Ode to the Undomesticated: Twenty Years of Encounter By Lucas F. Johnston I was at a crossroads—trying to discern which of two different life pathways I might follow—so I hiked into woods I knew well, settling at the most remote Read more
Strategic Provincialization By Kocku von Stuckrad Over twenty years ago, Bron Taylor invited me to join the editorial team of the Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Like other authors in this little series of blog posts, I was drawn into Read more
Finnfaring! – Learning Through Relation By Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen Medieval Norwegian laws prohibited a specific practice of Viking age Scandinavians, the finnfara. This was the practice of acquiring religious knowledge through “faring to the Finns,” meaning visiting the Sámi for Read more
Finnfaring Today: A Creolizing Strategy for Ontological Decolonization By Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen Download a free PDF version of this article (19.7 MB). Abstract This article is a piece of auto-anthropology that reflects on creolization as a way of producing ontological Read more
Tempus Fugit: Monarchs, Mentors, and Mysteries By Lisa H. Sideris When I reflect on my debt to the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, what often comes to mind is butterflies. Specifically, monarch butterflies. I don’t Read more
A Philosopher and 300 Religious Studies Scholars Walk into a Bar By Mark Peterson I’ve been involved with the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (ISSRNC) almost from the start, beginning with the old membership committee, Read more
Für die deutsche Version, bitte hier klicken. Bro Nation: Toxic Masculinity, Patriarchy, and Neo-Fascism By Marcelo Kuna When Germany’s official, industry-run agency responsible for rating films, series, and audiovisual content—FSK (Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft)—refused to classify Uwe Boll’s Citizen Vigilante Read more
For the English version, please click here. Bro Nation: Toxische Männlichkeit, Patriarchat und Neo-Faschismus Von Marcelo Kuna Als die FSK Citizen Vigilante von Uwe Boll in einer Sechs-zu-Zwei-Abstimmung ohne Kennzeichen ließ, tat sie etwas Aufschlussreicheres als Zensur: Sie machte sichtbar, Read more
Religion, Animals, and Academia By Laura Hobgood As a PhD student in 1994 I thought nobody else found questions of religion and nature both fascinating and incredibly important. Luckily, Belden Lane emerged as my dissertation adviser. He contributed an early Read more
The Life-Giving Forests: Indigenous Peoples, Myths, and Fragments By Petru Moldovan The narratives and warnings issued by scientists about the high degrees of how and why the human and non-human environment are in a profound state of fragmentation are not Read more