
eChairs Resource(passwordprotectedwebsitefor Department ChairsUniversity of Alabama Summer2009‐11)
Alabama GreeceInitiative ofthe CollegeofArtsamp Sciencesco‐developedwithStevenRamey httpwwwasuaedugreece
Past Perfect (Blog forREL Goesto Greece2011 study abroadcourseco‐developedwithMerindaSimmons)httpwwwasuaedupastperfectcoursecanceleddue toApril 27 2011 tornado
UNPUBLISHED BOOK MANUSCRIPTS
Manufacturing Religion The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of NostalgiaUnpublishedPhDdissertationCentre fortheStudyof Religion Universityof Toronto 1995xxiii+285 SupervisorsProfsNeilMcMullinandDonald Wiebe
Process Thought and the Problem of Evil A Study of the Contemporary Process Theodicy of David Griffin in the Light of Charles HartshorneUnpublishedMasterof Theology ThesisQueenrsquos
5
April 2016
University1987vii + 167SupervisorProfPamelaDickey Young
SCHOLARLY JOURNALS EDITED
‐Co‐InterimEditor‐in‐Chief(withWilliBraun) Method amp Theory in the Study of Religionvol24(2012)
‐GuestEditorldquoStrategies for SurvivingDissolutionWorking withGary Leaseinthe AcademicStudyofReligionrdquospecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion (212 [2009])
‐EditorandorCo‐editor 1990to2001 Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion‐EditorandorCo‐editor 1996to2001 Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion‐Sub‐editorforbooknotes(method andtheory) 1997to 2002 Religious Studies Review
BOOK CHAPTERS
ldquoForeword Plus ccedila changehelliprdquotothe new edition ofJacquesWaardenburgrsquos Classical Approaches to the Study of Religionvol1(1973)BerlinWalterdeGruyter (forthcoming)
ldquoCriticisms Debates and Futures The Sociology of Religion and Social Theoryrdquo in William B Parsons (ed) Social Religion Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks Religion vol 2 (forthcoming)
ldquoHistoricizing the Elephant in the Roomrdquo in High Urban and Greg Johnson (eds) Irreverence and the Sacred Critical Studies in the History of Religions New York Oxford University Press (submitted)
ldquoAfterword Feast and Famine in the Study of Religionrdquo in Aaron Hughes (ed) Theory in a Time ofExcess Collected Papers from the NAASR 2015 Conference Sheffield UK Equinox Publishers(submitted)
ldquoAfterword The Magic of the Melancholyrdquo in Vaia Touna (ed) The Problem of Nostalgia in the Study of Identity Towards a Dynamic Theory of People and Place(submitted)
ldquorsquoIrsquom Spiritual But Not Religiousrsquo The Strategic Use of the Solitary Identifierrdquo in Craig Martin and BradStoddard(eds) Stereotyping Religion Critiquing Clicheacutes(submitted)
ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History of Religionsrdquo in Steffen Fuumlhrding (ed) Working Papers on Method and Theory from Hannover(Brillsubmitted)
ldquoAfterwordOnUtilityandLimitsrdquoinChristopherCotterand DavidRobertson(eds) After World Religions Reconstructing Religious StudiesNewYorkRoutledge(2016)
ldquoThe Role of Method and Theory in the IAHRrdquo (co‐written with Armin W Geertz) revision and update of our2000 essay forinclusioninaldquobestofrdquo NumenvolumeBrill2015
ldquoWill Your Cognitive Anchor Hold in the Storms of Culturerdquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 28‐45 Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoThe Melancholy Empire Builder The Life and Works of Mircea Eliaderdquo in Monica Miller (ed)Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 52‐85 Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoA Gift with Diminished Returns On Jeff Kripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Giftrdquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 97‐117 Equinox
6
April 2016
PublishersUK2015ldquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truth in It Itrsquos a Sinrdquo The Cost of Saving Others from Themselvesrdquo in Monica
Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 124‐161 EquinoxPublishersUK2015
ldquoAffinities Benefits and Costs The ABCs of Good Scholars Gone Publicrdquo in Monica Miller (ed)Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 169‐190Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoThe Resiliency of Conceptual Anachronisms On the Limits of lsquothe Westrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 200‐222 EquinoxPublishersUK2015
ldquoWritingaHistoryofOriginsrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon(ed) Fabricating Origins70‐73 Vol 1 ldquoWorkingwithCulture on the EdgerdquoseriesEquinox Publishers UK 2015
ldquoAfterwordOriginsTodayrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon (ed) Fabricating Origins77‐92Vol1ldquoWorkingwithCulture on the EdgerdquoseriesEquinox Publishers UK 2015
ldquoIntroductionrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon (ed) Fabricating Origins1‐8Vol1ldquoWorkingwithCulture ontheEdgerdquo seriesEquinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoAfterwordReinventingtheStudyofReligioninAlabamardquoin StevenRamey(ed) Writing Religion The Case for the Critical Study of Religion208‐222 Universityof Alabama Press2015
ldquoNaming theUnnameable Theological LanguageandtheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoreprintedin AaronWHughes(ed) Theory and Method in the Study of Religion Twenty Five Years On87‐99Brill2013
ldquoEverythingOldisNewAgainrdquo in WilliamArnalWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion Essays in Honor of Donald Wiebe78‐94 Equinox PublishersUK2012
Introduction andAfterwordldquoIHave a Hunchrdquoreprintedin Craig MartinandRussellTMcCutcheon (eds)withLeslieESmith Religious Experience A Reader199‐202Equinox PublishersUK 2012
ldquoAResponse toRobertFordCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseHistoryanditsImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoinVolkhard Krech andMarion Steinicke (eds) Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe Encounters Notions and Comparative Perspectives295‐305Leiden Brill2012
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquordquoin Donald Wiebe andPanayotisPachis(eds) Chasing Down Religion In the Sights of History and the Cognitive Sciences Essay in Honour of Luther H Martin285‐301 Thessaloniki Greece Barbounakis Publications2010 Reprinted byEquinoxPublishers (2014)
ldquoIntroducingSmithrdquoinWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Introducing Religion Essays in Honor of Jonathan Z Smith1‐17EquinoxPublishersUK2008
ldquoThe Tricks and Treats of ClassificationSearchingfortheHeartofAuthenticIslamrdquoBryan Rennie andPhilipLTite(eds) Religion Violence and Terror81‐95 London andNewYork Routledge 2008
ldquoSocialTheoryoftheRhetoricofFaithrdquoinPanayotisPachis PetrosVasiliadisandDimitrisKaimakis(eds)ΦΙΛΙΑΚΑΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ [FriendshipandSociety]FestschriftinHonorofProfGregorios D Ziaka347‐364 ThessalonikiGreeceVaniasPublishers2007
ldquoAfricaon OurMindsrdquoin Ted Trost(ed) The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion229‐237 NewYorkPalgraveMacmillan2007
ldquoTheseson Professionalizationrdquoin Mathieu ECourville(ed) Next Step in Studying Religion A
7
April 2016
Graduatersquos Guide41‐45London Continuum2007ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblem inthe Comparative Studyof
ReligionsrdquoThomasIdinopulos BrianWilsonandJames ConstantineHanges (eds)Comparing Religions Possibilities and Perils235‐248Leiden Brill2006
ldquoCriticalTrendsinthe StudyofReligionin the USrdquoPeterAntesArminWGeertzandRandiWarne (eds)317‐343 New Approaches to the Study of Religion(ReligionandReasonSeries) GermanyVerlagde Gruyter2004
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquo co‐writtenwithWilliBraunforGreektranslationof Guide to the Study of ReligionVanias EditionsThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquoforGreektranslationof Manufacturing ReligionVaniasEditions ThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoDispatchesfromthe Warsof lsquoReligionrsquordquoTimothy Light and BrianWilson(eds) Religion as a Human Capacity A Festschrift in Honor of E Thomas Lawson 161‐189Brill2003
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo andthe PoliticsofTolerancerdquoLarry GreilandDavidG Bromley (eds)Defining Religion Investigating the Boundaries Between the Sacred and Secular139‐162 LondonElsevierPress2003
ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoDelwinBrownandLinellCady (eds)Religious Studies Theology and the University13‐30StateUniversityofNewYork Press2002
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquoBryan Rennie(ed) Reconsidering Eliade11‐23State University of NewYorkPress2001
ldquoThe ImperialDynamicin the StudyofReligionNeo‐colonialPracticesinanAmericanDisciplinerdquo CRichardKing(ed) Postcolonial America275‐302University of IllinoisPress2000
ldquoTheRoleof Method and Theoryin theIAHRrdquo(co‐authored withArmin W Geertz)ArminWGeertz andRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 19953‐37Brill2000
ldquoTaming Ethnocentrism and Trans‐culturalUnderstandingsrdquoArmin WGeertz andRussell McCutcheon (eds) Perspectives on Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 1995298‐306Brill2000Reprinted in Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 121amp2(2000) 294‐306
ldquoMythrdquoWilliBraun and RussellMcCutcheon (eds) Guide to the Study of Religion190‐208 ContinuumUK2000
ldquoCriticsNotCaretakers The Scholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoTim Jensen and Michael Rothstein(eds) Secular Theories on Religion A Selection of Recent Academic Perspectives167‐181Museum Tusculanum Press 2000
ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoThomasA IdinopulosandBrianCWilson(eds) What is Religion Origins Definitions and Explanations51‐71Brill1998
PEER REVIEW ESSAYS
ldquoBeyondCynicismASamplingofCurrentWork intheSwissStudy ofReligionrdquointroductionto asetofpaperssubmittedtothe Bulletin for the Study of Religion (underconsideration)
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoForum CraftingtheIntroductoryCoursein
8
April 2016
ReligiousStudies(plusfourresponses) Teaching Theology amp Religion191(2016) 80‐89 ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History
ofReligionsrdquo Asdiwal(Journalof the SwissSociety fortheStudy ofReligion submitted) ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion254amp5(2013)339‐349 ldquoIHave aHunchrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion241(2012) 81‐92 ldquolsquoThey Licked thePlatter CleanrsquoOn theCo‐Dependency of the ReligiousandtheSecularrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion193amp4 (2007) 173‐199 ldquolsquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truthinit Itrsquos a Sinrsquo Onthe LimitsoftheHumanistic StudyofReligionand
theCostsofSavingOthers fromThemselvesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion 743 (2006)720‐750
ldquoTheDomesticationofDissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaronTerrorismrdquo Temenos 411(2005) 39‐50
ldquoAffinitiesBenefitsand Costs TheABCsofGoodScholarsGonePublicrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion171 (2005) 27‐43
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto LiveinaLess thanPerfectNationrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion162(2004) 164‐181
ldquolsquoJustFollow theMoneyrsquo The ColdWartheHumanisticStudyof Religionand theFallacy ofInsufficientCynicismrdquo Culture amp Religion51(2004) 41‐69
ldquoReligionIreandDangerousThingsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion721(2004) 173‐193
ldquoThe Ideologyof Closure andthe Problemofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquoStudies in ReligionSciences Religieuses323(2003)361‐376
ldquoTheJargon ofAuthenticityandtheStudyofReligionrdquo Religion and Theology83 (2002) 17‐40 ldquolsquoLikeSmallBumpsontheNeckrsquoTheProblemofEvilasSomethingOrdinaryrdquo Journal of Mundane
Behaviors13 (October2000httpwwwmundanebehaviororg)ldquoTheorizing atthe MarginReligion as Something Ordinaryrdquo Arc(Journalof the Faculty ofReligious
Studies McGill University Montreal)28 (2000) 143‐157 ldquoTheCrisisofAcademicLabor andtheMyth of AutonomyDispatchfromthe Job Warsrdquo Studies In
ReligionSciences Religieuses274(1998) 387‐405 ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionandrsquo FilmTeachingtheInsiderOutsiderProblemrdquo Teaching Theology and
Religious Studies1 2 (1998) 99‐110ldquoTheEconomicsofSpiritualLuxury The Glittering LobbyandtheParliamentof Religionsrdquo Journal
of Contemporary Religion131(1998)51‐64 ldquoADefault ofCriticalIntelligenceTheScholarofReligionas PublicIntellectualrdquo Journal of the
American Academy of Religion652(1997) 443‐468 ldquolsquoMyTheoryofthe BrontosaurusrsquoPostmodernismandlsquoTheoryrsquoof Religionrdquo Studies in
ReligionSciences Religieuses261(1997) 3‐23 ldquoNaming the Unnameable TheologicalLanguage andthe Academic Studyof Religionrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion22(1990) 213‐229
INVITED REPLIES
ldquoClarificationsARejoinderrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion(co‐authored withWilliam Arnal) 27 (2015) 137‐149
ldquoADirectQuestionDeservesaDirect AnswerA Replyto Atalia OmerrsquoslsquoCanaCriticBeaCaretaker toorsquordquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion804(2012) 1077‐1082
9
April 2016
ldquoThreeDotsandaDashldquoThe Immanent Framehttpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐and‐a‐dash(accessedMay12012)
ldquoRecovering theHuman A Tale of NounsandVerbsARejoindertoAnnTavesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion801(2012) 236‐40
ldquoAResponsetoDonaldWiebefrom anEast‐Going Zaxrdquo Temenos422(2006)113‐129 ldquoAReplytoPaulCourtrightrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion743(2006) 755‐6 ldquoThe Perils of Having Ones Cake and Eating itToo Some ThoughtsinReplyrdquo Religious Studies
Review311 amp2(2005) 32‐36ldquoTheorizinglsquoReligionrsquoRejoindertoRobertASegalrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion
731 (2005)215‐217 ldquoAFew WordsontheTemptation to Defendthe HonorofaTextrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies
for the Study of Religion 333 and 4(2004) 90‐91 ldquoFillingin theCrackswithResin AReplytoJohn BurrisrsquoslsquoText andContext inthe Study of
Religionrsquordquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion153 (2003)284‐303 ldquoABriefResponse form a Fortunate Manrdquo Culture amp Religion 11 (2000) 131‐139 ldquoOfStrawmen andHumanistsAReplyto Bryan Rennierdquo Religion29 (1999)91‐92ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedRejoindertoPaulJGriffiths andJune
OrsquoConnorrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion664(1998) 911‐917 ldquoReturningtheVolley toWilliamEArnalrdquo Studies In ReligionSciences Religieuses271 (1998) 67‐
68ldquoIdeologyandtheProblemof NamingAResponse toClarkson and Milnerdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion32(1991) 245‐256
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND TEXTBOOK ARTICLES
ldquoWhatisReligionrdquo The Worldrsquos Religions A Lion Handbook (revisededition)ChristopherPartridge(ed)LionPublishingUK (2004)forthcoming
ldquoReligionOverviewrdquo New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (revisededition)MaryanneClineHorowitz(ed‐in‐chief)CharlesScribnerrsquos Sons(2004)vol5 2048‐2051
NON‐PEER REVIEW (SOLICITED) ESSAYS
ldquoOrthodoxiesinthe Field ofProductionrdquo Religion amp Theology22(2015) 133ndash152revisionof the Introduction to Entanglements (2015)
ldquolsquoAsitWasin the Beginninghelliprsquo The ModernProblem ofthe AncientSelfrdquo Bulletin for the Study of Religion 392(2010)httpwwwequinoxjournalscomBSORarticleview8337
ldquoIntroductionrdquoStrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGary Leasein the Academic StudyofReligionSpecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 107‐8
ldquoGaryLease 1940‐2008rdquo (co‐written withLuther HMartin andDonaldWiebe)StrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGaryLease intheAcademic StudyofReligionSpecial issueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 109‐112
ldquoCh‐Ch‐Ch‐ChangesFromtheDeskofthe CSSRPresidentrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion351 (2006) 4‐5
Introduction toldquoReinventingthe Study ofReligioninAlabama ASymposiumrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion(2004) 27‐29
10
April 2016
ldquoCanadianScholarsWorkingintheUSAn UnofficialPrimer on theINSrdquoco‐writtenwithChristinaLapel(SouthwestMissouriState University)formerlypostedattheCanadianSociety forStudiesinReligionwebsite lthttpwwwccsrcacssrrequestshtmlinsgt
ldquoBeyondthe AnnualMeeting An Interviewwith the Authorsrdquoco‐writtenwithWilliBraun (Universityof Edmonton) Religious Studies News173(2002) 15
ldquolsquoWersquoreAllin thisTogetherrsquoSomeResourcesforThinkingaboutAcademicLaborrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion273(1998) 70‐73
ldquoThelsquoCultrsquoof HeavenrsquosGateMakingitKnown and Knowablerdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion262(1997) 26‐28
ldquoClassification andthe ShapelessBeastACriticalLook atthe AARResearch InterestSurveyrdquo Religious Studies News September 123 (1997) 79
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionIntroductionrdquoBulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 261 (1997) 3‐7
ldquoReligionin theAcademy Letterto the Editorrdquo Academe831(1997) 3‐4
REVIEW ESSAYS AND PUBLISHED REVIEW SYMPOSIA
ldquoIdentifyingtheMeaning andEnd ofScholarshipWhatrsquosatStakein Muslim Identitiesrdquo[review essayonAaronHughesrsquos Muslim Identities] Comparative Islamic Studies (submitted)
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsTwentyYearsLaterrdquo Numen62(2015) 119‐141 ldquoTheState ofIslamic Studiesinthe StudyofReligionAn Introductionrdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion244amp5 (2012) 309‐313ldquoWillYourCognitiveAnchorHoldintheStormsofCulturerdquo[reviewessayon Ann Tavesrsquos Religious
Experience Reconsidered Religion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion 784(2010) 1182‐1193
ldquoAGiftwithDiminishedReturnsrdquo [reviewessayon JeffreyKripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Gift] Journal of the American Academy of Religion763(2008) 748‐765
ldquoWordsWordsWordsrdquo[reviewessay on handbooksinthe studyofreligion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion754(2007) 952‐987
ldquoTheResiliencyof ConceptualAnachronismsOn theLimitsof lsquotheWestrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo [reviewessayonDanielDubuissonrsquos The Western Construction of Religionrdquo] Religion363(2006) 154‐165
ldquoRelatingSmithrdquo[reviewessayonJonathan ZSmithrsquos Relating Religion] The Journal of Religion 862 (2006)287‐297
ldquoIntroductiontothe IAHRReview Symposium on RichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religionrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion142 (2002) 231‐233
ldquoThe PerfectPast and theJargon ofAuthenticityldquoBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Mythrdquo Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses301(2001) 79‐90
ldquoIntroductiontotheIAHRReview Symposium on Jeremy Carrettersquos Foucault and Religion Spiritual Corporality and Political Spiritualityrdquo Culture and Religion21(2001) 97‐100
ldquoThePoliticsofMythrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion123 (2000)441‐446 ldquoIntroductionAcademic Freedom and Liberal Humanism InvitedRepliestoStanley FishrsquoslsquoWhen
Sauce for the Goose Isnrsquot SaucefortheGanderrsquordquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion292 (2000) 36‐38
ldquoIntroductionReviewSymposiumon RodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of Christianityrdquo Religious Studies Review252 (1999) 127‐128
11
April 2016
ldquoMethods and Theoriesin the Classroom TeachingtheStudy of MythsandRitualsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion661(1998) 147‐164
ldquolsquoJustthe SameGame WhereverYou Gorsquo AHistory ofGodrdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1044 (1997) 617‐633
ldquolsquoTheCommonGroundOnWhichStudentsofReligionMeetrsquoMethodologyandTheory Withinthe IAHRrdquo Marburg Internet Journal of Religion 12 (1996) 1‐5
ldquoMethodologyandTheoryinthe IAHRASurveyrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 243‐4(1995) 53‐59
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo Numen 423(1995) 284‐309 ldquoTheMythoftheApoliticalScholarTheLifeandWorksofMirceaEliaderdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1003
(1993) 642‐663
BLOG POSTS
Seehttpedgeuaeducategoryrussell‐mccutcheonforanarchiveof myownpostsat CultureontheEdge
Seewwwasuaedurelblogauthorrmccutchforanarchiveofmy own postsontheblog forthe DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofAlabama
ldquoInaDifferentLightrdquo Bulletin of the British Association for Study of Religionhttpbasracukbasr‐bulletin(submitted)
Religious Studies ProjectPodcastinterviewwith(withAaron Hughes)wwwreligiousstudiesprojectcompodcastgetting‐to‐know‐the‐north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion
ldquoGrowthIdentityand Branding inthe DepartmentofReligious Studiesat the University of AlabamardquointerviewwithReligious StudiesNewshttprsnaarweborgarticlesgrowth‐identity‐and‐branding‐department‐religious‐studies‐university‐alabama
QampAwithRussellMcCutcheonandJeffKripalon writingtextbooksfor the introductory course postedat TheCraftof Teachinginthe AcademicStudyofReligion(Universityof Chicago) httpscraftofteachingreligionwordpresscom(submitted)
ldquoLayingitAllOutOnMovingfromDissertation‐to‐BookSeriesrdquo httpsbulletinequinoxpubcom201512laying‐it‐all‐out‐on‐moving‐from‐dissertation‐to‐book‐series
NAASRNoteshttpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201504naasr‐notes‐russell‐mccutcheonInterviewasPresidentoftheNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of Religion (NAASR)
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201503north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion‐naasr‐an‐interview‐with‐russell‐mccutcheon
PodcastwithWilliamArnalco‐authorof The Sacred is the Profane(2013) httpnewbooksinreligioncom20140627william‐arnal‐and‐russell‐t‐mccutcheon‐the‐sacred‐is‐the‐profane‐the‐political‐nature‐of‐religion‐oxford‐up‐2013
ldquoMindtheGaprdquohttppracticumreligionblogblogspotcom201405mind‐gaphtmlThe Berkeley Centerrsquos bloginterviewldquoThe ReligiousScholarvsAdvocaterdquoat
httpberkleycentergeorgetownedupostsreligion‐scholar‐versus‐advocateldquoTheSacred istheProfanerdquopostedat httpwwwpoliticaltheologycomldquoSemperUbi SubUbirdquoblogfrom DepartmentofReligiousStudies blogrepostedat
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201302semper‐ubi‐sub‐ubildquoCriticalThinkingBegins atHomerdquoblogfromDepartmentofReligiousStudiesblogrepostedat
12
April 2016
httpswwwequinoxpubcomblog201302critical‐thinking‐begins‐at‐homeldquoThreeDots anda DashldquoThe ImmanentFrame httpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐
and‐a‐dash(thisitemislisted aboveunderInvitedResponses)ldquoTheMostEmbarrassingBook MemerdquoBulletinfor theStudyofReligion (guestblog)
httpwwwequinoxjournalscomblog201012the‐most‐embarrassing‐book‐meme‐a‐guest‐post‐from‐russ‐mccutcheon
PastPerfect(httpwwwasuaedupastperfectauthorrmccutcheon) 2011studyabroadin Greece blog (tripcanceleddueto April27 2011 tornado)
LOCAL PUBLIC TALKS
ldquoTheHistory ofthe CategoryReligionrdquoIslamicCenterofTuscaloosaJanuary142005ldquoThePoliticsofReligiousPluralismrdquoUniversityPresbyterian ChurchTuscaloosaFall2004ldquoWhatistheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoWesleyFoundationUniversityof AlabamaTuscaloosa
March9 2003ldquoIntroductoryRemarksontheAcademicStudyofIslamrdquoopening speakeratldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquo
workshoporganizedby theInternationalHonorsProgramUniversityof Alabama January 182003
ldquoIntroductoryRemarksattheOpenHouserdquoIslamicCenter ofTuscaloosaOctober2001 ldquoKarenArmstrongrsquos A History of GodABook ReviewrdquoDavis‐KiddBookstoreKnoxvilleTNSpring
1995
INVITED ACADEMIC LECTURES
DiscussionLeaderGraduateStudentWorkshopUniversitiesof ZurichandBaselSwitzerland September 28‐30 2015
ldquoMan isthe Measureof AllThingshelliprdquo OnThe Fabrication ofOrientalReligionsby European HistoryofReligionsrdquo Faculty of TheologyUniversity of ZurichSeptember 292015
ldquoFanfare for theCommon egOn the StrategicUse ofthe MundanerdquoDepartment ofReligion andClassicsUniversityofRochesterSeptember3 2015
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoThe DeanofDivinityrsquosldquoCraft of Teaching WorkshoprdquoUniversityofChicago Divinity School April 6 2015
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoAliceEckardtVisitingScholarandPublic LectureDepartmentof Religion StudiesLehighUniversity(October 2014)
KeynoteldquoAndThatrsquosWhy NoOne TakestheHumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoInauguralGraduateStudent Conference inthe Study of ReligionQueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada February28‐March12014
KeynoteLectureforaWorkshopon ldquoBeyond CritiqueNewApproachesto the Study ofReligion and SecularismrdquoFlorenceItaly May30‐ June2013declined
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoTexasStateUniversitySan MarcosTX April1‐22013
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoUniversityof UtahSaltLake CityUT March 20‐222013
GuestTeacherBrownBagLunch DiscussionUniversityof Alberta EdmontonCanada February 13‐15 2013
VisitingProfessorandPublicLectureInstitutfuumlrTheologie und ReligionswissenschaftLeibniz
13
April 2016
UniversityHannoverGermany October 2012 declinedEuropeanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(EASR)Plenary SpeakerStockholmSweden
(August 23‐262012) declinedldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
PhilosophyReligiousStudiesProgramAuburnUniversityApril 132012ldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
ReligiousStudiesUniversityof Western MichiganMarch15 2012 ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoOn the Persistenceof Imagining ReligionrdquoStateUniversityofNewYork
atBuffaloSeptember19 2011ldquoTheStudyofReligionrdquoUniversityofVirginia NationalEndowment for theHumanitiesSummer
Seminar Invited LecturerParticipantJuly192011ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoThe Yale Seminar in ReligiousStudiesFirst AnnualWorkshopWhatisBelief
Yale UniversityApril15 2011ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoInstitut fuumlrTheologie und
ReligionswissenschaftLeibnizUniversityHannoverGermany January 19 2011 ldquoCategoriesatWorkRethinking lsquoReligious Experiencersquordquoweek‐longundergraduategraduate
intensivecourseInstitutfuumlrTheologieundReligionswissenschaftLeibniz University HannoverGermanyJanuary 17‐21 2011
InvitationstolectureatWestern MichiganStateUniversityand theUniversityofLondonUK declined(Spring 2010)
ldquoRedescribingExperiencerdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquodeliveredtotheInterrogating Religion workshopUniversity ofOttawaApril17‐192009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoKeynoteSpeakerEighth AnnualReligionGraduateStudent SymposiumFloridaStateUniversityTallahasseeFL February 20‐222009
ldquoAResponse toProfRobertCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseReligiousHistoryandits ImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoDynamicsintheHistoryofReligionsbetweenAsiaandEuropeRuhrUniversityBochumGermanyOctober15‐172008
ldquoCriticsand Caretakersin the AcademicStudyofReligionrdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay212008
InvitedPlenarySpeaker (declined)ldquoRethinkingReligion inIndiardquoco‐sponsoredbyResearch Centre VergelijkendeCultuurwetenschap(Ghent UniversityBelgium)theCentrefor theStudyofLocalCultures(Kuvempu UniversityIndia)andthe Karnataka Academy of SocialSciencesandHumanities (KASSH)andheldat the IndiraGandhi NationalCentrefortheArtsNewDelhiJanuary24‐27 2008 (Invitation declined)
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoUniversity ofVictoriaBritishColumbia Canada October22 2007
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoThe AnnualRobertLesterLectureUniversityofColoradoatBoulderSeptember 13 2007
ldquoReligiononOurMindsrdquoSecularismandBeyondComparativePerspectivesUniversityofCopenhagen May 28‐June 1 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic FakesrdquoDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofCalgaryMarch27 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic Fakesrdquo
14
April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
16
April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
17
April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
18
April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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April 2016
Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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April 2016
1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
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April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
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April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
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‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
University1987vii + 167SupervisorProfPamelaDickey Young
SCHOLARLY JOURNALS EDITED
‐Co‐InterimEditor‐in‐Chief(withWilliBraun) Method amp Theory in the Study of Religionvol24(2012)
‐GuestEditorldquoStrategies for SurvivingDissolutionWorking withGary Leaseinthe AcademicStudyofReligionrdquospecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion (212 [2009])
‐EditorandorCo‐editor 1990to2001 Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion‐EditorandorCo‐editor 1996to2001 Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion‐Sub‐editorforbooknotes(method andtheory) 1997to 2002 Religious Studies Review
BOOK CHAPTERS
ldquoForeword Plus ccedila changehelliprdquotothe new edition ofJacquesWaardenburgrsquos Classical Approaches to the Study of Religionvol1(1973)BerlinWalterdeGruyter (forthcoming)
ldquoCriticisms Debates and Futures The Sociology of Religion and Social Theoryrdquo in William B Parsons (ed) Social Religion Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks Religion vol 2 (forthcoming)
ldquoHistoricizing the Elephant in the Roomrdquo in High Urban and Greg Johnson (eds) Irreverence and the Sacred Critical Studies in the History of Religions New York Oxford University Press (submitted)
ldquoAfterword Feast and Famine in the Study of Religionrdquo in Aaron Hughes (ed) Theory in a Time ofExcess Collected Papers from the NAASR 2015 Conference Sheffield UK Equinox Publishers(submitted)
ldquoAfterword The Magic of the Melancholyrdquo in Vaia Touna (ed) The Problem of Nostalgia in the Study of Identity Towards a Dynamic Theory of People and Place(submitted)
ldquorsquoIrsquom Spiritual But Not Religiousrsquo The Strategic Use of the Solitary Identifierrdquo in Craig Martin and BradStoddard(eds) Stereotyping Religion Critiquing Clicheacutes(submitted)
ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History of Religionsrdquo in Steffen Fuumlhrding (ed) Working Papers on Method and Theory from Hannover(Brillsubmitted)
ldquoAfterwordOnUtilityandLimitsrdquoinChristopherCotterand DavidRobertson(eds) After World Religions Reconstructing Religious StudiesNewYorkRoutledge(2016)
ldquoThe Role of Method and Theory in the IAHRrdquo (co‐written with Armin W Geertz) revision and update of our2000 essay forinclusioninaldquobestofrdquo NumenvolumeBrill2015
ldquoWill Your Cognitive Anchor Hold in the Storms of Culturerdquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 28‐45 Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoThe Melancholy Empire Builder The Life and Works of Mircea Eliaderdquo in Monica Miller (ed)Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 52‐85 Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoA Gift with Diminished Returns On Jeff Kripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Giftrdquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 97‐117 Equinox
6
April 2016
PublishersUK2015ldquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truth in It Itrsquos a Sinrdquo The Cost of Saving Others from Themselvesrdquo in Monica
Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 124‐161 EquinoxPublishersUK2015
ldquoAffinities Benefits and Costs The ABCs of Good Scholars Gone Publicrdquo in Monica Miller (ed)Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 169‐190Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoThe Resiliency of Conceptual Anachronisms On the Limits of lsquothe Westrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 200‐222 EquinoxPublishersUK2015
ldquoWritingaHistoryofOriginsrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon(ed) Fabricating Origins70‐73 Vol 1 ldquoWorkingwithCulture on the EdgerdquoseriesEquinox Publishers UK 2015
ldquoAfterwordOriginsTodayrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon (ed) Fabricating Origins77‐92Vol1ldquoWorkingwithCulture on the EdgerdquoseriesEquinox Publishers UK 2015
ldquoIntroductionrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon (ed) Fabricating Origins1‐8Vol1ldquoWorkingwithCulture ontheEdgerdquo seriesEquinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoAfterwordReinventingtheStudyofReligioninAlabamardquoin StevenRamey(ed) Writing Religion The Case for the Critical Study of Religion208‐222 Universityof Alabama Press2015
ldquoNaming theUnnameable Theological LanguageandtheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoreprintedin AaronWHughes(ed) Theory and Method in the Study of Religion Twenty Five Years On87‐99Brill2013
ldquoEverythingOldisNewAgainrdquo in WilliamArnalWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion Essays in Honor of Donald Wiebe78‐94 Equinox PublishersUK2012
Introduction andAfterwordldquoIHave a Hunchrdquoreprintedin Craig MartinandRussellTMcCutcheon (eds)withLeslieESmith Religious Experience A Reader199‐202Equinox PublishersUK 2012
ldquoAResponse toRobertFordCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseHistoryanditsImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoinVolkhard Krech andMarion Steinicke (eds) Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe Encounters Notions and Comparative Perspectives295‐305Leiden Brill2012
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquordquoin Donald Wiebe andPanayotisPachis(eds) Chasing Down Religion In the Sights of History and the Cognitive Sciences Essay in Honour of Luther H Martin285‐301 Thessaloniki Greece Barbounakis Publications2010 Reprinted byEquinoxPublishers (2014)
ldquoIntroducingSmithrdquoinWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Introducing Religion Essays in Honor of Jonathan Z Smith1‐17EquinoxPublishersUK2008
ldquoThe Tricks and Treats of ClassificationSearchingfortheHeartofAuthenticIslamrdquoBryan Rennie andPhilipLTite(eds) Religion Violence and Terror81‐95 London andNewYork Routledge 2008
ldquoSocialTheoryoftheRhetoricofFaithrdquoinPanayotisPachis PetrosVasiliadisandDimitrisKaimakis(eds)ΦΙΛΙΑΚΑΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ [FriendshipandSociety]FestschriftinHonorofProfGregorios D Ziaka347‐364 ThessalonikiGreeceVaniasPublishers2007
ldquoAfricaon OurMindsrdquoin Ted Trost(ed) The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion229‐237 NewYorkPalgraveMacmillan2007
ldquoTheseson Professionalizationrdquoin Mathieu ECourville(ed) Next Step in Studying Religion A
7
April 2016
Graduatersquos Guide41‐45London Continuum2007ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblem inthe Comparative Studyof
ReligionsrdquoThomasIdinopulos BrianWilsonandJames ConstantineHanges (eds)Comparing Religions Possibilities and Perils235‐248Leiden Brill2006
ldquoCriticalTrendsinthe StudyofReligionin the USrdquoPeterAntesArminWGeertzandRandiWarne (eds)317‐343 New Approaches to the Study of Religion(ReligionandReasonSeries) GermanyVerlagde Gruyter2004
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquo co‐writtenwithWilliBraunforGreektranslationof Guide to the Study of ReligionVanias EditionsThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquoforGreektranslationof Manufacturing ReligionVaniasEditions ThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoDispatchesfromthe Warsof lsquoReligionrsquordquoTimothy Light and BrianWilson(eds) Religion as a Human Capacity A Festschrift in Honor of E Thomas Lawson 161‐189Brill2003
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo andthe PoliticsofTolerancerdquoLarry GreilandDavidG Bromley (eds)Defining Religion Investigating the Boundaries Between the Sacred and Secular139‐162 LondonElsevierPress2003
ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoDelwinBrownandLinellCady (eds)Religious Studies Theology and the University13‐30StateUniversityofNewYork Press2002
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquoBryan Rennie(ed) Reconsidering Eliade11‐23State University of NewYorkPress2001
ldquoThe ImperialDynamicin the StudyofReligionNeo‐colonialPracticesinanAmericanDisciplinerdquo CRichardKing(ed) Postcolonial America275‐302University of IllinoisPress2000
ldquoTheRoleof Method and Theoryin theIAHRrdquo(co‐authored withArmin W Geertz)ArminWGeertz andRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 19953‐37Brill2000
ldquoTaming Ethnocentrism and Trans‐culturalUnderstandingsrdquoArmin WGeertz andRussell McCutcheon (eds) Perspectives on Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 1995298‐306Brill2000Reprinted in Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 121amp2(2000) 294‐306
ldquoMythrdquoWilliBraun and RussellMcCutcheon (eds) Guide to the Study of Religion190‐208 ContinuumUK2000
ldquoCriticsNotCaretakers The Scholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoTim Jensen and Michael Rothstein(eds) Secular Theories on Religion A Selection of Recent Academic Perspectives167‐181Museum Tusculanum Press 2000
ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoThomasA IdinopulosandBrianCWilson(eds) What is Religion Origins Definitions and Explanations51‐71Brill1998
PEER REVIEW ESSAYS
ldquoBeyondCynicismASamplingofCurrentWork intheSwissStudy ofReligionrdquointroductionto asetofpaperssubmittedtothe Bulletin for the Study of Religion (underconsideration)
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoForum CraftingtheIntroductoryCoursein
8
April 2016
ReligiousStudies(plusfourresponses) Teaching Theology amp Religion191(2016) 80‐89 ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History
ofReligionsrdquo Asdiwal(Journalof the SwissSociety fortheStudy ofReligion submitted) ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion254amp5(2013)339‐349 ldquoIHave aHunchrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion241(2012) 81‐92 ldquolsquoThey Licked thePlatter CleanrsquoOn theCo‐Dependency of the ReligiousandtheSecularrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion193amp4 (2007) 173‐199 ldquolsquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truthinit Itrsquos a Sinrsquo Onthe LimitsoftheHumanistic StudyofReligionand
theCostsofSavingOthers fromThemselvesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion 743 (2006)720‐750
ldquoTheDomesticationofDissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaronTerrorismrdquo Temenos 411(2005) 39‐50
ldquoAffinitiesBenefitsand Costs TheABCsofGoodScholarsGonePublicrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion171 (2005) 27‐43
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto LiveinaLess thanPerfectNationrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion162(2004) 164‐181
ldquolsquoJustFollow theMoneyrsquo The ColdWartheHumanisticStudyof Religionand theFallacy ofInsufficientCynicismrdquo Culture amp Religion51(2004) 41‐69
ldquoReligionIreandDangerousThingsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion721(2004) 173‐193
ldquoThe Ideologyof Closure andthe Problemofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquoStudies in ReligionSciences Religieuses323(2003)361‐376
ldquoTheJargon ofAuthenticityandtheStudyofReligionrdquo Religion and Theology83 (2002) 17‐40 ldquolsquoLikeSmallBumpsontheNeckrsquoTheProblemofEvilasSomethingOrdinaryrdquo Journal of Mundane
Behaviors13 (October2000httpwwwmundanebehaviororg)ldquoTheorizing atthe MarginReligion as Something Ordinaryrdquo Arc(Journalof the Faculty ofReligious
Studies McGill University Montreal)28 (2000) 143‐157 ldquoTheCrisisofAcademicLabor andtheMyth of AutonomyDispatchfromthe Job Warsrdquo Studies In
ReligionSciences Religieuses274(1998) 387‐405 ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionandrsquo FilmTeachingtheInsiderOutsiderProblemrdquo Teaching Theology and
Religious Studies1 2 (1998) 99‐110ldquoTheEconomicsofSpiritualLuxury The Glittering LobbyandtheParliamentof Religionsrdquo Journal
of Contemporary Religion131(1998)51‐64 ldquoADefault ofCriticalIntelligenceTheScholarofReligionas PublicIntellectualrdquo Journal of the
American Academy of Religion652(1997) 443‐468 ldquolsquoMyTheoryofthe BrontosaurusrsquoPostmodernismandlsquoTheoryrsquoof Religionrdquo Studies in
ReligionSciences Religieuses261(1997) 3‐23 ldquoNaming the Unnameable TheologicalLanguage andthe Academic Studyof Religionrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion22(1990) 213‐229
INVITED REPLIES
ldquoClarificationsARejoinderrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion(co‐authored withWilliam Arnal) 27 (2015) 137‐149
ldquoADirectQuestionDeservesaDirect AnswerA Replyto Atalia OmerrsquoslsquoCanaCriticBeaCaretaker toorsquordquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion804(2012) 1077‐1082
9
April 2016
ldquoThreeDotsandaDashldquoThe Immanent Framehttpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐and‐a‐dash(accessedMay12012)
ldquoRecovering theHuman A Tale of NounsandVerbsARejoindertoAnnTavesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion801(2012) 236‐40
ldquoAResponsetoDonaldWiebefrom anEast‐Going Zaxrdquo Temenos422(2006)113‐129 ldquoAReplytoPaulCourtrightrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion743(2006) 755‐6 ldquoThe Perils of Having Ones Cake and Eating itToo Some ThoughtsinReplyrdquo Religious Studies
Review311 amp2(2005) 32‐36ldquoTheorizinglsquoReligionrsquoRejoindertoRobertASegalrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion
731 (2005)215‐217 ldquoAFew WordsontheTemptation to Defendthe HonorofaTextrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies
for the Study of Religion 333 and 4(2004) 90‐91 ldquoFillingin theCrackswithResin AReplytoJohn BurrisrsquoslsquoText andContext inthe Study of
Religionrsquordquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion153 (2003)284‐303 ldquoABriefResponse form a Fortunate Manrdquo Culture amp Religion 11 (2000) 131‐139 ldquoOfStrawmen andHumanistsAReplyto Bryan Rennierdquo Religion29 (1999)91‐92ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedRejoindertoPaulJGriffiths andJune
OrsquoConnorrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion664(1998) 911‐917 ldquoReturningtheVolley toWilliamEArnalrdquo Studies In ReligionSciences Religieuses271 (1998) 67‐
68ldquoIdeologyandtheProblemof NamingAResponse toClarkson and Milnerdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion32(1991) 245‐256
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND TEXTBOOK ARTICLES
ldquoWhatisReligionrdquo The Worldrsquos Religions A Lion Handbook (revisededition)ChristopherPartridge(ed)LionPublishingUK (2004)forthcoming
ldquoReligionOverviewrdquo New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (revisededition)MaryanneClineHorowitz(ed‐in‐chief)CharlesScribnerrsquos Sons(2004)vol5 2048‐2051
NON‐PEER REVIEW (SOLICITED) ESSAYS
ldquoOrthodoxiesinthe Field ofProductionrdquo Religion amp Theology22(2015) 133ndash152revisionof the Introduction to Entanglements (2015)
ldquolsquoAsitWasin the Beginninghelliprsquo The ModernProblem ofthe AncientSelfrdquo Bulletin for the Study of Religion 392(2010)httpwwwequinoxjournalscomBSORarticleview8337
ldquoIntroductionrdquoStrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGary Leasein the Academic StudyofReligionSpecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 107‐8
ldquoGaryLease 1940‐2008rdquo (co‐written withLuther HMartin andDonaldWiebe)StrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGaryLease intheAcademic StudyofReligionSpecial issueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 109‐112
ldquoCh‐Ch‐Ch‐ChangesFromtheDeskofthe CSSRPresidentrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion351 (2006) 4‐5
Introduction toldquoReinventingthe Study ofReligioninAlabama ASymposiumrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion(2004) 27‐29
10
April 2016
ldquoCanadianScholarsWorkingintheUSAn UnofficialPrimer on theINSrdquoco‐writtenwithChristinaLapel(SouthwestMissouriState University)formerlypostedattheCanadianSociety forStudiesinReligionwebsite lthttpwwwccsrcacssrrequestshtmlinsgt
ldquoBeyondthe AnnualMeeting An Interviewwith the Authorsrdquoco‐writtenwithWilliBraun (Universityof Edmonton) Religious Studies News173(2002) 15
ldquolsquoWersquoreAllin thisTogetherrsquoSomeResourcesforThinkingaboutAcademicLaborrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion273(1998) 70‐73
ldquoThelsquoCultrsquoof HeavenrsquosGateMakingitKnown and Knowablerdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion262(1997) 26‐28
ldquoClassification andthe ShapelessBeastACriticalLook atthe AARResearch InterestSurveyrdquo Religious Studies News September 123 (1997) 79
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionIntroductionrdquoBulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 261 (1997) 3‐7
ldquoReligionin theAcademy Letterto the Editorrdquo Academe831(1997) 3‐4
REVIEW ESSAYS AND PUBLISHED REVIEW SYMPOSIA
ldquoIdentifyingtheMeaning andEnd ofScholarshipWhatrsquosatStakein Muslim Identitiesrdquo[review essayonAaronHughesrsquos Muslim Identities] Comparative Islamic Studies (submitted)
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsTwentyYearsLaterrdquo Numen62(2015) 119‐141 ldquoTheState ofIslamic Studiesinthe StudyofReligionAn Introductionrdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion244amp5 (2012) 309‐313ldquoWillYourCognitiveAnchorHoldintheStormsofCulturerdquo[reviewessayon Ann Tavesrsquos Religious
Experience Reconsidered Religion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion 784(2010) 1182‐1193
ldquoAGiftwithDiminishedReturnsrdquo [reviewessayon JeffreyKripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Gift] Journal of the American Academy of Religion763(2008) 748‐765
ldquoWordsWordsWordsrdquo[reviewessay on handbooksinthe studyofreligion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion754(2007) 952‐987
ldquoTheResiliencyof ConceptualAnachronismsOn theLimitsof lsquotheWestrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo [reviewessayonDanielDubuissonrsquos The Western Construction of Religionrdquo] Religion363(2006) 154‐165
ldquoRelatingSmithrdquo[reviewessayonJonathan ZSmithrsquos Relating Religion] The Journal of Religion 862 (2006)287‐297
ldquoIntroductiontothe IAHRReview Symposium on RichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religionrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion142 (2002) 231‐233
ldquoThe PerfectPast and theJargon ofAuthenticityldquoBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Mythrdquo Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses301(2001) 79‐90
ldquoIntroductiontotheIAHRReview Symposium on Jeremy Carrettersquos Foucault and Religion Spiritual Corporality and Political Spiritualityrdquo Culture and Religion21(2001) 97‐100
ldquoThePoliticsofMythrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion123 (2000)441‐446 ldquoIntroductionAcademic Freedom and Liberal Humanism InvitedRepliestoStanley FishrsquoslsquoWhen
Sauce for the Goose Isnrsquot SaucefortheGanderrsquordquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion292 (2000) 36‐38
ldquoIntroductionReviewSymposiumon RodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of Christianityrdquo Religious Studies Review252 (1999) 127‐128
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April 2016
ldquoMethods and Theoriesin the Classroom TeachingtheStudy of MythsandRitualsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion661(1998) 147‐164
ldquolsquoJustthe SameGame WhereverYou Gorsquo AHistory ofGodrdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1044 (1997) 617‐633
ldquolsquoTheCommonGroundOnWhichStudentsofReligionMeetrsquoMethodologyandTheory Withinthe IAHRrdquo Marburg Internet Journal of Religion 12 (1996) 1‐5
ldquoMethodologyandTheoryinthe IAHRASurveyrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 243‐4(1995) 53‐59
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo Numen 423(1995) 284‐309 ldquoTheMythoftheApoliticalScholarTheLifeandWorksofMirceaEliaderdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1003
(1993) 642‐663
BLOG POSTS
Seehttpedgeuaeducategoryrussell‐mccutcheonforanarchiveof myownpostsat CultureontheEdge
Seewwwasuaedurelblogauthorrmccutchforanarchiveofmy own postsontheblog forthe DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofAlabama
ldquoInaDifferentLightrdquo Bulletin of the British Association for Study of Religionhttpbasracukbasr‐bulletin(submitted)
Religious Studies ProjectPodcastinterviewwith(withAaron Hughes)wwwreligiousstudiesprojectcompodcastgetting‐to‐know‐the‐north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion
ldquoGrowthIdentityand Branding inthe DepartmentofReligious Studiesat the University of AlabamardquointerviewwithReligious StudiesNewshttprsnaarweborgarticlesgrowth‐identity‐and‐branding‐department‐religious‐studies‐university‐alabama
QampAwithRussellMcCutcheonandJeffKripalon writingtextbooksfor the introductory course postedat TheCraftof Teachinginthe AcademicStudyofReligion(Universityof Chicago) httpscraftofteachingreligionwordpresscom(submitted)
ldquoLayingitAllOutOnMovingfromDissertation‐to‐BookSeriesrdquo httpsbulletinequinoxpubcom201512laying‐it‐all‐out‐on‐moving‐from‐dissertation‐to‐book‐series
NAASRNoteshttpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201504naasr‐notes‐russell‐mccutcheonInterviewasPresidentoftheNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of Religion (NAASR)
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201503north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion‐naasr‐an‐interview‐with‐russell‐mccutcheon
PodcastwithWilliamArnalco‐authorof The Sacred is the Profane(2013) httpnewbooksinreligioncom20140627william‐arnal‐and‐russell‐t‐mccutcheon‐the‐sacred‐is‐the‐profane‐the‐political‐nature‐of‐religion‐oxford‐up‐2013
ldquoMindtheGaprdquohttppracticumreligionblogblogspotcom201405mind‐gaphtmlThe Berkeley Centerrsquos bloginterviewldquoThe ReligiousScholarvsAdvocaterdquoat
httpberkleycentergeorgetownedupostsreligion‐scholar‐versus‐advocateldquoTheSacred istheProfanerdquopostedat httpwwwpoliticaltheologycomldquoSemperUbi SubUbirdquoblogfrom DepartmentofReligiousStudies blogrepostedat
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201302semper‐ubi‐sub‐ubildquoCriticalThinkingBegins atHomerdquoblogfromDepartmentofReligiousStudiesblogrepostedat
12
April 2016
httpswwwequinoxpubcomblog201302critical‐thinking‐begins‐at‐homeldquoThreeDots anda DashldquoThe ImmanentFrame httpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐
and‐a‐dash(thisitemislisted aboveunderInvitedResponses)ldquoTheMostEmbarrassingBook MemerdquoBulletinfor theStudyofReligion (guestblog)
httpwwwequinoxjournalscomblog201012the‐most‐embarrassing‐book‐meme‐a‐guest‐post‐from‐russ‐mccutcheon
PastPerfect(httpwwwasuaedupastperfectauthorrmccutcheon) 2011studyabroadin Greece blog (tripcanceleddueto April27 2011 tornado)
LOCAL PUBLIC TALKS
ldquoTheHistory ofthe CategoryReligionrdquoIslamicCenterofTuscaloosaJanuary142005ldquoThePoliticsofReligiousPluralismrdquoUniversityPresbyterian ChurchTuscaloosaFall2004ldquoWhatistheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoWesleyFoundationUniversityof AlabamaTuscaloosa
March9 2003ldquoIntroductoryRemarksontheAcademicStudyofIslamrdquoopening speakeratldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquo
workshoporganizedby theInternationalHonorsProgramUniversityof Alabama January 182003
ldquoIntroductoryRemarksattheOpenHouserdquoIslamicCenter ofTuscaloosaOctober2001 ldquoKarenArmstrongrsquos A History of GodABook ReviewrdquoDavis‐KiddBookstoreKnoxvilleTNSpring
1995
INVITED ACADEMIC LECTURES
DiscussionLeaderGraduateStudentWorkshopUniversitiesof ZurichandBaselSwitzerland September 28‐30 2015
ldquoMan isthe Measureof AllThingshelliprdquo OnThe Fabrication ofOrientalReligionsby European HistoryofReligionsrdquo Faculty of TheologyUniversity of ZurichSeptember 292015
ldquoFanfare for theCommon egOn the StrategicUse ofthe MundanerdquoDepartment ofReligion andClassicsUniversityofRochesterSeptember3 2015
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoThe DeanofDivinityrsquosldquoCraft of Teaching WorkshoprdquoUniversityofChicago Divinity School April 6 2015
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoAliceEckardtVisitingScholarandPublic LectureDepartmentof Religion StudiesLehighUniversity(October 2014)
KeynoteldquoAndThatrsquosWhy NoOne TakestheHumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoInauguralGraduateStudent Conference inthe Study of ReligionQueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada February28‐March12014
KeynoteLectureforaWorkshopon ldquoBeyond CritiqueNewApproachesto the Study ofReligion and SecularismrdquoFlorenceItaly May30‐ June2013declined
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoTexasStateUniversitySan MarcosTX April1‐22013
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoUniversityof UtahSaltLake CityUT March 20‐222013
GuestTeacherBrownBagLunch DiscussionUniversityof Alberta EdmontonCanada February 13‐15 2013
VisitingProfessorandPublicLectureInstitutfuumlrTheologie und ReligionswissenschaftLeibniz
13
April 2016
UniversityHannoverGermany October 2012 declinedEuropeanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(EASR)Plenary SpeakerStockholmSweden
(August 23‐262012) declinedldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
PhilosophyReligiousStudiesProgramAuburnUniversityApril 132012ldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
ReligiousStudiesUniversityof Western MichiganMarch15 2012 ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoOn the Persistenceof Imagining ReligionrdquoStateUniversityofNewYork
atBuffaloSeptember19 2011ldquoTheStudyofReligionrdquoUniversityofVirginia NationalEndowment for theHumanitiesSummer
Seminar Invited LecturerParticipantJuly192011ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoThe Yale Seminar in ReligiousStudiesFirst AnnualWorkshopWhatisBelief
Yale UniversityApril15 2011ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoInstitut fuumlrTheologie und
ReligionswissenschaftLeibnizUniversityHannoverGermany January 19 2011 ldquoCategoriesatWorkRethinking lsquoReligious Experiencersquordquoweek‐longundergraduategraduate
intensivecourseInstitutfuumlrTheologieundReligionswissenschaftLeibniz University HannoverGermanyJanuary 17‐21 2011
InvitationstolectureatWestern MichiganStateUniversityand theUniversityofLondonUK declined(Spring 2010)
ldquoRedescribingExperiencerdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquodeliveredtotheInterrogating Religion workshopUniversity ofOttawaApril17‐192009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoKeynoteSpeakerEighth AnnualReligionGraduateStudent SymposiumFloridaStateUniversityTallahasseeFL February 20‐222009
ldquoAResponse toProfRobertCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseReligiousHistoryandits ImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoDynamicsintheHistoryofReligionsbetweenAsiaandEuropeRuhrUniversityBochumGermanyOctober15‐172008
ldquoCriticsand Caretakersin the AcademicStudyofReligionrdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay212008
InvitedPlenarySpeaker (declined)ldquoRethinkingReligion inIndiardquoco‐sponsoredbyResearch Centre VergelijkendeCultuurwetenschap(Ghent UniversityBelgium)theCentrefor theStudyofLocalCultures(Kuvempu UniversityIndia)andthe Karnataka Academy of SocialSciencesandHumanities (KASSH)andheldat the IndiraGandhi NationalCentrefortheArtsNewDelhiJanuary24‐27 2008 (Invitation declined)
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoUniversity ofVictoriaBritishColumbia Canada October22 2007
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoThe AnnualRobertLesterLectureUniversityofColoradoatBoulderSeptember 13 2007
ldquoReligiononOurMindsrdquoSecularismandBeyondComparativePerspectivesUniversityofCopenhagen May 28‐June 1 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic FakesrdquoDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofCalgaryMarch27 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic Fakesrdquo
14
April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
16
April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
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April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
18
April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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April 2016
Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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April 2016
1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
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April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
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April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
23
April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
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‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
PublishersUK2015ldquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truth in It Itrsquos a Sinrdquo The Cost of Saving Others from Themselvesrdquo in Monica
Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 124‐161 EquinoxPublishersUK2015
ldquoAffinities Benefits and Costs The ABCs of Good Scholars Gone Publicrdquo in Monica Miller (ed)Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 169‐190Equinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoThe Resiliency of Conceptual Anachronisms On the Limits of lsquothe Westrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo in Monica Miller (ed) Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion Social and Rhetorical Techniques Examined 200‐222 EquinoxPublishersUK2015
ldquoWritingaHistoryofOriginsrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon(ed) Fabricating Origins70‐73 Vol 1 ldquoWorkingwithCulture on the EdgerdquoseriesEquinox Publishers UK 2015
ldquoAfterwordOriginsTodayrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon (ed) Fabricating Origins77‐92Vol1ldquoWorkingwithCulture on the EdgerdquoseriesEquinox Publishers UK 2015
ldquoIntroductionrdquo inRussellMcCutcheon (ed) Fabricating Origins1‐8Vol1ldquoWorkingwithCulture ontheEdgerdquo seriesEquinox PublishersUK2015
ldquoAfterwordReinventingtheStudyofReligioninAlabamardquoin StevenRamey(ed) Writing Religion The Case for the Critical Study of Religion208‐222 Universityof Alabama Press2015
ldquoNaming theUnnameable Theological LanguageandtheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoreprintedin AaronWHughes(ed) Theory and Method in the Study of Religion Twenty Five Years On87‐99Brill2013
ldquoEverythingOldisNewAgainrdquo in WilliamArnalWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds)Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion Essays in Honor of Donald Wiebe78‐94 Equinox PublishersUK2012
Introduction andAfterwordldquoIHave a Hunchrdquoreprintedin Craig MartinandRussellTMcCutcheon (eds)withLeslieESmith Religious Experience A Reader199‐202Equinox PublishersUK 2012
ldquoAResponse toRobertFordCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseHistoryanditsImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoinVolkhard Krech andMarion Steinicke (eds) Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe Encounters Notions and Comparative Perspectives295‐305Leiden Brill2012
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquordquoin Donald Wiebe andPanayotisPachis(eds) Chasing Down Religion In the Sights of History and the Cognitive Sciences Essay in Honour of Luther H Martin285‐301 Thessaloniki Greece Barbounakis Publications2010 Reprinted byEquinoxPublishers (2014)
ldquoIntroducingSmithrdquoinWilliBraunandRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Introducing Religion Essays in Honor of Jonathan Z Smith1‐17EquinoxPublishersUK2008
ldquoThe Tricks and Treats of ClassificationSearchingfortheHeartofAuthenticIslamrdquoBryan Rennie andPhilipLTite(eds) Religion Violence and Terror81‐95 London andNewYork Routledge 2008
ldquoSocialTheoryoftheRhetoricofFaithrdquoinPanayotisPachis PetrosVasiliadisandDimitrisKaimakis(eds)ΦΙΛΙΑΚΑΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ [FriendshipandSociety]FestschriftinHonorofProfGregorios D Ziaka347‐364 ThessalonikiGreeceVaniasPublishers2007
ldquoAfricaon OurMindsrdquoin Ted Trost(ed) The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion229‐237 NewYorkPalgraveMacmillan2007
ldquoTheseson Professionalizationrdquoin Mathieu ECourville(ed) Next Step in Studying Religion A
7
April 2016
Graduatersquos Guide41‐45London Continuum2007ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblem inthe Comparative Studyof
ReligionsrdquoThomasIdinopulos BrianWilsonandJames ConstantineHanges (eds)Comparing Religions Possibilities and Perils235‐248Leiden Brill2006
ldquoCriticalTrendsinthe StudyofReligionin the USrdquoPeterAntesArminWGeertzandRandiWarne (eds)317‐343 New Approaches to the Study of Religion(ReligionandReasonSeries) GermanyVerlagde Gruyter2004
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquo co‐writtenwithWilliBraunforGreektranslationof Guide to the Study of ReligionVanias EditionsThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquoforGreektranslationof Manufacturing ReligionVaniasEditions ThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoDispatchesfromthe Warsof lsquoReligionrsquordquoTimothy Light and BrianWilson(eds) Religion as a Human Capacity A Festschrift in Honor of E Thomas Lawson 161‐189Brill2003
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo andthe PoliticsofTolerancerdquoLarry GreilandDavidG Bromley (eds)Defining Religion Investigating the Boundaries Between the Sacred and Secular139‐162 LondonElsevierPress2003
ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoDelwinBrownandLinellCady (eds)Religious Studies Theology and the University13‐30StateUniversityofNewYork Press2002
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquoBryan Rennie(ed) Reconsidering Eliade11‐23State University of NewYorkPress2001
ldquoThe ImperialDynamicin the StudyofReligionNeo‐colonialPracticesinanAmericanDisciplinerdquo CRichardKing(ed) Postcolonial America275‐302University of IllinoisPress2000
ldquoTheRoleof Method and Theoryin theIAHRrdquo(co‐authored withArmin W Geertz)ArminWGeertz andRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 19953‐37Brill2000
ldquoTaming Ethnocentrism and Trans‐culturalUnderstandingsrdquoArmin WGeertz andRussell McCutcheon (eds) Perspectives on Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 1995298‐306Brill2000Reprinted in Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 121amp2(2000) 294‐306
ldquoMythrdquoWilliBraun and RussellMcCutcheon (eds) Guide to the Study of Religion190‐208 ContinuumUK2000
ldquoCriticsNotCaretakers The Scholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoTim Jensen and Michael Rothstein(eds) Secular Theories on Religion A Selection of Recent Academic Perspectives167‐181Museum Tusculanum Press 2000
ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoThomasA IdinopulosandBrianCWilson(eds) What is Religion Origins Definitions and Explanations51‐71Brill1998
PEER REVIEW ESSAYS
ldquoBeyondCynicismASamplingofCurrentWork intheSwissStudy ofReligionrdquointroductionto asetofpaperssubmittedtothe Bulletin for the Study of Religion (underconsideration)
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoForum CraftingtheIntroductoryCoursein
8
April 2016
ReligiousStudies(plusfourresponses) Teaching Theology amp Religion191(2016) 80‐89 ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History
ofReligionsrdquo Asdiwal(Journalof the SwissSociety fortheStudy ofReligion submitted) ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion254amp5(2013)339‐349 ldquoIHave aHunchrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion241(2012) 81‐92 ldquolsquoThey Licked thePlatter CleanrsquoOn theCo‐Dependency of the ReligiousandtheSecularrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion193amp4 (2007) 173‐199 ldquolsquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truthinit Itrsquos a Sinrsquo Onthe LimitsoftheHumanistic StudyofReligionand
theCostsofSavingOthers fromThemselvesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion 743 (2006)720‐750
ldquoTheDomesticationofDissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaronTerrorismrdquo Temenos 411(2005) 39‐50
ldquoAffinitiesBenefitsand Costs TheABCsofGoodScholarsGonePublicrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion171 (2005) 27‐43
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto LiveinaLess thanPerfectNationrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion162(2004) 164‐181
ldquolsquoJustFollow theMoneyrsquo The ColdWartheHumanisticStudyof Religionand theFallacy ofInsufficientCynicismrdquo Culture amp Religion51(2004) 41‐69
ldquoReligionIreandDangerousThingsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion721(2004) 173‐193
ldquoThe Ideologyof Closure andthe Problemofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquoStudies in ReligionSciences Religieuses323(2003)361‐376
ldquoTheJargon ofAuthenticityandtheStudyofReligionrdquo Religion and Theology83 (2002) 17‐40 ldquolsquoLikeSmallBumpsontheNeckrsquoTheProblemofEvilasSomethingOrdinaryrdquo Journal of Mundane
Behaviors13 (October2000httpwwwmundanebehaviororg)ldquoTheorizing atthe MarginReligion as Something Ordinaryrdquo Arc(Journalof the Faculty ofReligious
Studies McGill University Montreal)28 (2000) 143‐157 ldquoTheCrisisofAcademicLabor andtheMyth of AutonomyDispatchfromthe Job Warsrdquo Studies In
ReligionSciences Religieuses274(1998) 387‐405 ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionandrsquo FilmTeachingtheInsiderOutsiderProblemrdquo Teaching Theology and
Religious Studies1 2 (1998) 99‐110ldquoTheEconomicsofSpiritualLuxury The Glittering LobbyandtheParliamentof Religionsrdquo Journal
of Contemporary Religion131(1998)51‐64 ldquoADefault ofCriticalIntelligenceTheScholarofReligionas PublicIntellectualrdquo Journal of the
American Academy of Religion652(1997) 443‐468 ldquolsquoMyTheoryofthe BrontosaurusrsquoPostmodernismandlsquoTheoryrsquoof Religionrdquo Studies in
ReligionSciences Religieuses261(1997) 3‐23 ldquoNaming the Unnameable TheologicalLanguage andthe Academic Studyof Religionrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion22(1990) 213‐229
INVITED REPLIES
ldquoClarificationsARejoinderrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion(co‐authored withWilliam Arnal) 27 (2015) 137‐149
ldquoADirectQuestionDeservesaDirect AnswerA Replyto Atalia OmerrsquoslsquoCanaCriticBeaCaretaker toorsquordquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion804(2012) 1077‐1082
9
April 2016
ldquoThreeDotsandaDashldquoThe Immanent Framehttpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐and‐a‐dash(accessedMay12012)
ldquoRecovering theHuman A Tale of NounsandVerbsARejoindertoAnnTavesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion801(2012) 236‐40
ldquoAResponsetoDonaldWiebefrom anEast‐Going Zaxrdquo Temenos422(2006)113‐129 ldquoAReplytoPaulCourtrightrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion743(2006) 755‐6 ldquoThe Perils of Having Ones Cake and Eating itToo Some ThoughtsinReplyrdquo Religious Studies
Review311 amp2(2005) 32‐36ldquoTheorizinglsquoReligionrsquoRejoindertoRobertASegalrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion
731 (2005)215‐217 ldquoAFew WordsontheTemptation to Defendthe HonorofaTextrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies
for the Study of Religion 333 and 4(2004) 90‐91 ldquoFillingin theCrackswithResin AReplytoJohn BurrisrsquoslsquoText andContext inthe Study of
Religionrsquordquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion153 (2003)284‐303 ldquoABriefResponse form a Fortunate Manrdquo Culture amp Religion 11 (2000) 131‐139 ldquoOfStrawmen andHumanistsAReplyto Bryan Rennierdquo Religion29 (1999)91‐92ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedRejoindertoPaulJGriffiths andJune
OrsquoConnorrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion664(1998) 911‐917 ldquoReturningtheVolley toWilliamEArnalrdquo Studies In ReligionSciences Religieuses271 (1998) 67‐
68ldquoIdeologyandtheProblemof NamingAResponse toClarkson and Milnerdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion32(1991) 245‐256
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND TEXTBOOK ARTICLES
ldquoWhatisReligionrdquo The Worldrsquos Religions A Lion Handbook (revisededition)ChristopherPartridge(ed)LionPublishingUK (2004)forthcoming
ldquoReligionOverviewrdquo New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (revisededition)MaryanneClineHorowitz(ed‐in‐chief)CharlesScribnerrsquos Sons(2004)vol5 2048‐2051
NON‐PEER REVIEW (SOLICITED) ESSAYS
ldquoOrthodoxiesinthe Field ofProductionrdquo Religion amp Theology22(2015) 133ndash152revisionof the Introduction to Entanglements (2015)
ldquolsquoAsitWasin the Beginninghelliprsquo The ModernProblem ofthe AncientSelfrdquo Bulletin for the Study of Religion 392(2010)httpwwwequinoxjournalscomBSORarticleview8337
ldquoIntroductionrdquoStrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGary Leasein the Academic StudyofReligionSpecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 107‐8
ldquoGaryLease 1940‐2008rdquo (co‐written withLuther HMartin andDonaldWiebe)StrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGaryLease intheAcademic StudyofReligionSpecial issueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 109‐112
ldquoCh‐Ch‐Ch‐ChangesFromtheDeskofthe CSSRPresidentrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion351 (2006) 4‐5
Introduction toldquoReinventingthe Study ofReligioninAlabama ASymposiumrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion(2004) 27‐29
10
April 2016
ldquoCanadianScholarsWorkingintheUSAn UnofficialPrimer on theINSrdquoco‐writtenwithChristinaLapel(SouthwestMissouriState University)formerlypostedattheCanadianSociety forStudiesinReligionwebsite lthttpwwwccsrcacssrrequestshtmlinsgt
ldquoBeyondthe AnnualMeeting An Interviewwith the Authorsrdquoco‐writtenwithWilliBraun (Universityof Edmonton) Religious Studies News173(2002) 15
ldquolsquoWersquoreAllin thisTogetherrsquoSomeResourcesforThinkingaboutAcademicLaborrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion273(1998) 70‐73
ldquoThelsquoCultrsquoof HeavenrsquosGateMakingitKnown and Knowablerdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion262(1997) 26‐28
ldquoClassification andthe ShapelessBeastACriticalLook atthe AARResearch InterestSurveyrdquo Religious Studies News September 123 (1997) 79
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionIntroductionrdquoBulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 261 (1997) 3‐7
ldquoReligionin theAcademy Letterto the Editorrdquo Academe831(1997) 3‐4
REVIEW ESSAYS AND PUBLISHED REVIEW SYMPOSIA
ldquoIdentifyingtheMeaning andEnd ofScholarshipWhatrsquosatStakein Muslim Identitiesrdquo[review essayonAaronHughesrsquos Muslim Identities] Comparative Islamic Studies (submitted)
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsTwentyYearsLaterrdquo Numen62(2015) 119‐141 ldquoTheState ofIslamic Studiesinthe StudyofReligionAn Introductionrdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion244amp5 (2012) 309‐313ldquoWillYourCognitiveAnchorHoldintheStormsofCulturerdquo[reviewessayon Ann Tavesrsquos Religious
Experience Reconsidered Religion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion 784(2010) 1182‐1193
ldquoAGiftwithDiminishedReturnsrdquo [reviewessayon JeffreyKripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Gift] Journal of the American Academy of Religion763(2008) 748‐765
ldquoWordsWordsWordsrdquo[reviewessay on handbooksinthe studyofreligion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion754(2007) 952‐987
ldquoTheResiliencyof ConceptualAnachronismsOn theLimitsof lsquotheWestrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo [reviewessayonDanielDubuissonrsquos The Western Construction of Religionrdquo] Religion363(2006) 154‐165
ldquoRelatingSmithrdquo[reviewessayonJonathan ZSmithrsquos Relating Religion] The Journal of Religion 862 (2006)287‐297
ldquoIntroductiontothe IAHRReview Symposium on RichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religionrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion142 (2002) 231‐233
ldquoThe PerfectPast and theJargon ofAuthenticityldquoBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Mythrdquo Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses301(2001) 79‐90
ldquoIntroductiontotheIAHRReview Symposium on Jeremy Carrettersquos Foucault and Religion Spiritual Corporality and Political Spiritualityrdquo Culture and Religion21(2001) 97‐100
ldquoThePoliticsofMythrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion123 (2000)441‐446 ldquoIntroductionAcademic Freedom and Liberal Humanism InvitedRepliestoStanley FishrsquoslsquoWhen
Sauce for the Goose Isnrsquot SaucefortheGanderrsquordquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion292 (2000) 36‐38
ldquoIntroductionReviewSymposiumon RodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of Christianityrdquo Religious Studies Review252 (1999) 127‐128
11
April 2016
ldquoMethods and Theoriesin the Classroom TeachingtheStudy of MythsandRitualsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion661(1998) 147‐164
ldquolsquoJustthe SameGame WhereverYou Gorsquo AHistory ofGodrdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1044 (1997) 617‐633
ldquolsquoTheCommonGroundOnWhichStudentsofReligionMeetrsquoMethodologyandTheory Withinthe IAHRrdquo Marburg Internet Journal of Religion 12 (1996) 1‐5
ldquoMethodologyandTheoryinthe IAHRASurveyrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 243‐4(1995) 53‐59
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo Numen 423(1995) 284‐309 ldquoTheMythoftheApoliticalScholarTheLifeandWorksofMirceaEliaderdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1003
(1993) 642‐663
BLOG POSTS
Seehttpedgeuaeducategoryrussell‐mccutcheonforanarchiveof myownpostsat CultureontheEdge
Seewwwasuaedurelblogauthorrmccutchforanarchiveofmy own postsontheblog forthe DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofAlabama
ldquoInaDifferentLightrdquo Bulletin of the British Association for Study of Religionhttpbasracukbasr‐bulletin(submitted)
Religious Studies ProjectPodcastinterviewwith(withAaron Hughes)wwwreligiousstudiesprojectcompodcastgetting‐to‐know‐the‐north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion
ldquoGrowthIdentityand Branding inthe DepartmentofReligious Studiesat the University of AlabamardquointerviewwithReligious StudiesNewshttprsnaarweborgarticlesgrowth‐identity‐and‐branding‐department‐religious‐studies‐university‐alabama
QampAwithRussellMcCutcheonandJeffKripalon writingtextbooksfor the introductory course postedat TheCraftof Teachinginthe AcademicStudyofReligion(Universityof Chicago) httpscraftofteachingreligionwordpresscom(submitted)
ldquoLayingitAllOutOnMovingfromDissertation‐to‐BookSeriesrdquo httpsbulletinequinoxpubcom201512laying‐it‐all‐out‐on‐moving‐from‐dissertation‐to‐book‐series
NAASRNoteshttpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201504naasr‐notes‐russell‐mccutcheonInterviewasPresidentoftheNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of Religion (NAASR)
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201503north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion‐naasr‐an‐interview‐with‐russell‐mccutcheon
PodcastwithWilliamArnalco‐authorof The Sacred is the Profane(2013) httpnewbooksinreligioncom20140627william‐arnal‐and‐russell‐t‐mccutcheon‐the‐sacred‐is‐the‐profane‐the‐political‐nature‐of‐religion‐oxford‐up‐2013
ldquoMindtheGaprdquohttppracticumreligionblogblogspotcom201405mind‐gaphtmlThe Berkeley Centerrsquos bloginterviewldquoThe ReligiousScholarvsAdvocaterdquoat
httpberkleycentergeorgetownedupostsreligion‐scholar‐versus‐advocateldquoTheSacred istheProfanerdquopostedat httpwwwpoliticaltheologycomldquoSemperUbi SubUbirdquoblogfrom DepartmentofReligiousStudies blogrepostedat
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201302semper‐ubi‐sub‐ubildquoCriticalThinkingBegins atHomerdquoblogfromDepartmentofReligiousStudiesblogrepostedat
12
April 2016
httpswwwequinoxpubcomblog201302critical‐thinking‐begins‐at‐homeldquoThreeDots anda DashldquoThe ImmanentFrame httpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐
and‐a‐dash(thisitemislisted aboveunderInvitedResponses)ldquoTheMostEmbarrassingBook MemerdquoBulletinfor theStudyofReligion (guestblog)
httpwwwequinoxjournalscomblog201012the‐most‐embarrassing‐book‐meme‐a‐guest‐post‐from‐russ‐mccutcheon
PastPerfect(httpwwwasuaedupastperfectauthorrmccutcheon) 2011studyabroadin Greece blog (tripcanceleddueto April27 2011 tornado)
LOCAL PUBLIC TALKS
ldquoTheHistory ofthe CategoryReligionrdquoIslamicCenterofTuscaloosaJanuary142005ldquoThePoliticsofReligiousPluralismrdquoUniversityPresbyterian ChurchTuscaloosaFall2004ldquoWhatistheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoWesleyFoundationUniversityof AlabamaTuscaloosa
March9 2003ldquoIntroductoryRemarksontheAcademicStudyofIslamrdquoopening speakeratldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquo
workshoporganizedby theInternationalHonorsProgramUniversityof Alabama January 182003
ldquoIntroductoryRemarksattheOpenHouserdquoIslamicCenter ofTuscaloosaOctober2001 ldquoKarenArmstrongrsquos A History of GodABook ReviewrdquoDavis‐KiddBookstoreKnoxvilleTNSpring
1995
INVITED ACADEMIC LECTURES
DiscussionLeaderGraduateStudentWorkshopUniversitiesof ZurichandBaselSwitzerland September 28‐30 2015
ldquoMan isthe Measureof AllThingshelliprdquo OnThe Fabrication ofOrientalReligionsby European HistoryofReligionsrdquo Faculty of TheologyUniversity of ZurichSeptember 292015
ldquoFanfare for theCommon egOn the StrategicUse ofthe MundanerdquoDepartment ofReligion andClassicsUniversityofRochesterSeptember3 2015
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoThe DeanofDivinityrsquosldquoCraft of Teaching WorkshoprdquoUniversityofChicago Divinity School April 6 2015
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoAliceEckardtVisitingScholarandPublic LectureDepartmentof Religion StudiesLehighUniversity(October 2014)
KeynoteldquoAndThatrsquosWhy NoOne TakestheHumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoInauguralGraduateStudent Conference inthe Study of ReligionQueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada February28‐March12014
KeynoteLectureforaWorkshopon ldquoBeyond CritiqueNewApproachesto the Study ofReligion and SecularismrdquoFlorenceItaly May30‐ June2013declined
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoTexasStateUniversitySan MarcosTX April1‐22013
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoUniversityof UtahSaltLake CityUT March 20‐222013
GuestTeacherBrownBagLunch DiscussionUniversityof Alberta EdmontonCanada February 13‐15 2013
VisitingProfessorandPublicLectureInstitutfuumlrTheologie und ReligionswissenschaftLeibniz
13
April 2016
UniversityHannoverGermany October 2012 declinedEuropeanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(EASR)Plenary SpeakerStockholmSweden
(August 23‐262012) declinedldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
PhilosophyReligiousStudiesProgramAuburnUniversityApril 132012ldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
ReligiousStudiesUniversityof Western MichiganMarch15 2012 ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoOn the Persistenceof Imagining ReligionrdquoStateUniversityofNewYork
atBuffaloSeptember19 2011ldquoTheStudyofReligionrdquoUniversityofVirginia NationalEndowment for theHumanitiesSummer
Seminar Invited LecturerParticipantJuly192011ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoThe Yale Seminar in ReligiousStudiesFirst AnnualWorkshopWhatisBelief
Yale UniversityApril15 2011ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoInstitut fuumlrTheologie und
ReligionswissenschaftLeibnizUniversityHannoverGermany January 19 2011 ldquoCategoriesatWorkRethinking lsquoReligious Experiencersquordquoweek‐longundergraduategraduate
intensivecourseInstitutfuumlrTheologieundReligionswissenschaftLeibniz University HannoverGermanyJanuary 17‐21 2011
InvitationstolectureatWestern MichiganStateUniversityand theUniversityofLondonUK declined(Spring 2010)
ldquoRedescribingExperiencerdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquodeliveredtotheInterrogating Religion workshopUniversity ofOttawaApril17‐192009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoKeynoteSpeakerEighth AnnualReligionGraduateStudent SymposiumFloridaStateUniversityTallahasseeFL February 20‐222009
ldquoAResponse toProfRobertCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseReligiousHistoryandits ImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoDynamicsintheHistoryofReligionsbetweenAsiaandEuropeRuhrUniversityBochumGermanyOctober15‐172008
ldquoCriticsand Caretakersin the AcademicStudyofReligionrdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay212008
InvitedPlenarySpeaker (declined)ldquoRethinkingReligion inIndiardquoco‐sponsoredbyResearch Centre VergelijkendeCultuurwetenschap(Ghent UniversityBelgium)theCentrefor theStudyofLocalCultures(Kuvempu UniversityIndia)andthe Karnataka Academy of SocialSciencesandHumanities (KASSH)andheldat the IndiraGandhi NationalCentrefortheArtsNewDelhiJanuary24‐27 2008 (Invitation declined)
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoUniversity ofVictoriaBritishColumbia Canada October22 2007
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoThe AnnualRobertLesterLectureUniversityofColoradoatBoulderSeptember 13 2007
ldquoReligiononOurMindsrdquoSecularismandBeyondComparativePerspectivesUniversityofCopenhagen May 28‐June 1 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic FakesrdquoDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofCalgaryMarch27 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic Fakesrdquo
14
April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
16
April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
17
April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
18
April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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April 2016
Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
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April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
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April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
25
April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
Graduatersquos Guide41‐45London Continuum2007ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblem inthe Comparative Studyof
ReligionsrdquoThomasIdinopulos BrianWilsonandJames ConstantineHanges (eds)Comparing Religions Possibilities and Perils235‐248Leiden Brill2006
ldquoCriticalTrendsinthe StudyofReligionin the USrdquoPeterAntesArminWGeertzandRandiWarne (eds)317‐343 New Approaches to the Study of Religion(ReligionandReasonSeries) GermanyVerlagde Gruyter2004
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquo co‐writtenwithWilliBraunforGreektranslationof Guide to the Study of ReligionVanias EditionsThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoPrefacetotheGreekEditionrdquoforGreektranslationof Manufacturing ReligionVaniasEditions ThessalonikiGreece2003
ldquoDispatchesfromthe Warsof lsquoReligionrsquordquoTimothy Light and BrianWilson(eds) Religion as a Human Capacity A Festschrift in Honor of E Thomas Lawson 161‐189Brill2003
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo andthe PoliticsofTolerancerdquoLarry GreilandDavidG Bromley (eds)Defining Religion Investigating the Boundaries Between the Sacred and Secular139‐162 LondonElsevierPress2003
ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoDelwinBrownandLinellCady (eds)Religious Studies Theology and the University13‐30StateUniversityofNewYork Press2002
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquoBryan Rennie(ed) Reconsidering Eliade11‐23State University of NewYorkPress2001
ldquoThe ImperialDynamicin the StudyofReligionNeo‐colonialPracticesinanAmericanDisciplinerdquo CRichardKing(ed) Postcolonial America275‐302University of IllinoisPress2000
ldquoTheRoleof Method and Theoryin theIAHRrdquo(co‐authored withArmin W Geertz)ArminWGeertz andRussellTMcCutcheon(eds) Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 19953‐37Brill2000
ldquoTaming Ethnocentrism and Trans‐culturalUnderstandingsrdquoArmin WGeertz andRussell McCutcheon (eds) Perspectives on Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association of the History of Religions Mexico City 1995298‐306Brill2000Reprinted in Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 121amp2(2000) 294‐306
ldquoMythrdquoWilliBraun and RussellMcCutcheon (eds) Guide to the Study of Religion190‐208 ContinuumUK2000
ldquoCriticsNotCaretakers The Scholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoTim Jensen and Michael Rothstein(eds) Secular Theories on Religion A Selection of Recent Academic Perspectives167‐181Museum Tusculanum Press 2000
ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoThomasA IdinopulosandBrianCWilson(eds) What is Religion Origins Definitions and Explanations51‐71Brill1998
PEER REVIEW ESSAYS
ldquoBeyondCynicismASamplingofCurrentWork intheSwissStudy ofReligionrdquointroductionto asetofpaperssubmittedtothe Bulletin for the Study of Religion (underconsideration)
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoForum CraftingtheIntroductoryCoursein
8
April 2016
ReligiousStudies(plusfourresponses) Teaching Theology amp Religion191(2016) 80‐89 ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History
ofReligionsrdquo Asdiwal(Journalof the SwissSociety fortheStudy ofReligion submitted) ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion254amp5(2013)339‐349 ldquoIHave aHunchrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion241(2012) 81‐92 ldquolsquoThey Licked thePlatter CleanrsquoOn theCo‐Dependency of the ReligiousandtheSecularrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion193amp4 (2007) 173‐199 ldquolsquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truthinit Itrsquos a Sinrsquo Onthe LimitsoftheHumanistic StudyofReligionand
theCostsofSavingOthers fromThemselvesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion 743 (2006)720‐750
ldquoTheDomesticationofDissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaronTerrorismrdquo Temenos 411(2005) 39‐50
ldquoAffinitiesBenefitsand Costs TheABCsofGoodScholarsGonePublicrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion171 (2005) 27‐43
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto LiveinaLess thanPerfectNationrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion162(2004) 164‐181
ldquolsquoJustFollow theMoneyrsquo The ColdWartheHumanisticStudyof Religionand theFallacy ofInsufficientCynicismrdquo Culture amp Religion51(2004) 41‐69
ldquoReligionIreandDangerousThingsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion721(2004) 173‐193
ldquoThe Ideologyof Closure andthe Problemofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquoStudies in ReligionSciences Religieuses323(2003)361‐376
ldquoTheJargon ofAuthenticityandtheStudyofReligionrdquo Religion and Theology83 (2002) 17‐40 ldquolsquoLikeSmallBumpsontheNeckrsquoTheProblemofEvilasSomethingOrdinaryrdquo Journal of Mundane
Behaviors13 (October2000httpwwwmundanebehaviororg)ldquoTheorizing atthe MarginReligion as Something Ordinaryrdquo Arc(Journalof the Faculty ofReligious
Studies McGill University Montreal)28 (2000) 143‐157 ldquoTheCrisisofAcademicLabor andtheMyth of AutonomyDispatchfromthe Job Warsrdquo Studies In
ReligionSciences Religieuses274(1998) 387‐405 ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionandrsquo FilmTeachingtheInsiderOutsiderProblemrdquo Teaching Theology and
Religious Studies1 2 (1998) 99‐110ldquoTheEconomicsofSpiritualLuxury The Glittering LobbyandtheParliamentof Religionsrdquo Journal
of Contemporary Religion131(1998)51‐64 ldquoADefault ofCriticalIntelligenceTheScholarofReligionas PublicIntellectualrdquo Journal of the
American Academy of Religion652(1997) 443‐468 ldquolsquoMyTheoryofthe BrontosaurusrsquoPostmodernismandlsquoTheoryrsquoof Religionrdquo Studies in
ReligionSciences Religieuses261(1997) 3‐23 ldquoNaming the Unnameable TheologicalLanguage andthe Academic Studyof Religionrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion22(1990) 213‐229
INVITED REPLIES
ldquoClarificationsARejoinderrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion(co‐authored withWilliam Arnal) 27 (2015) 137‐149
ldquoADirectQuestionDeservesaDirect AnswerA Replyto Atalia OmerrsquoslsquoCanaCriticBeaCaretaker toorsquordquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion804(2012) 1077‐1082
9
April 2016
ldquoThreeDotsandaDashldquoThe Immanent Framehttpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐and‐a‐dash(accessedMay12012)
ldquoRecovering theHuman A Tale of NounsandVerbsARejoindertoAnnTavesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion801(2012) 236‐40
ldquoAResponsetoDonaldWiebefrom anEast‐Going Zaxrdquo Temenos422(2006)113‐129 ldquoAReplytoPaulCourtrightrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion743(2006) 755‐6 ldquoThe Perils of Having Ones Cake and Eating itToo Some ThoughtsinReplyrdquo Religious Studies
Review311 amp2(2005) 32‐36ldquoTheorizinglsquoReligionrsquoRejoindertoRobertASegalrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion
731 (2005)215‐217 ldquoAFew WordsontheTemptation to Defendthe HonorofaTextrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies
for the Study of Religion 333 and 4(2004) 90‐91 ldquoFillingin theCrackswithResin AReplytoJohn BurrisrsquoslsquoText andContext inthe Study of
Religionrsquordquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion153 (2003)284‐303 ldquoABriefResponse form a Fortunate Manrdquo Culture amp Religion 11 (2000) 131‐139 ldquoOfStrawmen andHumanistsAReplyto Bryan Rennierdquo Religion29 (1999)91‐92ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedRejoindertoPaulJGriffiths andJune
OrsquoConnorrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion664(1998) 911‐917 ldquoReturningtheVolley toWilliamEArnalrdquo Studies In ReligionSciences Religieuses271 (1998) 67‐
68ldquoIdeologyandtheProblemof NamingAResponse toClarkson and Milnerdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion32(1991) 245‐256
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND TEXTBOOK ARTICLES
ldquoWhatisReligionrdquo The Worldrsquos Religions A Lion Handbook (revisededition)ChristopherPartridge(ed)LionPublishingUK (2004)forthcoming
ldquoReligionOverviewrdquo New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (revisededition)MaryanneClineHorowitz(ed‐in‐chief)CharlesScribnerrsquos Sons(2004)vol5 2048‐2051
NON‐PEER REVIEW (SOLICITED) ESSAYS
ldquoOrthodoxiesinthe Field ofProductionrdquo Religion amp Theology22(2015) 133ndash152revisionof the Introduction to Entanglements (2015)
ldquolsquoAsitWasin the Beginninghelliprsquo The ModernProblem ofthe AncientSelfrdquo Bulletin for the Study of Religion 392(2010)httpwwwequinoxjournalscomBSORarticleview8337
ldquoIntroductionrdquoStrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGary Leasein the Academic StudyofReligionSpecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 107‐8
ldquoGaryLease 1940‐2008rdquo (co‐written withLuther HMartin andDonaldWiebe)StrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGaryLease intheAcademic StudyofReligionSpecial issueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 109‐112
ldquoCh‐Ch‐Ch‐ChangesFromtheDeskofthe CSSRPresidentrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion351 (2006) 4‐5
Introduction toldquoReinventingthe Study ofReligioninAlabama ASymposiumrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion(2004) 27‐29
10
April 2016
ldquoCanadianScholarsWorkingintheUSAn UnofficialPrimer on theINSrdquoco‐writtenwithChristinaLapel(SouthwestMissouriState University)formerlypostedattheCanadianSociety forStudiesinReligionwebsite lthttpwwwccsrcacssrrequestshtmlinsgt
ldquoBeyondthe AnnualMeeting An Interviewwith the Authorsrdquoco‐writtenwithWilliBraun (Universityof Edmonton) Religious Studies News173(2002) 15
ldquolsquoWersquoreAllin thisTogetherrsquoSomeResourcesforThinkingaboutAcademicLaborrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion273(1998) 70‐73
ldquoThelsquoCultrsquoof HeavenrsquosGateMakingitKnown and Knowablerdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion262(1997) 26‐28
ldquoClassification andthe ShapelessBeastACriticalLook atthe AARResearch InterestSurveyrdquo Religious Studies News September 123 (1997) 79
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionIntroductionrdquoBulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 261 (1997) 3‐7
ldquoReligionin theAcademy Letterto the Editorrdquo Academe831(1997) 3‐4
REVIEW ESSAYS AND PUBLISHED REVIEW SYMPOSIA
ldquoIdentifyingtheMeaning andEnd ofScholarshipWhatrsquosatStakein Muslim Identitiesrdquo[review essayonAaronHughesrsquos Muslim Identities] Comparative Islamic Studies (submitted)
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsTwentyYearsLaterrdquo Numen62(2015) 119‐141 ldquoTheState ofIslamic Studiesinthe StudyofReligionAn Introductionrdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion244amp5 (2012) 309‐313ldquoWillYourCognitiveAnchorHoldintheStormsofCulturerdquo[reviewessayon Ann Tavesrsquos Religious
Experience Reconsidered Religion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion 784(2010) 1182‐1193
ldquoAGiftwithDiminishedReturnsrdquo [reviewessayon JeffreyKripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Gift] Journal of the American Academy of Religion763(2008) 748‐765
ldquoWordsWordsWordsrdquo[reviewessay on handbooksinthe studyofreligion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion754(2007) 952‐987
ldquoTheResiliencyof ConceptualAnachronismsOn theLimitsof lsquotheWestrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo [reviewessayonDanielDubuissonrsquos The Western Construction of Religionrdquo] Religion363(2006) 154‐165
ldquoRelatingSmithrdquo[reviewessayonJonathan ZSmithrsquos Relating Religion] The Journal of Religion 862 (2006)287‐297
ldquoIntroductiontothe IAHRReview Symposium on RichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religionrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion142 (2002) 231‐233
ldquoThe PerfectPast and theJargon ofAuthenticityldquoBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Mythrdquo Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses301(2001) 79‐90
ldquoIntroductiontotheIAHRReview Symposium on Jeremy Carrettersquos Foucault and Religion Spiritual Corporality and Political Spiritualityrdquo Culture and Religion21(2001) 97‐100
ldquoThePoliticsofMythrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion123 (2000)441‐446 ldquoIntroductionAcademic Freedom and Liberal Humanism InvitedRepliestoStanley FishrsquoslsquoWhen
Sauce for the Goose Isnrsquot SaucefortheGanderrsquordquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion292 (2000) 36‐38
ldquoIntroductionReviewSymposiumon RodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of Christianityrdquo Religious Studies Review252 (1999) 127‐128
11
April 2016
ldquoMethods and Theoriesin the Classroom TeachingtheStudy of MythsandRitualsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion661(1998) 147‐164
ldquolsquoJustthe SameGame WhereverYou Gorsquo AHistory ofGodrdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1044 (1997) 617‐633
ldquolsquoTheCommonGroundOnWhichStudentsofReligionMeetrsquoMethodologyandTheory Withinthe IAHRrdquo Marburg Internet Journal of Religion 12 (1996) 1‐5
ldquoMethodologyandTheoryinthe IAHRASurveyrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 243‐4(1995) 53‐59
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo Numen 423(1995) 284‐309 ldquoTheMythoftheApoliticalScholarTheLifeandWorksofMirceaEliaderdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1003
(1993) 642‐663
BLOG POSTS
Seehttpedgeuaeducategoryrussell‐mccutcheonforanarchiveof myownpostsat CultureontheEdge
Seewwwasuaedurelblogauthorrmccutchforanarchiveofmy own postsontheblog forthe DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofAlabama
ldquoInaDifferentLightrdquo Bulletin of the British Association for Study of Religionhttpbasracukbasr‐bulletin(submitted)
Religious Studies ProjectPodcastinterviewwith(withAaron Hughes)wwwreligiousstudiesprojectcompodcastgetting‐to‐know‐the‐north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion
ldquoGrowthIdentityand Branding inthe DepartmentofReligious Studiesat the University of AlabamardquointerviewwithReligious StudiesNewshttprsnaarweborgarticlesgrowth‐identity‐and‐branding‐department‐religious‐studies‐university‐alabama
QampAwithRussellMcCutcheonandJeffKripalon writingtextbooksfor the introductory course postedat TheCraftof Teachinginthe AcademicStudyofReligion(Universityof Chicago) httpscraftofteachingreligionwordpresscom(submitted)
ldquoLayingitAllOutOnMovingfromDissertation‐to‐BookSeriesrdquo httpsbulletinequinoxpubcom201512laying‐it‐all‐out‐on‐moving‐from‐dissertation‐to‐book‐series
NAASRNoteshttpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201504naasr‐notes‐russell‐mccutcheonInterviewasPresidentoftheNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of Religion (NAASR)
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201503north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion‐naasr‐an‐interview‐with‐russell‐mccutcheon
PodcastwithWilliamArnalco‐authorof The Sacred is the Profane(2013) httpnewbooksinreligioncom20140627william‐arnal‐and‐russell‐t‐mccutcheon‐the‐sacred‐is‐the‐profane‐the‐political‐nature‐of‐religion‐oxford‐up‐2013
ldquoMindtheGaprdquohttppracticumreligionblogblogspotcom201405mind‐gaphtmlThe Berkeley Centerrsquos bloginterviewldquoThe ReligiousScholarvsAdvocaterdquoat
httpberkleycentergeorgetownedupostsreligion‐scholar‐versus‐advocateldquoTheSacred istheProfanerdquopostedat httpwwwpoliticaltheologycomldquoSemperUbi SubUbirdquoblogfrom DepartmentofReligiousStudies blogrepostedat
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201302semper‐ubi‐sub‐ubildquoCriticalThinkingBegins atHomerdquoblogfromDepartmentofReligiousStudiesblogrepostedat
12
April 2016
httpswwwequinoxpubcomblog201302critical‐thinking‐begins‐at‐homeldquoThreeDots anda DashldquoThe ImmanentFrame httpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐
and‐a‐dash(thisitemislisted aboveunderInvitedResponses)ldquoTheMostEmbarrassingBook MemerdquoBulletinfor theStudyofReligion (guestblog)
httpwwwequinoxjournalscomblog201012the‐most‐embarrassing‐book‐meme‐a‐guest‐post‐from‐russ‐mccutcheon
PastPerfect(httpwwwasuaedupastperfectauthorrmccutcheon) 2011studyabroadin Greece blog (tripcanceleddueto April27 2011 tornado)
LOCAL PUBLIC TALKS
ldquoTheHistory ofthe CategoryReligionrdquoIslamicCenterofTuscaloosaJanuary142005ldquoThePoliticsofReligiousPluralismrdquoUniversityPresbyterian ChurchTuscaloosaFall2004ldquoWhatistheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoWesleyFoundationUniversityof AlabamaTuscaloosa
March9 2003ldquoIntroductoryRemarksontheAcademicStudyofIslamrdquoopening speakeratldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquo
workshoporganizedby theInternationalHonorsProgramUniversityof Alabama January 182003
ldquoIntroductoryRemarksattheOpenHouserdquoIslamicCenter ofTuscaloosaOctober2001 ldquoKarenArmstrongrsquos A History of GodABook ReviewrdquoDavis‐KiddBookstoreKnoxvilleTNSpring
1995
INVITED ACADEMIC LECTURES
DiscussionLeaderGraduateStudentWorkshopUniversitiesof ZurichandBaselSwitzerland September 28‐30 2015
ldquoMan isthe Measureof AllThingshelliprdquo OnThe Fabrication ofOrientalReligionsby European HistoryofReligionsrdquo Faculty of TheologyUniversity of ZurichSeptember 292015
ldquoFanfare for theCommon egOn the StrategicUse ofthe MundanerdquoDepartment ofReligion andClassicsUniversityofRochesterSeptember3 2015
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoThe DeanofDivinityrsquosldquoCraft of Teaching WorkshoprdquoUniversityofChicago Divinity School April 6 2015
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoAliceEckardtVisitingScholarandPublic LectureDepartmentof Religion StudiesLehighUniversity(October 2014)
KeynoteldquoAndThatrsquosWhy NoOne TakestheHumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoInauguralGraduateStudent Conference inthe Study of ReligionQueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada February28‐March12014
KeynoteLectureforaWorkshopon ldquoBeyond CritiqueNewApproachesto the Study ofReligion and SecularismrdquoFlorenceItaly May30‐ June2013declined
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoTexasStateUniversitySan MarcosTX April1‐22013
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoUniversityof UtahSaltLake CityUT March 20‐222013
GuestTeacherBrownBagLunch DiscussionUniversityof Alberta EdmontonCanada February 13‐15 2013
VisitingProfessorandPublicLectureInstitutfuumlrTheologie und ReligionswissenschaftLeibniz
13
April 2016
UniversityHannoverGermany October 2012 declinedEuropeanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(EASR)Plenary SpeakerStockholmSweden
(August 23‐262012) declinedldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
PhilosophyReligiousStudiesProgramAuburnUniversityApril 132012ldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
ReligiousStudiesUniversityof Western MichiganMarch15 2012 ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoOn the Persistenceof Imagining ReligionrdquoStateUniversityofNewYork
atBuffaloSeptember19 2011ldquoTheStudyofReligionrdquoUniversityofVirginia NationalEndowment for theHumanitiesSummer
Seminar Invited LecturerParticipantJuly192011ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoThe Yale Seminar in ReligiousStudiesFirst AnnualWorkshopWhatisBelief
Yale UniversityApril15 2011ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoInstitut fuumlrTheologie und
ReligionswissenschaftLeibnizUniversityHannoverGermany January 19 2011 ldquoCategoriesatWorkRethinking lsquoReligious Experiencersquordquoweek‐longundergraduategraduate
intensivecourseInstitutfuumlrTheologieundReligionswissenschaftLeibniz University HannoverGermanyJanuary 17‐21 2011
InvitationstolectureatWestern MichiganStateUniversityand theUniversityofLondonUK declined(Spring 2010)
ldquoRedescribingExperiencerdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquodeliveredtotheInterrogating Religion workshopUniversity ofOttawaApril17‐192009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoKeynoteSpeakerEighth AnnualReligionGraduateStudent SymposiumFloridaStateUniversityTallahasseeFL February 20‐222009
ldquoAResponse toProfRobertCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseReligiousHistoryandits ImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoDynamicsintheHistoryofReligionsbetweenAsiaandEuropeRuhrUniversityBochumGermanyOctober15‐172008
ldquoCriticsand Caretakersin the AcademicStudyofReligionrdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay212008
InvitedPlenarySpeaker (declined)ldquoRethinkingReligion inIndiardquoco‐sponsoredbyResearch Centre VergelijkendeCultuurwetenschap(Ghent UniversityBelgium)theCentrefor theStudyofLocalCultures(Kuvempu UniversityIndia)andthe Karnataka Academy of SocialSciencesandHumanities (KASSH)andheldat the IndiraGandhi NationalCentrefortheArtsNewDelhiJanuary24‐27 2008 (Invitation declined)
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoUniversity ofVictoriaBritishColumbia Canada October22 2007
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoThe AnnualRobertLesterLectureUniversityofColoradoatBoulderSeptember 13 2007
ldquoReligiononOurMindsrdquoSecularismandBeyondComparativePerspectivesUniversityofCopenhagen May 28‐June 1 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic FakesrdquoDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofCalgaryMarch27 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic Fakesrdquo
14
April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
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April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
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April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
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April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
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MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
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April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
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April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
25
April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
ReligiousStudies(plusfourresponses) Teaching Theology amp Religion191(2016) 80‐89 ldquorsquoMan is the Measure of All Thingshelliprsquo On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History
ofReligionsrdquo Asdiwal(Journalof the SwissSociety fortheStudy ofReligion submitted) ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion254amp5(2013)339‐349 ldquoIHave aHunchrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion241(2012) 81‐92 ldquolsquoThey Licked thePlatter CleanrsquoOn theCo‐Dependency of the ReligiousandtheSecularrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion193amp4 (2007) 173‐199 ldquolsquoItrsquos a Lie Therersquos No Truthinit Itrsquos a Sinrsquo Onthe LimitsoftheHumanistic StudyofReligionand
theCostsofSavingOthers fromThemselvesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion 743 (2006)720‐750
ldquoTheDomesticationofDissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaronTerrorismrdquo Temenos 411(2005) 39‐50
ldquoAffinitiesBenefitsand Costs TheABCsofGoodScholarsGonePublicrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion171 (2005) 27‐43
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto LiveinaLess thanPerfectNationrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion162(2004) 164‐181
ldquolsquoJustFollow theMoneyrsquo The ColdWartheHumanisticStudyof Religionand theFallacy ofInsufficientCynicismrdquo Culture amp Religion51(2004) 41‐69
ldquoReligionIreandDangerousThingsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion721(2004) 173‐193
ldquoThe Ideologyof Closure andthe Problemofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquoStudies in ReligionSciences Religieuses323(2003)361‐376
ldquoTheJargon ofAuthenticityandtheStudyofReligionrdquo Religion and Theology83 (2002) 17‐40 ldquolsquoLikeSmallBumpsontheNeckrsquoTheProblemofEvilasSomethingOrdinaryrdquo Journal of Mundane
Behaviors13 (October2000httpwwwmundanebehaviororg)ldquoTheorizing atthe MarginReligion as Something Ordinaryrdquo Arc(Journalof the Faculty ofReligious
Studies McGill University Montreal)28 (2000) 143‐157 ldquoTheCrisisofAcademicLabor andtheMyth of AutonomyDispatchfromthe Job Warsrdquo Studies In
ReligionSciences Religieuses274(1998) 387‐405 ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionandrsquo FilmTeachingtheInsiderOutsiderProblemrdquo Teaching Theology and
Religious Studies1 2 (1998) 99‐110ldquoTheEconomicsofSpiritualLuxury The Glittering LobbyandtheParliamentof Religionsrdquo Journal
of Contemporary Religion131(1998)51‐64 ldquoADefault ofCriticalIntelligenceTheScholarofReligionas PublicIntellectualrdquo Journal of the
American Academy of Religion652(1997) 443‐468 ldquolsquoMyTheoryofthe BrontosaurusrsquoPostmodernismandlsquoTheoryrsquoof Religionrdquo Studies in
ReligionSciences Religieuses261(1997) 3‐23 ldquoNaming the Unnameable TheologicalLanguage andthe Academic Studyof Religionrdquo Method amp
Theory in the Study of Religion22(1990) 213‐229
INVITED REPLIES
ldquoClarificationsARejoinderrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion(co‐authored withWilliam Arnal) 27 (2015) 137‐149
ldquoADirectQuestionDeservesaDirect AnswerA Replyto Atalia OmerrsquoslsquoCanaCriticBeaCaretaker toorsquordquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion804(2012) 1077‐1082
9
April 2016
ldquoThreeDotsandaDashldquoThe Immanent Framehttpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐and‐a‐dash(accessedMay12012)
ldquoRecovering theHuman A Tale of NounsandVerbsARejoindertoAnnTavesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion801(2012) 236‐40
ldquoAResponsetoDonaldWiebefrom anEast‐Going Zaxrdquo Temenos422(2006)113‐129 ldquoAReplytoPaulCourtrightrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion743(2006) 755‐6 ldquoThe Perils of Having Ones Cake and Eating itToo Some ThoughtsinReplyrdquo Religious Studies
Review311 amp2(2005) 32‐36ldquoTheorizinglsquoReligionrsquoRejoindertoRobertASegalrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion
731 (2005)215‐217 ldquoAFew WordsontheTemptation to Defendthe HonorofaTextrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies
for the Study of Religion 333 and 4(2004) 90‐91 ldquoFillingin theCrackswithResin AReplytoJohn BurrisrsquoslsquoText andContext inthe Study of
Religionrsquordquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion153 (2003)284‐303 ldquoABriefResponse form a Fortunate Manrdquo Culture amp Religion 11 (2000) 131‐139 ldquoOfStrawmen andHumanistsAReplyto Bryan Rennierdquo Religion29 (1999)91‐92ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedRejoindertoPaulJGriffiths andJune
OrsquoConnorrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion664(1998) 911‐917 ldquoReturningtheVolley toWilliamEArnalrdquo Studies In ReligionSciences Religieuses271 (1998) 67‐
68ldquoIdeologyandtheProblemof NamingAResponse toClarkson and Milnerdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion32(1991) 245‐256
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND TEXTBOOK ARTICLES
ldquoWhatisReligionrdquo The Worldrsquos Religions A Lion Handbook (revisededition)ChristopherPartridge(ed)LionPublishingUK (2004)forthcoming
ldquoReligionOverviewrdquo New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (revisededition)MaryanneClineHorowitz(ed‐in‐chief)CharlesScribnerrsquos Sons(2004)vol5 2048‐2051
NON‐PEER REVIEW (SOLICITED) ESSAYS
ldquoOrthodoxiesinthe Field ofProductionrdquo Religion amp Theology22(2015) 133ndash152revisionof the Introduction to Entanglements (2015)
ldquolsquoAsitWasin the Beginninghelliprsquo The ModernProblem ofthe AncientSelfrdquo Bulletin for the Study of Religion 392(2010)httpwwwequinoxjournalscomBSORarticleview8337
ldquoIntroductionrdquoStrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGary Leasein the Academic StudyofReligionSpecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 107‐8
ldquoGaryLease 1940‐2008rdquo (co‐written withLuther HMartin andDonaldWiebe)StrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGaryLease intheAcademic StudyofReligionSpecial issueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 109‐112
ldquoCh‐Ch‐Ch‐ChangesFromtheDeskofthe CSSRPresidentrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion351 (2006) 4‐5
Introduction toldquoReinventingthe Study ofReligioninAlabama ASymposiumrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion(2004) 27‐29
10
April 2016
ldquoCanadianScholarsWorkingintheUSAn UnofficialPrimer on theINSrdquoco‐writtenwithChristinaLapel(SouthwestMissouriState University)formerlypostedattheCanadianSociety forStudiesinReligionwebsite lthttpwwwccsrcacssrrequestshtmlinsgt
ldquoBeyondthe AnnualMeeting An Interviewwith the Authorsrdquoco‐writtenwithWilliBraun (Universityof Edmonton) Religious Studies News173(2002) 15
ldquolsquoWersquoreAllin thisTogetherrsquoSomeResourcesforThinkingaboutAcademicLaborrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion273(1998) 70‐73
ldquoThelsquoCultrsquoof HeavenrsquosGateMakingitKnown and Knowablerdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion262(1997) 26‐28
ldquoClassification andthe ShapelessBeastACriticalLook atthe AARResearch InterestSurveyrdquo Religious Studies News September 123 (1997) 79
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionIntroductionrdquoBulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 261 (1997) 3‐7
ldquoReligionin theAcademy Letterto the Editorrdquo Academe831(1997) 3‐4
REVIEW ESSAYS AND PUBLISHED REVIEW SYMPOSIA
ldquoIdentifyingtheMeaning andEnd ofScholarshipWhatrsquosatStakein Muslim Identitiesrdquo[review essayonAaronHughesrsquos Muslim Identities] Comparative Islamic Studies (submitted)
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsTwentyYearsLaterrdquo Numen62(2015) 119‐141 ldquoTheState ofIslamic Studiesinthe StudyofReligionAn Introductionrdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion244amp5 (2012) 309‐313ldquoWillYourCognitiveAnchorHoldintheStormsofCulturerdquo[reviewessayon Ann Tavesrsquos Religious
Experience Reconsidered Religion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion 784(2010) 1182‐1193
ldquoAGiftwithDiminishedReturnsrdquo [reviewessayon JeffreyKripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Gift] Journal of the American Academy of Religion763(2008) 748‐765
ldquoWordsWordsWordsrdquo[reviewessay on handbooksinthe studyofreligion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion754(2007) 952‐987
ldquoTheResiliencyof ConceptualAnachronismsOn theLimitsof lsquotheWestrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo [reviewessayonDanielDubuissonrsquos The Western Construction of Religionrdquo] Religion363(2006) 154‐165
ldquoRelatingSmithrdquo[reviewessayonJonathan ZSmithrsquos Relating Religion] The Journal of Religion 862 (2006)287‐297
ldquoIntroductiontothe IAHRReview Symposium on RichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religionrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion142 (2002) 231‐233
ldquoThe PerfectPast and theJargon ofAuthenticityldquoBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Mythrdquo Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses301(2001) 79‐90
ldquoIntroductiontotheIAHRReview Symposium on Jeremy Carrettersquos Foucault and Religion Spiritual Corporality and Political Spiritualityrdquo Culture and Religion21(2001) 97‐100
ldquoThePoliticsofMythrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion123 (2000)441‐446 ldquoIntroductionAcademic Freedom and Liberal Humanism InvitedRepliestoStanley FishrsquoslsquoWhen
Sauce for the Goose Isnrsquot SaucefortheGanderrsquordquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion292 (2000) 36‐38
ldquoIntroductionReviewSymposiumon RodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of Christianityrdquo Religious Studies Review252 (1999) 127‐128
11
April 2016
ldquoMethods and Theoriesin the Classroom TeachingtheStudy of MythsandRitualsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion661(1998) 147‐164
ldquolsquoJustthe SameGame WhereverYou Gorsquo AHistory ofGodrdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1044 (1997) 617‐633
ldquolsquoTheCommonGroundOnWhichStudentsofReligionMeetrsquoMethodologyandTheory Withinthe IAHRrdquo Marburg Internet Journal of Religion 12 (1996) 1‐5
ldquoMethodologyandTheoryinthe IAHRASurveyrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 243‐4(1995) 53‐59
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo Numen 423(1995) 284‐309 ldquoTheMythoftheApoliticalScholarTheLifeandWorksofMirceaEliaderdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1003
(1993) 642‐663
BLOG POSTS
Seehttpedgeuaeducategoryrussell‐mccutcheonforanarchiveof myownpostsat CultureontheEdge
Seewwwasuaedurelblogauthorrmccutchforanarchiveofmy own postsontheblog forthe DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofAlabama
ldquoInaDifferentLightrdquo Bulletin of the British Association for Study of Religionhttpbasracukbasr‐bulletin(submitted)
Religious Studies ProjectPodcastinterviewwith(withAaron Hughes)wwwreligiousstudiesprojectcompodcastgetting‐to‐know‐the‐north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion
ldquoGrowthIdentityand Branding inthe DepartmentofReligious Studiesat the University of AlabamardquointerviewwithReligious StudiesNewshttprsnaarweborgarticlesgrowth‐identity‐and‐branding‐department‐religious‐studies‐university‐alabama
QampAwithRussellMcCutcheonandJeffKripalon writingtextbooksfor the introductory course postedat TheCraftof Teachinginthe AcademicStudyofReligion(Universityof Chicago) httpscraftofteachingreligionwordpresscom(submitted)
ldquoLayingitAllOutOnMovingfromDissertation‐to‐BookSeriesrdquo httpsbulletinequinoxpubcom201512laying‐it‐all‐out‐on‐moving‐from‐dissertation‐to‐book‐series
NAASRNoteshttpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201504naasr‐notes‐russell‐mccutcheonInterviewasPresidentoftheNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of Religion (NAASR)
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201503north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion‐naasr‐an‐interview‐with‐russell‐mccutcheon
PodcastwithWilliamArnalco‐authorof The Sacred is the Profane(2013) httpnewbooksinreligioncom20140627william‐arnal‐and‐russell‐t‐mccutcheon‐the‐sacred‐is‐the‐profane‐the‐political‐nature‐of‐religion‐oxford‐up‐2013
ldquoMindtheGaprdquohttppracticumreligionblogblogspotcom201405mind‐gaphtmlThe Berkeley Centerrsquos bloginterviewldquoThe ReligiousScholarvsAdvocaterdquoat
httpberkleycentergeorgetownedupostsreligion‐scholar‐versus‐advocateldquoTheSacred istheProfanerdquopostedat httpwwwpoliticaltheologycomldquoSemperUbi SubUbirdquoblogfrom DepartmentofReligiousStudies blogrepostedat
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201302semper‐ubi‐sub‐ubildquoCriticalThinkingBegins atHomerdquoblogfromDepartmentofReligiousStudiesblogrepostedat
12
April 2016
httpswwwequinoxpubcomblog201302critical‐thinking‐begins‐at‐homeldquoThreeDots anda DashldquoThe ImmanentFrame httpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐
and‐a‐dash(thisitemislisted aboveunderInvitedResponses)ldquoTheMostEmbarrassingBook MemerdquoBulletinfor theStudyofReligion (guestblog)
httpwwwequinoxjournalscomblog201012the‐most‐embarrassing‐book‐meme‐a‐guest‐post‐from‐russ‐mccutcheon
PastPerfect(httpwwwasuaedupastperfectauthorrmccutcheon) 2011studyabroadin Greece blog (tripcanceleddueto April27 2011 tornado)
LOCAL PUBLIC TALKS
ldquoTheHistory ofthe CategoryReligionrdquoIslamicCenterofTuscaloosaJanuary142005ldquoThePoliticsofReligiousPluralismrdquoUniversityPresbyterian ChurchTuscaloosaFall2004ldquoWhatistheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoWesleyFoundationUniversityof AlabamaTuscaloosa
March9 2003ldquoIntroductoryRemarksontheAcademicStudyofIslamrdquoopening speakeratldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquo
workshoporganizedby theInternationalHonorsProgramUniversityof Alabama January 182003
ldquoIntroductoryRemarksattheOpenHouserdquoIslamicCenter ofTuscaloosaOctober2001 ldquoKarenArmstrongrsquos A History of GodABook ReviewrdquoDavis‐KiddBookstoreKnoxvilleTNSpring
1995
INVITED ACADEMIC LECTURES
DiscussionLeaderGraduateStudentWorkshopUniversitiesof ZurichandBaselSwitzerland September 28‐30 2015
ldquoMan isthe Measureof AllThingshelliprdquo OnThe Fabrication ofOrientalReligionsby European HistoryofReligionsrdquo Faculty of TheologyUniversity of ZurichSeptember 292015
ldquoFanfare for theCommon egOn the StrategicUse ofthe MundanerdquoDepartment ofReligion andClassicsUniversityofRochesterSeptember3 2015
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoThe DeanofDivinityrsquosldquoCraft of Teaching WorkshoprdquoUniversityofChicago Divinity School April 6 2015
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoAliceEckardtVisitingScholarandPublic LectureDepartmentof Religion StudiesLehighUniversity(October 2014)
KeynoteldquoAndThatrsquosWhy NoOne TakestheHumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoInauguralGraduateStudent Conference inthe Study of ReligionQueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada February28‐March12014
KeynoteLectureforaWorkshopon ldquoBeyond CritiqueNewApproachesto the Study ofReligion and SecularismrdquoFlorenceItaly May30‐ June2013declined
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoTexasStateUniversitySan MarcosTX April1‐22013
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoUniversityof UtahSaltLake CityUT March 20‐222013
GuestTeacherBrownBagLunch DiscussionUniversityof Alberta EdmontonCanada February 13‐15 2013
VisitingProfessorandPublicLectureInstitutfuumlrTheologie und ReligionswissenschaftLeibniz
13
April 2016
UniversityHannoverGermany October 2012 declinedEuropeanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(EASR)Plenary SpeakerStockholmSweden
(August 23‐262012) declinedldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
PhilosophyReligiousStudiesProgramAuburnUniversityApril 132012ldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
ReligiousStudiesUniversityof Western MichiganMarch15 2012 ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoOn the Persistenceof Imagining ReligionrdquoStateUniversityofNewYork
atBuffaloSeptember19 2011ldquoTheStudyofReligionrdquoUniversityofVirginia NationalEndowment for theHumanitiesSummer
Seminar Invited LecturerParticipantJuly192011ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoThe Yale Seminar in ReligiousStudiesFirst AnnualWorkshopWhatisBelief
Yale UniversityApril15 2011ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoInstitut fuumlrTheologie und
ReligionswissenschaftLeibnizUniversityHannoverGermany January 19 2011 ldquoCategoriesatWorkRethinking lsquoReligious Experiencersquordquoweek‐longundergraduategraduate
intensivecourseInstitutfuumlrTheologieundReligionswissenschaftLeibniz University HannoverGermanyJanuary 17‐21 2011
InvitationstolectureatWestern MichiganStateUniversityand theUniversityofLondonUK declined(Spring 2010)
ldquoRedescribingExperiencerdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquodeliveredtotheInterrogating Religion workshopUniversity ofOttawaApril17‐192009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoKeynoteSpeakerEighth AnnualReligionGraduateStudent SymposiumFloridaStateUniversityTallahasseeFL February 20‐222009
ldquoAResponse toProfRobertCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseReligiousHistoryandits ImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoDynamicsintheHistoryofReligionsbetweenAsiaandEuropeRuhrUniversityBochumGermanyOctober15‐172008
ldquoCriticsand Caretakersin the AcademicStudyofReligionrdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay212008
InvitedPlenarySpeaker (declined)ldquoRethinkingReligion inIndiardquoco‐sponsoredbyResearch Centre VergelijkendeCultuurwetenschap(Ghent UniversityBelgium)theCentrefor theStudyofLocalCultures(Kuvempu UniversityIndia)andthe Karnataka Academy of SocialSciencesandHumanities (KASSH)andheldat the IndiraGandhi NationalCentrefortheArtsNewDelhiJanuary24‐27 2008 (Invitation declined)
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoUniversity ofVictoriaBritishColumbia Canada October22 2007
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoThe AnnualRobertLesterLectureUniversityofColoradoatBoulderSeptember 13 2007
ldquoReligiononOurMindsrdquoSecularismandBeyondComparativePerspectivesUniversityofCopenhagen May 28‐June 1 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic FakesrdquoDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofCalgaryMarch27 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic Fakesrdquo
14
April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
16
April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
17
April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
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April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
21
April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
23
April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
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April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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ldquoThreeDotsandaDashldquoThe Immanent Framehttpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐and‐a‐dash(accessedMay12012)
ldquoRecovering theHuman A Tale of NounsandVerbsARejoindertoAnnTavesrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion801(2012) 236‐40
ldquoAResponsetoDonaldWiebefrom anEast‐Going Zaxrdquo Temenos422(2006)113‐129 ldquoAReplytoPaulCourtrightrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion743(2006) 755‐6 ldquoThe Perils of Having Ones Cake and Eating itToo Some ThoughtsinReplyrdquo Religious Studies
Review311 amp2(2005) 32‐36ldquoTheorizinglsquoReligionrsquoRejoindertoRobertASegalrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion
731 (2005)215‐217 ldquoAFew WordsontheTemptation to Defendthe HonorofaTextrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies
for the Study of Religion 333 and 4(2004) 90‐91 ldquoFillingin theCrackswithResin AReplytoJohn BurrisrsquoslsquoText andContext inthe Study of
Religionrsquordquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion153 (2003)284‐303 ldquoABriefResponse form a Fortunate Manrdquo Culture amp Religion 11 (2000) 131‐139 ldquoOfStrawmen andHumanistsAReplyto Bryan Rennierdquo Religion29 (1999)91‐92ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedRejoindertoPaulJGriffiths andJune
OrsquoConnorrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion664(1998) 911‐917 ldquoReturningtheVolley toWilliamEArnalrdquo Studies In ReligionSciences Religieuses271 (1998) 67‐
68ldquoIdeologyandtheProblemof NamingAResponse toClarkson and Milnerdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion32(1991) 245‐256
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND TEXTBOOK ARTICLES
ldquoWhatisReligionrdquo The Worldrsquos Religions A Lion Handbook (revisededition)ChristopherPartridge(ed)LionPublishingUK (2004)forthcoming
ldquoReligionOverviewrdquo New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (revisededition)MaryanneClineHorowitz(ed‐in‐chief)CharlesScribnerrsquos Sons(2004)vol5 2048‐2051
NON‐PEER REVIEW (SOLICITED) ESSAYS
ldquoOrthodoxiesinthe Field ofProductionrdquo Religion amp Theology22(2015) 133ndash152revisionof the Introduction to Entanglements (2015)
ldquolsquoAsitWasin the Beginninghelliprsquo The ModernProblem ofthe AncientSelfrdquo Bulletin for the Study of Religion 392(2010)httpwwwequinoxjournalscomBSORarticleview8337
ldquoIntroductionrdquoStrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGary Leasein the Academic StudyofReligionSpecialissueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 107‐8
ldquoGaryLease 1940‐2008rdquo (co‐written withLuther HMartin andDonaldWiebe)StrategiesforSurvivingDissolutionWorkingwithGaryLease intheAcademic StudyofReligionSpecial issueof Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion212(2009) 109‐112
ldquoCh‐Ch‐Ch‐ChangesFromtheDeskofthe CSSRPresidentrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion351 (2006) 4‐5
Introduction toldquoReinventingthe Study ofReligioninAlabama ASymposiumrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion(2004) 27‐29
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April 2016
ldquoCanadianScholarsWorkingintheUSAn UnofficialPrimer on theINSrdquoco‐writtenwithChristinaLapel(SouthwestMissouriState University)formerlypostedattheCanadianSociety forStudiesinReligionwebsite lthttpwwwccsrcacssrrequestshtmlinsgt
ldquoBeyondthe AnnualMeeting An Interviewwith the Authorsrdquoco‐writtenwithWilliBraun (Universityof Edmonton) Religious Studies News173(2002) 15
ldquolsquoWersquoreAllin thisTogetherrsquoSomeResourcesforThinkingaboutAcademicLaborrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion273(1998) 70‐73
ldquoThelsquoCultrsquoof HeavenrsquosGateMakingitKnown and Knowablerdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion262(1997) 26‐28
ldquoClassification andthe ShapelessBeastACriticalLook atthe AARResearch InterestSurveyrdquo Religious Studies News September 123 (1997) 79
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionIntroductionrdquoBulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 261 (1997) 3‐7
ldquoReligionin theAcademy Letterto the Editorrdquo Academe831(1997) 3‐4
REVIEW ESSAYS AND PUBLISHED REVIEW SYMPOSIA
ldquoIdentifyingtheMeaning andEnd ofScholarshipWhatrsquosatStakein Muslim Identitiesrdquo[review essayonAaronHughesrsquos Muslim Identities] Comparative Islamic Studies (submitted)
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsTwentyYearsLaterrdquo Numen62(2015) 119‐141 ldquoTheState ofIslamic Studiesinthe StudyofReligionAn Introductionrdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion244amp5 (2012) 309‐313ldquoWillYourCognitiveAnchorHoldintheStormsofCulturerdquo[reviewessayon Ann Tavesrsquos Religious
Experience Reconsidered Religion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion 784(2010) 1182‐1193
ldquoAGiftwithDiminishedReturnsrdquo [reviewessayon JeffreyKripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Gift] Journal of the American Academy of Religion763(2008) 748‐765
ldquoWordsWordsWordsrdquo[reviewessay on handbooksinthe studyofreligion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion754(2007) 952‐987
ldquoTheResiliencyof ConceptualAnachronismsOn theLimitsof lsquotheWestrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo [reviewessayonDanielDubuissonrsquos The Western Construction of Religionrdquo] Religion363(2006) 154‐165
ldquoRelatingSmithrdquo[reviewessayonJonathan ZSmithrsquos Relating Religion] The Journal of Religion 862 (2006)287‐297
ldquoIntroductiontothe IAHRReview Symposium on RichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religionrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion142 (2002) 231‐233
ldquoThe PerfectPast and theJargon ofAuthenticityldquoBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Mythrdquo Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses301(2001) 79‐90
ldquoIntroductiontotheIAHRReview Symposium on Jeremy Carrettersquos Foucault and Religion Spiritual Corporality and Political Spiritualityrdquo Culture and Religion21(2001) 97‐100
ldquoThePoliticsofMythrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion123 (2000)441‐446 ldquoIntroductionAcademic Freedom and Liberal Humanism InvitedRepliestoStanley FishrsquoslsquoWhen
Sauce for the Goose Isnrsquot SaucefortheGanderrsquordquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion292 (2000) 36‐38
ldquoIntroductionReviewSymposiumon RodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of Christianityrdquo Religious Studies Review252 (1999) 127‐128
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ldquoMethods and Theoriesin the Classroom TeachingtheStudy of MythsandRitualsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion661(1998) 147‐164
ldquolsquoJustthe SameGame WhereverYou Gorsquo AHistory ofGodrdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1044 (1997) 617‐633
ldquolsquoTheCommonGroundOnWhichStudentsofReligionMeetrsquoMethodologyandTheory Withinthe IAHRrdquo Marburg Internet Journal of Religion 12 (1996) 1‐5
ldquoMethodologyandTheoryinthe IAHRASurveyrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 243‐4(1995) 53‐59
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo Numen 423(1995) 284‐309 ldquoTheMythoftheApoliticalScholarTheLifeandWorksofMirceaEliaderdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1003
(1993) 642‐663
BLOG POSTS
Seehttpedgeuaeducategoryrussell‐mccutcheonforanarchiveof myownpostsat CultureontheEdge
Seewwwasuaedurelblogauthorrmccutchforanarchiveofmy own postsontheblog forthe DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofAlabama
ldquoInaDifferentLightrdquo Bulletin of the British Association for Study of Religionhttpbasracukbasr‐bulletin(submitted)
Religious Studies ProjectPodcastinterviewwith(withAaron Hughes)wwwreligiousstudiesprojectcompodcastgetting‐to‐know‐the‐north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion
ldquoGrowthIdentityand Branding inthe DepartmentofReligious Studiesat the University of AlabamardquointerviewwithReligious StudiesNewshttprsnaarweborgarticlesgrowth‐identity‐and‐branding‐department‐religious‐studies‐university‐alabama
QampAwithRussellMcCutcheonandJeffKripalon writingtextbooksfor the introductory course postedat TheCraftof Teachinginthe AcademicStudyofReligion(Universityof Chicago) httpscraftofteachingreligionwordpresscom(submitted)
ldquoLayingitAllOutOnMovingfromDissertation‐to‐BookSeriesrdquo httpsbulletinequinoxpubcom201512laying‐it‐all‐out‐on‐moving‐from‐dissertation‐to‐book‐series
NAASRNoteshttpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201504naasr‐notes‐russell‐mccutcheonInterviewasPresidentoftheNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of Religion (NAASR)
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201503north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion‐naasr‐an‐interview‐with‐russell‐mccutcheon
PodcastwithWilliamArnalco‐authorof The Sacred is the Profane(2013) httpnewbooksinreligioncom20140627william‐arnal‐and‐russell‐t‐mccutcheon‐the‐sacred‐is‐the‐profane‐the‐political‐nature‐of‐religion‐oxford‐up‐2013
ldquoMindtheGaprdquohttppracticumreligionblogblogspotcom201405mind‐gaphtmlThe Berkeley Centerrsquos bloginterviewldquoThe ReligiousScholarvsAdvocaterdquoat
httpberkleycentergeorgetownedupostsreligion‐scholar‐versus‐advocateldquoTheSacred istheProfanerdquopostedat httpwwwpoliticaltheologycomldquoSemperUbi SubUbirdquoblogfrom DepartmentofReligiousStudies blogrepostedat
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201302semper‐ubi‐sub‐ubildquoCriticalThinkingBegins atHomerdquoblogfromDepartmentofReligiousStudiesblogrepostedat
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April 2016
httpswwwequinoxpubcomblog201302critical‐thinking‐begins‐at‐homeldquoThreeDots anda DashldquoThe ImmanentFrame httpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐
and‐a‐dash(thisitemislisted aboveunderInvitedResponses)ldquoTheMostEmbarrassingBook MemerdquoBulletinfor theStudyofReligion (guestblog)
httpwwwequinoxjournalscomblog201012the‐most‐embarrassing‐book‐meme‐a‐guest‐post‐from‐russ‐mccutcheon
PastPerfect(httpwwwasuaedupastperfectauthorrmccutcheon) 2011studyabroadin Greece blog (tripcanceleddueto April27 2011 tornado)
LOCAL PUBLIC TALKS
ldquoTheHistory ofthe CategoryReligionrdquoIslamicCenterofTuscaloosaJanuary142005ldquoThePoliticsofReligiousPluralismrdquoUniversityPresbyterian ChurchTuscaloosaFall2004ldquoWhatistheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoWesleyFoundationUniversityof AlabamaTuscaloosa
March9 2003ldquoIntroductoryRemarksontheAcademicStudyofIslamrdquoopening speakeratldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquo
workshoporganizedby theInternationalHonorsProgramUniversityof Alabama January 182003
ldquoIntroductoryRemarksattheOpenHouserdquoIslamicCenter ofTuscaloosaOctober2001 ldquoKarenArmstrongrsquos A History of GodABook ReviewrdquoDavis‐KiddBookstoreKnoxvilleTNSpring
1995
INVITED ACADEMIC LECTURES
DiscussionLeaderGraduateStudentWorkshopUniversitiesof ZurichandBaselSwitzerland September 28‐30 2015
ldquoMan isthe Measureof AllThingshelliprdquo OnThe Fabrication ofOrientalReligionsby European HistoryofReligionsrdquo Faculty of TheologyUniversity of ZurichSeptember 292015
ldquoFanfare for theCommon egOn the StrategicUse ofthe MundanerdquoDepartment ofReligion andClassicsUniversityofRochesterSeptember3 2015
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoThe DeanofDivinityrsquosldquoCraft of Teaching WorkshoprdquoUniversityofChicago Divinity School April 6 2015
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoAliceEckardtVisitingScholarandPublic LectureDepartmentof Religion StudiesLehighUniversity(October 2014)
KeynoteldquoAndThatrsquosWhy NoOne TakestheHumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoInauguralGraduateStudent Conference inthe Study of ReligionQueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada February28‐March12014
KeynoteLectureforaWorkshopon ldquoBeyond CritiqueNewApproachesto the Study ofReligion and SecularismrdquoFlorenceItaly May30‐ June2013declined
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoTexasStateUniversitySan MarcosTX April1‐22013
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoUniversityof UtahSaltLake CityUT March 20‐222013
GuestTeacherBrownBagLunch DiscussionUniversityof Alberta EdmontonCanada February 13‐15 2013
VisitingProfessorandPublicLectureInstitutfuumlrTheologie und ReligionswissenschaftLeibniz
13
April 2016
UniversityHannoverGermany October 2012 declinedEuropeanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(EASR)Plenary SpeakerStockholmSweden
(August 23‐262012) declinedldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
PhilosophyReligiousStudiesProgramAuburnUniversityApril 132012ldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
ReligiousStudiesUniversityof Western MichiganMarch15 2012 ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoOn the Persistenceof Imagining ReligionrdquoStateUniversityofNewYork
atBuffaloSeptember19 2011ldquoTheStudyofReligionrdquoUniversityofVirginia NationalEndowment for theHumanitiesSummer
Seminar Invited LecturerParticipantJuly192011ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoThe Yale Seminar in ReligiousStudiesFirst AnnualWorkshopWhatisBelief
Yale UniversityApril15 2011ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoInstitut fuumlrTheologie und
ReligionswissenschaftLeibnizUniversityHannoverGermany January 19 2011 ldquoCategoriesatWorkRethinking lsquoReligious Experiencersquordquoweek‐longundergraduategraduate
intensivecourseInstitutfuumlrTheologieundReligionswissenschaftLeibniz University HannoverGermanyJanuary 17‐21 2011
InvitationstolectureatWestern MichiganStateUniversityand theUniversityofLondonUK declined(Spring 2010)
ldquoRedescribingExperiencerdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquodeliveredtotheInterrogating Religion workshopUniversity ofOttawaApril17‐192009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoKeynoteSpeakerEighth AnnualReligionGraduateStudent SymposiumFloridaStateUniversityTallahasseeFL February 20‐222009
ldquoAResponse toProfRobertCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseReligiousHistoryandits ImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoDynamicsintheHistoryofReligionsbetweenAsiaandEuropeRuhrUniversityBochumGermanyOctober15‐172008
ldquoCriticsand Caretakersin the AcademicStudyofReligionrdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay212008
InvitedPlenarySpeaker (declined)ldquoRethinkingReligion inIndiardquoco‐sponsoredbyResearch Centre VergelijkendeCultuurwetenschap(Ghent UniversityBelgium)theCentrefor theStudyofLocalCultures(Kuvempu UniversityIndia)andthe Karnataka Academy of SocialSciencesandHumanities (KASSH)andheldat the IndiraGandhi NationalCentrefortheArtsNewDelhiJanuary24‐27 2008 (Invitation declined)
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoUniversity ofVictoriaBritishColumbia Canada October22 2007
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoThe AnnualRobertLesterLectureUniversityofColoradoatBoulderSeptember 13 2007
ldquoReligiononOurMindsrdquoSecularismandBeyondComparativePerspectivesUniversityofCopenhagen May 28‐June 1 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic FakesrdquoDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofCalgaryMarch27 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic Fakesrdquo
14
April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
16
April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
17
April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
18
April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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April 2016
Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
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April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
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April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
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April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
ldquoCanadianScholarsWorkingintheUSAn UnofficialPrimer on theINSrdquoco‐writtenwithChristinaLapel(SouthwestMissouriState University)formerlypostedattheCanadianSociety forStudiesinReligionwebsite lthttpwwwccsrcacssrrequestshtmlinsgt
ldquoBeyondthe AnnualMeeting An Interviewwith the Authorsrdquoco‐writtenwithWilliBraun (Universityof Edmonton) Religious Studies News173(2002) 15
ldquolsquoWersquoreAllin thisTogetherrsquoSomeResourcesforThinkingaboutAcademicLaborrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion273(1998) 70‐73
ldquoThelsquoCultrsquoof HeavenrsquosGateMakingitKnown and Knowablerdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion262(1997) 26‐28
ldquoClassification andthe ShapelessBeastACriticalLook atthe AARResearch InterestSurveyrdquo Religious Studies News September 123 (1997) 79
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionIntroductionrdquoBulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 261 (1997) 3‐7
ldquoReligionin theAcademy Letterto the Editorrdquo Academe831(1997) 3‐4
REVIEW ESSAYS AND PUBLISHED REVIEW SYMPOSIA
ldquoIdentifyingtheMeaning andEnd ofScholarshipWhatrsquosatStakein Muslim Identitiesrdquo[review essayonAaronHughesrsquos Muslim Identities] Comparative Islamic Studies (submitted)
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsTwentyYearsLaterrdquo Numen62(2015) 119‐141 ldquoTheState ofIslamic Studiesinthe StudyofReligionAn Introductionrdquo Method amp Theory in the
Study of Religion244amp5 (2012) 309‐313ldquoWillYourCognitiveAnchorHoldintheStormsofCulturerdquo[reviewessayon Ann Tavesrsquos Religious
Experience Reconsidered Religion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion 784(2010) 1182‐1193
ldquoAGiftwithDiminishedReturnsrdquo [reviewessayon JeffreyKripalrsquos The Serpentrsquos Gift] Journal of the American Academy of Religion763(2008) 748‐765
ldquoWordsWordsWordsrdquo[reviewessay on handbooksinthe studyofreligion] Journal of the American Academy of Religion754(2007) 952‐987
ldquoTheResiliencyof ConceptualAnachronismsOn theLimitsof lsquotheWestrsquo and lsquoReligionrsquordquo [reviewessayonDanielDubuissonrsquos The Western Construction of Religionrdquo] Religion363(2006) 154‐165
ldquoRelatingSmithrdquo[reviewessayonJonathan ZSmithrsquos Relating Religion] The Journal of Religion 862 (2006)287‐297
ldquoIntroductiontothe IAHRReview Symposium on RichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religionrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion142 (2002) 231‐233
ldquoThe PerfectPast and theJargon ofAuthenticityldquoBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Mythrdquo Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses301(2001) 79‐90
ldquoIntroductiontotheIAHRReview Symposium on Jeremy Carrettersquos Foucault and Religion Spiritual Corporality and Political Spiritualityrdquo Culture and Religion21(2001) 97‐100
ldquoThePoliticsofMythrdquo Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion123 (2000)441‐446 ldquoIntroductionAcademic Freedom and Liberal Humanism InvitedRepliestoStanley FishrsquoslsquoWhen
Sauce for the Goose Isnrsquot SaucefortheGanderrsquordquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion292 (2000) 36‐38
ldquoIntroductionReviewSymposiumon RodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of Christianityrdquo Religious Studies Review252 (1999) 127‐128
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April 2016
ldquoMethods and Theoriesin the Classroom TeachingtheStudy of MythsandRitualsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion661(1998) 147‐164
ldquolsquoJustthe SameGame WhereverYou Gorsquo AHistory ofGodrdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1044 (1997) 617‐633
ldquolsquoTheCommonGroundOnWhichStudentsofReligionMeetrsquoMethodologyandTheory Withinthe IAHRrdquo Marburg Internet Journal of Religion 12 (1996) 1‐5
ldquoMethodologyandTheoryinthe IAHRASurveyrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 243‐4(1995) 53‐59
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo Numen 423(1995) 284‐309 ldquoTheMythoftheApoliticalScholarTheLifeandWorksofMirceaEliaderdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1003
(1993) 642‐663
BLOG POSTS
Seehttpedgeuaeducategoryrussell‐mccutcheonforanarchiveof myownpostsat CultureontheEdge
Seewwwasuaedurelblogauthorrmccutchforanarchiveofmy own postsontheblog forthe DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofAlabama
ldquoInaDifferentLightrdquo Bulletin of the British Association for Study of Religionhttpbasracukbasr‐bulletin(submitted)
Religious Studies ProjectPodcastinterviewwith(withAaron Hughes)wwwreligiousstudiesprojectcompodcastgetting‐to‐know‐the‐north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion
ldquoGrowthIdentityand Branding inthe DepartmentofReligious Studiesat the University of AlabamardquointerviewwithReligious StudiesNewshttprsnaarweborgarticlesgrowth‐identity‐and‐branding‐department‐religious‐studies‐university‐alabama
QampAwithRussellMcCutcheonandJeffKripalon writingtextbooksfor the introductory course postedat TheCraftof Teachinginthe AcademicStudyofReligion(Universityof Chicago) httpscraftofteachingreligionwordpresscom(submitted)
ldquoLayingitAllOutOnMovingfromDissertation‐to‐BookSeriesrdquo httpsbulletinequinoxpubcom201512laying‐it‐all‐out‐on‐moving‐from‐dissertation‐to‐book‐series
NAASRNoteshttpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201504naasr‐notes‐russell‐mccutcheonInterviewasPresidentoftheNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of Religion (NAASR)
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201503north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion‐naasr‐an‐interview‐with‐russell‐mccutcheon
PodcastwithWilliamArnalco‐authorof The Sacred is the Profane(2013) httpnewbooksinreligioncom20140627william‐arnal‐and‐russell‐t‐mccutcheon‐the‐sacred‐is‐the‐profane‐the‐political‐nature‐of‐religion‐oxford‐up‐2013
ldquoMindtheGaprdquohttppracticumreligionblogblogspotcom201405mind‐gaphtmlThe Berkeley Centerrsquos bloginterviewldquoThe ReligiousScholarvsAdvocaterdquoat
httpberkleycentergeorgetownedupostsreligion‐scholar‐versus‐advocateldquoTheSacred istheProfanerdquopostedat httpwwwpoliticaltheologycomldquoSemperUbi SubUbirdquoblogfrom DepartmentofReligiousStudies blogrepostedat
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201302semper‐ubi‐sub‐ubildquoCriticalThinkingBegins atHomerdquoblogfromDepartmentofReligiousStudiesblogrepostedat
12
April 2016
httpswwwequinoxpubcomblog201302critical‐thinking‐begins‐at‐homeldquoThreeDots anda DashldquoThe ImmanentFrame httpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐
and‐a‐dash(thisitemislisted aboveunderInvitedResponses)ldquoTheMostEmbarrassingBook MemerdquoBulletinfor theStudyofReligion (guestblog)
httpwwwequinoxjournalscomblog201012the‐most‐embarrassing‐book‐meme‐a‐guest‐post‐from‐russ‐mccutcheon
PastPerfect(httpwwwasuaedupastperfectauthorrmccutcheon) 2011studyabroadin Greece blog (tripcanceleddueto April27 2011 tornado)
LOCAL PUBLIC TALKS
ldquoTheHistory ofthe CategoryReligionrdquoIslamicCenterofTuscaloosaJanuary142005ldquoThePoliticsofReligiousPluralismrdquoUniversityPresbyterian ChurchTuscaloosaFall2004ldquoWhatistheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoWesleyFoundationUniversityof AlabamaTuscaloosa
March9 2003ldquoIntroductoryRemarksontheAcademicStudyofIslamrdquoopening speakeratldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquo
workshoporganizedby theInternationalHonorsProgramUniversityof Alabama January 182003
ldquoIntroductoryRemarksattheOpenHouserdquoIslamicCenter ofTuscaloosaOctober2001 ldquoKarenArmstrongrsquos A History of GodABook ReviewrdquoDavis‐KiddBookstoreKnoxvilleTNSpring
1995
INVITED ACADEMIC LECTURES
DiscussionLeaderGraduateStudentWorkshopUniversitiesof ZurichandBaselSwitzerland September 28‐30 2015
ldquoMan isthe Measureof AllThingshelliprdquo OnThe Fabrication ofOrientalReligionsby European HistoryofReligionsrdquo Faculty of TheologyUniversity of ZurichSeptember 292015
ldquoFanfare for theCommon egOn the StrategicUse ofthe MundanerdquoDepartment ofReligion andClassicsUniversityofRochesterSeptember3 2015
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoThe DeanofDivinityrsquosldquoCraft of Teaching WorkshoprdquoUniversityofChicago Divinity School April 6 2015
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoAliceEckardtVisitingScholarandPublic LectureDepartmentof Religion StudiesLehighUniversity(October 2014)
KeynoteldquoAndThatrsquosWhy NoOne TakestheHumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoInauguralGraduateStudent Conference inthe Study of ReligionQueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada February28‐March12014
KeynoteLectureforaWorkshopon ldquoBeyond CritiqueNewApproachesto the Study ofReligion and SecularismrdquoFlorenceItaly May30‐ June2013declined
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoTexasStateUniversitySan MarcosTX April1‐22013
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoUniversityof UtahSaltLake CityUT March 20‐222013
GuestTeacherBrownBagLunch DiscussionUniversityof Alberta EdmontonCanada February 13‐15 2013
VisitingProfessorandPublicLectureInstitutfuumlrTheologie und ReligionswissenschaftLeibniz
13
April 2016
UniversityHannoverGermany October 2012 declinedEuropeanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(EASR)Plenary SpeakerStockholmSweden
(August 23‐262012) declinedldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
PhilosophyReligiousStudiesProgramAuburnUniversityApril 132012ldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
ReligiousStudiesUniversityof Western MichiganMarch15 2012 ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoOn the Persistenceof Imagining ReligionrdquoStateUniversityofNewYork
atBuffaloSeptember19 2011ldquoTheStudyofReligionrdquoUniversityofVirginia NationalEndowment for theHumanitiesSummer
Seminar Invited LecturerParticipantJuly192011ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoThe Yale Seminar in ReligiousStudiesFirst AnnualWorkshopWhatisBelief
Yale UniversityApril15 2011ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoInstitut fuumlrTheologie und
ReligionswissenschaftLeibnizUniversityHannoverGermany January 19 2011 ldquoCategoriesatWorkRethinking lsquoReligious Experiencersquordquoweek‐longundergraduategraduate
intensivecourseInstitutfuumlrTheologieundReligionswissenschaftLeibniz University HannoverGermanyJanuary 17‐21 2011
InvitationstolectureatWestern MichiganStateUniversityand theUniversityofLondonUK declined(Spring 2010)
ldquoRedescribingExperiencerdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquodeliveredtotheInterrogating Religion workshopUniversity ofOttawaApril17‐192009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoKeynoteSpeakerEighth AnnualReligionGraduateStudent SymposiumFloridaStateUniversityTallahasseeFL February 20‐222009
ldquoAResponse toProfRobertCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseReligiousHistoryandits ImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoDynamicsintheHistoryofReligionsbetweenAsiaandEuropeRuhrUniversityBochumGermanyOctober15‐172008
ldquoCriticsand Caretakersin the AcademicStudyofReligionrdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay212008
InvitedPlenarySpeaker (declined)ldquoRethinkingReligion inIndiardquoco‐sponsoredbyResearch Centre VergelijkendeCultuurwetenschap(Ghent UniversityBelgium)theCentrefor theStudyofLocalCultures(Kuvempu UniversityIndia)andthe Karnataka Academy of SocialSciencesandHumanities (KASSH)andheldat the IndiraGandhi NationalCentrefortheArtsNewDelhiJanuary24‐27 2008 (Invitation declined)
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoUniversity ofVictoriaBritishColumbia Canada October22 2007
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoThe AnnualRobertLesterLectureUniversityofColoradoatBoulderSeptember 13 2007
ldquoReligiononOurMindsrdquoSecularismandBeyondComparativePerspectivesUniversityofCopenhagen May 28‐June 1 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic FakesrdquoDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofCalgaryMarch27 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic Fakesrdquo
14
April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
16
April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
17
April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
18
April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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April 2016
Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
21
April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
23
April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
25
April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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ldquoMethods and Theoriesin the Classroom TeachingtheStudy of MythsandRitualsrdquo Journal of the American Academy of Religion661(1998) 147‐164
ldquolsquoJustthe SameGame WhereverYou Gorsquo AHistory ofGodrdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1044 (1997) 617‐633
ldquolsquoTheCommonGroundOnWhichStudentsofReligionMeetrsquoMethodologyandTheory Withinthe IAHRrdquo Marburg Internet Journal of Religion 12 (1996) 1‐5
ldquoMethodologyandTheoryinthe IAHRASurveyrdquo Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 243‐4(1995) 53‐59
ldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo inRecentPublicationsACriticalSurveyrdquo Numen 423(1995) 284‐309 ldquoTheMythoftheApoliticalScholarTheLifeandWorksofMirceaEliaderdquo Queenrsquos Quarterly1003
(1993) 642‐663
BLOG POSTS
Seehttpedgeuaeducategoryrussell‐mccutcheonforanarchiveof myownpostsat CultureontheEdge
Seewwwasuaedurelblogauthorrmccutchforanarchiveofmy own postsontheblog forthe DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofAlabama
ldquoInaDifferentLightrdquo Bulletin of the British Association for Study of Religionhttpbasracukbasr‐bulletin(submitted)
Religious Studies ProjectPodcastinterviewwith(withAaron Hughes)wwwreligiousstudiesprojectcompodcastgetting‐to‐know‐the‐north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion
ldquoGrowthIdentityand Branding inthe DepartmentofReligious Studiesat the University of AlabamardquointerviewwithReligious StudiesNewshttprsnaarweborgarticlesgrowth‐identity‐and‐branding‐department‐religious‐studies‐university‐alabama
QampAwithRussellMcCutcheonandJeffKripalon writingtextbooksfor the introductory course postedat TheCraftof Teachinginthe AcademicStudyofReligion(Universityof Chicago) httpscraftofteachingreligionwordpresscom(submitted)
ldquoLayingitAllOutOnMovingfromDissertation‐to‐BookSeriesrdquo httpsbulletinequinoxpubcom201512laying‐it‐all‐out‐on‐moving‐from‐dissertation‐to‐book‐series
NAASRNoteshttpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201504naasr‐notes‐russell‐mccutcheonInterviewasPresidentoftheNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of Religion (NAASR)
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201503north‐american‐association‐for‐the‐study‐of‐religion‐naasr‐an‐interview‐with‐russell‐mccutcheon
PodcastwithWilliamArnalco‐authorof The Sacred is the Profane(2013) httpnewbooksinreligioncom20140627william‐arnal‐and‐russell‐t‐mccutcheon‐the‐sacred‐is‐the‐profane‐the‐political‐nature‐of‐religion‐oxford‐up‐2013
ldquoMindtheGaprdquohttppracticumreligionblogblogspotcom201405mind‐gaphtmlThe Berkeley Centerrsquos bloginterviewldquoThe ReligiousScholarvsAdvocaterdquoat
httpberkleycentergeorgetownedupostsreligion‐scholar‐versus‐advocateldquoTheSacred istheProfanerdquopostedat httpwwwpoliticaltheologycomldquoSemperUbi SubUbirdquoblogfrom DepartmentofReligiousStudies blogrepostedat
httpwwwequinoxpubcomblog201302semper‐ubi‐sub‐ubildquoCriticalThinkingBegins atHomerdquoblogfromDepartmentofReligiousStudiesblogrepostedat
12
April 2016
httpswwwequinoxpubcomblog201302critical‐thinking‐begins‐at‐homeldquoThreeDots anda DashldquoThe ImmanentFrame httpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐
and‐a‐dash(thisitemislisted aboveunderInvitedResponses)ldquoTheMostEmbarrassingBook MemerdquoBulletinfor theStudyofReligion (guestblog)
httpwwwequinoxjournalscomblog201012the‐most‐embarrassing‐book‐meme‐a‐guest‐post‐from‐russ‐mccutcheon
PastPerfect(httpwwwasuaedupastperfectauthorrmccutcheon) 2011studyabroadin Greece blog (tripcanceleddueto April27 2011 tornado)
LOCAL PUBLIC TALKS
ldquoTheHistory ofthe CategoryReligionrdquoIslamicCenterofTuscaloosaJanuary142005ldquoThePoliticsofReligiousPluralismrdquoUniversityPresbyterian ChurchTuscaloosaFall2004ldquoWhatistheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoWesleyFoundationUniversityof AlabamaTuscaloosa
March9 2003ldquoIntroductoryRemarksontheAcademicStudyofIslamrdquoopening speakeratldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquo
workshoporganizedby theInternationalHonorsProgramUniversityof Alabama January 182003
ldquoIntroductoryRemarksattheOpenHouserdquoIslamicCenter ofTuscaloosaOctober2001 ldquoKarenArmstrongrsquos A History of GodABook ReviewrdquoDavis‐KiddBookstoreKnoxvilleTNSpring
1995
INVITED ACADEMIC LECTURES
DiscussionLeaderGraduateStudentWorkshopUniversitiesof ZurichandBaselSwitzerland September 28‐30 2015
ldquoMan isthe Measureof AllThingshelliprdquo OnThe Fabrication ofOrientalReligionsby European HistoryofReligionsrdquo Faculty of TheologyUniversity of ZurichSeptember 292015
ldquoFanfare for theCommon egOn the StrategicUse ofthe MundanerdquoDepartment ofReligion andClassicsUniversityofRochesterSeptember3 2015
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoThe DeanofDivinityrsquosldquoCraft of Teaching WorkshoprdquoUniversityofChicago Divinity School April 6 2015
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoAliceEckardtVisitingScholarandPublic LectureDepartmentof Religion StudiesLehighUniversity(October 2014)
KeynoteldquoAndThatrsquosWhy NoOne TakestheHumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoInauguralGraduateStudent Conference inthe Study of ReligionQueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada February28‐March12014
KeynoteLectureforaWorkshopon ldquoBeyond CritiqueNewApproachesto the Study ofReligion and SecularismrdquoFlorenceItaly May30‐ June2013declined
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoTexasStateUniversitySan MarcosTX April1‐22013
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoUniversityof UtahSaltLake CityUT March 20‐222013
GuestTeacherBrownBagLunch DiscussionUniversityof Alberta EdmontonCanada February 13‐15 2013
VisitingProfessorandPublicLectureInstitutfuumlrTheologie und ReligionswissenschaftLeibniz
13
April 2016
UniversityHannoverGermany October 2012 declinedEuropeanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(EASR)Plenary SpeakerStockholmSweden
(August 23‐262012) declinedldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
PhilosophyReligiousStudiesProgramAuburnUniversityApril 132012ldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
ReligiousStudiesUniversityof Western MichiganMarch15 2012 ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoOn the Persistenceof Imagining ReligionrdquoStateUniversityofNewYork
atBuffaloSeptember19 2011ldquoTheStudyofReligionrdquoUniversityofVirginia NationalEndowment for theHumanitiesSummer
Seminar Invited LecturerParticipantJuly192011ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoThe Yale Seminar in ReligiousStudiesFirst AnnualWorkshopWhatisBelief
Yale UniversityApril15 2011ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoInstitut fuumlrTheologie und
ReligionswissenschaftLeibnizUniversityHannoverGermany January 19 2011 ldquoCategoriesatWorkRethinking lsquoReligious Experiencersquordquoweek‐longundergraduategraduate
intensivecourseInstitutfuumlrTheologieundReligionswissenschaftLeibniz University HannoverGermanyJanuary 17‐21 2011
InvitationstolectureatWestern MichiganStateUniversityand theUniversityofLondonUK declined(Spring 2010)
ldquoRedescribingExperiencerdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquodeliveredtotheInterrogating Religion workshopUniversity ofOttawaApril17‐192009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoKeynoteSpeakerEighth AnnualReligionGraduateStudent SymposiumFloridaStateUniversityTallahasseeFL February 20‐222009
ldquoAResponse toProfRobertCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseReligiousHistoryandits ImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoDynamicsintheHistoryofReligionsbetweenAsiaandEuropeRuhrUniversityBochumGermanyOctober15‐172008
ldquoCriticsand Caretakersin the AcademicStudyofReligionrdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay212008
InvitedPlenarySpeaker (declined)ldquoRethinkingReligion inIndiardquoco‐sponsoredbyResearch Centre VergelijkendeCultuurwetenschap(Ghent UniversityBelgium)theCentrefor theStudyofLocalCultures(Kuvempu UniversityIndia)andthe Karnataka Academy of SocialSciencesandHumanities (KASSH)andheldat the IndiraGandhi NationalCentrefortheArtsNewDelhiJanuary24‐27 2008 (Invitation declined)
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoUniversity ofVictoriaBritishColumbia Canada October22 2007
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoThe AnnualRobertLesterLectureUniversityofColoradoatBoulderSeptember 13 2007
ldquoReligiononOurMindsrdquoSecularismandBeyondComparativePerspectivesUniversityofCopenhagen May 28‐June 1 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic FakesrdquoDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofCalgaryMarch27 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic Fakesrdquo
14
April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
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April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
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April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
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April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
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MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
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April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
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April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
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April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
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April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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httpswwwequinoxpubcomblog201302critical‐thinking‐begins‐at‐homeldquoThreeDots anda DashldquoThe ImmanentFrame httpblogsssrcorgtif20120501three‐dots‐
and‐a‐dash(thisitemislisted aboveunderInvitedResponses)ldquoTheMostEmbarrassingBook MemerdquoBulletinfor theStudyofReligion (guestblog)
httpwwwequinoxjournalscomblog201012the‐most‐embarrassing‐book‐meme‐a‐guest‐post‐from‐russ‐mccutcheon
PastPerfect(httpwwwasuaedupastperfectauthorrmccutcheon) 2011studyabroadin Greece blog (tripcanceleddueto April27 2011 tornado)
LOCAL PUBLIC TALKS
ldquoTheHistory ofthe CategoryReligionrdquoIslamicCenterofTuscaloosaJanuary142005ldquoThePoliticsofReligiousPluralismrdquoUniversityPresbyterian ChurchTuscaloosaFall2004ldquoWhatistheAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoWesleyFoundationUniversityof AlabamaTuscaloosa
March9 2003ldquoIntroductoryRemarksontheAcademicStudyofIslamrdquoopening speakeratldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquo
workshoporganizedby theInternationalHonorsProgramUniversityof Alabama January 182003
ldquoIntroductoryRemarksattheOpenHouserdquoIslamicCenter ofTuscaloosaOctober2001 ldquoKarenArmstrongrsquos A History of GodABook ReviewrdquoDavis‐KiddBookstoreKnoxvilleTNSpring
1995
INVITED ACADEMIC LECTURES
DiscussionLeaderGraduateStudentWorkshopUniversitiesof ZurichandBaselSwitzerland September 28‐30 2015
ldquoMan isthe Measureof AllThingshelliprdquo OnThe Fabrication ofOrientalReligionsby European HistoryofReligionsrdquo Faculty of TheologyUniversity of ZurichSeptember 292015
ldquoFanfare for theCommon egOn the StrategicUse ofthe MundanerdquoDepartment ofReligion andClassicsUniversityofRochesterSeptember3 2015
ldquoABakerrsquosDozen ofChoicesinthe IntroductoryClassrdquoThe DeanofDivinityrsquosldquoCraft of Teaching WorkshoprdquoUniversityofChicago Divinity School April 6 2015
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoAliceEckardtVisitingScholarandPublic LectureDepartmentof Religion StudiesLehighUniversity(October 2014)
KeynoteldquoAndThatrsquosWhy NoOne TakestheHumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoInauguralGraduateStudent Conference inthe Study of ReligionQueenrsquosUniversityKingstonOntarioCanada February28‐March12014
KeynoteLectureforaWorkshopon ldquoBeyond CritiqueNewApproachesto the Study ofReligion and SecularismrdquoFlorenceItaly May30‐ June2013declined
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoTexasStateUniversitySan MarcosTX April1‐22013
ldquoAndThatrsquos WhyNoOne Takesthe HumanitiesSeriouslyrdquoUniversityof UtahSaltLake CityUT March 20‐222013
GuestTeacherBrownBagLunch DiscussionUniversityof Alberta EdmontonCanada February 13‐15 2013
VisitingProfessorandPublicLectureInstitutfuumlrTheologie und ReligionswissenschaftLeibniz
13
April 2016
UniversityHannoverGermany October 2012 declinedEuropeanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(EASR)Plenary SpeakerStockholmSweden
(August 23‐262012) declinedldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
PhilosophyReligiousStudiesProgramAuburnUniversityApril 132012ldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
ReligiousStudiesUniversityof Western MichiganMarch15 2012 ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoOn the Persistenceof Imagining ReligionrdquoStateUniversityofNewYork
atBuffaloSeptember19 2011ldquoTheStudyofReligionrdquoUniversityofVirginia NationalEndowment for theHumanitiesSummer
Seminar Invited LecturerParticipantJuly192011ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoThe Yale Seminar in ReligiousStudiesFirst AnnualWorkshopWhatisBelief
Yale UniversityApril15 2011ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoInstitut fuumlrTheologie und
ReligionswissenschaftLeibnizUniversityHannoverGermany January 19 2011 ldquoCategoriesatWorkRethinking lsquoReligious Experiencersquordquoweek‐longundergraduategraduate
intensivecourseInstitutfuumlrTheologieundReligionswissenschaftLeibniz University HannoverGermanyJanuary 17‐21 2011
InvitationstolectureatWestern MichiganStateUniversityand theUniversityofLondonUK declined(Spring 2010)
ldquoRedescribingExperiencerdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquodeliveredtotheInterrogating Religion workshopUniversity ofOttawaApril17‐192009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoKeynoteSpeakerEighth AnnualReligionGraduateStudent SymposiumFloridaStateUniversityTallahasseeFL February 20‐222009
ldquoAResponse toProfRobertCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseReligiousHistoryandits ImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoDynamicsintheHistoryofReligionsbetweenAsiaandEuropeRuhrUniversityBochumGermanyOctober15‐172008
ldquoCriticsand Caretakersin the AcademicStudyofReligionrdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay212008
InvitedPlenarySpeaker (declined)ldquoRethinkingReligion inIndiardquoco‐sponsoredbyResearch Centre VergelijkendeCultuurwetenschap(Ghent UniversityBelgium)theCentrefor theStudyofLocalCultures(Kuvempu UniversityIndia)andthe Karnataka Academy of SocialSciencesandHumanities (KASSH)andheldat the IndiraGandhi NationalCentrefortheArtsNewDelhiJanuary24‐27 2008 (Invitation declined)
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoUniversity ofVictoriaBritishColumbia Canada October22 2007
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoThe AnnualRobertLesterLectureUniversityofColoradoatBoulderSeptember 13 2007
ldquoReligiononOurMindsrdquoSecularismandBeyondComparativePerspectivesUniversityofCopenhagen May 28‐June 1 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic FakesrdquoDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofCalgaryMarch27 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic Fakesrdquo
14
April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
16
April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
17
April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
18
April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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April 2016
Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
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April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
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April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
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April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
UniversityHannoverGermany October 2012 declinedEuropeanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(EASR)Plenary SpeakerStockholmSweden
(August 23‐262012) declinedldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
PhilosophyReligiousStudiesProgramAuburnUniversityApril 132012ldquoIHave aHunchhellipOnthe Place ofFolkKnowledge intheStudy ofReligionrdquoDepartment of
ReligiousStudiesUniversityof Western MichiganMarch15 2012 ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoOn the Persistenceof Imagining ReligionrdquoStateUniversityofNewYork
atBuffaloSeptember19 2011ldquoTheStudyofReligionrdquoUniversityofVirginia NationalEndowment for theHumanitiesSummer
Seminar Invited LecturerParticipantJuly192011ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoThe Yale Seminar in ReligiousStudiesFirst AnnualWorkshopWhatisBelief
Yale UniversityApril15 2011ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoInstitut fuumlrTheologie und
ReligionswissenschaftLeibnizUniversityHannoverGermany January 19 2011 ldquoCategoriesatWorkRethinking lsquoReligious Experiencersquordquoweek‐longundergraduategraduate
intensivecourseInstitutfuumlrTheologieundReligionswissenschaftLeibniz University HannoverGermanyJanuary 17‐21 2011
InvitationstolectureatWestern MichiganStateUniversityand theUniversityofLondonUK declined(Spring 2010)
ldquoRedescribingExperiencerdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquodeliveredtotheInterrogating Religion workshopUniversity ofOttawaApril17‐192009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoKeynoteSpeakerEighth AnnualReligionGraduateStudent SymposiumFloridaStateUniversityTallahasseeFL February 20‐222009
ldquoAResponse toProfRobertCampanyrsquoslsquoChineseReligiousHistoryandits ImplicationsforWritinglsquoReligion(s)rsquordquoDynamicsintheHistoryofReligionsbetweenAsiaandEuropeRuhrUniversityBochumGermanyOctober15‐172008
ldquoCriticsand Caretakersin the AcademicStudyofReligionrdquoFacultyofTheologyAristotleUniversityThessalonikiGreeceMay212008
InvitedPlenarySpeaker (declined)ldquoRethinkingReligion inIndiardquoco‐sponsoredbyResearch Centre VergelijkendeCultuurwetenschap(Ghent UniversityBelgium)theCentrefor theStudyofLocalCultures(Kuvempu UniversityIndia)andthe Karnataka Academy of SocialSciencesandHumanities (KASSH)andheldat the IndiraGandhi NationalCentrefortheArtsNewDelhiJanuary24‐27 2008 (Invitation declined)
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoUniversity ofVictoriaBritishColumbia Canada October22 2007
ldquolsquoThey LickedthePlatter CleanrsquoOn the Co‐Dependency of theReligiousandtheSecularrdquoThe AnnualRobertLesterLectureUniversityofColoradoatBoulderSeptember 13 2007
ldquoReligiononOurMindsrdquoSecularismandBeyondComparativePerspectivesUniversityofCopenhagen May 28‐June 1 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic FakesrdquoDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofCalgaryMarch27 2007
ldquoReligionrsquosRootsand TangledBranchesorFightingtheWaron TerrorwithAuthentic Fakesrdquo
14
April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
16
April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
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April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
18
April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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April 2016
Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
21
April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
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April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
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‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
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‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityofPittsburghDecember 8 2006ldquoTheResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquoinCurrentScholarshiprdquo
InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltZuumlrichSwitzerlandMay 30 2006ldquoWhentheOtherSpeaksBackorthePoliticsandLimitsofthe HumanisticStudyofReligionrdquo
lecturepresentedto the InstitutfuumlrReligionswissenschaftUniversitaumltBernSwitzerland May 29 2006
ldquoThe CostsofDiscipleshipOnthe LimitsoftheHumanisticStudyofReligionrdquolecturepresentedtotheInstitute fortheAdvancedStudyofReligionTrinityCollege UniversityofTorontoMarch 24 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquolecturepresentedtotheDepartmentofReligiousStudiesRiceUniversityFebruary 15 2006
ldquoThe Problem ofReligion andthe LustforDogmaticRulerdquoMattinglyDistinguishedVisitor Department ofReligion andPhilosophyNebraskaWesleyanUniversityFebruary8‐12 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from Themselvesrdquolecturepresentedto theDepartmentofReligiousStudiesUniversityof VirginiaJanuary31‐February2 2006
ldquoTheCostsofDiscipleshiporthePriceofSavinglsquotheOtherrsquo from ThemselvesrdquoandldquoThe ResiliencyofConceptualAnachronismsTheProblemoflsquoReligionrsquo in CurrentScholarshiprdquolecturesat theUniversityofSouthern Denmark(formerlyOdenseUniversity)AarhusUniversityand Universityof CopenhagenOctober2‐7 2005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoSpringSymposiumSpeakerDepartment ofReligionSyracuseUniversityFebruary 3‐42005
ldquoTheSpiritofPoliticsandthe LustforDogmaticRuleToward a SocialTheoryof the Rhetoricof FaithrdquoDepartmentofReligious StudiesUniversityof Regina(SaskatchewanCanada) September28 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryoflsquoReligionrsquordquoInterdisciplinary ProgrammeontheStudyofReligionUniversityof Alberta (EdmontonCanada)September 302004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquo and the Lustfor DogmaticRuleToward aSocial TheoryofReligionrdquoparticipant ldquoConflictsat theBordersofReligion andtheSecularComparativeModernityrdquosponsored bytheCenter for theStudy ofReligionandConflictArizonaStateUniversityApril232004
ldquoSwappingStoriesintheClassroomThePolitical Implications ofSelf‐DisclosurerdquoparticipantinldquoThe Teacher andReligionrdquoChicagoForumonPedagogyandthe StudyofReligionsponsoredbytheUniversityofChicagoDivinitySchoolandfundedby the Wabash Center forTeachingandLearningin Theology and Religion February202004
ldquoCirclingtheWagonsTheProblem withtheInsiderOutsiderProblemintheStudyofReligionrdquo participantin ldquoReligiousIdentitiesintheReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoparticipantinaworkshopsponsoredbytheDepartmentofReligion andCultureWilfridLaurierUniversityandfunded bytheWabashCenterFebruary 5‐6 2004
ldquolsquoReligionrsquoandtheProblemoftheGovernableSelforHowto Livein a Less thanPerfect Nationrdquo DeltonLScudderMemorialLectureDepartment ofReligious StudiesUniversityofFlorida GainesvilleMarch202003
ldquoRedescribingthePublicStudyof Religionrdquolecturedelivered to the Department of Philosophy andthePrograminReligiousStudiesUniversityofNorthFlorida JacksonvilleOctober42002
LecturepresentedtoProfessorGary LeasersquosHistory ofConsciousnessclassUniversityofCalifornia
15
April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
16
April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
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April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
18
April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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April 2016
Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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April 2016
1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
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April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
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April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
23
April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
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‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
atSanta CruzFebruary 232001Lecture presentedto the studentsand tothe faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
Universityof AlabamaTuscaloosaJanuary 18 2001 ldquoWhatisa FacultyofTheology andReligiousStudies AboutrdquoPresentation andSeminar presented
tothe Department of New TestamentFaculty ofTheology and ReligiousStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaPretoria August 15 2000
HenrySmitsSocialScience LecturerTrumanStateUniversity(KirksvilleMO)March22‐242000Lecturespresentedto the students and tothe facultyof the TheologyDepartment ofGeorgetown
UniversityWashingtonDCNovember 4‐5 1999ldquoTheStudyofReligionasanAnthropologyoftheCrediblerdquoPaperpresentedtothe facultyof the
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1999Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyoftheSchoolof Religion at Universityof Iowa
October7‐8 1999Plenary AddressAmericanAcademyofReligionEasternInternationalRegionApril23‐251999
HobartandWilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY ldquoSpeakingfromthe MarginsAnotherLookattheRoleofthePublicIntellectualrdquo PanelRespondent
American Academy ofReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril 23‐25 1999 Hobartand WilliamSmith CollegesGenevaNY
ldquoGeneratingResourcesforBuildingReligiousStudiesCareersPersonalCommunaland Institutional Means(PartsIamp II)rdquoPanelistAmericanAcademy of ReligionEastern InternationalRegionApril23‐251999Hobart and WilliamSmithCollegesGenevaNY
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofVermont March29‐30 1999
Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityofTennesseeat Knoxville February 10‐121999
Humanities LectureBishoprsquosUniversity(LennoxvilleQuebec) November 41998ldquoTalkingPastEachOthermdashPublic IntellectualsRevisitedrdquoPaper presentedtothe facultyofthe
DepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversityFall1998Lecture presentedto the studentsand facultyof the Department ofReligiousStudiesUniversityof
CaliforniaatSantaBarbaraNovember61997Lecture Presented atthe Centre for theStudyofReligionrsquos Twentieth‐AnniversaryConference
UniversityofTorontoMarch 8 1997ldquoThe Future ofReligious StudiesinNorthAmericardquoPanelParticipantCentrefor the Studyof
ReligionrsquosTwentieth Anniversary ConferenceUniversityof Toronto March 7 1997 ldquoTheoryin theClassroomrdquoPaper presentedto the faculty oftheDepartmentofReligiousStudies
UniversityofTennessee Spring1994
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ORGANIZED PANELS
Roundtable PanelistldquoWhatrsquosLoveGottoDowith ItCriticalAppraisalsofLoveas aCivicValuerdquoorganizedbytheCommittee onthePublicUnderstandingofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember2016
Moderator Presidential Panel North American Association for the Study of Religion November 21 2015(AtlantaGA)
Discussant ldquoThe Problem of Contingent Labor in Higher Educationrdquo Public University DepartmentChairsWorkshopAmericanAcademyofReligionNovember222015(AtlantaGA)
16
April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
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April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
18
April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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April 2016
Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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April 2016
1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
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April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
23
April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
25
April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
Panelist ldquoThere Are Advantages to Knowing Your Limits On Making a Difference for Non‐Tenure TrackColleaguesrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligion November222015 (Atlanta GA)
PanelistldquoACriticalDiscussionof AaronWHughesrsquobook Muslim Identities An Introduction to IslamrdquoWorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)GermanyAugust2015(declined)
ChairldquoAfterlsquoWorldReligionsrsquoReconstructingthe IntroductoryCourseinReligiousStudiesrdquoWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) GermanyAugust2015(declined)
RespondentldquoThreeStrandsofDialogueResearchrdquoforthe Interreligiousand InterfaithStudies GroupAmericanAcademyof Religion San DiegoCANov2014
ldquoWhyDo You SeektheLivingAmong theDead (Luke 245)rdquopaperpresentedaspartof a panelldquoWhatDoesitMeanto lsquoExplainrsquoEarliestChristianityrdquoatthe SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureBaltimore MDNovember 2013
ldquoAModest ProposalonMethodrdquoPanelistldquoThePastand Future ofNAASRrdquoPresidentialPanel oftheNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR)ChicagoILNovember182012
ldquoIHave aHunchrdquoRespondentCriticalApproaches toHip‐HopandReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionSanFranciscoNovember 19 2011
ldquoHowtoGiveUptheBibleandLearnto Love itAgainrdquoRespondentReviewPanel on Secularism and Biblical Studies(edbyRolandBoer)Society of BiblicalLiteratureSan FranciscoNovember 202011
Co‐organizerandChairldquoFailure ofNervein the AcademicStudy ofReligion AOne Day Conference inHonor ofDonaldWieberdquoTrinity CollegeTorontoOctober212011
IntroductionRDaleGuthriePlenary Address20th WorldCongressof the InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR)TorontoCanadaAugust 172010
Respondent Method and Theoryin theStudyofReligionGroupSoutheasternCommission for theStudyofReligionAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaMarch 14 2009
ldquoReligionBeforelsquoReligionrsquoor thePersistenceof ImaginingReligionrdquoAQuarterCenturyof InterrogatinglsquoReligionrsquoFrom Imagining Religion(1982)to Religion Beyond a Concept(2008)NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion panel attheSociety of Biblical Literature annual meetingBostonMANovember2008
Respondent(declined)ldquoThePlace ofthePractitionerintheAcademyrdquoAmericanAcademy ofReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Chair(declined)AuthorityandRepresentationin LegalandReligiousConflictsrdquoAmerican Academyof ReligionSan DiegoNovember 2007
Co‐FacilitatorldquoResource Managementrdquo andldquoConflictManagementrdquoDepartment Chairsrsquo WorkshopAnnualMeeting oftheCouncilof CollegesofArtsampSciencesChicagoJune 13‐15 2006
PanelistldquoThe CategorylsquoReligionrsquo and the LustforDogmatic RuleOntheRedescriptionoflsquoReligious ExperiencersquordquoGreek Society forthe StudyofCulture andReligion(GSSCR)Thessaloniki GreeceJune 2‐52006
PanelistldquoUnderlyingTerrorReligiousStudiesPerspectiveson theWar onTerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch 25 2005
ldquoSwappingStoriesDrawingBoundaries The Limits ofthe InsiderOutsiderProblemrdquoRevisitingtheInsiderOutsiderApproachesto theStudyofReligionCongressof the International AssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyoMarch292005
Panelistandco‐organizer (with JE LlewellynSouthwestMissouriState University)ldquoThe
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April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
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ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
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Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
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1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
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MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
23
April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
25
April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
Domesticationof DissentPunditsrsquoContributionstotheWaron TerrorismrdquoCongressoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsTokyo March302005
InvitedparticipantldquoGoodScholarsGonePublicAssessingthe CostsandBenefitsrdquoaspartofreviewpanelontheworkofBruceLincolnAmericanAcademyofReligionSoutheastRegionalMeetingAtlantaGAMarch5‐72003
ChairldquoReligionsBetweenCoversDilemmasoftheWorldReligionsTextbookrdquoAmericanAcademyofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003
PanelistldquoThe ColdWartheHumanisticStudyofReligionand theFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquopaperpresentedtotheldquoCultural HistoryoftheStudyofReligionrdquoConsultationof theAmerican Academy ofReligionAtlantaGANovember 2003
OrganizerldquoPuttingTheoryinits Place The Role of Method and Theoryin theReligious StudiesClassroomrdquoannualmeetingoftheNorthAmerican AssociationfortheStudyofReligionAtlanta GANovember21 2003
OrganizerldquoBridgingthe Gap Teaching ControversiesintheStudyofReligionrdquopanelpresentedto theNorth American Association for theStudyofReligionTorontoOntNovember22 2002
OrganizerandPanelistldquoTheColdWartheHumanisticStudyof ReligionandtheFallacyofInsufficientCynicismrdquoSociety fortheScientificStudyofReligionSalt Lake CityUtah November 22002
RespondentldquoReviewSymposiumon Critics Not CaretakersrdquoSoutheastregional meeting ofthe American Academy ofReligion AtlantaGA March92002
PanelistldquoThePerfectPastand theJargonofAuthenticityBruce Lincolnrsquos Theorizing MythrdquoReview SymposiumforBruceLincolnrsquos Theorizing Myth (UniversityofChicagoPress1999) CriticalTheoryand DiscoursesonReligion Group andtheRitual StudiesGroupofthe American Academy ofReligionNashvilleTNNovember 202000
Convener and RespondentldquoThe ImpactofReligiousTraditions on ColonialPolicyandPost‐ColonialDemocratizationrdquoSocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion HoustonTXNovember 2000
RespondentldquoAuthorsMeetCriticsThe Guide to the Study of ReligionrdquoSocietyforthe ScientificStudyof ReligionHoustonTXOctober13 2000
PanelistldquoVisionsoftheStudy ofReligionfortheNewMillenniumrdquo One of eight participants in theclosingplenarysessionoftheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoJeremy Carrettersquos Religion and Culture Foucault and Religion (Routledge 1999 2000)rdquoInternationalAssociationfor the HistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust112000
ReviewPanel Organizer andChairldquoRichardKingrsquos Orientalism and Religion (Routledge 1999)rdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust 11 2000
Respondent ldquoMissingLinksandthe StudyofReligionrdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurban South Africa August82000
Respondent ldquoComparativismThen andNowStocktakingandCriticalIssues intheFormationofCross‐culturalKnowledgerdquoInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligionsrsquoXVIIICongressDurbanSouth AfricaAugust72000
ldquoSocialTheoryofReligion andChristianOriginsrdquoNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyof Religion annualmeetingBostonNovember201999
Manufacturing Religion Respondent forReviewPanel atthe annual meeting oftheSociety forthe
18
April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
19
April 2016
Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
20
April 2016
1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
21
April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
23
April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
25
April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
26
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April 2016
ScientificStudyofReligion inMontrealNovember1998ldquoRedescribinglsquoReligionrsquoasSocialFormation TowardaSocial Theoryof ReligionrdquoPresentationto
theNorthAmericanAssociation for theStudyofReligionSan FranciscoCANovember 231997
ldquoExplainingtheSacred TheorizingonReligionintheLate‐TwentiethCenturyrdquoPaperto bepresentedto theComparative ReligionGroup oftheAmerican AcademyofReligionSanFranciscoCANovember 23 1997
ldquoRodneyStarkrsquos The Rise of ChristianityA ReviewSymposiumrdquoCo‐organizerand Moderatorfor jointNorthAmerican Association for theStudy of ReligionSocietyfortheScientificStudy ofReligion panelSan Diego CANovember9 1997
ldquoTheScholar ofReligion asPublicIntellectualrdquoPaperPresented theCentral Region of the Society forBiblical LiteratureKansasCity MOApril61997
ldquoLateCapitalismArrivesonCampusMaking andRemaking the StudyofReligionrdquoPanelOrganizerandModeratorforjointNorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligionSocietyfortheScientific StudyofReligion panelNashvilleTNNov9 1996
ldquoMethodsTheoriesand the TerrorsofHistoryClosingtheEliadean EraWithSomeDignityrdquo Historyofthe StudyofReligionGroupAmericanAcademyof ReligionNew OrleansNovember 24 1996
ldquoScholarsMediaandthe lsquoSea of Firersquo The Politics ofRepresentationin the Discourseon ReligionrdquoAnnualmeeting oftheCanadian Societyforthe StudyofReligionStCatherinesOntarioMay 25‐281996
ldquoTheDiscourseon Sui GenerisReligion andtheSignificance of TheoryrdquoAnnualmeetingof the NAASRheldinconjunctionwiththe annual meetingoftheAARNovember 17 1995
ldquoTamingEthnocentrismThroughTrans‐CulturalUnderstandingsImplicationsfor theAcademicStudyofReligionrdquoPaper presentedto theXVIICongressof the IAHRMexico CityAugust 8 1995
BOOK REVIEWS
ScottElliott Reinventing Religious Studies(AcumenRoutledge2013) Journal of Religion in Europe 7(2014) 309‐334
BruceLincoln Gods and Demons Priests and Scholars(UniversityofChicago Press2012) History of Religions532(2013) 212‐215
JeppeSindingJensen The Study of Religion in a New Key(AarhusUniversityPress2003) History of Religions474(2008) 323‐325
HarveyWhitehouse Modes of Religiosity(Altamira2004) Journal of Contemporary Religion 212(2006) 261‐262
KevinSchilbrack(ed) Mythical Thinking Philosophical Contributions to the Study of Myth(Routledge 2002) Religion amp Culture 53(2004) 401‐406
IvaDoležalovaacuteLutherH MartinandDaliborPapoušek(eds) The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War East and West(Peter Lang2001) Journal of the American Academy of Religion703(2002) 633‐636
GavinFlood Beyond Phenomenology Rethinking the Study of Religion(Cassell1999) Religious Studies Review271 (2001) 48
RobertEllwood The Politics of Myth(SUNY1999) Journal of Religion801(2001) 173‐175 JonStone(ed) The Craft of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1997) Journal for the Scientific Study of
19
April 2016
Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
20
April 2016
1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
21
April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
23
April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
25
April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
26
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April 2016
Religion393(2000) 392‐393 Talal Asad Genealogies of Religion (JohnsHopkins1993) Zygon354(2000) 705‐708 BruceLincoln Authority Construction and Corrosion(Chicago1994) Religion301(2000) 82‐85 DavidChidester Savage Systems Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
(UniversityPressofVirginia1996) History of Religions391 (1999) 73‐76 WalterCapps Religious Studies The Making of a Discipline (FortressPress1995) Zygon 343
(1999) 527‐530DonaldWiebe The Politics of Religious Studies(StMartinrsquos1999) Toronto Globe amp Mail(Canadian
NationalNewspaper) March6 1999 D10 Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) The Sacred amp Its Scholars (EJBrill1997)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion372 (1998) 374‐375
BryanRennie Reconstructing Eliade (SUNY1996) Religion281(1998) 92‐97 NinianSmart Dimensions of the Sacred (California 1996) Religious Studies Review234 (1997)
368BrianJFraser The Study of Religion in British Columbia (WilfridLaurier1995) Religious Studies
Review232 (1997) 202 Daniel Pals Seven Theories of Religion(Oxford1996)Religion273(1997)285‐287 DonaldSLopez(ed) Curators of the Buddha (Chicago 1995) Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion361(1997) 123‐124[This reviewisreprintedon the Digital BuddhistLibrary andMuseum athttpsino‐sv3sinouni‐heidelbergdeFULLTEXTJR‐EPTrussellhtm]
MarcManganaro Myth Rhetoric and the Voice of Authority (Yale1992) University of Toronto Quarterly661(Winter 19961997) 359‐363
Edward Yonan andThomas AIdinopulos (eds) Religion and Reductionism (EJBrill1994) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses 242 (1995) 215‐215
PeterMasefieldandDonaldWiebe(eds) Aspects of Religion Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Peter Lang 1994) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion343(1995) 414‐415
RobertASegal Explaining and Interpreting Religion (Peter Lang1992) Review of Religious Research371(1995) 92‐95
ThomasRyba The Essence of Phenomenology and Its Meaning for the Scientific Study of Religion(Peter Lang 1991) Review of Religious Research 371(1995) 92‐95
Ivan Strenski Religion in Relation Method Application and Moral Location (SouthCarolina1993)Review of Religious Research371 (1995) 92‐95
MichaelHunterand David Wootton Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (OxfordUniversityPress1992) Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses241 (1995) 115‐117
LutherMartin(ed) Religious Transformations and Socio‐Political Change (Mouton de Gruyter 1993) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 334 (1994)390‐391
EdwardSaid Culture and Imperialism (AlfredAKnopf1993) Religion243 (1994) 287‐290 StewartElliottGuthrie Faces in the Clouds A New Theory of Religion(Oxford1993) Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion331(1994) 81‐82 RobertSShepard Godrsquos People in the Ivory Tower Religion in the Early American University
(CarlsonPublishingInc1991) Method and Theory in the Study of Religion52(1993) 198‐207
RMauriceBarineau The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead (UniversityPress of America1991) Process Studies221(1993) 51‐54
HelenLongino Science as Social Knowledge Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry (Princeton
20
April 2016
1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
21
April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
23
April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
25
April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
26
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April 2016
1990) Queenrsquos Quarterly994(1992)1029‐1031 VictorLowe Alfred North Whitehead The Man and His Work Vol II(JohnsHopkins1990) Toronto
Journal of Theology71(1991) 143‐145 JohnB Cobb andHerman Daly For the Common Good Redirecting the Economy Toward Community
the Environment and a Sustainable Future(Beacon Press1989) Queenrsquos Quarterly974 (1990) 653‐654
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1996‐ 1997
‐ResearchAwardCollegeofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsSouthwestMissouriState University 1998‐1999
‐Manufacturing ReligionnominatedfortheSociety for the ScientificStudy ofReligion(SSSR)BookoftheYear1998
‐Manufacturing Religion nominatedbytheDean oftheSchoolofGraduateStudies UniversityofToronto and theAssociateDirectoroftheCentre fortheGraduate StudyofReligionUniversityof TorontofortheCouncilofGraduateSchoolrsquosGustave OArltAwardin theHumanities2000(Thisawardis givenannuallytoone NorthAmericandissertationbook in one areaof theHumanities itistherefore awardedin ReligiousStudiesonce everyseven years)
‐ServiceAwardCollegeofPublicAffairsandHumanitiesSouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1999‐2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate CoursesWritingResearchinReligiousStudiesSociologyofReligionThePoliticsofClaimstoReligiousAuthenticityReligiousStudiesSenior SeminaronTheoriesofReligionand NationalismIntroduction totheStudyof ReligionHonorsIntroductiontotheStudyofReligionReligionandHuman Culture Modern Continental Philosophy andtheStudy ofReligionModernReligiousThought(Humeto the Present) HistoryoftheStudyofReligion Comparative ReligionAn IntroductiontotheWorldrsquosReligions Theories of MythSymbol andRitualDebatesBetween Science andReligion Theories of SacrificeNarrative Knowledge(teamtaught interdisciplinarycourse)
Study Abroad Courses‐DirectorUniversityofAlabamarsquosldquoReligiousStudiesGoesto GreecerdquoMay2008 May 2009 ‐Co‐Director (withMerindaSimmons)May2011(tripcanceled) May2012(tripcanceled)
wwwasuaedurelgreecehtml
Graduate Courses (MA)ApproachestotheStudyofMyths and RitualsTheoriesofReligionSelfand SocietyBasic IssuesandSeminarCoursesMethod amp Theory in theStudy of Religion
PhD Comprehensive Exam Committees
21
April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
23
April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
25
April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
26
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April 2016
MattWaggonerHistoryofConsciousnessDepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Cruz 2001
Brent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalScience Universityof Alabama 2003‐2004
PhD SupervisoryExamination CommitteeBrent McDougallDepartment ofPoliticalSciences UniversityofAlabama 2004‐2006
(External Examiner) The Divisive Role of Ideology in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
PhD Examination CommitteeTravisWebsterUniversityofSydney Australia 2008
MA Thesis SupervisorMatthewS Waggoner The Making of American Religious Experience A Socio‐Political
Critique of lsquoExperiencersquo in American Religious History (SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity 1998‐1999)
LeslieESmith Divine Order Divine Myth The Necessity of Gender Paradigms in the Study of Protestant Fundamentalist Groups(SouthwestMissouriState University1998‐1999)
MA Thesis Committee MemberPhillipThompsonDepartment ofAnthropologyUniversityof Alabama 2007‐8
MA Thesis Outside ExaminerJessee MBaileyDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Universityof Regina 2012
MA Student Teacher SupervisorDevisedandImplementedCoursefor Graduate Student Teaching AssistantsSouthwest
MissouriStateUniversitySpring1999
BA Honors Theses SupervisorUniversity of Tennessee 1993‐19941995‐1996 Universityof Alabama2007‐8 (Sarah Luken) 2007‐8(ChristopherHurt)
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2001‐PRESENT
Department‐ChairDepartment of ReligiousStudies2001‐2009 2013‐18 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesRetention Committee 2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesPromotion Committee2010‐11 2012‐13 ‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTenure Committee2010‐11‐Member ModernMiddleEastIslam Search Committee 2012‐3‐MemberReligionsofChinaSearchCommittee(canceledsearch afterinitialinterviews
ofcandidates)2009‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSearch Committees(8 searchesconducted
22
April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
23
April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
25
April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
26
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April 2016
between2001‐8)‐ChairDepartment ofReligious StudiesTechnologyCommittee 2001‐9‐AssessmentCoordinator2004‐9 2013‐present‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualReport2001‐9 2013‐present‐EditorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAnnualNewsletter2003‐4 2005‐6 2006‐7
2007‐8 2011‐12 2013‐present‐Webmaster (wwwasuaedurel)2002‐92011‐present‐AdministratorRELblog(wwwasuaedurelblog)2012‐present‐ChairJudaicStudiesAdvisoryBoard2001‐9‐DepartmentofReligiousStudiesLibraryRepresentative2001‐3‐ChairDepartment ofReligiousStudiesSpeakers Committee 2001‐2 2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesAlabamaCommissionon HigherEducation
(ACHE)WaiverApplicationDocument2001‐2‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesEight YearReviewDossier2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesSouthern Association ofCollegeandSchools
(SACS)Documentation2003‐4‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesFiveYearPlan2005‐6‐AuthorDepartmentofReligiousStudiesStudentWorkerHandbook
(httpwwwasuaedurelstdeskstudenthandbookhtml)
College‐MemberNationalEndowment for the HumanitiesSummerStipend AampSReview
Committee 2015‐Organizer andChairAampS HiddenHumanitiesLectureSeries Planning Committee
2013‐present‐MemberDepartmentofCriminology ChairSearch Committee 2013‐14 ‐PanelistUniversityDay(high schoolrecruitingevent) 2012‐13‐ChairDepartmentofCriminologySearchCommittee(Cybercrime)2011‐12‐ConsultantCollegeof ArtsampSciencesGreece Initiative 2010‐present‐MemberOrganizingCommittee for AlabamaGreece Initiative2010‐11‐Webmaster AlabamaGreece Initiative2011‐present‐AampSRepresentativetotheRegistrar OfficersquosFacultyAdvisory Council 2010‐2013‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofPoliticalScience 2010‐11‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofCriminal Justice 2009‐10 ‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesFacultyTechnologyCommittee2010‐CommunicationDirectorofTechnologyResources(CDTR)2009‐10‐ChairCollegeofArtsandSciencesTechnologyAdvisoryCommittee 2008‐9‐ChairCollegeofArtsampSciencesTechnologyReviewCommittee 2006‐7‐ActingDepartmentChairforDepartment ofPhilosophyrsquos Tenure andPromotion
CommitteeProcessforJamesOttesonrsquosapplication forpromotion toldquoFullrdquoProfessor2006
‐MemberEmergencyOperationsPlanning Committee2005 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesCollegeofContinuingStudiesLiaisonCommittee
2004‐2005‐MemberSearchCommittee fortheChairDepartment ofEnglish2003‐4 ‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciences SpaceCommittee2003‐4
23
April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
25
April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
26
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April 2016
‐MemberCollege ofArts ampSciencesTechnologyCommittee2003‐5
University‐MemberFacultyParticipation in the Selection ofDeans and Department Chairpersons
ampinthe Evaluation of AcademicProgramsCommittee2013‐2015 ‐Electedto FacultySenate2011‐14 Co‐ChairFacultyand Senate Governance
Committee 2011 MemberFaculty SenateSteeringCommittee2011 member Academic Affairssubcommittee 2012‐13
‐MemberFacultySenateRepresentativetoInstitutionalAnimal Careand Use Committee(IACUC)Summer2012
‐ChairResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2004‐5(35 member senior committeethatreportsdirectlytotheProvostVPAcademicandthePresidentoftheUniversityofAlabama)
‐MemberExecutive Committee MemberResourcesandPrioritiesCommittee 2002‐5 ‐MemberPlanning CommitteeldquoUnderstandingIslamrdquoWorkshop 2002‐3‐Member Department ofPhilosophy Eight YearReview Committee 2002‐3
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY 1996‐2001
Department‐MemberDepartmentalofReligiousStudiesGraduateCommittee 1997‐2001‐MemberDepartmentofReligious StudiesMissionsGoalsStrategiesand Endowed
Chairs Committee 2000‐2001 ‐RecordingSecretaryfor Department of ReligiousStudiesrsquo WeeklyFaculty Meetings
1999‐2001‐FacultyAdvisorZoeundergraduatereligious studiesstudent organization2000‐1 ‐EditorTabletDepartmentof ReligiousStudies Newsletter 1998‐9 ‐Developed andProduced Departmentof ReligiousStudiesGraduateStudiesHandbook
vols1 and2 (1999‐2000 2000‐1)
College‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsCouncil1997‐9 ‐MemberCollege ofHumanitiesandPublicAffairsAwardsCommittee 1998
University‐FacultyEvaluatorGraduateStudent Interdisciplinary Research Forum 2000‐MemberFacultyConcernsCommittee(Sub‐committeeofFaculty Senate) 2000‐1
membersub‐committee ontheAcademicAdministratorrsquosAssessment 2000‐FacultyInterviewerPresidentialScholarsApplicationsProcess2000‐CompletedMasterAdvisorWorkshop1999
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1993‐1996
Department‐Editor SamsaraDepartmentofReligious StudiesNewsletter1993‐6
24
April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
25
April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
26
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April 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Advisory Boards‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Implicit Religion2015‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion 2012‐present ‐InternationalEditorialBoard Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni (RomeItaly)
2013to present‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Journal of the American Academy of Religion2008‐14 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Studies in ReligionSciences Religieuses1999‐2001 2007‐9 ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Culture amp Religion2002‐present ‐EditorialAdvisoryBoard Religion amp Theology2003‐present ‐CommitteeofEditorialConsultants ARC(journal ofMcGillUniversityrsquosDepartmentof
ReligiousStudies)2002‐2005‐ConsultantTheMethod andTheoryOn‐lineBibliographyProjectUniversityof
TorontoCanadaThe InternetJournal ofReligionMarburg UniversityGermany 1995‐2000
Service‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsGroupAmerican Academy ofReligion
2015‐present‐ConvenerPublicUniversityDepartmentChairsWorkshopatthe Universityof Alabama
(Apr292015 sponsored bythe College ofArtsamp SciencesUnivofAlabama)‐NorthAmericanAssociationfor the StudyofReligion (NAASR) ExecutiveCommittee
1995‐1998Membership Secretary 2002‐4 Executive SecretaryTreasurer 2004‐7 President2014‐17
‐Councilof Societies fortheStudy of Religion (CSSR)President 2005‐9 CSSR disbanded in 2009
‐Webmaster CouncilofSocietiesfortheStudyofReligion2007‐8 (wwwcssrorg)
‐AssociateDirectoroftheInternationalCongressSecretariat fortheXXthWorldCongressoftheInternationalAssociationsforthe HistoryofReligions(IAHR)Toronto(August 2010) 2006‐2010‐ MemberInternationalCommittee of theInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005‐7‐MemberPlanning Committee(representativeofNAASR)forthe2010World CongressfortheInternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) 2005
‐Webmaster NorthAmericanAssociationfortheStudyofReligion(NAASR) 2002‐2008(wwwnaasrcom)
‐MTSRrepresentativeto NAASRExecutive1998‐2001‐AppointedNAASRRepresentative totheCouncilofSocietiesfortheStudy ofReligion
(CSSR)1996‐2001 2005‐6 ‐External ReviewerldquoReligionandtheSocialSciencesrdquoSection ofthe AmericanAcademy
ofReligionAtlantaGANovember2003‐Member ExecutivePlanningCommitteeJOmar GoodAwardDepartmentofReligion
JuniataCollegeHuntingdonPA2003‐4
Contributor
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‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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April 2016
‐Science of Religion Abstracts and Index of Recent Articlesand Religious Studies Review1996‐2001
Manuscript RefereeFortressPressOxfordUniversityPress(USA)ContinuumPress (UK)UniversityofChicagoPressEquinoxPublishers(UK) Brill(TheNetherlands)Mayfield Press(USA)Routledge (USAUK)UniversityPressofVirginia(USA) Journal of the American Academy of Religion Religion amp Theology (SouthAfrica) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Method amp Theory in the Study of Religion History of Religions Studies in ReligionSciences Religieusesetc
Memberships(Pastandorcurrent)American AcademyofReligion(AAR)Society fortheScientific Study ofReligion(SSSR)SocietyofBiblical Literature(SBL)Canadian Society for theStudy ofReligion (CSSR)NorthAmerican Associationfor theStudyofReligion(NAASR)InternationalAssociationfortheHistoryofReligions(IAHR) Councilof SocietiesfortheStudyofReligion(CSSR)AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors(AAUP)
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