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Religious studies draws inspiration from multiple academic disciplines: sociology, anthropology, history, neuroscience, biology, psychology, political science..so no matter what you're interested in, you can probably find a home in religious studies!

Uploaded 16-11-17

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Special thanks to the Religious Freedom Center for helping to film and edit this video. The Religious Freedom Center is a nonsectarian organization based out of the Newseum in Washington D.C. They are developing online curriculum to help public school teachers to improve their religious literacy in the classroom. This video is part of two classes I helped to design: RLIT 100 Religions of the World, and EDU 300 Teaching About Religion in Public School. If you are interested in signing up for one of these courses, head on over to: http://www.religiousfreedomcenter.org/admissions/

Buddhism footage is from my friend and colleague Jenn Lindsay. Check out her YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/user/jenniferslindsay

Special thanks to another friend and colleague, John Balch, for help describing the scientific study of religion. Follow him on Twitter at @PerplexedMonist



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You don't need to be religious to study religion. This might sound really obvious to you...but from my experience, lots of people assume this.

Uploaded 12-07-17

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Uploaded 31-05-24

The Amish appear a lot in pop culture, but they're also frequently misrepresented and mythologized. So what do the Amish actually believe and practice?

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00:00 Introduction
00:54 Basic Overview
3:16 Origins of the Amish
8:49 Amish "Order," The Ordnung
9:35 The Amish and Technology
11:43 The Amish and Public Life
14:47 Amish Culture and Rumspringa
16:46 Amish Religious Practice
17:29 High-Commitment Communities
18:36 The Amish, Pop Culture, and "Bonnet Rippers"
23:06 Sponsor

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Uploaded 20-04-20

Interview with Dr. Joseph Henrich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_M2odFfxno
War Makes Us More Religious video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVKRAMupaUA

In March 2020, Google searches for "prayer" surged to its highest level in 5 years. Presumably, more and more people are searching for answers about prayer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Does this indicate a surge in religiosity as well?

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Bibliography:
K.I. Pargament, "The psychology of religion and coping: Theory, research, practice," Guilford Press, 2001.

Ano and Vasconcelles, 2005, “Religious coping and psychological adjustment to stress: A meta-analysis,” Journal of clinical psychology, 2005, 61 (4), 461-480

Joseph Henrich et. al. “War Increases Religiosity,” https://henrich.fas.harvard.edu/files/henrich/files/henrich_et_al-2019-nature_human_behaviour.pdf
Sinding Bentzen research on natural disasters and religiosity: https://academic.oup.com/ej/article-abstract/129/622/2295/5490325?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Saudi Government Bans Prayers: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/saudi-arabia-bans-prayers-holy-mosques-coronavirus-fears-200320063001931.html

Haaretz article on the sanitation of the Western Wall: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/with-hazmat-suits-collecting-letters-to-god-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-1.8728568

Study by Dr. Jeanet Sinding Bentzen: https://twitter.com/JeanetBentzen/status/1244609464239624192
Sociologist Dr. Landon Schnabel’s response: https://twitter.com/LandonSchnabel/status/1245276267445751808

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Social Distancing Photograph 2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Social_distancing_sign_at_TJs.jpg

Social Distancing Photograph 3: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Social_distancing_during_COVID-19_pandemic,_Haslemere_02.jpg



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Uploaded 11-06-26

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A new study asks whether atheist friends make religious teens more likely to disaffiliate from religion. The answer is yes, but the real surprise is how many stay religious anyway.



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Uploaded 28-02-25

In Late Antiquity, Christian leaders condemned paganism, sometimes leading to violent attacks on divine statues. What do these attacks teach us about Christianization of the Roman Empire?

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00:00 Setting up the topic
1:40 How did the Greeks and Romans view statues?
5:28 Idolatry and Cult Statues
7:30 Demonology
12:12 Selective Damage and Embodied Objects
14:07 Christian Triumphalism
20:24 Christianization: Syncretism vs. Antisyncretism



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Uploaded 09-08-19

Every year, millions of Muslims complete a pilgrimage to Mecca called The Hajj. This pilgrimage is obligatory for all Muslims and is considered one of the Five Pillars of Islam. But what does this pilgrimage entail?

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Sources:
https://www.aljazeera.com/focus/hajj/2009/11/2009111895127111168.html
https://www.vox.com/2016/9/12/12814258/hajj-2018-islamic-pilgrimage-mecca-what-is-explained
https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/themes/hajj/the_rituals_of_the_hajj.aspx
stampede: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/pilgrims-killed-hajj-stampede-mina-mecca-150924082302232.html
stampede: https://religionnews.com/2015/12/10/saudi-arabia-stifled-true-death-count-hajj-stampede-2411/


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Mina: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina,_Saudi_Arabia#/media/File:Mina_Overview.JPG
Mina tent: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clouds_over_Mina_-_Flickr_-_Al_Jazeera_English.jpg
Plain of Arafat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Arafat#/media/File:Pilgrims_cover_Arafat's_roads,_plains_and_mountain_-_Flickr_-_Al_Jazeera_English.jpg
Muzdalifa: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muzdalifah.jpg
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Collecting stones: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meanwhile,_some_pilgrims_begin_to_collect_pebbles_for_the_next_day%27s_rites._-_Flickr_-_Al_Jazeera_English.jpg



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This is Episode 1 of a new Patheos video series: "Excavating the History of the Bible." Watch Episode 2 on their channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4KN4NIVAqE&feature=youtu.be

Uploaded 17-02-21

Video Photo attributions:
Special thanks to the Jezreel Valley Regional Project for drone footage of Lachish, Arad, and Megiddo, as well as a bunch of footage of excavations.

Jericho archaeological site, Wikimedia Commons user Abraham, CC BY-SA 3.0
Tell Barri image, Wikimedia Commons user Zoeperkoe, CC BY-SA 3.0
Beth Shean tel image, Wikimedia Commons user Greg Schechter, CC BY 2.0
Mesha Stele, Wikimedia Commons user Henri Sivonen, CC BY-SA 2.0
Ground penetrating radar, Wikimedia Commons user The Official CTBTO Photostream, CC BY-SA 2.0
Tree Rings image, Wikimedia Commons user Vijayanrajapuram, CC BY-SA 4.0
Amphorae pottery image, Wikimedia user Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0
Phytoliths image, Wikimedia user Benjamin Gadet, CC BY-SA 3.0



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Uploaded 15-04-24

Mazu is a Chinese goddess particularly popular in Taiwan and the southeastern provinces of China. But she's also arguably the most popular Chinese goddess around the world, worshipped in 20 different countries around the world.

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Uploaded 17-02-26

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Did Jesus really have long, flowing hair? Art always depicts him like that, but archaeology says probably not. From Roman statues to Jewish tomb finds, we explore what men actually looked like in first-century Galilee.



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