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The Classical Ideas Podcast
Simply stated, religion matters. Religion matters not only for personal reasons, but also for social, economic, political, and military purposes. Unfortunately, studies suggest that religious knowledge and cultural literacy for any religious tradition is either in decline or is non-existent in the United States, despite being one of the most religiously diverse nation on earth. Today, religion is implicated in nearly every major national and international issue. The public arena is awash in…
Episodes
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EP 302: Mestizo Poetics of Belonging: Deuteronomy's Construction of Israelite Ethnicity w/Dr. Chauncey Handy
Chauncey Handy is Assistant Professor of Religion at Reed College. As a Chicano scholar of the Hebrew Bible, Chauncey's work focuses on the intersection of…
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EP 301: Chinese Nature Poetry and Ultrarunning w/Dr. Vic Thasiah
Vic Thasiah is a professor of religion and a lead faculty member in the environmental studies program at California Lutheran University. He is also the founder…
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EP 300: Race, Caste, and Indian Missionary Priests in Rural America w/Dr. Sonja Thomas
Sonja Thomas is an associate professor of women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Colby College, where she teaches courses on South Asian feminisms…
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EP 299: The Smithsonian, Settler Colonialism, and the Study of Indigenous Lifeways w/Dr. Sarah E. Dees
Sarah Dees is a scholar of American and Indigenous religions and assistant professor of Religious Studies at Iowa State University. Her research focuses on the…
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EP 298: Theopoetics and Octavia Butler w/Dr. Tamisha Tyler
Tamisha A. Tyler (she/her/hers) is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology and Culture, and Theopoetics at Bethany Theological Seminary in Richmond…
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EP 297: Practical Theology with Corwin Malcolm Davis
Corwin Malcolm Davis is a PhD candidate at Emory University in Person, Community, and Religious Life, and earning a certificate in Women's, Gender, and…
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EP 296: 3HO's Boarding Schools with Stacie Stukin and Philip Deslippe
This episode discusses the article "3HO's Boarding Schools Were a Living Hell" from Baaz News with the authors Stacie Stukin and Philip Deslippe. Read…
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EP 295: Bones and Honey with Danielle Dulsky
Danielle is a poet, painter, teacher, and word-witch. The author of Bones & Honey, The Holy Wild Grimoire, The Sacred Hags Oracle, Seasons of Moon and Flame…
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EP 294: Teaching About Religion in Middle School w/Rebecca Cooper
Rebecca Cooper teaches religion at the middle school level in the suburbs of Washington D.C.
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EP 293: A Blackqueer Sexual Ethics: Embodiment, Possibility, and Living Archive w/Dr. Elyse Ambrose
Elyse Ambrose (Ph.D., Religion and Society, Drew University) is a blackqueer ethicist, creative, and educator. Their forthcoming book, A Blackqueer Sexual…
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EP 292: Young Muslims Online and Religious Authority w/Dr. Sana Patel
Dr. Sana Patel, (Ph.D., Religious Studies, University of Ottawa) has distinguished herself as a scholar specializing in Digital Islam. She is the recipient of…
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EP 291: Imam Professionalization w/Dr. Nancy Khalil
Nancy A. Khalil is an Assistant Professor in the Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with an appointment in the Arab and…
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EP 290: Science Fiction and Dune w/Dr. Patrick J. D'Silva
Patrick J. D'Silva (Ph.D., Islamic Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is a faculty member of the Department of Religious Studies at the…
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EP 289: The Cake Baker and the Coach w/Dr. Charles McCrary
Charles McCrary (Ph.D., Religion, Florida State University) is an assistant professor of religious studies at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. He…
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EP 288: Multiracial Cosmotheandrism w/Dr. Aizaiah Yong
Rev. Aizaiah G. Yong (Ph.D., Practical Theology, Claremont School of Theology) serves as Assistant Professor of Spirituality at the Claremont School of…
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EP 287: Moon of the Turning Leaves w/Waubgeshig Rice
In this gripping stand-alone literary thriller set in the world of the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, a scouting party led by…
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EP 286: Political Organizing and Teaching about Theology w/Reverend Naomi Washington-Leapheart
Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart is a Black queer preacher, teacher, public administrator, and justice advocate. She is an adjunct professor of theology and…
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EP 285: Jewish Cemeteries at the US Border w/Dr. Maxwell Greenberg
Maxwell Greenberg (he/they) | (Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies in the Department of Cultural Studies at Goucher College) is an interdisciplinary scholar…
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EP 284: Teaching, Curriculum, & Standards w/Dr. Elizabeth Jemison
Elizabeth Jemison is Associate Professor of Religion at Clemson University where she teaches courses on American religion. She is the author of Christian…
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EP 283: Racial Science of Protestant Missions w/Dr. Matthew J. Smith
Matthew J. Smith (he/him/his) holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Northwestern University and is currently Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Alma…
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EP 282: Fabricating Founders in Early Modern England and Modern Traditional Catholics w/Dr. Lauren Horn Griffin
Lauren Horn Griffin (PhD, University of California Santa Barbara) is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Louisiana…
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EP 281: Desegregation and Church Mission Statements w/Dr. Darius Benton
Darius M. Benton, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Houston-Downtown, teaching courses in Organizational…
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EP 280: New Thought, Hoodoo, and Beyonce w/Dr. Darnise Martin
Darnise C. Martin, PhD is a Professor, Author and Life Transformation Coach with 15 years of training and experiences in helping people create Whole Life…
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EP 279: Indo-Trinidadian Hinduism w/Prea Persaud
Prea Persaud is a doctoral candidate at the University of Florida and a Visiting Instructor in the Religion Department at Swarthmore College, PA. Her research…
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EP 278: Lucumí Religion and Anthropology w/Dr. Eugenia Rainey
Eugenia Rainey studies religion as negotiated process. She explores this process at the intersection of Lucumí, an Afro-Cuban religion, (also referred to as La…
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EP 277: AfroLatiné Theology with Yolanda Santiago-Correa
Yolanda M. Santiago Correa was born and raised in the archipelago of Puerto Rico as the only child of Miguel and Yolanda. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from…
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EP 276: Reading Black Bodies from Galatiansw/Dr. Jennifer Kaalund
Jennifer T. Kaalund (Ph.D., New Testament and Early Christianity, Drew University) is Associate Professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary…
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EP 275: Communication in Islamic State's Dabiq w/Dr. Soumia Bardhan
Soumia Bardhan is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver. Operating at the transdisciplinary intersection of intercultural…
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EP 274: The Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye w/Dr. Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein
Oluwatomisin "Tomi" Oredein is currently an Assistant Professor in Black Religious Traditions and Constructive Theology and Ethics and the Director of Black…
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EP 273: Wu-Tang Forever w/Marcus Evans
Marcus Evans is a Ph.D. Candidate in the department of Religious Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in the…
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EP 272: Ritual, Routine and Religion in the Brothels of New Delhi's Red Light District w/Dr. Popy Begum
Dr. Popy Begum is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Saint Louis University. She received her B.A. in International Criminal Justice…
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Episode 270: Evangelical Purity Culture w/Dr. Sara Moslener
Sara Moslener is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Anthropology, and Religion at Central Michigan University, where she teaches courses on the…
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EP 269: White Christian Nationalism, Social Media, and the New Apostolic Reformation w/Justin Friel
Justin Friel (He/Him) is currently a Ph.D. student in the Joint Doctoral Program with the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology. His research…
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EP 268: The Church of the Holy Apostle and the Gay Rights Movement w/Dr. Heather White
Heather R. White is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Religious Studies Department and Gender and Queer Studies Program at the University of Puget Sound and…
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EP 267: Dawoodi Bohras in Montreal, public scholarship, and social media platforms w/Arwa Hussain
Arwa Hussain is a Ph.D. candidate in Religions and Cultures and 2022-23 Public Scholar at Concordia University in Montreal. Her current research interests deal…
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EP 266: Dr. Orit Avishai on Queer Judaism, LGBT Activism, and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel
Orit Avishai is an ethnographer at Fordham University, where she teaches in the Sociology Department and in the Program on Women's, Gender, and Sexuality…
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EP 265: The Apocryphal Acts of John w/Dr. Jeannie Sellick
Jeannie Sellick is a recent graduate of the University of Virginia's Religious Studies Ph.D. program. She defended her dissertation, "The Strongest Seed…
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EP 264: Cancer, Survival, and the Future w/ Dr. M. Cooper Minister
M. Cooper Minister is Associate Professor of Religion at Shenandoah University, where they teach courses on death, medicine, sex, gender, and theories of…
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EP 263: Majorette Dance, HBCU's, and Idioms w/Dustin Gavin
Dustin Gavin (he/him) is a Ph.D. candidate in the Departments of Religious Studies and African American Studies at Yale University. He received his B.A. in…
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EP 262: Indhira Udofia on the impact of religious trauma on Black Millennials and Generation Z
Indhira Udofia (she/they) is a Ph.D. candidate in the Joint Program in Social Work at NC A&T University and UNC Greensboro. Their dissertation project looks at…
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EP 261: Dr. Anthony Siracusa on Nonviolence before King
In the early 1960s, thousands of Black activists used nonviolent direct action to challenge segregation at lunch counters, movie theaters, skating rinks…
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EP 259: The Saint Johns Bible, Song of Songs, and Calligraphy w/Jonathan Homrighausen
The illuminations of The Saint John's Bible have delighted many with their imaginative takes on Scripture. But many struggle to appreciate the calligraphy more…
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BONUS EPISODE: A Guide to Eating in Buffalo w/Arthur Bovino
Buffalo isn't just a city full of great wings. There is a great hot dog tradition, from Greek- originated "Texas red hots" to year-round charcoal-grilling at…
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Ep 258: Metamodernism: The Future of Theory w/Dr. Jason Josephson-Storm
For decades, scholars have been calling into question the universality of disciplinary objects and categories. The coherence of defined autonomous…
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EP 257: The Varieties of Atheism w/Dr. David Newheiser
This episode features a conversation with Dr. David Newheiser, editor of "The Varieties of Atheism." The Varieties of Atheism reveals the diverse nonreligious…
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EP 256: The Magi w/Dr. Eric Vanden Eykel
George Tyrrell insisted that the quest for the historical Jesus was no more than scholars staring into a well to see their own reflections staring back. Jesus…
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EP 255: Preparing for War w/Dr. Bradley Onishi
https://www.bradonishi.com/ The insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was not a blip or an aberration. It was the logical outcome of years of a…
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EP 254: Epictetus and Stoicism w/Robin Waterfield
Robin Waterfield is an independent scholar and translator living in southern Greece. In addition to thirty volumes of translations of works of Greek…
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EP 253: Heathen w/Dr. Kathryn Gin Lum
If an eighteenth-century parson told you that the difference between "civilization and heathenism is sky-high and star-far," the words would hardly come as a…
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EP 252: Dr. Arlene Sanchez-Walsh in conversation with Dr. Lloyd Barba
Dr. Lloyd Daniel Barba is Assistant Professor of Religion and core faculty in Latinx and Latin American Studies at Amherst College. He has published essays on…
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EP 251: Stealing My Religion w/Dr. Liz Bucar
Dr. Elizabeth Bucar is the Director of Sacred Writes, Professor of Religion, and Dean's Leadership Fellow at Northeastern University. An expert in comparative…
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EP 250: The History of the Single-Payer Medicare for All Movement w/Dr. Lindy Hern
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EP 249: Islamophobia: What Christians Should Know (and Do) about Anti-Muslim Discrimination w/Jordan Denari Duffner
Arson and vandalism at houses of worship. Bullying at schools and harassment at the grocery store. Political scapegoating and institutionalized discrimination…
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EP 248: How Yogi Bhajan Created An Empire w/Stacie Stukin & Philip DeSlippe
NOTES Stacie Stukin is an arts and culture writer born and raised in Los Angeles. She has written about travel, design, women's health and food for…
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EP 247: Visions of Zion, Ethiopianness, and Rastari w/Dr. Erin MacLeod
Dr. Erin MacLeod's work situates itself in the perspectives of postcolonial studies, social movements, intercultural communication, migratory processes and…
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EP 245: Roman Catacombs w/Dr. William "Chip" Gruen
Dr. William "Chip" Gruen is professor of religious studies at Muhlenberg College and is Director of the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding. The…
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EP 244: The Other Side of Nothing w/Brad Warner
http://hardcorezen.info/ Brad Warner was born in Ohio, grew up in Africa, and lived in Japan for eleven years, where he got ordained as a Zen monk. He now…