Conversation at the intersection of religion and politics
Assembly
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August 2, 2022
S4 E9: Why Synthetic Religions? On Nature, Culture, and the Political Struggle to Slow Down Time
<br /> As we reach the conclusion of the current Series, Amanda and Sher take a deep dive into the thematic framework for binding the previous eight episodes: synthetic religions. Tune into to hear about the story behind the term, works such as Christopher Preston's <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/synthetic-age">The Synthetic Age</a> & Catherine Albanese's <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo3774702.html">Nature Religion in America</a> that inspired its fruition, and memorable moments in conversation with our guests that enriched our understanding of synthetic religions as a conceptual tool for disrupting the binary between nature and culture that has long sustained the disciplinary boundary between the STEM sciences and the humanities and exploring the synthesis between the two. How might theorizing religion as a potent force that materially transforms nature as opposed to a private affair or worse a relic from the past with merely symbolic value demand its scholars and practitioners alike to reevaluate how much power they can exercise in the realm of politics and civic engagement? What would higher education look like if religion was no longer pit against the study of science and technology but on the contrary studied as the synthetic assemblages which sustain the promise of life amidst fears of extinction? What does our imminent future look like if imagined through the lens of synthetic religions and how might it slow our experience of time? Join us as we broach these broad questions while asking what is 'synthetic religions?' <br />
June 30, 2022
S4 E8 – Religion after the Outrage
<br /> The advent of new digital technologies has made surveillance ubiquitous and inconspicuous. From facial recognition software designed to detect your mood to social media apps that track your daily shopping habits, we are now constantly surveilled in the absence of a guard watching over us. Indeed, a peculiar feature of digital media is that its turned over the burden of surveillance from state-sponsored policing agencies onto civilians. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> How might digital technologies both destabilize the power of authoritative figures ranging from the President to the Pope while simultaneously buttress wide spread institutional corruption and lack of accountability by transforming civic society into a motley of mobs policing each other over words typed on social media accounts? Furthermore, what is the role of religion in shaping these novel challenges and promises of exercising power as computer users? Are digital surveillance technologies akin to a religion of control? Alternatively, how might religion help us develop bonds over the web that are not sealed by feelings of outrage?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Join us today as we debate these questions on “Religion after the Outrage”. Dr. Jeremy Weissman, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Nova Southeastern University and author of the recently released monograph “<a href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538144312/The-Crowdsourced-Panopticon-Conformity-and-Control-on-Social-Media">The Crowdsourced Panopticon: Conformity and Control on Social Media</a>," joins today’s show to discuss new surveillance technologies and the complex ethical and moral challenges these new technologies pose for religion scholars, theologians, and religious leaders.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> To learn more about Dr. Weissman’s work please visit the following<a href="https://hcas.nova.edu/faculty/jeremy-weissman.html"> link</a>.<br />
May 24, 2022
S 4 E 7- Adaptive Reuse
<br /> <a href="https://religionnews.com/2021/05/26/study-more-churches-closing-than-opening/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://religionnews.com/2021/05/26/study-more-churches-closing-than-opening/">More religious spaces are currently closing than opening</a> in America today. Another recent study found that <a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2022/01/08/the-worlds-religions-face-a-post-pandemic-reckoning" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.economist.com/international/2022/01/08/the-worlds-religions-face-a-post-pandemic-reckoning">over 50% of religious communities are facing financial difficulties </a>and hardships. In some cities, nearly 20-30% of churches have closed or are currently in the process of closing. Moreover, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-churches-financial-difficulty/">the covid-19 pandemic and rising inflation</a> has exacerbated many of these existing problems and created added financial strains on already imperiled religious communities. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> How will these growing financial hardships impact the religious practices and beliefs of communities in the future? Is this the end of religion as we have known it? Is it possible that the closure of institutional religious spaces is heralding a new period of religious renewal and awakening?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Join us for episode 7 of the Assembly Podcast as we debate these questions and explore the future of sacred spaces in the United States and globally. We are joined by Rebekah Coffman, a historian and curator whose work and research explores the concept of adaptive reuse and application within religious spaces. Over the course of her career working and advising religious communities, Rebekah has pioneered a collection of new methods and strategies for reconfiguring and reimagining religious spaces. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> To contact and learn more about Rebekah Coffman's work and exhibitions visit the following <a href="https://www.ratlabmuseum.org/meet-our-curators" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.ratlabmuseum.org/meet-our-curators">link</a>. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A transcription for the podcast is available via the following <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SMK7VlOkvMg4_uxNT7F-NovU8whZ0UyyCXYK7YFICWc/edit?usp=sharing" data-type="URL" data-id="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SMK7VlOkvMg4_uxNT7F-NovU8whZ0UyyCXYK7YFICWc/edit?usp=sharing">link</a>.<br />
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