Pollard and Bright’s Islamist fear betrays our community’s values
Jewish Chronicle
Publication Date: January 5, 2012
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Community, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Writings
Here you can find a record of almost all my publications – from scholarly journal articles to newspaper articles – listed with the most recent first. In most cases there is either a downloadable pdf or a link to the publication itself. You can search by publication type (academic, non-academic, book reviews etc), by theme and by keyword. Enjoy!
Religious Popular Music: Between the Instrumental, Transcendent and Transgressive (co-authored with Marcus Moberg)
Temenos: Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion 48(1), 87-106
The use of post-rock ‘n’ roll popular music genres by religious groups is accompanied by a notable ambiguity: Is religious popular music designed to be an instrumental tool for outreach/evangelism, or does it have an intrinsic value in summoning and exploring the transcendent? The article focuses on the previously rarely explored idea that the instrumental use of popular music in Christian and Jewish settings is often much more important than its transcendent qualities. The importance of the instrumental in Christian and Jewish popular music reveals itself in subtle and not-so-subtle signifiers and practices that point to an anxious desire to discipline music’s possible transgressive force.
Publication Date: January 1, 2012
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Music, Religion
Category: Journal articles
2011, a year between worlds
Open Democracy
A profusion of innovative projects guided by an ethic of collaboration holds out the possibility of creative responses to today's multiple crises, says Keith Kahn-Harris.
Publication Date: December 24, 2011
Theme: Miscellaneous, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Book review: Religion in Human Evolution
New Humanist
Review of: Religion in Human Evolution by Robert Bellah
Publication Date: December 9, 2011
Theme: Religion
Category: Book reviews
From Security to Insecurity: British Jewish Communal Leadership in the Context of Multiculturalism (Co-authored with Ben Gidley)
In: 'Dynamic Belonging: Contemporary Jewish Collective Identities', ed Harvey E. Goldberg, Steven M. Cohen, and Ezra Kopelowitz. Berghahn Books, 65-73
Publication Date: December 1, 2011
Theme: Community, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book chapters
Non-Jewish Jews
Jewish Quarterly 220
Review of ‘The Wandering Who?’ by Gilad Atzmon and ‘Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights’ by David Landy
Publication Date: Winter 2011
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
Chayei Sara
Limmud On One Leg
Publication Date: November 2011
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Heavy Metal Sheep
Publication Date: September 22, 2011
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Journalism and essays, Music reviews
Jews, Gypsies and Travellers: a particular empathy (Co-authored with Simone Abel and Shauna Leven)
Open Democracy
The legal eviction from their land of a large community on the edge of London raises disturbing questions about deep-rooted discrimination that Jewish historical experience can help to address, say Keith Kahn-Harris, Simone Abel & Shauna Leven.
Publication Date: September 18, 2011
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Book Review: The Universal Jew: Masculinity, modernity and the Zionist moment by Mikhal Dekel
Times Literary Supplement
Publication Date: September 16, 2011
Theme: Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
9/11, ten years on: reflections (Contributor)
Open Democracy
A terror-filled day of mass murder in the eastern United States imprinted itself on the world's consciousness - and became the prelude to a decade of further violence. openDemocracy writers reflect on the impact and legacy of the events of 11 September 2001.
Publication Date: September 7, 2011
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Deserving an Audience: The Limits of Scholarly Publishing
Souciant
Publication Date: September 6, 2011
Theme: Personal/Memoire, The Best Water Skier in Luxembourg
Category: Journalism and essays
The dinner-party revolution
Open Democracy
The dinner-party is a symbol of complacent presumption, the last occasion to be associated with genuine dialogue or the jolt of rethinking. But it’s possible to renew the ritual in surprising ways - and really caring about the food is just the start, says Keith Kahn-Harris.
Publication Date: September 6, 2011
Theme: Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue
Category: Journalism and essays
Metal Studies? Cultural Research in the Heavy Metal Scene
Journal for Cultural Research 15(3)
Special issue co-edited with Karl Spracklen and Andy R. Brown. Includes jointly authored introduction.
Publication Date: August 30, 2011
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Edited issues and publications
Metal Studies: Intellectual Fragmentation or Organic Intellectualism?
Journal for Cultural Research 15(3) 251-254
Publication Date: August 30, 2011
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Journal articles
Book review: A God of One’s Own by Ulrich Beck
New Humanist
Publication Date: July 28, 2011
Theme: Religion
Category: Book reviews
People power needs people
Jewish Chronicle
Publication Date: July 4, 2011
Theme: Community, Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Top Ten Metal Hybrids
Souciant
Publication Date: June 30, 2011
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Journalism and essays