Joel ThompsonHow to succeed in this classFirst and foremost, introduce yourself to your slack group and try and get to know them and make sure to talk about the material every…1 min read·Dec 7, 2020----
Joel ThompsonAnti-SemitismUntil recently, I’d been pretty unaware of the lingering effects of anti-Semitism in our culture, primarily due to where it takes place…1 min read·Nov 18, 2020----
Joel ThompsonClass and ReligionClass is, unlike race, something I’ve thought a lot about personally. I’m not quite sure why, but for whatever reason, I came into this…4 min read·Oct 28, 2020----
Joel ThompsonReligion and GenderTruthfully, I hadn’t really considered the intersections between gender and religion previous to this lesson. I’d noticed some, most…2 min read·Oct 22, 2020--1--1
Joel ThompsonRace and ReligionComing into this, I had a similar analysis to Nye’s, that race is a colonial construct that was created to perpetuate colonialism. I’ve…1 min read·Oct 15, 2020--1--1
Joel ThompsonTexts and ReligionI will admit readily to my lack of knowledge about Judaism; my first name is the most I’ve ever been connected to it. For whatever reason…1 min read·Oct 1, 2020----
Joel ThompsonRituals and Meaningful ActionAmerican society is fraught with secular rituals, as are most. We greet each other with different phrases, gestures, and even forms of…1 min read·Sep 26, 2020----
Joel ThompsonProblems with the assumption of beliefDue to our perspective coming from a society so inundated with Protestant values, growing up in the Southern United States makes it very…1 min read·Sep 23, 2020----
Joel ThompsonReligion and Pop CultureIt’s hard to underestimate the impact religion has had on pop culture, especially as until recently everyone involved in the production of…1 min read·Sep 15, 2020----
Joel ThompsonImperialism and ReligionImperialism at its core needs justification from another force — empire will not last for its own sake. It is commonly motivated by a…2 min read·Sep 3, 2020--1--1