tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post1502243154755898812..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: The R&AC Conference: Taking Religion "Seriously"Paul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-51799436647668402542017-06-09T17:29:45.206-06:002017-06-09T17:29:45.206-06:00Thanks for the references, Anthony. I was thinking...Thanks for the references, Anthony. I was thinking about Melissa's presentation as well. The playfulness of religionfuck, specifically. But camp had never occurred to me. That's perfect. I like the idea of play as something we do together, a shared language and way of thinking, whether it be through irony, camp or otherwise. Peter Manseau's jocular iconoclasm is is equal parts fun and insightful as well. Along these lines I think I'm going to write a follow-up piece to this on "scholarly voice." Stay tuned! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04872573988593840963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-85174367286617108712017-06-09T14:05:25.162-06:002017-06-09T14:05:25.162-06:00Thanks for the write-up on the conference!
I thi...Thanks for the write-up on the conference! <br /><br />I think Melissa Wilcox's presentation at the Biennial really pushed this set of questions, too. Her forthcoming book on the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence with NYU Press and my recent JAAR piece on "Ray Navarro's Jesus Camp" (https://academic.oup.com/jaar/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jaarel/lfx011/3797267/Ray-Navarro-s-Jesus-Camp-AIDS-Activist-Video-and?redirectedFrom=fulltext#.WQssVkhv6f8.twitter) also address some of these questions, but thinking about them through the category of camp, taken up as both an object of study and a mode of analysis. <br /><br />Much of Mark Jordan's work also suggests ways of writing and analyzing that work through a camp aesthetic, which I think is an interesting alternative to earnestness, irony, and sarcasm! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01057837383151039398noreply@blogger.com