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Minority Religions in the Secret Police Archives

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8 May 2017

James 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.

Featuring

David G. Robertson

 

James Kapalo

 

Studying Tantra from Within and Without

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1 May 2017

Douglas 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, ...

Featuring

Douglas R. Brooks

 

Daniel Gorman, Jr.

 

Sexual Ethics and Islam

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24 April 2017

Sexual ethics and Islam? How might one begin to study such a vast and "problematic" topic? What are some of the most prescient issues that recur in this contested field? And what is the broader significance of this discussion for Religious Studies in general?

Featuring

Christopher R. Cotter

 

Kecia Ali

 

Politics of this world: Protestant, evangelical, and Pentecostal movements in Peru

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17 April 2017

Evangelicalism in Peru has become a driving force in politics and decision making across major subjects, such as gender-related policies and institutional power. In this podcast, professor Juan Fonseca aims to elaborate a brief history of Protestantism, in order to comprehend its current mainstream manifestation.

Featuring

Sidney Castillo

 

Juan Fonseca Ariza

 

Misplaced Faith?: A theory of supernatural belief as misattribution

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10 April 2017

Does scientific evidence have any bearing at all on the existence of a God or gods? In this podcast, Thomas J. Coleman III interviews Dr. Luke Galen on his latest theoretical work, which combines evidence from across the psychological sciences to address how natural processes influence attributions of supernatural agency.

Featuring

Thomas J. Coleman III

 

Luke Galen