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Religion Is Not Done with You: Or, the Hidden Power of Religion on Race, Maps, Bodies, and Law by Megan Goodwin and Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst.
Ilyse and Megan are the co-hosts of the popular podcast Keeping It 101: a Killjoy’s Introduction to Religion.
Their new book gives thought-provoking yet accessible context to the basics of religious studies by challenging readers to consider the origins of their assumptions about religion and broaden their perspectives on what religion is and does – from what we learn in school, how our government works, and what choices we have (or don’t have) in caring for our bodies.
Megan Goodwin, PhD, is co-director and co-founder of the Bardo Institute for Religion and Public Policy, and media and technology consultant for the Crossroads Project. She is the author of Abusing Religion: Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions. Her research focuses on American religions, race, sexuality, and politics. Goodwin co-hosts Keeping It 101: A Killjoy’s Introduction to Religion Podcast with Dr. Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst. Her next project is tentatively entitled Cults Incorporated: The Business of Bad Religion.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, PhD, is associate professor of religion and director of the Humanities Center at the University of Vermont. She was a 2022-2023 Fulbright Scholar at the University of Birmingham. Her research centers on Islam and Muslims in South Asia; imperialism; and intersections of religion, race, and belonging. She is author of Indian Muslim Minorities and the 1857 Rebellion: Religion, Rebels, and Jihad and co-editor of Words of Experience: Translating Islam with Carl W. Ernst. Morgenstein Fuerst is the author of numerous articles about Islam, Islamic studies, and religion in South Asia and is an award-winning teacher. She co-hosts the popular, grant-funded, and award-winning Amplify Podcast Network Keeping it 101: a Killjoy’s Introduction to Religion podcast with Dr. Megan Goodwin. In her downtime, she parents two fiercely funny children with her partner and whom they hope become killjoys when they grow up.