The Roots of Reproductive Injustice: A conversation with Elizabeth O'Brien
Elizabeth O'Brien, associate professor of history at UCLA and winner of the 2024 AAR Best First Book in the History of Religions Award, spea...
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The Sovereignty of Hope: Scholarship, Precarity, and the Future of Academic Freedom
A recording of one of Leela Prasad's presidential plenaries, held at the 2025 AAR Annual Meeting in Boston. Leela Prasad, Brown University,...
The Role of Religion in Today's Democratic Crises
“Jesus saves” banners at the January 6th insurrection. Evangelical elevation of President Trump as God’s elect. Claims of religious freedom...
Androgynes and Eunuchs in Rabbinic Literature with Max K. Strassfeld
Max K. Strassfeld, associate professor of religion at the University of Southern California and winner of the 2023 AAR Book Award for Excel...
The RSN Podcast: In Conversation with AAR Book Award Winner Karen V. Guth
Karen V. Guth, associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross and winner of th e 2023 AAR Book Award for Excelle...
The RSN Podcast: In Conversation with AAR Book Award Winner William Robert
William Robert, professor of religion at Syracuse University and winner of the 2023 AAR Book Award in Religion and the Arts , speaks to Kris...
The RSN Podcast: In Conversation with William Calvo-Quirós
William Calvo-Quirós, associate professor of American culture at the University of Michigan and winner of the 2023 Best First Book in the Hi...
The RSN Podcast: In Conversation with AAR Book Award Winner Mary Dunn
Mary Dunn — professor of Modern Christianity in the department of theological studies at Saint Louis University, director of the Center for...
American Secularism and Its Believers with Charles McCrary
American Secularism and Its Believers with Charles McCrary by American Academy of Religion
The Role of Western Universities in Modern Islamic Thought with Megan Brankley Abbas
The Role of Western Universities in Modern Islamic Thought with Megan Brankley Abbas by American Academy of Religion
A Comparative Study of the Cántico Espiritual and the Rāsa Līlā with Gloria Maité Hernández
A Comparative Study of the Cántico Espiritual and the Rāsa Līlā with Gloria Maité Hernández by American Academy of Religion
Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South with Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh
Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South with Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh by American Academy of Religion
Metamodernism and the Future of Theory with Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm
Metamodernism and the Future of Theory with Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm by American Academy of Religion
Art as Embodied Experience with Kathryn R. Barush
Art as Embodied Experience with Kathryn R. Barush by American Academy of Religion
2023 AAR Presidential Address - Amir Hussain
2023 AAR Presidential Address - Amir Hussain by American Academy of Religion
Buddhist Chaplaincy in Japan with Adam Lyons
Adam Lyons joins Kristian Petersen to discuss his award-winning book "Karma and Punishment: Prison Chaplaincy in Japan" (Harvard University...
Rape, Sexual Violence, and the Hebrew Bible with Rhiannon Graybill
Rhiannon Graybill joins Kristian Petersen to discuss her award-winning book, Texts after Terror: Rape, Sexual Violence, and the Hebrew Bible...
AAR 2022 Presidential Address - Mayra Rivera
AAR 2022 Presidential Address - Mayra Rivera by American Academy of Religion
AAR Presidents Address - Mayra Rivera
AAR Presidents Address - Mayra Rivera by American Academy of Religion
Women, Prayer, and Poetry in Iran with Niloofar Haeri
Women, Prayer, and Poetry in Iran with Niloofar Haeri by American Academy of Religion