In Religious Affects Donovan O. Schaefer challenges the notion that religion is inextricably
linked to language and belief, proposing instead that it is primarily driven by affects. Drawing …

In Wild Experiment, Donovan O. Schaefer challenges the conventional wisdom that feeling
and thinking are separate. Drawing on science studies, philosophy, affect theory, secularism …

Some months after the photo became famous, the moment that it depicts was co-opted by
Pepsi for a risible commercial featuring reality TV star Kendall Jenner handing a soft drink to …

Recent years have witnessed a focus on feeling as a topic of reinvigorated scholarly
concern, described by theorists in a range of disciplines in terms of a “turn to affect.” …

This article provides an introduction to affect theory in the study of religion. While emotion
and affect appear to be similar, particularly given their shared lineage in the passions, the …

This thesis examines the role language plays in forming the subjectivities of Westerners to
hold a position of dominion over animals, and discloses the existence of a shared animal …

Some ecofeminist scholars have argued that being a feminist entails being a contextual
vegan. Donna Haraway has opposed this position and received extensive critique. Yet no …

Aimed at assisting doctoral candidates and early-career researchers and their supervisors
globally, this book is the first of its type to address the challenges faced by students when …

In his podcast interview with Christopher Cotter for the Religious Studies Project, religious
studies scholar, Donovan Schaefer, poses an interesting and provocative question: Is …

Despite the material turn in the study of religion and the humanities and social sciences
more broadly, many scholars still tend to treat atheism as a purely intellectual or …