American Religious Sounds Project

We have launched our new home page! Now you can begin to listen to selections from our archive right away. Many thanks to @Leigh_Bonds @laura_kwerel Henry Goldschmidt, and Morgan Shipley for their advice, and Beth Binsky for her graphic design wizardry. religioussounds.osu.edu

Many thanks to all those who submitted sounds to this project, and especially to the Ohio State University Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme COVID-19 Special Grants Initiative for funding this research.

We have a new exhibit! “Unmute! Listening for Religion in the Age of COVID-19” includes playlists of audio we received, thematic essays, and stories from particular communities about how they have adapted to the conditions of pandemic arspgallery.com/covid-exhibit-…

@OralHistorySoc If you missed our exhibit the first time around, you can find it on our website at arspgallery.com/mccsf-exhibit-…

Many thanks to Nikita Shepherd and @OralHistorySoc for their wonderful review of our collaboration with Lynne Gerber and her team. Read more at ohs.org.uk/reviews/the-pi…

David W. Stowe (of @CALMSU ) on teaching digital fieldwork with the ARSP. religioussounds.osu.edu/content/virtua… Are you using the ARSP in your teaching? Please share your stories!

Thanks again to Corinne Kronschnabel and @cdc29 for their wonderful essay!

@cdc29 and Corinne Kronschnabel have written a new blog post for us about the pitfalls and potentials of applying metadata to religion. Check it out at religioussounds.osu.edu/content/religi…

We have a new gallery exhibit! Many thanks to @piercesalguero and the Jivaka Project for their work on Buddhism in Philadelphia. arspgallery.com/buddhism-great…

For more on this subject, check out @gerber_lynne ’s wonderful essay in @the_revealer about Jim Mitulski and his ministry. therevealer.org/aids-and-the-b…

@gerber_lynne @sjcolom A belated thanks to the @HLuceFdn for the funding that makes this and all our other work possible!

We are incredibly proud of the latest ARSP exhibit: The Pink and Purple Church in the Castro. Many thanks to @gerber_lynne , @sjcolom , and Ariana Nedelman for putting it together and sharing this amazing collection of photos and sounds. arspgallery.com/mccsf-exhibit-…

@gerber_lynne @sjcolom Design and production by Lauren Pond and @AlisonFurlong1

Listen to the ARSP on last week’s episode of Interfaith Voices! @ListenInspired interfaithradio.org/Archive/2021/T…

Congratulations to Lauren Pond for her photo “Pandemic Funeral,” which was awarded first prize in the OSU 2021 COMPAS photo contest! More here: cehv.osu.edu/2021-compas-ph…

In our most recent blog post, @piercesalguero offers an overview of the diverse Buddhist community in Philadelphia. religioussounds.osu.edu/blog/buddhism_…

Looking for new teaching ideas for next term? Shyam K. Sriram (Butler University) has written a new blog post for us about "Turning the Religious Sounds Project into a Midterm” religioussounds.osu.edu/blog/163

RT @YourAtla: What does religion in the United States sound like? That's the question the American Religious Sounds Project is answering.…

@ADeRogatis and @isaacweiner27 appear in the Conversation! theconversation.com/how-the-sound-…