MaterialReligion

Twitter account for the journal Material Religion. Updates on new reviews & articles & other related interests.

[MaterialReligion @MaterialReligi1]

A few more book reviews published in 2023 in _Material Religion_! Check them out, and get in touch with Assoc Editor/Book Reviews Editor @candacemix with new publications we should look into for review, or to be considered to review a book with the journal.

[Devin Manzullo-Thomas @devinmzt]

Thanks to @emarledge for this fantastic review of *Exbhibiting Evangelicalism* in Material Religion journal! Great to see it considered alongside another important book on the Museum of the Bible, too. @MaterialReligi1

[Religious Studies UU @UtrechtReligion]

1/2 Four essays from the Madina Project have been published in @MaterialReligi1! With an introduction by Birgit Meyer and Samuel Aniegye Ntewusu, these essays, by @fosu_ankrah, @AdumRashida, Martin Luther Darko, and @kautharabdulai,…
https://t.co/sSDtgv9Ww2

[MaterialReligion @MaterialReligi1]

Hive mind: I'm desperate to find experts in Dugu or related traditions to review a really interesting essay about altars in Honduras. Please share widely and DM/email me if interested.

[MaterialReligion @MaterialReligi1]

@coatesat @sarahedees @emoprofessor @Heritage_Things

[MaterialReligion @MaterialReligi1]

Important note from the editors of Material Religion on the departure of @splate1: https://t.co/9g0lpRMX2C
Farewell and best wishes! Thanks for everything!
How has Brent's work as an editor and scholar impacted you?

[MaterialReligion @MaterialReligi1]

@HolocaustMuseum is hosting a workshop on sacred objects! "Interrogating the Sacred: Holocaust Objects and Their Care." What is a sacred object? How to care for such objects? Led by @llevitttemple and Oren Steir. Apply by March 25. https://t.co/MvmqzbXcjZ

[MaterialReligion @MaterialReligi1]

When the noisy neighbor in Bénin is an òrìs.à (divinity), you listen whether you want to or not.

"sounding the voice of tolerance: the orò secret society at the yorùbá borderlands" by @briancsmithson

Free access. Just like Orò's voice.
https://t.co/tQP5oZi5D8
#aarsbl21 #Africa

[MaterialReligion @MaterialReligi1]

Our #aarsbl21 celebration continues! Free access to "'I Got Voodoo, I Got Hoodoo': Ethnography and Its Objects in Disney’s the Princess and the Frog" by Elizabeth Pérez. @UCSBReligion

Read it: https://t.co/4OYrtJvZ3m

Consider submitting your work to Material Religion!

[MaterialReligion @MaterialReligi1]

Need inspiration for your next ink? Want to rethink Catholic studies? To celebrate #aarsbl21 we've made "Men, Tattoos, and Catholic Devotion in Brooklyn" by the incomparable @emoprofessor available free for everyone. Read it!
https://t.co/KOM4KVkatc
#materialreligion #catholic

[Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada @emoprofessor]

🚨New in @MaterialReligi1:

“Cool Christianity: The Fashion-Celebrity-Megachurch Industrial Complex” by @crocha2

Brb gonna go read about streetwear & Christian aesthetics, & how celebrities, the fashion industry + entrepreneurs are shaping Christianity
https://t.co/7ZVEYCUtqf

[S Brent Plate @splate1]

How will we memorialize Covid? @DavidTollerton has some lessons from the past. #secular #memorialmania #memorials #covid
https://t.co/UXKnDoQ3zb

[MaterialReligion @MaterialReligi1]

Overheard on campus…
Dad: Do YOU text in class? Do you pull out your phone in class?
Son (looking at his phone): No! Never.
I loled.

[hillarykaell @hillarykaell]

Colleagues & friends! Do you know a prospective MA or PhD student who wants to study religion/spirit and ecology? I'm recruiting @mcgillu in #Anthropology or #ReligiousStudies. Full funding!

Please pass on the word & send your people my way.

[Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada @emoprofessor]

Catch my talk about Catholic bodies & devotion @VCU tomorrow, Tuesday Oct 5th at 4pm ET! There will be muscles, saints, and lots of #DevotionalStuff

https://t.co/hehfC4nvZ1

[MaterialReligion @MaterialReligi1]

@africasacountry @GidronYotam Thanks for the shout-out. We're always looking for great scholarly articles like @GidronYotam's about religion and material culture in Africa! Authors can submit their work for consideration here: https://t.co/HCQBtZ2ikU

[Sonia Hazard @soniahazard]

The launch of a very special, special @MaterialReligi1 issue on "Religion and Material Texts in the Americas" is TODAY, from 1-2:45 PM EDT, featuring presentations by the authors and a Q&A. Register here for access to the Zoom link: https://t.co/oh4RzC6P0l

[MaterialReligion @MaterialReligi1]

@candacemix Sounds like you’ve been poached by the good folks at CrossCurrents. They’re offering the better deal anyway, so I’m not even mad. Looks like a great project! We’re always looking for this kind of stuff. Feel free to email me about your next idea.

[MaterialReligion @MaterialReligi1]

Special issue includes amazing work by @DippoldSteffi @mpbrown @kylebroberts @JLWeisenfeld @soniahazard

Event sponsored by @SoFCritBibRBS @mavcor_yale @FSUReligion @MaterialReligi1

[MaterialReligion @MaterialReligi1]

Special issue, special event! Launch event for "Religion and Material Texts in the Americas," guest edited by @soniahazard. Happening on Zoom, Sept 20, 1:00pm-2:45pm (EDT). Presentations and Q&A with an awesome group of contributors. Register here: https://t.co/dtmk2KiLva