The Religious Studies Project

The Religious Studies Project (RSP) is an international collaborative enterprise producing weekly podcasts with leading scholars on the social-scientific study of religion. Since January 2012 they have released over 250 interviews (of around 30 minutes) on cutting-edge theoretical, methodological and empirical issues, which is available through the website, iTunes and other portals. In addition to the podcasts, the website also features weekly essays, roundtable discussions, book reviews, resources, and conference reports, plus a weekly digest of opportunities (jobs, journals, conferences, etc).

The RSP was launched in 2012 by Christopher R. Cotter (University of Edinburgh) and
 David G. Robertson (The Open University) to help disseminate contemporary issues in RS to a wider audience and provide a resource for undergraduate students of RS, their teachers, and interested members of the public. The aim is to provide engaging, concise and reliable accounts of the most important concepts, traditions, scholars and methodologies in the contemporary study of religion, without pushing a religious or nonreligious agenda or resorting to presenting “fact files” about “World Religions”.

The RSP is a non-profit charitable organisation supported by the British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR), North American Association for the Study of Religion, and the International Association for the History of Religions. The Religious Studies Project is
produced by The Religious Studies Project Association (SCIO).

Here is a short video clip with the founders Chris Cotter & David Robertson explaining their motivation.