Brad Stoddard
Biographic Data
| ID | 572369 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brad Stoddard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brad |
| FAMILY NAME | Stoddard |
| SIGNATURE | STODDARD B |
| AFFILIATIONS | McDaniel College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8947-842X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Psychedelic Christianity
Entheogens
Scholars across the academic spectrum have written about the renewed interest in psychedelics that is commonly called the Psychedelic Renaissance (PR). Psychedelic religion is a major component of the PR, as psychedelic churches are growing exponentially and as people who consume and who research psychedelics routinely contend that these substances induce or occasion religious, spiritual, or mystical experiences. Scholars have noticed the growing…
Entheogens
Scholars across the academic spectrum have written about the renewed interest in psychedelics that is commonly called the Psychedelic Renaissance (PR). Psychedelic religion is a major component of the PR, as psychedelic churches are growing exponentially and as people who consume and who research psychedelics routinely contend that these substances induce or occasion religious, spiritual, or mystical experiences. Scholars have noticed the growing…
Preparing for Jobs Outside the Academy
At the 2019 meeting of the AAR in San Diego, Dr. Brad Stoddard led a workshop that encouraged graduate students to look outside academia for potential jobs. As the academic job market tightens, many qualified people are left scrambling for careers in theirfield of study. As Stoddard suggests in his workshop, the answer may lie in pursuing work outside the field of academia. Following Kelly Baker’s example, Stoddard showcases how much work is avai…
Constructing Spirituality in the Cognitive Science of Religion
Seven researchers in the growing field of the cognitive science of religion recently claimed to have documented the unique neural correlates of spirituality separate from and independent of religion. They claimed that spirituality is therefore a natural part of human cognition and suggested that they proved definitively that spirituality is substantively different than religion. Using insights developed by scholars associated with the critical re…
Slaves of the State
In the wake of the Civil War, southern states incarcerated record numbers of black men and women, closed their prisons, and sent convicted criminals to convict lease camps. Inside these camps, convict laborers worked for businesses, for individual entrepreneurs, on plantations, and on public works projects contracted to private businesses. Due to the Thirteenth Amendment's "slaves of the state" clause, these laborers were legally classified as sl…
God’s Favorite Gun
This article analyzes the Sanctuary Church in Pennsylvania, pastored by Reverend Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon, son of the late Reverend Sun Myung Moon. It specifically addresses the church’s history and the theology that motivated “Pastor Sean,” as he is commonly called, to host a marriage blessing ceremony where attendees brought crowns and AR-15 rifles to church. It argues that this ceremony, and Moon’s theology itself, are extensions of the unique po…
Edward Orozco Flores, “Jesus Saved an Ex-Con
American Religion 1, no. 2 (Spring 2020), pp. 139–141 Copyright © 2020, The Trustees of Indiana University • doi: 10.2979/amerreli.1.2.15 Book Review Edward Orozco Flores, “Jesus Saved an Ex-Con”: Political Activism and Redemption after Incarceration (New York: New York University Press, 2018) Brad Stoddard McDaniel College, Westminster, USA In “Jesus Saved an Ex-Con”, sociologist Edward Orozco Flores joins a growing chorus of scholars, activists…
Method Today
Thirty or forty years ago, the phrase “method and theory” in Religious Studies scholarship referred to more social scientific approaches to the study of religion, as opposed to the more traditional theological hermeneutics common to the field. Today, however, it seems that everyone claims to do “theory and method,” including those people who shun social scientific approaches the academic study of religion. Method Today brings together the contrib…
Stories from Jonestown
Book Review| May 01 2014 Stories from Jonestown Stories from Jonestown. By Leigh Fondakowski. University of Minnesota Press, 2013. 350 pages. $27.95 cloth. Brad Stoddard Brad Stoddard Florida State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2014) 17 (4): 134–135. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2014.17.4.134 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Re…
Gods Behaving Badly
Gods Behaving Badly: Media, Religion, and Celebrity Culture." The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, 25(2), pp. 312–313
Psychedelic Christianity
Entheogens
Scholars across the academic spectrum have written about the renewed interest in psychedelics that is commonly called the Psychedelic Renaissance (PR). Psychedelic religion is a major component of the PR, as psychedelic churches are growing exponentially and as people who consume and who research psychedelics routinely contend that these substances induce or occasion religious, spiritual, or mystical experiences. Scholars have noticed the growing…
Gods Behaving Badly
Gods Behaving Badly: Media, Religion, and Celebrity Culture." The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, 25(2), pp. 312–313
Stories from Jonestown
Book Review| May 01 2014 Stories from Jonestown Stories from Jonestown. By Leigh Fondakowski. University of Minnesota Press, 2013. 350 pages. $27.95 cloth. Brad Stoddard Brad Stoddard Florida State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2014) 17 (4): 134–135. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2014.17.4.134 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Re…
Method Today
Thirty or forty years ago, the phrase “method and theory” in Religious Studies scholarship referred to more social scientific approaches to the study of religion, as opposed to the more traditional theological hermeneutics common to the field. Today, however, it seems that everyone claims to do “theory and method,” including those people who shun social scientific approaches the academic study of religion. Method Today brings together the contrib…
God’s Favorite Gun
This article analyzes the Sanctuary Church in Pennsylvania, pastored by Reverend Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon, son of the late Reverend Sun Myung Moon. It specifically addresses the church’s history and the theology that motivated “Pastor Sean,” as he is commonly called, to host a marriage blessing ceremony where attendees brought crowns and AR-15 rifles to church. It argues that this ceremony, and Moon’s theology itself, are extensions of the unique po…
Edward Orozco Flores, “Jesus Saved an Ex-Con
American Religion 1, no. 2 (Spring 2020), pp. 139–141 Copyright © 2020, The Trustees of Indiana University • doi: 10.2979/amerreli.1.2.15 Book Review Edward Orozco Flores, “Jesus Saved an Ex-Con”: Political Activism and Redemption after Incarceration (New York: New York University Press, 2018) Brad Stoddard McDaniel College, Westminster, USA In “Jesus Saved an Ex-Con”, sociologist Edward Orozco Flores joins a growing chorus of scholars, activists…
Preparing for Jobs Outside the Academy
At the 2019 meeting of the AAR in San Diego, Dr. Brad Stoddard led a workshop that encouraged graduate students to look outside academia for potential jobs. As the academic job market tightens, many qualified people are left scrambling for careers in theirfield of study. As Stoddard suggests in his workshop, the answer may lie in pursuing work outside the field of academia. Following Kelly Baker’s example, Stoddard showcases how much work is avai…
Constructing Spirituality in the Cognitive Science of Religion
Seven researchers in the growing field of the cognitive science of religion recently claimed to have documented the unique neural correlates of spirituality separate from and independent of religion. They claimed that spirituality is therefore a natural part of human cognition and suggested that they proved definitively that spirituality is substantively different than religion. Using insights developed by scholars associated with the critical re…
Slaves of the State
In the wake of the Civil War, southern states incarcerated record numbers of black men and women, closed their prisons, and sent convicted criminals to convict lease camps. Inside these camps, convict laborers worked for businesses, for individual entrepreneurs, on plantations, and on public works projects contracted to private businesses. Due to the Thirteenth Amendment's "slaves of the state" clause, these laborers were legally classified as sl…
Entheogens
Scholars across the academic spectrum have written about the renewed interest in psychedelics that is commonly called the Psychedelic Renaissance (PR). Psychedelic religion is a major component of the PR, as psychedelic churches are growing exponentially and as people who consume and who research psychedelics routinely contend that these substances induce or occasion religious, spiritual, or mystical experiences. Scholars have noticed the growing…
Entheogens
Scholars across the academic spectrum have written about the renewed interest in psychedelics that is commonly called the Psychedelic Renaissance (PR). Psychedelic religion is a major component of the PR, as psychedelic churches are growing exponentially and as people who consume and who research psychedelics routinely contend that these substances induce or occasion religious, spiritual, or mystical experiences. Scholars have noticed the growing…
Psychedelic Christianity
Philosophy (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Religious studies (6 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Christianity (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · History (3 works)