Faith, fraternity and the Orange Order, with Joe Webster

With Reason

Anthropologist Joe Webster discusses his research amongst Protestant groups in Scotland, from Brethren fishermen to the sometimes-controversial Orange Order. We talk about apocalypse and conspiracy, faith and fraternity, hate and masculinity – and why it's vital to listen to others, even if we don’t always like what we find.
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Presenters: Alice Bloch & Samira Shackle
Producer: Alice Bloch

Further reading:
Joseph Webster (2020) ‘The Religion of Orange Politics: Protestantism and Fraternity in Contemporary Scotland’
Joseph Webster (2013) ‘The Anthropology of Protestantism: Faith and Crisis Among Scottish Fishermen’
Clifford Geertz, "Distinguished Lecture: Anti Anti-Relativism." American Anthropologist, New Series, 86, no. 2 (1984): 263-78.
James Laidlaw (2013) ‘The Subject of Virtue: An Anthropology of Ethics and Freedom’
New Humanist magazine - Eleanor Gordon-Smith (2019) ‘The Sleep of Reason’

Music: 'Lost in the Cinema' by Danosongs