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Political Science January 27, 2022

Decoding the Digital Church

Evangelical Storytelling and the Election of Donald J. Trump

Stephanie A. Martin

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Dr. Stephanie (Sam) A. Martin’s new book, Decoding the Digital Church: Evangelical Storytelling and the Election of Donald J. Trump (U Alabama Press, 2021), is a fascinating exploration of the way …

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Japanese Studies January 27, 2022

Of Gods and Minds

In Search of a Theological Commons

James Heisig

Hosted by Takeshi Morisato
One of the trailblazers in the field of Japanese philosophy, James W. Heisig, delivered his five lectures in 2019 at Boston College as the Duffy Lectures in Global Christianity. These lectures were …
Children's Literature January 26, 2022

If I Lived with Noah

Pamela Moritz

Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Today I talked to Pamela Moritz about her charming rhyming story If I Lived with Noah (Apple and Honey Press, 2020). A young boy imagines being sequestered with Noah and all the …
General History January 26, 2022

The Fires of Lust

Sex in the Middle Ages

Katherine Harvey

Hosted by Jana Byars
Today we are with Katherine Harvey, author of The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages (Reaktion Books, 2021). An illuminating exploration of the surprisingly familiar sex lives of ordinary …
Children's Literature January 17, 2022

The Weed That Woke Christmas

The Mostly True Tale of the Toledo Christmas Weed

Alayne Kay Christian

Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Alayne Kay Christian is the content and developmental editor for Blue Whale Press and an award-winning children's book author. We talked about her recent book, The Weed That Woke Christmas …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast January 14, 2022

Ravenna

Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe

Judith Herrin

Hosted by Mark Klobas
At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here …
Biblical Studies December 23, 2021

The Reception of Exodus Motifs in Jewish and Christian Literature

"Let My People Go!"

Beate Kowalski and Susan E. Docherty

Hosted by Michael Morales
The account of the exodus of Israel out of Egypt led by Moses has shaped the theology and community identity of both Jewish people and Christians across the centuries, blossoming …
Christian Studies December 17, 2021

Reformed Systematic Theology

Volume 3: Spirit and Salvation

Joel Beeke and Paul M. Smalley

Hosted by Zachary McCulley
The aim of systematic theology is to engage not only the head but also the heart and hands. Only recently has the church compartmentalized these aspects of life--separating the academic …
General History January 12, 2022

The Corrupter of Boys

Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy

Dyan Elliott

Hosted by Jana Byars
In the fourth century, clerics began to distinguish themselves from members of the laity by virtue of their augmented claims to holiness. Because clerical celibacy was key to this distinction …
Religion January 11, 2022

Butinage

The Art of Religious Mobility

Yonatan N. Gez, Yvan Droz, Jeanne Rey, and Edio Soares

Hosted by Irene Promodh
Based on comparative ethnographic research in four countries and three continents, Butinage: The Art of Religious Mobility (U Toronto Press, 2021) explores the notion of "religious butinage" as a conceptual …
Music January 6, 2022

Lying in the Middle

Musical Theater and Belief at the Heart of America

Jake Johnson

Hosted by Kristen Turner
Jake Johnson, author of Lying in the Middle: Musical Theater and Belief at the Heart of America (University of Illinois Press, 2021) takes as his subject the artifice of musicals—no …
Christian Studies January 3, 2022

The Book of Revelation and Its Eastern Commentators

Making the New Testament in the Early Christian World

Thomas Schmidt

Hosted by Zachary McCulley
In The Book of Revelation and Its Eastern Commentators (Cambridge UP, 2021), T. C. Schmidt offers a new perspective on the formation of the New Testament by examining it simply as …
General History December 22, 2021

Zwingli

God's Armed Prophet

Bruce Gordon

Hosted by Zachary McCulley
Zwingli: God's Armed Prophet (Yale, 2021) is a major new biography of Huldrych Zwingli--the warrior preacher who shaped the early Reformation. Zwingli (1484-1531) was the most significant early reformer after Martin Luther. As the …
Biblical Studies December 22, 2021

Sin, the Human Predicament, and Salvation in the Gospel of John

Mathew E. Sousa

Hosted by Jonathan Wright
In Sin, the Human Predicament, and Salvation in the Gospel of John (Bloomsbury, 2021), Mathew E. Sousa demonstrates that in certain respects, John's doctrine of salvation fails to align with its …
Indian Religions December 16, 2021

Savoring God

Comparative Theopoetics

Gloria Maité Hernández

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Gloria Maité Hernández's Savoring God: Comparative Theopoetics (Oxford UP, 2021) compares two mystical works central to the Christian Discalced Carmelite and the Hindu Bhakti traditions: the sixteenth-century Spanish Cántico espiritual …
Education December 14, 2021

Traditions of Eloquence

The Jesuits and Modern Rhetorical Studies

Cinthia Gannett and John Brereton

Hosted by Thomas Discenna
Traditions of Eloquence: The Jesuits and Modern Rhetorical Studies (Fordham UP, 2016) explores the important ways Jesuits have employed rhetoric, the ancient art of persuasion and the current art of …
Christian Studies December 13, 2021

When Did Eve Sin?

The Fall and Biblical Historiography

Jeffrey J. Niehaus

Hosted by Ryan Shelton
There's a small discrepancy between the divine proscription against forbidden fruit in Genesis 2 and Eve's re-telling of that prohibition to the serpent in Genesis 3. Jeffrey J. Niehaus, senior …
World Christianity December 10, 2021

The Scots Afrikaners

Identity Politics and Intertwined Religious Cultures in Southern and Central Africa

Retief Muller

Hosted by Byung Ho Choi
Drawing primarily on Dutch and Afrikaans archival sources including the Dutch Reformed Church Archive and private collections, Retief Muller's The Scots Afrikaners: Identity Politics and Intertwined Religious Cultures in Southern and …
Academic Life December 9, 2021

Shoutin’ In the Fire

A Conversation with Graduate Student Dante Stewart

Dante Stewart

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Dante Stewart’s path through college and into his current graduate school, playing football for Clemson, why former college athletes …
World Christianity December 8, 2021

Kwame Bediako

African Theology for a World Christianity

Tim Hartman

Hosted by Byung Ho Choi
Kwame Bediako was one of the great African theologians of his generation. Challenging the assumption that Christianity is a Western religion, he presented a non-Western foundation for theological reflection, expanded …