Podcasts and Resources on the Contemporary Social-Scientific Study of Religion
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Podcasts for GCSE & A-Level Religious Studies.
Weekly sermons by: Pastor Daniel Milligan of First Baptist Church of Stigler, Oklahoma
Shanny Luft, Religious Studies Professor and Associate Dean of General Education at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, created this podcast in order to promote curiosity as foundational for education.
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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 ...
Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee is a 30-minute radio broadcast composed of excerpts from Witness Lee's spoken ministry that focuses on the enjoyment of the divine life as revealed in the Scriptures. The ministry portions are followed by a discussion of the portion presented, including questions and answers.
On Scholars & Saints we'll explore some of the most pressing issues and cutting-edge methods in Mormon Studies, and put them in conversation with scholarship from the discipline of Religious Studies. You might be wondering, what is Mormon Studies? Mormon Studies refers to the broad interdisciplinary efforts of scholars both within and outside the Latter Day Saint tradition to understand the religion founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1830. Mormonism includes well known branches like the The Chu ...
Why Study Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham?
The Mindful Cranks broadly explores the cultural translation of Buddhism in the West, various facets of Buddhist modernism, and the mainstreaming of mindfulness in secular contexts. The podcast serves as a forum for voices that go beyond the dominant narratives which have been thus far uncritical of consumerism, medicalization, psychologization, corporatization and self-help approaches. Drawing from a wide range of disciplines — the humanities, philosophy, cultural studies, education, critic ...
Podcast about the New Testament and Christian Origins. Condensed comment from an academic perspective for everyone interested in historical approaches to the New Testament. By Mark Goodacre, Frances Hill Fox Professor of Religious Studies, Duke University.
In Henry Conversations, Professor Micah Watson talks with friends and colleagues from across the political and religious spectrum, about their work and the timely and timeless issues pertaining to faith, politics, and culture. Henry Conversations is the podcast of the Paul Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics, which promotes understanding of the interplay between faith and public life.
Welcome to “Making Footprints not Blueprints”, a regular podcast about matters philosophical and religious. My name is Andrew James Brown and, despite being myself an atheistically inclined free-thinker, I’m also the minister to the Unitarian Church in the city of Cambridge, UK.The title of this podcast is borrowed from the philosopher Herbert Fingarette (1921-2018) who, in his book, “The Self in Transformation” (Basic Books, New York 1963), offered us studies that were “outcomes rather than ...
Discover the healing power of God. Do you want to understand what Jesus said and learn how to apply it in your life? Each week we take a fresh look at the Bible and dig beneath the surface of things to its deep spiritual lessons. You’ll get insights on how Jesus thought and prayed, and how you can follow his example. If you want to learn how to pray more effectively and experience God’s healing power for yourself and others, this podcast is for you. The goal of this podcast is to help you re ...
Dr. James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, co-director of the University of Würzburg’s Institute for Fan Culture, and co-host of the New Books in Middle Eastern Studies podcast. James is the author of The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer blog, a book with the same title as well as Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa, co-authored with Dr. Teresita Cruz-Del Rosario and Shifting Sand ...
A series of lectures from my Introduction to World Religions Class including discussions of Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Shaykh Rizwan Hussain Al-Azhari began his Islamic education at a very young age. At the tender age of 11, in the year 1999, he was enrolled into the Al-Karam Secondary School where he spent five years of his academic life. After completing his GCSEs in 2004, he decided to pursue further Islamic education in the Al karam higher Islamic Studies department, thereby completing the 3 year Diploma in Islamic Sciences & Classical Arabic Language in 2007. Post graduation, the Shaykh then proceeded t ...
Join us for simple, focused Bible reading and discussion. If you're looking for a podcast focused on understanding the text of what you're reading in the Bible, you're in the right place. We believe the Bible is the most important text ever written, and everyone should have the chance to examine it for themselves. Let's dive in to God's word together! This podcast is an outreach of Capital City Christians, a non-denominational church in Harrisburg, PA. To contact us, or for more information, ...
An introduction to major topics in Jewish life, with a particular focus on contemporary America.
Keeping it 101 is the podcast that helps our nerdy listeners make sense of religion. Why religion? Well, if you read the news, have a body, exist in public, or think about race, gender, class, ability, or sexuality, you likely also think about religion — even if you don’t know it yet. Let us show you why religion is both a lot more important and a little easier to understand than you might think. Each 40-ish minute episode has a topic: a core idea we’re trying to get y’all to think through—t ...
A weekly podcast exploring academic research on religion and featuring top scholars in history, sociology, political science, economics and religious studies.
Devoted to understanding the Christian religious life and its social philosophy, this podcast offers weekly sermons, Bible study series, and occasional topical seminars. The teacher is Evan Bruce Wilson who serves as pastor of All Souls Christian Church in Moscow, Idaho and is director of the philosophy and hospitality ministry called The Big Haus Society. The material consists largely of considering and answering the questions of how to live before God by understanding the world and the Scr ...
Conversations about places where faith and politics overlap, with particular interest in extremism and violence. Run by the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence www.csbvbristol.org.uk. Most episodes are co-hosted by Helen Paynter, director of the CSBV, and Matthew Feldman, expert on the 'radical right', along with with an invited guest. Conversations focus on a diverse range of topics, such as antisemitism, the myth of redemptive violence, BLM, Islamism, and MAGA. Music at the beginnin ...
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Ultimate Concerns features interviews and discussions with religion experts about their research. Insights from these discussions are applied to contemporary cultural and political questions. Topics are related to many different religions (such as Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism) and methods of study (such as literary studies, history, theology, and philosophy). Ron Mourad, professor of religious studies at Albion College, hosts the show.
Study Religion is a production of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. The podcast brings listeners into the life of the department through discussions with faculty, student work, analysis of current events and popular culture, and interviews about the state of religious studies as a field. It is a chance to listen in to the conversations we're having on the balconies and inside the offices of Manly Hall, the department building and our logo.
This unit will give you an opportunity to think about some of the key concepts and methods of the discipline of Religious Studies. You will meet examples of different forms of religious practice and belief, mostly from Britain and India. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collection of open educational resources from The Open University. Published in ePub 2.0.1 format, some feature such as audio, video and linked PDF are not supported ...
Addressing Issues & Topics Affecting Christians Across The Nation. 9 - 10 a.m. Central M-F
A podcast exploring the religious and theological worlds from an Anglican perspective. Hosted by Gerald McDermott of The Institute of Anglican Studies at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University.
Teaching religious studies to high schoolers I've heard some pretty awful questions about God. Rather than share my own thoughts on reoccurring themes I've interviewed people who have put a lot of thought into these questions. Interestingly their responses to awful questions show that God questions leave them awe filled.
Jewish University System is a 501(C)(3) non-for-profit organization that offers doctoral degrees with religious modifiers in the areas of Educational Leadership, Psychology & Jewish & Religious Studies. This up-and-coming University is also focusing on tackling social justice issues such as antisemitism, discrimination, domestic violence, human trafficking, employment harassment, and Cyber-Security, just to name a few. To enroll simply visit: www.jewishuniversitysystem.net and click on the a ...
Be living proof of a loving God to a watching world.
God has laid it on my heart to share my over 30 years of preaching, teaching, and ministry with you, by means of spiritual meditations, sermons, Bible teachings, and religious testimony. My prayer is that God may use this spirit filled podcast to encourage you, enlighten you, and to increase your Christian faith. My story is different and may be shocking to some, but it shows how God can use even someone like me and He can use you too.
Learning English is VOA’s multimedia source of news and information for millions of English learners worldwide. Learning English began as Special English, which Voice of America launched in 1959. Special English newscasts and features were a primary fixture of VOA’s international shortwave broadcasts for more than half a century. In 2014, our line of products was expanded to include more English teaching materials, and the service became known as Learning English.
In this course, we examine major issues in how Americans commemorate the Holocaust. Topics include the creation of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the reception of Anne Frank, Passover ritual, and other forms of media and ritual
Planting the seeds for the transformational age since 1966. 21st Century Radio and Hieronimus & Co. focus on Consciousness, Paranormal, UFOs, Conspiracies, American Symbols and Symbology, Cryptozoology, Energy News, Magic, Environment, Food Safety, Health, History Rewritten, Art, Mystic and Occult, Planetary Research, Religious Studies, Science News, and so much more! www.21stCenturyRadio.com
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A Socratic Approach to Storytelling. We use case studies to identify common societal problems and advocate for solutions to those problems. We provide regular people tools to navigate legal, governmental, and administrative systems that favor people with influence. Let’s Talk - Let’s Act - Let’s Make Real Change - Together
The following work offers in book form the series of studies on the question of the historicity of Jesus, presented from time to time before the Independent Religious Society in Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 1909. No effort has been made to change the manner of the spoken, into the more regular form of the written, word. (Summary by M.M. Mangasarian (1859-1943) and Joanne Pauwels)
Women and Worldviews podcast, hosted by Dr. Katherine Low, professor of religious studies and chaplain, centers on students in a women's college to reveal ways in which young women build meaning for themselves in a religiously pluralistic world.
“The Strident Conservative” is a two minute daily commentary focusing on the news and issues relevant to Conservatives and the Constitution. With a focus on holding our political and spiritual leaders accountable for the decline of American greatness, we are an equal-opportunity critic, holding members of every political stripe accountable.
At the height of the Jim Crow era in Chicago, Noble Drew Ali founded the Moorish Science Temple of America. Using the language of Islam, he articulated a new religio-racial identity that subverted the racially oppressive lens of “negro” that had been used for decades as a powerful legal tool to subvert the rights of people of color after the Civil …
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Rachel S. Mikva, "Dangerous Religious Ideas: The Deep Roots of Self-Critical Faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam" (Beacon, 2020)
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Dangerous Religious Ideas: The Deep Roots of Self-Critical Faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Beacon, 2020) reveals how faith traditions have always passed down tools for self-examination and debate, because all religious ideas—not just extremist ones—can cause harm, even as they also embody important moral teachings. Scripture’s abiding re…
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Study: Black Americans Want Religious Services to Deal with Racial Equality - February 24, 2021
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Ethan Pollock, "Without the Banya We Would Perish" (Oxford UP, 2019)
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Blog Post: In Without the Banya We Would Perish: A History of the Russian Bathhouse (Oxford University Press, 2019), Dr. Ethan Pollock discusses one of life’s basic questions—How do people get clean?—in a way that embeds those everyday practices into a sophisticated historical context. From legends about medieval Kievan rulers, to everyday Russians…
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Learning English Broadcast - March 04, 2021
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In Mississippi, Small-town Musician Keeps Blues Alive - March 03, 2021
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Greenland Faces Hard Decisions About Rare Earth Mineral Mining - March 03, 2021
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Explaining God - Spirit Filled Podcast Episode 118
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This sermon was given in Pilot Point Texas at the Pilot Point Church of Christ.By John D Kimbrough
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In Yemen, Poverty, Hunger as U.N. Pleads for Funds and War's End - March 03, 2021
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WHO Warns 2.5 Billion Will Have Hearing Problems by 2050 - March 03, 2021
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Myanmar Security Forces Fire on Protesters, Killing Several - March 03, 2021
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Japanese Billionaire Offers Trip Around the Moon - March 03, 2021
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You, You Guys, Y’all: Second-Person Pronouns in American English - March 03, 2021
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Some Turn to Internet ‘Bots’ to Help Get Vaccine Appointments - March 03, 2021
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China in the Middle East-Stepping up to the plate
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When prominent Chinese Middle East scholars Sun Degang and Wu Sike last year described the Middle East as a “key region in big power diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in a new era,” they were signalling a shift in thinking that went further than a simple move away from publicly de-emphasizing the region’s importance.…
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The image of God and human violence - with guest Richard Middleton
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In this episode, Helen and Matthew speak with Dr Richard Middleton, Professor of Biblical Worldview and Exegesis at Northeastern Seminary, Rochester. Our conversation centres on ideas discussed in Richard's book The Liberating Image. We discuss the extent to which the biblical creation myths endorse or challenge violence in the ancient and modern w…
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Receiving and Enjoying the Grace of the Lord in Our Spirit
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OKI Wanna Know: Why Does Vine Street Stop Being Vine Street In Corryville?
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The most common question we get for our feature OKI Wanna Know has to do with street names: Who is honored by a street, or why is it called what it is? This week, WVXU's Bill Rinehart tries to answer why one of Cincinnati's best known streets detours for several blocks.By Bill Rinehart
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J. Jureidini and L. B. McHenry, "The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine: Exposing the Crisis of Credibility in Clinical Research" (Wakefield Press, 2020)
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An exposé of the corruption of medicine by the pharmaceutical industry at every level, from exploiting the vulnerable destitute for drug testing, through manipulation of research data, to disease mongering and promoting drugs that do more harm than good. Authors, Professor Jon Jureidini and Dr Leemon McHenry, made critical contributions to exposing…
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Han Yu, "Mind Thief: The Story of Alzheimer's" (Columbia UP, 2021)
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Alzheimer’s disease, a haunting and harrowing ailment, is one of the world’s most common causes of death. Alzheimer’s lingers for years, with patients’ outward appearance unaffected while their cognitive functions fade away. Patients lose the ability to work and live independently, to remember and recognize. There is still no proven way to treat Al…
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James R. Holmes, "A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy" (US Naval Institute Press, 2019)
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A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy (US Naval Institute Press, 2019), is a readable introduction to the world of maritime strategy. While Prof Holmes bases his narrative on the writings of Mahan and Corbett, he weaves in a wide-range of naval, political and philosophical thinkers who describe the universal importance of maritime strategy. His book g…
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C. L. Estes and N. B. DiCarlo, "Aging A-Z: Concepts Toward Emancipatory Gerontology" (Routledge, 2019)
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It’s often said that the time in our lives can often pass without us noticing. Old age can come before we realize it, and it brings with it new elements to our own daily lives that we couldn’t have anticipated before. Observed from a distance and growing old can seem like a universal experience, but observed up close, it becomes clear that the diff…
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W. P. Leeman and J. B. Hattendorf, "Forging the Trident: Theodore Roosevelt and the United States Navy" (Naval Institute Press, 2021)
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Theodore Roosevelt was a titan of American politics, society, and culture. Rarely soft spoken, always eager to brandish a big stick, and animated by an inexhaustible energy, Roosevelt used his considerable might to leave an indelible mark on the United States. As a trust buster, Roosevelt forever altered American attitudes toward corporate monopoli…
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Alan Klima, "Ethnography #9" (Duke UP, 2019)
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Alan Klima’s Ethnography #9 (Duke University Press, 2019) was co-written by a ghost. And that’s just the start of what’s going on in this eerie, singular book. It’s a discussion of finance in post-crash Thailand, a study of non-material histories, and an examination of the limits of anthropological writing. It’s also at once a complex and textured …
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Nira Wickramasinghe, "Slave in a Palanquin: Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka" (Columbia UP, 2020)
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For hundreds of years, the island of Sri Lanka was a crucial stopover for people and goods in the Indian Ocean. For the Dutch East India Company, it was also a crossroads in the Indian Ocean slave trade. Slavery was present in multiple forms in Sri Lanka—then Ceylon—when the British conquered the island in the late eighteenth century and began to g…
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Trump’s Title X “Protect Life Rule” heading to the Supreme Court - 030321
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Timothy Keller and John Inazu, "Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference" (Thomas Nelson, 2020)
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Bestselling author Timothy Keller and legal scholar John Inazu bring together a thrilling range of artists, thinkers, and leaders to provide a guide to faithful living in a pluralistic, fractured world. How can Christians today interact with those around them in a way that shows respect to those whose beliefs are radically different but that also r…
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Timothy Keller and John Inazu, "Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference" (Thomas Nelson, 2020)
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Bestselling author Timothy Keller and legal scholar John Inazu bring together a thrilling range of artists, thinkers, and leaders to provide a guide to faithful living in a pluralistic, fractured world. How can Christians today interact with those around them in a way that shows respect to those whose beliefs are radically different but that also r…
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When You 'Raise the Bar,' Things Get Hard - March 03, 2021
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Japanese Companies Use Technology to Fight Food Waste - March 02, 2021
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Despite Concerns, Chinese Vaccines Used in Much of the World - March 02, 2021
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Will Vaccination Passports Bring Back Normal Life? - March 02, 2021
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Volvo Will Make Electric Vehicles Only by 2030 - March 02, 2021
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Nigerian Governor Says 279 Kidnapped Schoolgirls Freed - March 02, 2021
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Carl Gallups: Vaccinations, the ‘Rona,’ and the Days of Noah
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Is our world actually reeling toward the prescient days of Noah—those days of unparalleled global turmoil as foretold by Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke? Are we really on the brink of a universal shaking, as a number of today’s prophecy watchers are warning? You’ll find the answers to those questions and many others.Do this, knowing the ti…
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CPS Looks To Offer Families Learning Options That 'Fit Their Needs'
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Surveys from Cincinnati Public Schools are being sent to families' homes to see which learning option they would prefer - distance learning or in-person classes five days a week.By Cory Sharber
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CPS Student Group Presents Demands To School Board
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Cincinnati Public Schools students from the group Speak Up and Speak Out presented a list of demands to the school board Monday night. The group was started in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Floyd was killed last summer by a Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds .…
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Summer Camps Eyeing Another Season With COVID Restrictions
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Last week's warm weather was a tease of spring, giving rise to thoughts of budding flowers, longer days and for some, the anticipation of summer camp. Signs-ups are already underway for some camps, and others, like Cincinnati Recreation Center programs, begin enrolling early this month.By Tana Weingartner