Teemu Taira
@teemutaira.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religion. Researching public discourses on religion; atheism and nonreligion; religion and news media; methodology. Author of Taking "Religion" Seriously (2022) and other books.
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A Practical Guide to Critical Religion
This book makes critical theory on religion more accessible to both undergraduates and skeptics, showcasing its practical relevance and usefulness to research a…
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November 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
to be published here www.bloomsbury.com/uk/practical...
Kind of. Although this anecdote is not about me and my work in the end. It continues from here and it is about Russell McCutcheon (as is the volume in which the piece will be published).
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Kind of. Although this anecdote is not about me and my work in the end. It continues from here and it is about Russell McCutcheon (as is the volume in which the piece will be published).
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The Politics of Classification | Equinox Publishing
<i>Forthcoming, 2025</i><br><br>
This collection brings together an international team of scholars to assess and think with the work of Russell T. McCutcheon. Though McCutcheon is often accused of bri...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It is going to be published here equinoxreligionlibrary.com/projects/pol...
Not really, as far as I can tell. I think that it is more a combination of respect (it is disrespectful to explain one's experiences by something else) and the "location" of religion (the core or essence of religion is in the experiences á la William James and Protestant traditition).
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Not really, as far as I can tell. I think that it is more a combination of respect (it is disrespectful to explain one's experiences by something else) and the "location" of religion (the core or essence of religion is in the experiences á la William James and Protestant traditition).
That can be a factor, but we teach social scientific approaches from the day one, so I tend to think that the issue here is how people learn to think about religion before they go to the university. It takes time to "unlearn".
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
That can be a factor, but we teach social scientific approaches from the day one, so I tend to think that the issue here is how people learn to think about religion before they go to the university. It takes time to "unlearn".
Another way of saying, "we are closing programmes and probably sacking some scholars".
October 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Another way of saying, "we are closing programmes and probably sacking some scholars".