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Irish Studies June 21, 2022

Representing Magic in Modern Ireland

Belief, History, Culture

Andrew Sneddon

Hosted by Aidan Beatty
Andrew Sneddon is a Lecturer in International History at Ulster University. His research explores Irish witchcraft, magic and the supernatural in a comparative framework from the medieval to the modern …

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Catholic Studies June 20, 2022

Seeing Jesus in the Eyes of the Oppressed

Franciscans Working for Peace and Justice

Paul T. Murray

Hosted by Allison Isidore
Following World War II, the United States enjoyed unprecedented prosperity as the post-war economy exploded. While Americans pondered affluence, U.S. Franciscans focused on the forgotten members of U.S. society, those …
Critical Theory June 16, 2022

Science and Religion

A Very Short Introduction. Second Edition

Thomas Dixon and Adam Shapiro

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
Debates about science and religion are rarely out of the news. Whether it concerns what's being taught in schools, clashes between religious values and medical recommendations, or questions about how …
Early Modern History June 10, 2022

Storied Places

Pilgrim Shrines, Nature, and History in Early Modern France

Virginia Reinburg

Hosted by Elspeth Currie
Today I talked to Virginia Reinburg about her book Storied Places: Pilgrim Shrines, Nature, and History in Early Modern France (Cambridge UP, 2019). Pilgrim shrines were places of healing, holiness, and truth …
Christian Studies June 9, 2022

Spiritual Direction from Dante

Yearning for Paradise

Paul Pearson

Hosted by Michael Morales
Many people search for heavenly bliss on earth, allured by all the world has to offer. In Paradiso, the third volume of his masterpiece, the Divine Comedy, Dante corrects our …
Latino Studies June 3, 2022

Brown Church

Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity

Robert Chao Romero

Hosted by David-James Gonzales
For five hundred years, Latina/o culture and identity have been shaped by their challenges to the religious, socio-economic, and political status quo, whether in opposition to Spanish colonialism, Latin American …
Genocide Studies June 1, 2022

The Memory of Goodness

Eva Fleischner and Her Contributions to Holocaust Studies

John K. Roth and Carol Rittner

Hosted by Kelly McFall
Today I talked to Carol Rittner and John K. Roth about their edited volume The Memory of Goodness:  Eva Fleischner and her contributions to Holocaust Studies (National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education …
Early Modern History May 26, 2022

The Dissolution of the Monasteries

A New History

James Clark

Hosted by Jonathan Megerian
In a mere four years, England’s monastic tradition—one of the richest in all of Europe—came to an end. The Dissolution of the Monasteries, as it’s come to be known, stands …
Jewish Studies May 20, 2022

Three Philosophies of Life

Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Songs

Peter Kreeft

Hosted by Phil Cohen
"I've been a philosopher for all my adult life and the three most profound books of philosophy that I have ever read are Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Songs." This …
Middle Eastern Studies May 13, 2022

A Liminal Church

Refugees, Conversions and the Latin Diocese of Jerusalem, 1946–1956

Maria Chiara Rioli

Hosted by Roberto Mazza
The history of the Palestine War does not only concern military history. It also involves social, humanitarian and religious history, as in the case of the Roman Catholic Diocese of …
Catholic Studies May 10, 2022

Millennial Missionaries

How a Group of Young Catholics Is Trying to Make Catholicism Cool

Katherine Dugan

Hosted by Allison Isidore
Millennials in the U.S. have been characterized as uninterested in religion, as defectors from religious institutions, and as agnostic about the role of religious identity in their culture. Amid the …
Catholic Studies May 9, 2022

Catholics on the Barricades

Poland, France, and "Revolution," 1891-1956

Piotr H. Kosicki

Hosted by Brenna Moore
In Poland in the 1940s and '50s, a new kind of Catholic intended to remake European social and political life--not with guns, but French philosophy. Piotr H. Kosicki's book Catholics on …
Latin American Studies May 5, 2022

The Religion of Life

Eugenics, Race, and Catholicism in Chile

Sarah Walsh

Hosted by Claudia Monterroza Rivera
The Religion of Life: Eugenics, Race, and Catholicism in Chile (U Pittsburgh Press, 2021) examines the interconnections and relationship between Catholicism and eugenics in early twentieth-century Chile. Specifically, it demonstrates …
Eastern European Studies May 4, 2022

Czesław Miłosz's Faith in the Flesh

Body, Belief, and Human Identity

Stanley Bill

Hosted by Piotr Kosicki
In Czesław Miłosz’s Faith in the Flesh: Body, Belief, and Human Identity (Oxford University Press, 2021), Cambridge professor Stanley Bill offers a profoundly original, fine-grained, and rich interpretation of the …
On Religion May 2, 2022

On Mary Magdalene in the Reformation

A Discussion with Margaret Arnold

Margaret Arnold

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Margaret Arnold is the Associate Rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Medford, Massachusetts. She received her PhD in Religious and Theological Studies from Boston University. Her new book, The Magdalene …
Latino Studies April 25, 2022

Borderlands Curanderos

The Worlds of Santa Teresa Urrea and Don Pedrito Jaramillo

Jennifer Koshatka Seman

Hosted by Jonathan Cortez
Recent global events have unmasked inequitable healthcare systems that disproportionately affect poor Latinx populations along the U.S-Mexico border. Professor Jennifer K. Seman’s recent publication offers a brief insight into these …
French Studies April 25, 2022

The Spirit of French Capitalism

Economic Theology in the Age of Enlightenment

Charly Coleman

Hosted by Roxanne Panchasi
Charly Coleman's latest book, The Spirit of French Capitalism: Economic Theology in the Age of Enlightenment (Stanford University Press, 2021) is at once a history of ideas, the economy, religion, and material …
Catholic Studies April 22, 2022

Errand Into the Wilderness of Mirrors

Religion and the History of the CIA

Michael Graziano

Hosted by Allison Isidore
Michael Graziano’s intriguing book fuses two landmark titles in American history: Perry Miller’s Errand into the Wilderness (1956), about the religious worldview of the early Massachusetts colonists, and David Martin’s …
Critical Theory April 12, 2022

Science, Religion, and the Protestant Tradition

Retracing the Origins of Conflict

James C. Ungureanu

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
The story of the “conflict thesis” between science and religion—the notion of perennial conflict or warfare between the two—is part of our modern self-understanding. As the story goes, John William …
Irish Studies April 8, 2022

Gay and Lesbian Activism in the Republic of Ireland, 1973-93

Patrick J. McDonagh

Hosted by Averill Earls
Ireland’s 2015 Marriage Equality referendum is often framed as an incredible achievement just twenty years after sex between men was decriminalized (1993). But starting the story of gay and lesbian …