Oversimplified Binaries | Discourse! January 2023

The Religious Studies Project

What unites the death of an emeritus pope, a Brazilian insurrection and the debate about the relationship between science and religion? Oversimplified boundaries! Join us as Lauren Horn Griffin describes reactions to Pope Benedict’s death on “Catholic Twitter,” — how traditionalists (#Trad or #RadTrad on social media) typically hate Pope Francis (as he symbolizes “wokeness” and “modernism”) while Benedict was seen as a symbol of traditional piety and social teaching. Kristi Boone tells us about the parallels between the Brazil insurrection and the invasion of the Capitol Building in Washington DC on Jan 6th, 2021. And your host, co-founder Chris Cotter, unpacks the data from a survey that suggests that different demographics have different ideas about the so-called problem of the relationship between science and religion.

Articles Referenced

• “The Old Pope Is Dead. “Gorgeous Georg” Is About to Come Out Swinging.“
• “Science and religion: does gender matter?“
• “The shared religious roots of twin insurrections in the U.S. and Brazil“