It has been 10 months since my last podcast episode! As they say, life happened. But I'm glad to be back kicking off a particular series on world religions.

This semester I'm teaching a few sections of an undergraduate World Religions class and, thus, I've been thinking more and more about how important it is for us to understand other religions and their adherents.

As 19th century religion scholar Max Muller said, “He who knows one [religion], knows none."

How have we come to “know” about Buddhism or Islam? Is it via mainstream media and Hollywood films? Or is it a proper inquiry and understanding of another society, culture, and people?

To begin, I'm going to offer a couple of introductory episodes around the idea of religion and the study of religion itself. I hope you check it out!

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