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An open book review site published by the American Academy of Religion (AARWeb). We provide up-to-date coverage of scholarly publishing in religious studies.
What does it mean to signify Black religion?
Juan M. Floyd-Thomas explores four key works that trace how Black religious life reshapes symbols, meaning, and culture.
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Juan M. Floyd-Thomas explores four key works that trace how Black religious life reshapes symbols, meaning, and culture.
Read: buff.ly/mr3jyCZ
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
What does it mean to signify Black religion?
Juan M. Floyd-Thomas explores four key works that trace how Black religious life reshapes symbols, meaning, and culture.
Read: buff.ly/mr3jyCZ
Juan M. Floyd-Thomas explores four key works that trace how Black religious life reshapes symbols, meaning, and culture.
Read: buff.ly/mr3jyCZ
Shu-chen Hsu Hsiung reviews 'Negotiating the Christian Past in China: Memory and Missions in Contemporary Xiamen' by Jifeng Liu. buff.ly/q86Cw5P
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Shu-chen Hsu Hsiung reviews 'Negotiating the Christian Past in China: Memory and Missions in Contemporary Xiamen' by Jifeng Liu. buff.ly/q86Cw5P
What happens when pop idols become shamans?
Minjung Noh’s review of K-Pop Demon Hunters explores how the film turns Korean shamanism into pop spectacle—where fandom becomes faith and music becomes ritual.
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#Religion&Culture #KPop #FilmReview #PopularCulture #ReadingReligion
Minjung Noh’s review of K-Pop Demon Hunters explores how the film turns Korean shamanism into pop spectacle—where fandom becomes faith and music becomes ritual.
Read more: buff.ly/pe8a31l
#Religion&Culture #KPop #FilmReview #PopularCulture #ReadingReligion
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
What happens when pop idols become shamans?
Minjung Noh’s review of K-Pop Demon Hunters explores how the film turns Korean shamanism into pop spectacle—where fandom becomes faith and music becomes ritual.
Read more: buff.ly/pe8a31l
#Religion&Culture #KPop #FilmReview #PopularCulture #ReadingReligion
Minjung Noh’s review of K-Pop Demon Hunters explores how the film turns Korean shamanism into pop spectacle—where fandom becomes faith and music becomes ritual.
Read more: buff.ly/pe8a31l
#Religion&Culture #KPop #FilmReview #PopularCulture #ReadingReligion
Justin Hawkins reviews 'Wayfaring: A Christian Approach to Mental Health Care' by Warren Kinghorn. buff.ly/TU17lgG
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Justin Hawkins reviews 'Wayfaring: A Christian Approach to Mental Health Care' by Warren Kinghorn. buff.ly/TU17lgG
Ethan Doyle White reviews 'Vernacular Religion: Collected Essays of Leonard Norman Primiano' by Deborah Dash Moore (Editor) (@NYUpress) buff.ly/LCNih3S
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Ethan Doyle White reviews 'Vernacular Religion: Collected Essays of Leonard Norman Primiano' by Deborah Dash Moore (Editor) (@NYUpress) buff.ly/LCNih3S
During Native American Heritage Month, we turn to Sugarcane—a searing documentary co-directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie—and our review exploring its portrayal of Indigenous caretaking, silence, and survival in the wake of church-run residential schools.
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Read more → buff.ly/WnFYBVz
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
During Native American Heritage Month, we turn to Sugarcane—a searing documentary co-directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie—and our review exploring its portrayal of Indigenous caretaking, silence, and survival in the wake of church-run residential schools.
Read more → buff.ly/WnFYBVz
Read more → buff.ly/WnFYBVz
Nancy Menning reviews 'Entangled Being: Unoriginal Sin and Wicked Problems' by Rebecca L. Copeland. buff.ly/umNssXV
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Nancy Menning reviews 'Entangled Being: Unoriginal Sin and Wicked Problems' by Rebecca L. Copeland. buff.ly/umNssXV
Our October newsletter is here! Explore our Four Books essay on Buddhist modernism, a new reading list on magic, horror, and the supernatural, plus the latest reviews and titles available for review.
Read now → buff.ly/WtNFtU8
#ReligiousStudies #BookReview #BuddhistModernism #MagicAndFaith
Read now → buff.ly/WtNFtU8
#ReligiousStudies #BookReview #BuddhistModernism #MagicAndFaith
October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Our October newsletter is here! Explore our Four Books essay on Buddhist modernism, a new reading list on magic, horror, and the supernatural, plus the latest reviews and titles available for review.
Read now → buff.ly/WtNFtU8
#ReligiousStudies #BookReview #BuddhistModernism #MagicAndFaith
Read now → buff.ly/WtNFtU8
#ReligiousStudies #BookReview #BuddhistModernism #MagicAndFaith
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners—where theology meets Southern Gothic horror—is back in IMAX just in time for Halloween.
Our review unpacks its mix of sin, blues, and blood in the Deep South. Read more: buff.ly/Oj2koEy
#SinnersMovie #Theology #SouthernGothic #Horror #BlackCinema
Our review unpacks its mix of sin, blues, and blood in the Deep South. Read more: buff.ly/Oj2koEy
#SinnersMovie #Theology #SouthernGothic #Horror #BlackCinema
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners—where theology meets Southern Gothic horror—is back in IMAX just in time for Halloween.
Our review unpacks its mix of sin, blues, and blood in the Deep South. Read more: buff.ly/Oj2koEy
#SinnersMovie #Theology #SouthernGothic #Horror #BlackCinema
Our review unpacks its mix of sin, blues, and blood in the Deep South. Read more: buff.ly/Oj2koEy
#SinnersMovie #Theology #SouthernGothic #Horror #BlackCinema
Lora Walsh reviews 'Conversion and the Contest of Creeds in Early Medieval Christianity' by Marta Szada. readingreligion.org/978100942644...
October 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Lora Walsh reviews 'Conversion and the Contest of Creeds in Early Medieval Christianity' by Marta Szada. readingreligion.org/978100942644...
Evan Sandsmark reviews 'Caryll Houselander: A Biography' by Mary Frances Coady. readingreligion.org/978162698530...
October 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Evan Sandsmark reviews 'Caryll Houselander: A Biography' by Mary Frances Coady. readingreligion.org/978162698530...
Jared Secord reviews 'Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses: Magic, Aesthetics, and Justice' by Laura Salah Nasrallah. readingreligion.org/978100940573...
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Jared Secord reviews 'Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses: Magic, Aesthetics, and Justice' by Laura Salah Nasrallah. readingreligion.org/978100940573...
New from Reading Religion — "Four Books on Buddhist Modernism" by Jack Meng-Tat Chia explores how Buddhism has engaged with modernity across time and space, from ethics under colonialism to digital-era innovation. buff.ly/D3yLCD1
October 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New from Reading Religion — "Four Books on Buddhist Modernism" by Jack Meng-Tat Chia explores how Buddhism has engaged with modernity across time and space, from ethics under colonialism to digital-era innovation. buff.ly/D3yLCD1
In this essay, Karen Jackson-Weaver reflects on four seminal works that have shaped her scholarship and the field of womanist theology and ethics. readingreligion.org/blog/four-bo...
October 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In this essay, Karen Jackson-Weaver reflects on four seminal works that have shaped her scholarship and the field of womanist theology and ethics. readingreligion.org/blog/four-bo...
Weston Wright reviews 'Making Pagans: Theatrical Practice and Comparative Religion in Early Modern England' by John Kuhn. readingreligion.org/978151282509...
October 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Weston Wright reviews 'Making Pagans: Theatrical Practice and Comparative Religion in Early Modern England' by John Kuhn. readingreligion.org/978151282509...
Peyton White reviews 'Cannabis, Sacred and Profane' by Christopher Partridge. buff.ly/EUHaGKq
September 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Peyton White reviews 'Cannabis, Sacred and Profane' by Christopher Partridge. buff.ly/EUHaGKq
Kyle Schiefelbein-Guerrero reviews 'Bonhoeffer for the Church: An Introduction' by Matthew D. Kirkpatrick. readingreligion.org/9781506497822
September 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Kyle Schiefelbein-Guerrero reviews 'Bonhoeffer for the Church: An Introduction' by Matthew D. Kirkpatrick. readingreligion.org/9781506497822
Jennifer Schlegel reviews 'The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future' by Robert P. Jones readingreligion.org/978166800952...
September 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Jennifer Schlegel reviews 'The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future' by Robert P. Jones readingreligion.org/978166800952...
New at Reading Religion!
Four Books on Womanist Epistemology
Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
Latest reviews & books
Read more: buff.ly/5AL26lM
Four Books on Womanist Epistemology
Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
Latest reviews & books
Read more: buff.ly/5AL26lM
September 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
New at Reading Religion!
Four Books on Womanist Epistemology
Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
Latest reviews & books
Read more: buff.ly/5AL26lM
Four Books on Womanist Epistemology
Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
Latest reviews & books
Read more: buff.ly/5AL26lM
Marion Eames White reviews 'When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species' by Rafael Rachel Neis (@ucpress) readingreligion.org/9780520391192
September 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Marion Eames White reviews 'When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species' by Rafael Rachel Neis (@ucpress) readingreligion.org/9780520391192
Gaye Morris reviews 'The Popes on Air: The History of Vatican Radio from Its Origins to World War II' by Raffaella Perin. readingreligion.org/978153150715...
September 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Gaye Morris reviews 'The Popes on Air: The History of Vatican Radio from Its Origins to World War II' by Raffaella Perin. readingreligion.org/978153150715...
Jonah Peter Bissell reviews 'The Bible and Farm Animal Welfare' by David Grumett. readingreligion.org/979838521859...
September 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Jonah Peter Bissell reviews 'The Bible and Farm Animal Welfare' by David Grumett. readingreligion.org/979838521859...
Manasicha Akepiyapornchai reviews 'Empire Inside Out: Religion, Conquest, and Community in Kṛṣṇadevarāya's Āmuktamālyada' by Ilanit Loewy Shacham. readingreligion.org/9780197776223
September 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Manasicha Akepiyapornchai reviews 'Empire Inside Out: Religion, Conquest, and Community in Kṛṣṇadevarāya's Āmuktamālyada' by Ilanit Loewy Shacham. readingreligion.org/9780197776223
Fernando Garcia reviews 'Growing in Virtue: Aquinas on Habit' by William C. Mattison III. readingreligion.org/9781647123284
September 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Fernando Garcia reviews 'Growing in Virtue: Aquinas on Habit' by William C. Mattison III. readingreligion.org/9781647123284
Tiffany Hunsinger reviews 'Another Gospel: Christian Nationalism and the Crisis of Evangelical Identity' by Joel Looper. readingreligion.org/9780802884275
September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Tiffany Hunsinger reviews 'Another Gospel: Christian Nationalism and the Crisis of Evangelical Identity' by Joel Looper. readingreligion.org/9780802884275