Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast

Guest lecture chat with Prof. Anthea Butler , possibly the public face of why you need to care about religion in the US? Most recently the author of White Evangelical Racism (UNC 2021). As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network...

In which we (mostly Megan) quickly survey the long and sordid history of white supremacy, American politics, and evangelicalism in what’s now the US. Keywords: racism, white supremacy, evangelicalism Storytime: Baldwin, from " Letter from a Region in My Mind " As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killj...

Guest lecture chat with Prof. Simran Jeet Singh , author of oh so many things, but most recently Fauja Singh Keeps Going , which both NPR and the New York Public Library listed as a top 2020 title. As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Pod...

In which we talk about why it's important for minoritized scholars to share what they know with the public, why it can be daunting and exhausting and dangerous to do so, and why we're so excited for writer/teacher/scholar/activist Dr. Simran Jeet Singh to join us next time. Storytime: Sucharov, Public Influence As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, t...

In which Ilyse and Megan provide a quick refresher on what we covered in seasons 1& 2 and set up the new format for season 3: intros to public scholarship, white evangelical racism in what's now the US, why early Christianity is way more complicated (and interesting!) than you might know, and why the study of Islam can, should, and does include djinns, magic, and astrology. Storytime: Mar...

Friend of the pod and OG Religion Nerd podcaster Prof. Kristian Petersen made us this incredibly thoughtful compilation of "course evaluations" of the pod! OUR EMOTIONS, Y'ALL OUR EMOTIONS Thanks to Prof. Petersen for pulling together and producing this episode, and to Profs. Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, Tara Baldrick-Morrone, Richard Newton, Candace Mixon, Shobhana Xavier, Greg Soden,...

In which we review this season's big take-away lessons, reflect on what's working and how we can improve, and get our collective Grinch on. Homework: have fun! As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .

In which Megan and Ilyse fangirl out at Prof. Weisenfeld, who generously shares her 101 on race, religion, and why historians ARE theorists (even when they think "theory" is some nonsense talk) As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Ampli...

All aboard the Global Religion+Gender+Sexuality Are Complicated and Historically, Geographically, and Culturally Contingent Express! (We leaned hard into the train jokes for this episode.) Storytime : Mahmood, from Politics of Piety As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is...

In which we offer you a collage of historical examples about non-men doing religion and insist that all the people who do religion have gender Keywords: patriarchy, exegesis Storytime: Bynum, from Gender and Religion As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part...

In which Ilyse helps us think about the racialization of Muslims and why racialization of religions in not-the-US is both similar to and different from the American kind Storytime: Aydin, The Idea of the Muslim World As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part...

In which we shock and/or awe you with the ways Americans built race out of religion (also violence -- you know how we do) Keyword: orientalism Storytime: Abdul Khabeer, Muslim Cool As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .

In which we build upon the work of Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw to think about how race-, gender-, and sexuality-based oppressions overlap and inform how our understandings of religion Keywords: intersectionality, womanism, discrimination, oppression Storytime: Audre Lorde, " An Open Letter to Mary Daly " As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts,...

In which we are BACK, our Chili Babies! And bringing you a whole new season looking at the intersection(s) of religion, race, gender, and sexuality. Keywords: social construct, race, racialization, gender Storytime: Weisenfeld, New World A-Coming As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction t...

In which we urge you to join us in using what we have to strike at racism: strike it down, strike at it, strike against it. Join us in a #ScholarStrike on September 8th and 9th, 2020 PDF transcript available here More info available in the show notes ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .

In which Megan yells about Not Without My Daughter and why we should care about how American pop culture shapes our understanding of religion, whilst Ilyse tries to keep her from citing All The Things Keywords: popular culture, pulp, American minority religions Storytime: Goodwin, Abusing Religion Homework: ditto As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, transcripts, &...

In which Dr. Vicki Brennan blows our tiny little minds by teaching us what we miss when we don't listen hard to religion Keywords: soundscape; acoustemology Homework : Brennan, Singing Yoruba Christianity As always, be sure to see the extended show notes for links, definitions, and other hidden gems at keepingit101.com !  ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud...

In which Ilyse yells about nationalism and religion and why religion and politics are never really separate, whilst Megan agrees emphatically and consumes a bubbly beverage Keywords: nationalism (especially religious nationalism); election Storytime: we skipped it! it's summer Homework: Ramaswamy's The Goddess and the Nation ; Baker's The Gospel According to the Klan ; and a bunch o...

In which Megan yells about how the word "cult" gets used to discourage and police radical religious innovation while Ilyse tries to get a word in edgewise. Storytime: JZ Smith, from Imagining Religion Homework: Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents . But go read them outside -- it's summer!! Visit keepingit101.com for detailed show notes & more re...

In which we review what we've learned and what we hope you've learned, dear listeners, in this, our very first season/semester of Keeping It 101 Storytime: Sylvester Johnson, African American Religions 1500-2000 Homework: NAH, it's summer break! But we did make some recommendations for religion-related funtime readings. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion...

In which we spill the T on "Drag Race," the prosperity gospel of RuPaul Andre Charles, and why queerness and religion aren't mutually exclusive. Not a Race Chaser? Definitely check out the show notes for this episode - we have a bunch of images and videos to help you follow along. And after all, if you're not gagging over the lewks these queens are serving, you're only get...

in which we chat with our dear friend and scholar-goals icon Omid Safi, Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University. Homework : Radical Love , " Sufi Heart ," and MLK's Riverside Church speech  ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .

In which we discuss who gets to choose their religious belonging, why "spiritual but not religious" gives us the agita, and how--even if you're not religious--religion is lurking under your floorboards. Keywords: voluntarism, racialization, secular/ism, perennialism Storytime: Jakobsen and Pellegrini, Love the Sin Homework: LOTS, so check out the shownotes. But be sure to look for P...

In which we give you a quick (okay, it's not that quick) rundown on where we're at in this challenging time, what religious communities are doing to respond to the crisis, and how COVID-19 helps us think about our own religiosity. PLUS very special guest host joins us in the studio to talk about how she's responding to the Coronavirus in her community. Homework: NOPE. It's a pa...

In which we think about how personal religious commitments and practices get mediated by the state, why and how millions of Muslims make pilgrimage to Mecca every year, why the Archdiocese of Philadelphia thinks Megan is still Catholic, and why tiny Ilyse tortured her siblings with rice during Pesach Keywords: religious; hajj; hagiography Storytime: Bell, Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice ____ Keepin...