ISKCON In Britain
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6 June 2016
Kim Knott provides an overview of the Hare Krishna movement in Britain, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
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Kim Knott
Aled Thomas
The "Axial Age": Problematising Religious History in a Post-Colonial Setting
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30 May 2016
In the latest #RSPpod from our friends in Australia, Dr Jack Tsonis gets fired up about the "Axial Age" as well as the difficulties the immediate post-PhD years. Karl Jaspers created the term “Axial Age” in 1949 after considering that the Bhagavad Gita, the Pali Canon, the Book of Isaiah,...
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Jack Tsonis
Breann Fallon
BDSM as Religious Practice
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23 May 2016
Alison Robertson gives an insight to her doctoral research on BDSM as religious practice. In this interview Alison Robertson gives an insight to her doctoral research on BDSM (Bondage, Dominance, and Submission) as religious practice. Throughout her research, Robertson has examined the relationship between BDSM and religiosity,
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Aled Thomas
Alison Robertson
Permutations of Secularism
<\/h2> 16 May 2016
In this interview, we first focus on the origins of the term “secularism,” the proliferation of its meanings, and the uses to which it is put in Anglo-American contexts. Then we discuss the uses of the terms secularism and the secular today, particularly using a specific case study from Joe’s research on American nonbeliever organizations.
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Dusty Hoesly
Joseph Blankholm
UFOs, Conspiracy Theories... and Religion?
<\/h2> 9 May 2016
Area 51, Ancient Aliens, endemic child abuse at the BBC, and Reptilians,... This interview begins with David's own journey to this research field, before considering some basic questions such as "what is a conspiracy theory?"
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Christopher R. Cotter
David G. Robertson
