{"title":"Problems of Citation in the Study of Religion: Who Do We Cite and Why?","authors":"I. Hovland, Britt Halvorson","doi":"10.1177/00084298241245663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00084298241245663","url":null,"abstract":"This special issue introduction contributes to emerging discussions on citation in studies of religion. What particular issues of citation arise in cultural, historical, and textual research on religious traditions? What can the study of religion contribute to the study of citation? Weaving together references to the four articles of the special issue, we identify four citational themes that are particularly relevant to the study of religion: the continuing reverberations of colonization; relations to and in canonical traditions; the conjunction of morality and economy in neoliberal academic contexts; and the knowledge that comes from naming and interacting with a wider range of sources, such as ancestors. Finally, in the conclusion we argue for a relational ethics of citation in the study of religion.","PeriodicalId":514407,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses","volume":"64 42","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140663983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Myth, identity and ableism: Jericho March becomes Canadian Marathon of Hope in the Freedom Convoy","authors":"Melanie Coughlin","doi":"10.1177/00084298241242710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00084298241242710","url":null,"abstract":"The aim and means of the Freedom Convoy are instructive for understanding how ableism is promoted in Canadian society today. As an example of such promotion, the author considers the Jericho March that took place during the Freedom Convoy Trucker Protest in Ottawa. The organizer of the Jericho March described the Convoy’s aim as an end to all public protections against the spread of COVID-19, and the discourse used by the organizer prior to the Convoy aligns with the kind of ableism that characterizes this general aim. The organizer’s description of the Jericho March as the Convoy participants’ ‘Marathon of Hope’ also aligns with other appropriations of Terry Fox’s iconography within the Freedom Convoy. After situating the Jericho March within more aggressive tactics used by Convoy participants, the author synthesizes theoretical perspectives from Fiona Campbell and Keiji Nishitani to think about what kind of Canadian identity the march promoted. From these considerations, it seems that myth can be used by individual organizers in Canada today to actively promote and perhaps even shift the boundaries of structural forms of oppression.","PeriodicalId":514407,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses","volume":"61 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140670724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Americanized discourses of religious freedom and Christian persecution during the 2022 Ottawa trucker convoy","authors":"Hannah Dick","doi":"10.1177/00084298241243084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00084298241243084","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, Hannah Dick draws on Stewart Hoover’s concept of mediated imaginaries to help explain the transnational circulation of Americanized discourses during the 2022 Canadian trucker convoy protest in Ottawa. She examines the mediated objects produced by the convoy participants, including physical signs erected throughout downtown Ottawa and also those that circulated on social media platforms and in official communications published by convoy leaders. Using textual analysis, she explores the role of Americanized Christian discourses in charging the Canadian convoy movement with both political and existential meaning. It is argued that while the convoy does not represent a simple importation of American religio-political organizing consistent with theories of cultural imperialism, the symbolic resonances of Americanized discourses of freedom and Christian persecution nevertheless provide a flexible and robust affective infrastructure that is adaptable for the Canadian context.","PeriodicalId":514407,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses","volume":"96 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140669892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creating a space for the sacred in a secular world: Shabbat dinners as a vehicle for collective effervescence, social connection, and meaning","authors":"Shira Gabriel, Nicole Koefler, Veronica Schneider","doi":"10.1177/00084298241238680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00084298241238680","url":null,"abstract":"Scholars have long argued that religious rituals are essential for maintaining society, bringing meaning to life and increasing connections via the collective effervescence that they engender. A world in which fewer people attend religious services does not mean that people no longer benefit from the important outcomes associated with religious rituals. The current research examined whether people experience collective effervescence and positive outcomes in home-based rituals—specifically, Shabbat dinners facilitated by a Jewish organization that provides resources for home-based Shabbat dinners. Survey data was collected on almost 1000 attendees of the Shabbat dinners. The results suggest that (a) Shabbat dinners include both components of collective effervescence (a sensation of sacredness and connection to others); (b) “transcendence” collective effervescence was related to religiosity and meaningfulness, whereas “connectedness”collective effervescence was related to belonging and satisfaction; and (c) using instructional resources predicted increased meaning via religiosity and increased satisfaction via belonging. The authors conclude that home-based rituals can provide valuable outcomes in a world in which people are less likely to attend religious services.","PeriodicalId":514407,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses","volume":"3 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140745985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Life in abundance: Diet, Black health and spirituality in the Nation of Islam, 1930–1975","authors":"Nils Duranton","doi":"10.1177/00084298241238138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00084298241238138","url":null,"abstract":"This article aims to analyse the relationship between the Nation of Islam and dietary rules, as well as to show how its doctrinal component is linked to a quest for an African American redemption. Although this Black nationalist organization claims to remain within the fold of the Islamic religion, historical research conducted in the 1990s and 2000s has stressed that its message is characterized by peculiar beliefs and religious practices. The author’s analysis relies on writings that were produced by the Nation of Islam – mainly, the two volumes of How to Eat to Live, authored by Elijah Muhammad. These dietetic teachings appear to bond the movement to various new religious movements, mainly of Christian inspiration. It appears probable that this set of beliefs was influenced by the German naturopath Arnold Ehret (1866–1922), thus leading to a significant difference with Sunni Islam.","PeriodicalId":514407,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses","volume":"8 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140741168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Now you know”: Reception of the religious studies scholar","authors":"Rebekka King","doi":"10.1177/00084298241239224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00084298241239224","url":null,"abstract":"This article interrogates the premises of the question “Does the scholar of religion have a particular role in promoting public and political knowledge and understanding of religion(s)?” by first asking, “In what contexts is the scholar of religion asked to have a role in promoting public and political knowledge and understanding of religion(s)?” Rebekka King argues that there are two hidden assumptions underlying the question. First is the idea that somewhere buried in the request for scholarly input is a public perception of scholars as receptacles of knowledge (i.e. they are the ones who know). Second, this special issue’s larger question betrays assumptions about scholars’ abilities and (perhaps more interestingly) what scholars think about their colleagues’ abilities to promote public and political knowledge and understanding of religion(s). In both cases, it is possible to learn a lot about the role religious studies scholars might play by first considering the roles they are expected to play. In this vein, one might ask how the scholar of religion is classified and categorized in the minds of those who might invite them to play a role in public and political discourses, and how this classification resembles and departs from how scholars of religion classify themselves.","PeriodicalId":514407,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses","volume":"33 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140743503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The dubious anxiety of scholarly relevance","authors":"K. M. Simmons","doi":"10.1177/00084298241240682","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00084298241240682","url":null,"abstract":"Based on comments made as part of a plenary roundtable at the 2023 annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion, this brief essay examines the discourse on the public relevance of religious studies scholarship. Specifically, it identifies the anxieties present in such discussions and the false theory–praxis binary on which they rely.","PeriodicalId":514407,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses","volume":"124 44","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140370113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Compte rendu / Book Review: La Bible d’Alexandrie 23.3 Les Douze Prophètes : Michée","authors":"H. Tremblay","doi":"10.1177/00084298241237623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00084298241237623","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":514407,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses","volume":"22 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140372978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biblical interpretation at the Ottawa convoy occupation","authors":"Christine Mitchell","doi":"10.1177/00084298241238359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00084298241238359","url":null,"abstract":"In this contribution, Christine Mitchell analyses some of the biblical texts and imagery that appeared in photographs, social media and other formats during and after the ‘Freedom Convoy’ of January–February 2022. She discusses white Christian nationalism, Canadian contexts and interpretations of biblical texts, and demonstrates that a kind of ‘plain reading’ of Christian scripture blended with Canadian symbolism gave a religious framework to the convoy.","PeriodicalId":514407,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses","volume":"164 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140222778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Faith in citation","authors":"Pamela E Klassen","doi":"10.1177/00084298241235401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00084298241235401","url":null,"abstract":"A citation may be a gift or a curse, a clue or an erasure, a mode of argument or a piece of evidence. Or it might be all of these things, depending on who is writing and reading it. This essay engages with the varying ways that the articles in this special issue draw attention to the relational dynamics of citation – conversational, generous, aggressive, predatory or exclusionary – as the authors have experienced and analysed them within the study of religion and, more specifically, the anthropology of religion. Three primary questions are focused on: (1) how the form and mediation of a citation – for example, citing a book one read in a bricks-and-mortar library or online through an open-access pdf – change its purpose and possibility; (2) how different kinds of sources shape what citational practices are possible, with a comparative focus on norms of citation within anthropology and history; and (3) the liminality of religious studies as a field that is at once promiscuous and open-minded in its practices of citation. Across these questions, the author hopes to show that she has faith in citation as a necessary and adaptable tool in the ongoing work of scholarly creativity and critique.","PeriodicalId":514407,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses","volume":"65 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140232237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}