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FAQs about The Religious Studies Project:How many episodes does The Religious Studies Project have?The podcast currently has 480 episodes available.
September 18, 2017Islamic MillennialismWe may tend to think of millennialism as something typical of New Religious Movements and christian fundamentalism, but it has a long and interesting history in the Islamic world too. Rob Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies at Exeter, takes us through the history of Islamic millennialism, ......more35minPlay
June 26, 2017Black Religious Movements and Religio-Racial Identities during the Great MigrationIn this podcast, Judith Weisenfeld talks to Brad Stoddard about her new book, New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity during the Great Depression. In this book, Weisenfeld explores several social groups in the early 1900s who combined religious and racial rhetoric to fashion new identities....more34minPlay
June 19, 2017Evangelical Yoga: Cultural Appropriation and Translation in American ReligionsIn this interview, we discuss yoga as a new American phenomenon and the way that some evangelical Christians practice it. Brown provides a historic overview of bodily–religious practices in America, starting with mesmerism, occultism, osteopathy, and chiropractic in the nineteenth century....more30minPlay
June 12, 2017Ralph Ellison’s Invisible TheologyBy claiming the invisible not simply as a materialist term but a metaphysical one as well, Harriss contends that despite—or even because of—his status as a thoroughly “ secular” novelist and critic, Ellison’s writing reflects important theological trends and issues that mark his age and the cultural inheritances of his literary production....more31minPlay
June 05, 2017Angel SpiritualityWhat is angel spirituality, and who does it appeal to (hint: women)? How do they challenge preconceptions about the relationship between new spiritualities and Christianity, and raise interesting questions about gender, and vernacular religion in supposedly post-Christian Europe?...more36minPlay
May 29, 2017Jesuits, Mormons, and American Religion in the WorldMy conversation with Maffly-Kipp begins with McGreevy's book, expands to include her work on Mormonism in contrast to Catholicism, and ends with a discussion of evangelical historian Mark Noll, in whose honor Notre Dame was originally going to host a conference, but was cancelled at the last minute....more32minPlay
May 22, 2017Millennialism and Violence?Are we right to connect millennialism and violence? Are groups like Heaven's Gate or the Branch Davidians typical, or rare exceptions, magnified out of proportion by the lens of the media - and scholarship? How do we account for the popularity of mllennialism outside of religious traditions, new, extreme or otherwise?...more38minPlay
May 15, 2017Witchcraft in Rural SloveniaBased on her ethnographic fieldwork in the area, Mencej describes witchcraft from a variety of angles, from psychological to anthropological and historical, providing a detailed understanding of witchcraft as part of the lived social reality of the community. In what kind of situations are witchcraft narratives evoked?...more53minPlay
May 08, 2017Minority Religions in the Secret Police ArchivesJames Kapaló takes us inside the Eastern European secret police archives to show us how minority and new religious groups were portrayed. We explore the visual and material presence of religious minorities in the secret police archives in Hungary, Romania and the Republic of Moldova....more30minPlay
May 01, 2017Studying Tantra from Within and WithoutDouglas R. Brooks, Professor of Religion at the University of Rochester, discusses how he became involved in the academic study of Hinduism, specifically Tantra and goddess-centered traditions. He begins with his training in Sanskrit and Tamil at Middlebury College, ......more32minPlay
FAQs about The Religious Studies Project:How many episodes does The Religious Studies Project have?The podcast currently has 480 episodes available.