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Christian Studies
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 …

Christian Studies

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Princeton UP Ideas Podcast August 8, 2022

Sonorous Desert

What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks—and What It Can Teach Us

Kim Haines-Eitzen

Hosted by Mark Klobas
For the hermits and communal monks of antiquity, the desert was a place to flee the cacophony of ordinary life in order to hear and contemplate the voice of God …
General History August 5, 2022

The Last Witches of England

A Tragedy of Sorcery and Superstition

John Callow

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
On the morning of Thursday 29 June 1682, a magpie came rasping, rapping and tapping at the window of a prosperous Devon merchant. Frightened by its appearance, his servants and …
Jewish Studies August 3, 2022

The Bible with and Without Jesus

How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently

Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler

Hosted by Zalman Newfield
In The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently (HarperOne, 2020), Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler take readers on a guided tour …
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 …
Literary Studies July 29, 2022

Bad Humor

Race and Religious Essentialism in Early Modern England

Kimberly Anne Coles

Hosted by John Yargo
Kimberly Anne Coles is Professor of English at the University of Maryland; her first book, Religion, Reform and Women’s Writing in Early Modern England, was published with Cambridge University Press …
Biblical Studies July 29, 2022

Eco Bible

An Ecological Commentary on Genesis and Exodus

Yonatan Neril and Leo Dee

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
What does the Bible say about ecology? As people face huge ecological challenges-including growing hurricanes, floods, forest fires, and plastic pollution-the groundbreaking Yonatan Neril and Leo Dee's Eco Bible (Interfaith Center for …
Religion July 28, 2022

The Origin of Sin

Greece and Rome, Early Judaism and Christianity

David Konstan

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
Where did the idea of sin arise from? In The Origin of Sin: Greece and Rome, Early Judaism and Christianity (Bloomsbury, 2022), David Konstan takes a close look at classical …
American Studies July 27, 2022

Benjamin Franklin

The Religious Life of a Founding Father

Thomas S. Kidd

Hosted by Zalman Newfield
Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years …
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 …
Religion July 25, 2022

The Story of Religion in America

An Introduction

James P Byrd and James Hudnut-Beumler

Hosted by Jackson Reinhardt
The Story of Religion in America: An Introduction (Westminster John Knox Press, 2021) presents the broad scope of the story of religion in the American colonies and the United States. While …
Medieval History July 22, 2022

Orthodox Cyprus Under the Latins, 1191-1571

Society, Spirituality, and Identities

Chrysovalantis Kyriacou

Hosted by Evan Zarkadas
Medieval and Renaissance Cyprus was a fascinating place of ethnic, cultural, and religious encounters. Following almost nine centuries of Byzantine rule, Cyprus was conquered by the Crusaders in 1191, becoming …
Architecture July 22, 2022

American Unitarian Churches

Architecture of a Democratic Religion

Ann Marie Borys

Hosted by Bryan Toepfer
The Unitarian religious tradition was a product of the same eighteenth-century democratic ideals that fueled the American Revolution and informed the founding of the United States. Its liberal humanistic principles …
Catholic Studies July 19, 2022

The Genocide Against the Tutsi, and the Rwandan Churches

Between Grief and Denial

Philippe Denis

Hosted by Allison Isidore
Why did some sectors of the Rwandan churches adopt an ambiguous attitude towards the genocide against the Tutsi which claimed the lives of around 800,000 people in three months between …
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 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. …
Environmental Studies July 14, 2022

Climate Politics and the Power of Religion

Evan Berry

Hosted by Brady McCartney
How does our faith affect how we think about and respond to climate change? Climate Politics and the Power of Religion (Indiana University Press, 2022) is an edited collection that explores …
Religion July 12, 2022

Demonic Bodies and the Dark Ecologies of Early Christian Culture

Travis W. Proctor

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
Drawing insights from gender studies and the environmental humanities, Demonic Bodies and the Dark Ecologies of Early Christian Culture (Oxford UP, 2022) analyze how ancient Christians constructed the Christian body …
Catholic Studies July 11, 2022

Subversive Habits

Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle

Shannen Dee Williams

Hosted by Allison Isidore
In Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle (Duke UP, 2022), Shannen Dee Williams, provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the …
Religion July 8, 2022

Revising Eternity

27 Latter-Day Saint Men Reflect on Modern Relationships

Holly Welker

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Marriage's central role in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints distinguishes the faith while simultaneously reflecting widespread American beliefs. But what does Latter-day Saint marriage mean for men?  …