#024, Does Religious Studies have a problem with race?

RELIGION BITES PODCAST (RB024)

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This podcast is based on a blog article that I first wrote a couple of years ago, and was recorded at the end of 2018 (soon before I fell ill). Although in reflection on issues raised last year and in 2020, I would probably add more discussion to my reflections here. However, I think this is still relevant to some of the contemporary debates about how the discipline of the study of religion needs to address the many challenges of anti-racism, both as a subject area and within the wider academy.

A text version of this episode, together with the links mentioned, can be found below.

Text version of this episode: Does Religious Studies have a problem with race?

SOME OF THE LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE:

Eric Sharpe’s Comparative Religion

Kehinde Andrews: How deeply entrenched is racial inequality in the UK? | Lola Okolosie, Kehinde Andrews, Diane…

Kalwant Bhopal | White Privilege - The Myth of a Post-Racial Society

Malory Nye: Some thoughts on the Decolonization of Religious Studies

Malory Nye, Decolonizing the Study of Religion in Open Library of Humanities

Theodore Vial, Modern Religion, Modern Race

Malory Nye: Race and Religion: Postcolonial Formations of Power and Whiteness (paywall)

Malory Nye: Race and the Study of Religion (no paywall)

Toni Morrison on Whiteness as a ‘goldfish bowl’

History’s Ink podcast

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