American Academy of Religion Podcast
1) 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, presidingSpeakers (in order of appearance):James BowleyLaris...Show More
The Sovereignty of Hope: Scholarship, Precarity, and the Future of Academic Freedom
1:00:56 | Dec 11th, 2025
2) 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 used to justify discrimination. Scriptural “prooftexts” wiel...Show More
3) 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 Excellence in the Study of Religion: Textual Studies, speaks to ...Show More
4) 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 the 2023 AAR Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Constructive-Reflective Studies...Show More
5) 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 Kristian Petersen about his book, Unbridled: Studying Religion in...Show More
The RSN Podcast: In Conversation with AAR Book Award Winner William Robert
29:17 | Jun 17th, 2025
6) 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 History of Religions Award from AAR speaks to Kristian Peterse...Show More
7) Stories of Sickness and Disability at the Juncture of Worlds with Mary Dunn
Stories of Sickness and Disability at the Juncture of Worlds with Mary Dunn by American Academy of Religion
Stories of Sickness and Disability at the Juncture of Worlds with Mary Dunn
29:43 | Apr 9th, 2025
8) American Secularism and Its Believers with Charles McCrary
American Secularism and Its Believers with Charles McCrary by American Academy of Religion
9) 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
10) 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