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About Tiatemsu Longkumer

My name is Tiatemsu Longkumer from Nagaland: India belonging to Ao Tribe. Currently, I'm a Ph.D. Student at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong: India, Dept. of Anthropology. I'm working on 'Anthropology of Religion' focusing on Christianity and animism/traditional/indigenous religion. My area of interest is Cultural Anthropology, Religious Studies, and Philosophy of Religion.

Tiatemsu Longkumer is a Ph.D. Student working on ‘Anthropology of Religion’ at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong: India.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Tiatemsu:

Religion February 28, 2023

Beyond Belief

How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World

Elle Hardy

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
How has a Christian movement, founded at the turn of the twentieth century by the son of freed slaves, become the fastest-growing religion on Earth? This is the religion of …
Religion February 22, 2023

When God Stops Fighting

How Religious Violence Ends

Mark Juergensmeyer

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
How does religious violence end? When God Stops Fighting: How Religious Violence Ends (U California Press, 2022) probes for answers through case studies and personal interviews with militants associated with …
South Asian Studies February 12, 2023

India after the 1857 Revolt

Decolonising the Mind

M. Christhu Doss

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
In India after the 1857 Revolt: Decolonising the Mind (Routledge, 2022), M. Christhu Doss brings together some of the most cutting-edge thoughts by challenging the cultural project of colonialism and critically …
Religion February 1, 2023

A Radical Pluralist Philosophy of Religion

Cross-Cultural, Multireligious, Interdisciplinary

Mikel Burley

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
A Radical Pluralist Philosophy of Religion: Cross-Cultural, Multireligious, Interdisciplinary (Bloomsbury, 2020) is a unique introduction to studying the philosophy of religion, drawing on a wide range of cultures and literary …
Anthropology January 3, 2023

Theology and the Anthropology of Christian Life

Joel Robbins

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
Anthropological theory can radically transform our understanding of human experience and offer theologians an introduction to the interdisciplinary nature between anthropology and Christianity. Both sociocultural anthropology and theology have made …
Religion December 24, 2022

Indian Christmas

Essays, Memories, Hymns

Jerry PInto and Madhulika Liddle

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Few countries celebrate religious and cultural festivals with greater passion, imagination and joy than India. And among the many festivals of this gloriously diverse, multicultural nation is Christmas—the night that …
Religion December 10, 2022

Fire on the Island

Fear, Hope and a Christian Revival in Vanuatu

Tom Bratrud

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
In 2014, the island of Ahamb in Vanuatu became the scene of a startling Christian revival movement led by thirty children with ‘spiritual vision.’ However, it ended dramatically when two …
Religion December 2, 2022

The Next World

Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife

Gregory Shushan

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
In The Next World: Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife (White Crow Books, 2022), historian of religions Gregory Shushan explores the relationships between extraordinary experiences and beliefs in life after death …
Religion November 29, 2022

Orthodox Christianity, New Age Spirituality and Vernacular Religion

The Evil Eye in Greece

Eugenia Roussou

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Eugenia Roussou's book Orthodox Christianity, New Age Spirituality and Vernacular Religion: The 'Evil Eye' in Greece (Bloomsbury, 2021) thoroughly illustrates the novel synthesis of Christian religion and New Age spirituality in …
Religion November 23, 2022

The Secular Imaginary

Gandhi, Nehru and the Idea(s) of India

Sushmita Nath

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Given the popularity and success of the Hindu-Right in India’s electoral politics today, how may one study ostensibly ‘Western’ concepts and ideas, such as the secular and its family of …
Religion November 1, 2022

The Thing about Religion

An Introduction to the Material Study of Religions

David Morgan

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
Common views of religion typically focus on the beliefs and meanings derived from revealed scriptures, ideas, and doctrines. David Morgan has broadened that framework radically to encompass the understanding that …
South Asian Studies October 12, 2022

A Matter of Belief

Christian Conversion and Healing in North-East India

Vibha Joshi

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‘Nagaland for Christ’ and ‘Jesus Saves’ are familiar slogans prominently displayed on public transport and celebratory banners in Nagaland, north-east India. They express an idealization of Christian homogeneity that belies …
Religion October 10, 2022

Beyond Heaven and Earth

A Cognitive Theory of Religion

Gabriel Levy

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In Beyond Heaven and Earth: A Cognitive Theory of Religion (MIT Press, 2022), Gabriel Levy argues that collective religious narratives and beliefs are part of nature; they are the basis …
Religion September 23, 2022

Stories, Senses and the Charismatic Relation

A Reflexive Ethnography of Christian Experience

Jamie Barnes

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Stories, Senses and the Charismatic Relation: A Reflexive Ethnography of Christian Experience (Routledge, 2020) offers a uniquely intimate and auto-ethnographic exploration of Christian experience, rendering a deep, phenomenological account of …
Christian Studies August 12, 2022

Beyond Missio Dei

Contesting Mission, Rethinking Witness

Sarosh Koshy

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
In Beyond Missio Dei: Contesting Mission, Rethinking Witness (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021), Sarosh Koshy strives to go beyond the mission model of Christianity that emerged alongside and within the colonial enterprise and …
Religion July 28, 2022

The Origin of Sin

Greece and Rome, Early Judaism and Christianity

David Konstan

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Where did the idea of sin arise from? In The Origin of Sin: Greece and Rome, Early Judaism and Christianity (Bloomsbury, 2022), David Konstan takes a close look at classical …
Religion July 12, 2022

Demonic Bodies and the Dark Ecologies of Early Christian Culture

Travis W. Proctor

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Drawing insights from gender studies and the environmental humanities, Demonic Bodies and the Dark Ecologies of Early Christian Culture (Oxford UP, 2022) analyze how ancient Christians constructed the Christian body …
Religion June 29, 2022

Taking ‘Religion’ Seriously

Essays on the Discursive Study of Religion

Teemu Taira

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Teemu Taira's book Taking ‘Religion’ Seriously: Essays on the Discursive Study of Religion (Brill, 2022) demonstrates through methodological reflections and carefully chosen case studies a new way to conduct the study …
South Asian Studies June 22, 2022

Agency and Knowledge in Northeast India

The Life and Landscapes of Dreams

Michael Heneise

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
The Nagas of Northeast India gives great importance to dreams as sources of divine knowledge, especially knowledge about the future. Although British colonialism, Christian missions, and political conflict have resulted …
Religion June 2, 2022

Materializing the Bible

Scripture, Sensation, Place

James S. Bielo

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What happens when the written words of biblical scripture are transformed into experiential, choreographed environments? To answer this question, anthropologist James Bielo explores a diverse range of practices and places …
South Asian Studies May 3, 2022

Kings, Spirits and Memory in Central India

Enchanting the State

Aditya Pratap Deo

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Part anthropological history and part memoir, this book is a study of the polity of the colonial-princely state of Kanker in central India. Aditya Pratap Deo's book Kings, Spirits and Memory …
Indian Religions March 8, 2022

Astrology in India

A Sociological Inquiry

Nupurnima Yadav

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Astrology in India: A Sociological Inquiry (Taylor & Francis, 2021) critically examines the larger world of astrology in India, its ubiquity and relationship with religion, caste, gender, class, and aspirations. It …
Indian Religions February 4, 2022

Science and Religion in India

Beyond Disenchantment

Renny Thomas

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Science and Religion in India: Beyond Disenchantment (Routledge, 2021) provides an in-depth ethnographic study of science and religion in the context of South Asia, giving voice to Indian scientists and …
Indian Religions January 31, 2022

Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India

Moving the Mountains

Pankaj Jain

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Scholars have long noticed a discrepancy in how non-Western and Western peoples conceptualize the scientific and religious worlds. Non-Western traditions and communities, such as India, are better positioned to provide …