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On Religion August 10, 2022

On the Hungry Ghost

An Discussion with Dalena Storm

Dalena Storm

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dalena Storm is a writer and educator. Her undergraduate training at Williams College was in Asian Studies with a Religious Studies Concentration, and her experiences in the study and practice …

On Religion August 9, 2022

On Apocalypse Stories

A Discussion with Kelly J. Baker

Kelly J. Baker

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. Kelly J. Baker is the author of the award-winning Gospel According to the Klan: The KKK’s Appeal to Protestant America, 1915-1930 (University Press of Kansas, 2011); The Zombies Are …

On Religion August 8, 2022

On Online Churches

A Discussion with Tim Hutchings

Tim Hutchings

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. Tim Hutchings is a sociologist of digital religion. His Ph.D. (Durham University, 2010) was an ethnographic study of five online Christian churches. Dr. Hutchings is interested in the relationship …

On Religion August 5, 2022

On Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times

A Discussion with Deborah Eden Tull

Deborah Eden Tull

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Deborah Eden Tull is the founder of Mindful Living Revolution. She is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, public speaker, author, activist, and sustainability educator. She trained for seven years as …

On Religion August 4, 2022

On Jukai and Zen Training

A Discussion with Robert Schaefer

Robert Schaefer

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Robert Schaefer is a professional chef and lifelong Buddhist practitioner. He received the Jukai ceremony at the Korinji Rinzai Monastery in Wisconsin under the direction of Roshi Meido Moore. …

On Religion August 3, 2022

On Naked in the Zendo

A Discussion with Roshi Grace Schireson

Roshi Grace Schireson

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Roshi Grace Schireson is a teacher in the Suzuki Roshi Lineage of Soto Zen, empowered by Sojun Mel Weitsman. She has also practiced in the Rinzai tradition and was encouraged …

On Religion August 2, 2022

On Religious Literacy and Teacher Education

A Discussion with Chris Murray

Chris Murray

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Chris Murray is a social studies classroom teacher and religious literacy teacher education facilitator in Maryland. …

On Religion August 1, 2022

On the Krampus Conundrum

A Discussion with Madison Tarleton

Madison Tarleton

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Madison Tarleton is a Ph.D. candidate and scholar of Medieval Judaism in Christian Europe, antijudaism and antisemitism. Madison is studying at the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology’s joint PhD …

On Religion July 29, 2022

On Tibetan Buddhist Vegetarianism

A Discussion with Geoffrey Barstow

Geoffrey Barstow

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. Geoffrey Barstow is assistant professor of religious studies at Oregon State University. His research focuses on the history and theory of vegetarianism in Tibet. He is the editor and …

On Religion July 28, 2022

On the Wanderer's Havamal and the Poetic Edda

A Discussion with Jackson Crawford

Jackson Crawford

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. Jackson W. Crawford is Instructor of Nordic Studies and Coordinator of the Nordic Program at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Crawford is the author and translator of The Wanderer’s Havamal …

On Religion July 27, 2022

On Teaching and Sikh Visibility

A Discussion with Simran Jeet Singh

Simran Jeet Singh

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. Simran Jeet Singh is columnist for Religion News Service, Senior Fellow at the Sikh Coalition, Chaplain at New York University and Columbia University, and serves on the Governor’s Interfaith …

On Religion July 26, 2022

On Chrismukkah

A Discussion with Samira Mehta

Samira Mehta

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. Samira Mehta a scholar of religion and the politics of the American Family and an assistant professor of Women and Gender Studies and Jewish Studies at the University of …

On Religion July 25, 2022

On Pious Fashion and Muslim Women

A Discussion with Liz Bucar

Liz Bucar

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. Liz Bucar is a professor in the department of philosophy and religion and Dean’s Leadership Fellow at Northeastern University in Boston. Dr. Bucar is the author of the award-winning …

On Religion July 22, 2022

On American Jews on the Frontier

A Discussion with Shari Rabin

Shari Rabin

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. Shari Rabin is a scholar of modern Judaism and American religions. Her first book, Jews on the Frontier: Religion and Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America (New York University Press, 2017) …

On Religion July 21, 2022

On Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen

A Discussion with Brad Warner

Brad Warner

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Ordained as a Soto Zen priest, Brad Warner is also a punk bassist, filmmaker, and blogger. He is the founder of Angel City Zen Center in Los Angeles and the …

On Religion July 19, 2022

On Charismatic Christianity and the Life of Kathryn Kuhlman

A Discussion with Amy Artman

Amy Artman

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. Amy Artman teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at Missouri State University. Her research interests are in Pentecostalism and Charismatic Christianity, focusing on women in American religions, such …

On Religion July 18, 2022

On Moving from Suffering to Peace

A Discussion with Mark Coleman

Mark Coleman

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Mark Coleman has taught meditation retreats and trainings worldwide for twenty years. He is the founder of the Mindfulness Institute and Awake in the Wild Programs. A senior teacher at …

On Religion July 15, 2022

Visions of Zion

Ethiopians and Rastafari in the Search for the Promised Land

Erin C. MacLeod

Hosted by Gregory Soden

In reggae song after reggae song Bob Marley and other reggae singers speak of the Promised Land of Ethiopia. "Repatriation is a must!" they cry. The Rastafari have been travelling to Ethiopia since …

On Religion July 15, 2022

On Charismatic Religions and the Vineyard Movement

A Discussion with Maren Freudenberg

Maren Freudenberg

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. Maren Freudenberg is a research associate at the Center for Religious Studies at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, and the associate editor of the journal Entangled Religions. …

On Religion July 14, 2022

On the Life of Jamgon Kongtrul

A Discussion with Alex Gardner

Alex Gardner

Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. Alex Gardner is the author of the brand new biography, The Life of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great, out now from Snow Lion, an imprint of Shambhala Publications. Gardner is …