Broadcast Seeding

Dault Broadcast Seeding by Richard Newton

Mormon polygamy is one of the most popularly intriguing aspects of American Religious History. Dr. Hannah Jung (University of Alabama) helps us understand that law and politics of interpretation around the practice in a presentation called, “The Law of the Land”: The Hermeneutics of Continued Mormon Polygamy after 1890.” Broadcast Seeding is pleased to be the audio home of Off-Script: Scriptures, Scholarship, and Conversation where she shared this work.

Dr. Richard Newton (University of Alabama) share the story behind his latedst project, Decoding Diaspora, an online humanities dataset that puts social theory and computational tools to work. Newton calls this approach to cultural analytics "data signification." And in this presentation, he discusses what it begins to tell him about a mysterious family scrapbook.

Broadcast Seeding is pleased to be the audio home of Off-Script: Scriptures, Scholarship, and Conversation. Casey A'hearn (Doctoral Student, Department of Religion, Princeton University) brings to us a presentation called “What Does It Mean to be Mormon and American? Scripturalizing John J. Stewart’s Pamphlets Program.” A'hearn shares with us an fascinating intriguing example of scripturalization as example of the layering of modern discourses including race, ethnicity, religion, and citizenship in the modern world.

Broadcast Seeding is pleased to be the audio home of Off-Script: Scriptures, Scholarship, and Conversation. Dr. Seth Perry (Princeton University) brings to us a presentation called “What Does It Look Like When God Cites Himself: The Revelations of Latter Day Saints Prophet John Taylor.” Perry presents a fascinating case study on texts as mechanisms of critique, community formation, and political ascendancy.

Dr. Jennifer Barry (Associate Professor of Religious Studies at University of Mary Washington) discusses her latest book, Gender Violence in Late Antiquity: Male Fantasies and the Christian Imagination (University of California Press, 2025).

Broadcast Seeding is pleased to be the audio home of Off-Script: Scriptures, Scholarship, and Conversation. Dr. Rachel Schwaller (University of Kansas) brings to us a presentation called “(Un)scripted (Un)settlement: Mapping the Language of Homeless Encampment in Lawrence, Kansas.” Schwaller blends archival work, ethnography, and GIS in a mapping of settlement and land ownership. She compellingly demonstrates that two-centuries plus of this discourse in Kansas suggests that settlement is a classification of human constitution and geographic place.

Broadcast Seeding is pleased to be the audio home of Off-Script: Scriptures, Scholarship, and Conversation. Dr. Bradford Anderson (Dublin City University) brings to us a presentation called "The Bible Beyond Reading: The Iconic, Contested, and Mediated Bible in Ireland” Homrighausen helps us explore the ways and reasons behind the intriguing scripturalization of Anderson takes a grounded theory approach to help us understand how the mediation of the Bible becomes and defines scriptural practices in modern Ireland.

Broadcast Seeding is pleased to be the audio home of Off-Script: Scriptures, Scholarship, and Conversation. Dr. Joanna Homrighausen (Colelge of William & Mary) shares with us a presentation called “Unrolling the Megillah: The Esther Scroll as Jewish Scripture, Artifact, and Liturgical Prop.” Homrighausen helps us explore the ways and reasons behind the intriguing scripturalization of the iconic Esther Scroll.

Broadcast Seeding is pleased to be the audio home of Off-Script: Scriptures, Scholarship, and Conversation. Dr. Jeffrey Turner (University of Alabama) shares with us a presentation called "Scriptures, Immigration, and the Digital Study of Religion." Turner uses computational methods to redescribe the story of immigration law in the United States, helping us better color and question a powerful example of modern scripturalizing.

Broadcast Seeding is pleased to be the audio home of Off-Script: Scriptures, Scholarship, and Conversation. Dr. David Lambert (University of North Carolina) shares with us a presentation called "Is Bible Scripture: Reassessing the Biblical in Judaism and Beyond." Lambert uses the ancient Book of Jubilees to help us think about scriptures as "assemblages."

Broadcast Seeding is pleased to be the audio home of Off-Script: Scriptures, Scholarship, and Conversation. Dr. James Bielo (Northwestern University) shares with us a presentation entitled "Secondhand Scriptures: Collecting Sacred Waste." Learn about Bielo's study of the Bibles in the resale market and what it tells us about American Christianity.

Broadcast Seeding is pleased to be the audio home of Off-Script: Scriptures, Scholarship, and Conversation. Dr. Jacqueline Hidalgo (University of San Diego) shares with us a presentation entitled "Studying Scriptures, Studying Latina/o/es in the US." We learned about signifying scritpures, rethinking biblical studies, and social formation within the context of Aztlan, Latinidad, and beyond.

Broadcast Seeding is pleased to be the audio home of Off-Script: Scriptures, Scholarship, and Conversation. Dr. David Dault and Dr. Sonia Hazard help us think about the history, craft, and inconicty of the book. Dr. Dault (Loyola University-Chicago) spoke the Society of Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts. Dr. Hazard (Florida State University) shared about Rare Book School.

Broadcast Seeding is pleased to be the audio home of Off-Script: Scriptures, Scholarship, and Conversation. Dr. Richard Newton kicks off this Sowing the Seed series with a discusion called with "Critical Comparative Scriptures: Introducing You and Your Subfield." Newton is Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. He is also the founding curator of Sowing the Seed: Fruitful Conversations in Religion, Culture, and Teaching.

Dr. M. Cooper Minister is Assistant Professor of Religion at Shenandoah University. In this episode we discuss the intellectual transition from theology to religious studies, graduate school to professorship and much more. She also helps us understand the role of the teacher-scholar in bringing theory to undergraduate students and using theory to understand our work in the classroom. *Producer’s Update– Dr. Minister’s name has changed since the recording of this episode

Dr. Nyasha Junior is Associate Professor of Religion at Temple University. A biblical studies scholar with interests in Hebrews Bible, cultural politics, and women and gender studies, Dr. Junior helps us think through how biblical studies scholars can engage their publics in a substantive way.

Dr. Phillip Luke Sinitiere introduces us to the story behind Lakewood Church, one of America's larges and most controversial congregations. Sinitiere is the author of Salvation with a Smile: Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, and American Christianity (New York University Press: 2015).

Historian of American Religion, Dr. Edward J. Blum helps us read Jesus iconography to better understand the role race and the Christian faith have had in shaping the meaning ascribed to American bodies. Blum co-authored (with Paul Harvey) the acclaimed book, The Color of Christ: The Saga of Race in America (UNC Press, 2012).

Dr. Rita Shah(Elizabethtown College)discusses "law and order," the nature of crime, and the emerging field known as critical criminology. Shah is winner of the 2016 Praxis Award from the ASC's Division on Critical Criminology.

Acclaimed writer and biblical scholar Dr. Jennifer Grace Bird considers the possibilities for reading the Bible in light of modern ethics and historical insights. Her book, Permission Granted: Take the Bible Into Your Own Hands (Westminster/John Knox Press, 2015)inquires what the text says about women, sex, sin and more.

Photographer and Hamilton College professor Robert Knight shares insights gained from an aesthetic approach to religion. Knight invites us to view "In God's House: The Religious Landscape of Utica, NY" a documentary film directed by him and produced by S. Brent Plate. Learn more about his work at http://www.robertknight.com/igh-trailer.html

Writer and historian Dr. Kelly J. Baker discusses her insights into the Ku Klux Klan as a reflection of Protestant America's deep-seeded racism. Dr. Richard Newton and his Ethnicity, Gender, and Religion seminar speak with Dr. Baker about her award-winning book, Gospel According to the Klan: The KKK's Appeal to Protestant American, 1915-1930 (University of Kansas Press, 2011).

Writer and theologian Drew Hart speaks with us about race and the politics of the Christian witness in America. Co-founder of the Anablacktivist Movement, Drew also shares a bit about his new book, Trouble I've Seen: Changing the Way the Church Sees Racism (Herald Press: 2016)

Broadcast Seeding Episode 2-Conflict Becomes Us-Jon Rudy by Richard Newton

A discussion on privilege and the sociology of advantage with Richard Newton, PhD and Don Kraybill, Distinguished Professor and Senior Fellow at Elizabethtown College's Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Conversation