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Uploaded 26-06-25

The Jade Emperor is one of the most important gods in Chinese religion, but he didn’t start that way. This video traces his rise from mortal prince to cosmic ruler, his role in Daoism and popular religion, and his surprising rivalry with the Buddha.

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Uploaded 13-01-26

Nero died in 68 CE—or did he? Meet the impostors, rumors, and apocalyptic traditions that convinced many he would return, shaping the meaning of 666 and the Beast in Revelation.

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The people of Hyrule seem to subscribe to a sophisticated religion that is unlike anything that we see in the real world. What could we learn if we were transported into this world as an anthropologist to study Hylianism?

Uploaded 01-06-17

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In spring 2018, I got a special tour inside the Dome of the Rock. Here are my thoughts as I wandered around this sacred building.

Uploaded 24-01-19

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Sigmund Freud: Famous psychoanalyst with famously eccentric research. But did you know some of his research focused on theories about religion?

Uploaded 13-09-16

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Many define "religion" as a "belief system." But religion encompasses a lot more than "belief" and "doctrine." In fact, many religions don't emphasize personal faith much at all. For many people, their religious identity is derived through the rituals they decide to participate in and the cultural identity that they have adopted. How, then, can we complicate our "belief centric" view of religious identity?

Uploaded 01-09-17

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Bibliography:

Ben Marcus on the 3B Framework of Religious Identity:
“Religious Literacy in American Education,” in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Education, ed. Michael D. Waggoner and Nathan C. Walker (Oxford: Oxford University Press, Forthcoming).

More from Ben Marcus on 3B Framework: http://www.religiousfreedomcenter.org/schools/grounding/identity/

Belief in God Pew Research study: http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/belief-in-god/

Catholic views Pew Research study: http://www.pewforum.org/2013/03/18/us-catholics-happy-with-selection-of-pope-francis/

Another study on Catholic views on birth control and homosexuality: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/09/19/majority-of-u-s-catholics-opinions-run-counter-to-church-on-contraception-homosexuality/

For a fuller discussion on Charles Hardwick and the "Protestant bias" in the study of religion, see:
Dr. Tomoko Masuzawa, "The Invention of World Religions," p. 127

Dr. JZ Smith, "Drudgery Divine," (the whole book, its great).



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Uploaded 19-03-26

The Dajjal: a one-eyed deceiver who performs miracles, raises the dead, and nearly conquers the world. We break down the Islamic end-times traditions, his origins, and why he remains one of the most feared figures in Islam.

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00:00 Intro
1:08 The Dajjal in the Hadith
5:42 The Physical Traits of the Dajjal
8:51 The Defeat of the Dajjal
11:00 Historical Context
12:54 Linking the Dajjal to Real People
14:47 Mystical Intepretations
16:00 Tamim al-Dari Story



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Uploaded 20-09-24

Special thanks to the writer of this episode Paul Davidson. Check out his blog "Is that in the Bible?": https://isthatinthebible.wordpress.com/

Bibliography:
Christian Bull, "The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus," 2014.
M. David Litwa, "Hermetica II: The Excerpts of Stobaeus," 2018.
Wouter Hanegraaff, "Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism," 2006.

00:00 Intro
1:39 Hermetica explained
6:01 Hermetic and Platonic Cosmogony
10:09 Fate and the Hermetic Human Condition
12:08 Ascension, the Way of Hermes, and Rebirth
19:30 Was Hermetism a Religion?
24:48 I included a bonus section about baboons in the Nebula version of this vid



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Uploaded 09-02-21

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Bibliography:
David Carrasco, "Religions of Mesoamerica," 2nd edition, 2013.
David Carrasco, "The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction," 2011
Isabel Laack, "Aztec Religion and Art of Writing," 2019.
Michael Smith, "The Aztecs," 1996.
Jonathan Z. Smith, "The Devil in Mr. Jones," in the book "Imagining Religion."



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