ReligionForBreakfast

Send cash directly to families in need, no strings attached: https://www.givedirectly.org/religion

Uploaded 15-12-24

The opinions expressed in this video are mine and written by me. They are not the opinions of the charity GiveDirectly, who sponsored this video to spread the word about their work.

00:00 What is Tithing?
3:57 Tithing in the Ancient Near East
9:23 Voluntary Tithes in Hebrew Bible
10:49 Obligatory Tithes in Hebrew Bible
17:45 Harmonization of the Tithe Laws
19:52 GiveDirectly



Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crash Course Mythology has brought a much needed series to YouTube. As a religious studies scholar, I want to offer some thoughts and critiques of the series.

Uploaded 01-03-18

Twitter: @andrewmarkhenry
Facebook: www.facebook.com/religionforbreakfast
Patreon: www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast
https://www.instagram.com/andrewmarkhenry/

Lays Farra's review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igrsfx0sLpI&t=1236s

CrashCourse Mythology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRCVcuA6yZQ&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNCG9Vq7vdvJytS-F-xGi7_

Andrew's religious studies book recommendations: http://amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast

Bibliography:

Russell McCutcheon: Critics Not Caretakers: Redescribing the Public Study of Religion, 2001

Russell McCutcheon: Manufacturing Religion, 1997



Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew chats with Dr. Jason Josephson-Storm, scholar of religious studies, about the rise of exorcisms in the United States. We also talk about the limits of the secularization thesis—the theory that the West is becoming less and less religious.

Uploaded 10-05-19

Join our Patreon community at: https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast
One-time donations can be sent to: https://www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast

Find Jason's book and many more suggestions from Andrew at: https://www.amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast

Follow me on:
Twitter @andrewmarkhenry:
www.facebook.com/religionforbreakfast

Follow Jason on Twitter too!: @Ghost_Image_



Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One day, I was trying to write my dissertation while sitting in my room in east Jerusalem. I was writing about ancient soundscapes...how the lack of ambient sounds in ancient cities would have made conversation and religious chants audible from over 100 feet away. Then a traffic jam happened outside my window. It was very loud. So I made this video.

Uploaded 21-03-18

(The ancient city you see in some of these clips comes from the city of Hippos, a Roman city in the Galilee).

Andrew's religious studies book recommendations: http://amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast

https://www.instagram.com/andrewmarkhenry/

Sources:
Bruce Smith, “The Acoustic World of Early Modern England."

Massachusetts Birth rate stats: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/infant_mortality_rates/infant_mortality.htm



Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With my link, you can get 50% off of Nebula. It’s just $30/year, or $2,5/month, at https://go.nebula.tv/religionforbreakfast
Watch Lindsay Ellis' "The Macabre World of Bodycam YouTube:" https://nebula.tv/videos/lindsayellis-bodycam-youtube?ref=religionforbreakfast

Uploaded 15-01-26

Headlines claim Gen Z is leading a religious revival—but major surveys show something very different. This video breaks down the data, the myths, and why America is experiencing a plateau, not a comeback.

Religion for Breakfast videos take a lot of research and collaboration. Patreon support helps fund editors, scholars, and future episodes. Support us here: https://www.patreon.com/c/religionforbreakfast

Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and Reuters



Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/religionforbreakfast

Uploaded 24-10-25

Join our Patreon community! https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and Reuters

In parts of Appalachia, a few Pentecostal Christians handle live venomous snakes during worship, following a literal reading of Mark 16. This video explores the history, psychology, and faith behind one of America’s most dangerous religious traditions.



Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/religionforbreakfast
Watch Archaeology Quest here!: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-pottery?ref=religionforbreakfast

Uploaded 29-03-24

Join our Patreon community!: https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast
One-time donations here!: https://www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast
Sign-up for my mailing list to be notified of online classes: https://classes.religionforbreakfast.com/

The vast majority of Christians recognize The Church of the Holy Sepulchre as the authentic tomb of Jesus. But starting in the mid-1800s, Protestant Christians started to argue that an alternate tomb, outside the walls of Jerusalem, was the REAL tomb of Jesus.

Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and Reuters.



Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More and more people are requesting exorcisms from Catholic priests in the U.S. according to a recent article in The Atlantic. What gives? Is this phenomenon actually happening? And if so, why? Andrew and Dr. Jason-Josephson-Storm team up to determine the sociological reasons behind this uptick in an age-old ritual.

Uploaded 09-05-19

Full interview here: https://youtu.be/Y8jUsOv7QX4

Join our Patreon community at: https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast
One-time donations can be sent to: https://www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast

Interested in Jason's book The Myth of Disenchantment? Check it out and other books from Andrew's recommendation list at Amazon here: https://amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast

Follow me on:
Twitter @andrewmarkhenry
www.facebook.com/religionforbreakfast

Sources:
American Exorcism, The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/catholic-exorcisms-on-the-rise/573943/

WBUR Interview with Lampert: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/04/20/exorcisms-demand-catholic-priest

Rise in Italy sources: https://theconversation.com/the-vatican-the-exorcists-and-the-return-of-the-devil-in-a-time-of-enchantment-92575

https://www.vaticannews.va/it/chiesa/news/2018-02/esorcismo-corsi-roma-palermo-demonio.html)

https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/03/06/demonic-activity-is-on-the-rise-in-italy-says-exorcist/

Rise in U.K. Exorcisms source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43697573

Pope Francis quote: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20180319_gaudete-et-exsultate.html

Vatican demonology course: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43697573

Kirsty Rowan and Karen Dwyer, "Demonic Possession and Deliverance in the Diaspora: Phenomenological Descriptions from Pentecostal Deliverees:" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13674676.2015.1077211?casa_token=aYTVkb0Zb3QAAAAA:wQZZKUQCjINqlMmc2M2e-P0GmYjUFQLSfSckZVKRU_QmJcT8gXKwQSHG6yA1BOlVz5jKjaiCSsI



Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keep exploring at https://brilliant.org/ReligionForBreakfast. Get started for free, and hurry—the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.

Uploaded 27-02-23

Join our Patreon community!: https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast
One-time donations here!: https://www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast
Check out my favorite religious studies books by following this affiliate link to my Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast

Bibliography:
PBS, “Religiously, Congress doesn’t reflect modern America, Pew finds”, Jan 5, 2023. link, accessed Jan 17, 2023.

PPRI (Public Religion Research Institute), “PRRI 2021 American Values Atlas: Religious Affiliation Updates and Trends: White Christian Decline Slows, Unaffiliated Growth Levels Off”, April 27, 2022, link, accessed Jan 17, 2023

Pew Research Center, Jeff Diamant, “Faith on the Hill: The religious composition of the 188th Congress”, Jan 3, 2023, link, accessed Jan 17, 2023

RNS (Religious News Service), Jana Riess, “The ‘nones’ are growing — and growing more diverse”, March 24, 2021, link, accessed Jan 17, 2023

Madrid, R., Merolla, J.L., Yanez Ruiz, A., et al., “The Relevance of Religion for Political Office: Voter Bias Toward Candidates from Different Religious Backgrounds”, Polit Behav 44, 981–1001 (2022), link, accessed Jan 27, 2023

Hogg, M. A., and Abrams, D. (2007), “Intergroup behavior and social identity”, in M. A. Hogg and J. Cooper (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of social psychology, SAGE Publications Inc.

Select footage and images courtesy of Getty



Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join our Patreon community!: https://patreon.com/religionforbreakfast
One-time donations here!: https://www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast
Check out my favorite religious studies books: https://www.amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast

Uploaded 09-04-20

The Last Supper is one of the most famous scenes from the Gospels. It is a story that has inspired the Eucharist, the central ritual of most Christian worship. But what sort of wine was available to Jesus in the early first century CE?

Bibliography:
McGovern, "Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture."

Interview where McGovern speculates about Amarone wine: https://www.vivino.com/wine-news/searching-for-the-wine-from-the-last-supper

Carey Ellen Walsh, "The Fruit of the Vine: Viticulture in Ancient Israel."

“Huge Wine Cellar Unearthed at a Biblical-Era Palace In Israel,” Smithsonian Magazine, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/huge-wine-cellar-unearthed-biblical-era-palace-israel-180952495/

Jo Ann Seely, “The Fruit of the Vine: Wine at Masada and in the New Testament,” Brigham Young University Studies, Vol. 36, No. 3, (1996-97), 207-227.

Images:
Tim Clarke, Drying Grapes in Greece, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Liastos%27_Traditional_straw_wine_in_Greece.jpg

Patrick McGovern, Wikicommons, photo credit to Pam Kosty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Edward_McGovern#/media/File:Patrick_McGovern_Analyzing_Midas_sample_at_Microscope.jpg

Amarone bottle, Wikicommons, photo credit to: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amarone_sartori.jpg

Peppercorn close-up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pepper#/media/File:4_color_mix_of_peppercorns.jpg



Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices