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00:00 Intro + Text Overview
3:38 Head-coverings in the Roman World
7:07 The Social Significance of the Head-covering
11:11 Paul and Roman Religion
14:56 Ritual Impropriety and Angels
17:35 Hair as Sex Organs...yeah you read that right
18:51 The Hair-Style Theory
22:09 Theory and Method: People Selectively Interpret Sacred Texts
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Uploaded 16-08-24

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Watch Dan McClellan's debunk of the "Dagon" theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHntHwQselg&t=35s

00:00 Mitre introduced
1:12 The earliest mitre and its evolution
2:29 The Horns of Moses
6:08 The side-horned mitre in passion plays
7:37 The mitre in anti-Catholic propaganda
8:45 Nebula!



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Uploaded 07-10-20

Photo Attributions:
Cemetery of Confucius, Wikimedia Commons User Vmenkov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Olds#/media/File:Kong_Yanjin_-_looking_north_-_P1060200.JPG

Bibliography:
Phil Zuckerman, Society Without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment, 2010

David Palmer and Fabian Winiger, “Secularization, Sacralization, and Subject Formation in Modern China,” in The Secular in South, East, and Southeast Asia, pages 83-105.

Aiyana Willard, Lubomir Cingle, Testing theories of secularization and religious belief in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Evolution and Human Behavior, Volume 38, Issue 5, September 2017, Pages 604-615

Joseph Henrich et. al., “War increases religiosity,” Nature Human Behavior, 2019

Franz Hollinger, Johanna Muckenhuber, “Religiousness and existential insecurity: A cross-national comparative analysis on the macro- and micro-level,”

Olga Nešporová
Zdenek R. Nespor, "Religion: An Unsolved Problem for the Modern Czech Nation," November 2009
Sociologický časopis 45(6):1215-1237

Jonathan Evans, “Unlike their Central and Eastern European neighbors, most Czechs don’t believe in God,” Pew Research Center, June 19, 2017: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/06/19/unlike-their-central-and-eastern-european-neighbors-most-czechs-dont-believe-in-god/#:~:text=But%20those%20in%20one%20country,does%20not%20believe%20in%20God



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Uploaded 29-01-26

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Fantasy loves sacred groves as untouched relics of a lost world. This video shows what scholars actually find on the ground, and why sacred groves thrive not through isolation, but through human care, ritual, and community life.



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Uploaded 23-08-24

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What is New Age Spirituality? To understand the movement, we need to explore four historical streams that combined in the 1960s and 70s: Western Esotericism, New Thought, the 60s Counterculture, and the adaptation of Asian religions in a western context.

00:00 What is the New Age?
3:58 Western Esotericism and the Dawn of a New Age
8:18 New Thought and Mind-Body Health Practices
12:23 The Counterculture and Detraditionalization
16:57 Americanization of Eastern Religions
19:33 The Mainstreaming of the New Age
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Uploaded 24-07-25

This video explores the Gospel of Mary, an early Christian text that reimagines salvation, challenges authority, and puts Mary Magdalene at the center of the story.

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00:00 Intro to Gospel of Mary
4:09 The Sermon of Jesus: Matter, Sin, Son of Man
10:06 Mary's Vision: The Soul Ascends
16:33 Battle over Authority



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Uploaded 20-11-22

Thebes was once ancient Egypt's capital and the cultic center of its most prominent god: Amun. It also was home to one of the largest temple precincts in the ancient world: Karnak.

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A Japanese company has programmed a popular robot, Pepper, to perform Buddhist funeral rites. But will society ever accept artificial intelligence as religious authorities and ritual specialists?

Uploaded 12-09-17

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Bibliography:
Dr. Ian Reader, Buddhism in Crisis?: Institutional Decline in Modern Japan: https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/TEST/article/viewFile/upload/pdf

Nippon News Network clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOQa3PIg3Pc

Cremation statistics from National Funeral Directors Association: http://www.nfda.org/news/statistics

27,000 Buddhist temples shutting down from The Guardian's reporting: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/06/zen-no-more-japan-shuns-its-buddhist-traditions-as-temples-close)

Buddhist b-reel footage from:
EC Henry: www.youtube.com/echenry
Jenn Lindsay: https://www.youtube.com/user/jenniferslindsay

Photo Attributions:
Pepper stock image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pepper_the_Robot.jpg

Pepper looking quizzical: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pepper-robot-near-harajuku-may8-2016.jpg

Self-Driving Car from Steve Jurvetson: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Google%27s_Lexus_RX_450h_Self-Driving_Car.jpg



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When we think about animal sacrifice, ancient societies such as the Greeks come to mind. But why did they ritually slaughter animals? What did this do for their society?

Uploaded 18-01-18

Part 1: The Origins of Animal Sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw8JD972M78

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Sphageion: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sphageion_01_pushkin.jpg

Roman Procession image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turquie_2009_212a_Pamukkale_Hierapolis.jpg

Hermes altar, Agora of the Competaliasts on Delos: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Greek_Altar_Hermes_Delos_102292.jpg

limestone Cypriot priest: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/74.51.2466/

Demeter votive: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Votive_relief_sacrifice_Louvre_Ma756.jpg



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Uploaded 24-10-19

The Egyptian hieroglyphic ankh looks kind of similar to the Christian cross. This has lead some conspiracy theorists to argue that Christians copied the ankh for their own religious symbol: the cross. This his basically false, BUT there is a very interesting exception: the crux ansata...a Christian cross that syncretizes with the Egyptian ankh. What does this tell us about early Christianity?

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Bibliography:
David Frankfurter, "Syncretism and the Holy Man in Late Antique Egypt," Journal of Early Christian Studies, Volume 11, Number 3, 2003.

Kim Bowes, "Christianization and the Rural Home," Journal of Early Christian Studies, 15 (2), 143-170.

Roy Kotansky, "The Magic 'Crucifixion Gem in the British Museum," Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 57 (2017), 631-659.

Photograph Attributions:
Temple of Horus at Edfou, Egypt. Attributed to David Broad:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temple_of_Horus_at_Edfou,_Egypt_-_panoramio_(1).jpg

Ankh hematite gem. 15th century BCE. From Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cowroid_Inscribed_with_an_Ankh_MET_36.3.48_EGDP021440.jpg

Faience ankh, from Meroe. Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London. Attributed to Shukir Muhammed Amin:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Faience_ankh_showing_the_cartouches_and_epithets_of_Aspelta._Votive_offering._From_Meroe,_modern-day_Sudan._The_Petrie_Museum_of_Egyptian_Archaeology,_London.jpg

Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. Attributed to Bernard Dupont:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_Relief_of_Seti_I_receiving_the_sign_of_life_from_Thot_..._(36316065400).jpg

Ankh Amulet:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amulet_with_ankhs_MET_22.1.281.jpg
1981 - 1640 BCE, From Memphite Region, Tomb 954, Burial 954L

Alexamenos graffito:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexamenos_graffito.PNG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Military_and_religious_life_in_the_Middle_Ages_and_at_the_period_of_the_Renaissance_(1870)_(14784757102).jpg

Jesus Crucifixion mosaic, Attributed to Jordiferrer
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2016_Santuario_di_Santa_Rita_(Roccaporena)_13.jpg

Cross GGNC grave marker, attributed to BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cross_GGNC_grave_marker_engraving_2.JPG

Codex Glazier, attribution Morgan Library and Museum, New York:
https://www.themorgan.org/manuscript/77061

Late Antique Dedicatory Cross from the Walters Museum,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Byzantine_-_Votive_or_Dedicatory_Cross_-_Walters_57630.jpg

Egyptian Gem, Photo attributed to Chris Faraone, © Trustees of the British Museum. http://www2.szepmuveszeti.hu/talismans/cbd/137?lang1=default&description1=Horus&mdesc=false&lang2=default&multiple_cond=and

British Museum Ankh Amulet: © Trustees of the British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectid=116250&partid=1&searchtext=+%09faience+amulet+in+the+shape+of+an+ankh&page=1



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