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Some exploratory thoughts on decolonizing the teaching of religious education (RE)
In what ways should questions about decolonizing have an impact on the teaching of ‘Religious Education’ in schools in the UK? How in…
Malory Nye
Jun 14, 2020
Religion is not a thing
Religion is not a thing
When is something not a thing? The term religion is often used on the assumption that ‘it’ is something, but if so it is worth asking what…
Malory Nye
Jan 31, 2020
Practice (draft chapter of Religion the Basics, 3rd edition)
Practice (draft chapter of Religion the Basics, 3rd edition)
I am posting this draft piece of writing on a temporary basis, hopefully for comment/feedback/discussion. It is the basis for a revised…
Malory Nye
Nov 11, 2019
Review of Modern Religion, Modern Race by Theodore Vial
Review of Modern Religion, Modern Race by Theodore Vial
Reviewed by Malory Nye
Malory Nye
Dec 11, 2018
Decolonizing Race and Religion
Decolonizing Race and Religion
the text of a lecture given at Leibniz University Hannover, Monday 10 December 2018
Malory Nye
Dec 10, 2018
What is the ‘culture’ in the cultural study of religion? Some reflections
What is the ‘culture’ in the cultural study of religion? Some reflections
Culture is a very broad and complex term, and so to try to put some boundaries around its meaning is in itself very difficult — and perhaps…
Malory Nye
Sep 22, 2018
‘Religion’ in the lens: on the process of learning and unlearning in the study of religion
‘Religion’ in the lens: on the process of learning and unlearning in the study of religion
The study of religion, like most of the contemporary study of humanity, is about the student unlearning much of what they bring to their…
Malory Nye
Sep 11, 2018
Whiteness, religion, and modernity
Whiteness, religion, and modernity
Dear White People:
Malory Nye
Aug 28, 2018
‘Religion’ by Zora Neale Hurston
‘Religion’ by Zora Neale Hurston
Chapter XV (pp150–157) from Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Dust Tracks on a Road: an autobiography’ (published by Lippincott, 1942)
Malory Nye
Aug 23, 2018
Decolonizing the Study of Religion (draft paper)
Decolonizing the Study of Religion (draft paper)
This page previously had a pre-submission copy of an academic paper, which was temporarily available (Aug to Oct 2018) for…
Malory Nye
Aug 21, 2018
Representing race, gender, and religion: intersectionality and Fox “news”
Representing race, gender, and religion: intersectionality and Fox “news”
A tweet with some interesting visual content came into my timeline this afternoon, which summarised a very clear message about how a…
Malory Nye
Aug 15, 2018
Decolonizing the Study of Religion: where to start?
Decolonizing the Study of Religion: where to start?
This is a blog draft of a paper that I have subsequently revised and published as ‘Decolonizing the Study of Religion’, in the Open Library…
Malory Nye
Jun 22, 2018
On how the category of religion is a part of settler colonial power
On how the category of religion is a part of settler colonial power
religion and belief as an obfuscation of material things (such as land)
Malory Nye
Jun 11, 2018
What are we looking for when we look at ‘religion and popular culture’?
What are we looking for when we look at ‘religion and popular culture’?
Last week I taught some classes exploring issues of religion within the study of culture — particularly popular culture.
Malory Nye
Feb 3, 2018
Does Religious Studies have a problem with race?
Does Religious Studies have a problem with race?
I have been reading Eric Sharpe’s classic work on the history of Comparative Religion, which was first written in 1972. It is a…
Malory Nye
Jan 27, 2018
Race and the Study of Religion
Race and the Study of Religion
— a draft chapter of the next edition of Religion the Basics by Malory Nye
Malory Nye
Oct 22, 2017
Race, Modernity, Decolonization, and Religion — some papers by Malory Nye
Published papers in academic journals:
Malory Nye
Oct 17, 2017
Some thoughts on the Decolonization of Religious Studies
Some thoughts on the Decolonization of Religious Studies
postcolonialism, decoloniality, and the cultural study of religion
Malory Nye
Oct 14, 2017
Intersections in the Cultural Study of Religion: syllabus/reading list (open-access)
Intersections in the Cultural Study of Religion: syllabus/reading list (open-access)
This is the outline of a course that I taught in autumn 2017 at the University of Glasgow, to an honours level (years 3 and 4)…
Malory Nye
Sep 22, 2017
Money, power, and religion: exploring ‘belief’ and cultural imagination
Money, power, and religion: exploring ‘belief’ and cultural imagination
Is it rational to live your life around something that does not really exist?
Malory Nye
Aug 2, 2017
Louis Althusser on Ideology (state apparatus, ideology, interpellation)
(an extract from: ‘ Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes towards an Investigation)’ by Louis Althusser)
Malory Nye
Jul 31, 2017
W.E.B. Du Bois on racism, race and religion
W.E.B. Du Bois on racism, race and religion
(an extract from: ‘The Negro and the Warsaw Ghetto’ by W.E.B. Du Bois)
Malory Nye
Jul 15, 2017
Modernity and the disciplinary formation of religious studies
Modernity and the disciplinary formation of religious studies
If we assume there is such a thing as ‘modernity’, is it something that emerged in a unique form out of Europe? And has modernity…
Malory Nye
Jun 26, 2017
Call for papers: Decolonisation, Postcolonialism, and Religion/s
Call for papers: Decolonisation, Postcolonialism, and Religion/s
for a special issue of the journal, Culture and Religion
Malory Nye
Jun 1, 2017
Ida Wells on the Red Record: the case stated
Ida Wells on the Red Record: the case stated
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States. 1895 (sourced from the…
Malory Nye
May 6, 2017
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