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Unscripted Moments: A Podcast About PropagandhiDiscussing "Unscripted Moments: Conversations with Propagandhi" featuring Aaron Carnes and Greg SodenOn this episode, Aaron Carnes (Author of "In Defense of Ska") interviews Greg Soden about the writing and lessons derived from "Unscripted Moments: Conversations with Propagandhi (2020-2025)." If you want more of Aaron's excellent work, including hundreds of ad-free episodes of In Defense of Ska, please visit the links below: https://aaroncarnes.substack.com/archive https://www.patreon.com/c/indefenseofska/home
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Unscripted Moments: A Podcast About PropagandhiThe "In Defense of Ska "Podcast SummitA previously-Patreon-exclusive episode from "In Defense of Ska." Originally released July 2022. Featuring Aaron Carnes, Adam Davis, David Anthony, Cheska Colombo, and Greg Soden
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Unscripted Moments: A Podcast About PropagandhiUnscripted Moments: Conversations with Propagandhi (2020-2025) ConversationWe talked about the book project a bit. Comp: https://www.engineerrecords.com/product-page/various-artists-propagandhi-tribute-how-to-take-double-cd Book: https://www.earthislandbooks.com/product-page/unscripted-moments-conversations-with-propagandhi-2020-2025-by-greg-soden Book/Comp: https://www.earthislandbooks.com/product-page/unscripted-moments-propagandhi-book-and-double-cd-package McNally Robinson: https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781916864696/greg-soden/unscripted-moments?blnBKM=1 Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/p/books/unscripted-moments-conversations-with-propagandhi-2020-2025-greg-soden/22724151?ean=9781916864696&next=t&next=t
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Unscripted Moments: A Podcast About PropagandhiFreakingSnap: Third Act (Ft. Greg Soden and Keith Gough)https://freakingsnap.bandcamp.com/
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Unscripted Moments: A Podcast About Propagandhi30th Anniversary of How to Clean EverythingShow notes: Introduction: 00:00-24:00 COVERS Chris Fox (Boss' Daughter) Anti-Manifesto: 24:02-27:56 Brendan Kennedy Anti-Manifesto: 27:56-30:42 Zero Cost Head, Chest, or Foot?: 34:22-36:35 Alon Goren Head, Chest, or Foot: 36:35-39:05 Nick Jackson Hate, Myth, Muscle, Etiquette: 42:12-45:55 INTERVIEW ONE Taylor Demetrio w/Steve: 47:40-1:40:00 COVERS Sorrower Showdown: 1:51:51-1:55:30 Clint Westwood and Chris Fox Showdown: 1:55:30-1:59:00 Against All Authority Ska Sucks: 2:06:00-2:07:20 Elliot Imes Middle Finger Response: 2:14:20-2:16:40 Dal Failure Middle...
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The Classical Ideas PodcastEP 232: Kaya Oakes on "The Defiant Middle How Women Claim Life's In-Betweens to Remake the World"Visit Kaya Oakes online: https://www.oakestown.org/ Visit "On Religion with Greg Soden" at New Books Network: https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/academic-partners/on-religion
2022-03-0241 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 177: Dharma Relief and the Essence of Chan w/Guo GuGuo Gu (Dr. Jimmy Yu) is the founder of the Tallahassee Chan Center (www.tallahasseechan.com) and is also the guiding teacher for the Western Dharma Teachers Training course at the Chan Meditation Center in New York and the Dharma Drum Lineage. He is one of the late Master Sheng Yen's (1930–2009) senior and closest disciples, and assisted him in leading intensive retreats throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Guo Gu has edited and translated a number of Master Sheng Yen's books from Chinese to English. He is also a professor of Buddhism and East Asian religions at Florida St...
2020-09-2257 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 176: Pentecostals in America w/Dr. Arlene Sánchez WalshDr. Arlene Sánchez Walsh is a professor of religious studies and the author of the award-winning book Latino Pentecostal Identity, which was released by Columbia University Press in 2003, as well as the book Pentecostals in America from Columbia University Press in 2018. She has served as a media expert for outlets such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and On Being with Krista Tippett, and served as an expert on Latino/a religious history for the PBS series God in America.
2020-09-1253 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 175 - Japanese Buddhist Art: KU Meets KURachel Quist specializes in East Asian Buddhist imagery with focuses in pre-modern Japan and China. Her research centers on questions of interaction with imagery, materiality and object agency, and the accessibility of image-based practices. She has written on topics such as Buddhist reliquary design and expressivity, the didactic project underlying the hell tableau at Baodingshan, and the construction of a collective memory surrounding the Shingon monk Kōbō Daishi at the temple complex of Mount Kōya. Rachel is currently conducting research on early imperial patronage of Daigoji, a Shingon temple in Kyoto, for her dissertation. Michael VanHartingsveldt r...
2020-09-021h 13The Classical Ideas PodcastEP 174: Religion and Film with Dr. S. Brent PlateS. Brent Rodriguez Plate is a writer, editor, public speaker, and college professor. He's interested in how sensuality affects spirituality. His writings all circle around questions of the ways sense perceptions influence ways of being religious, and how religious traditions change our ways of perceiving the world around us. In other words, religion and spirituality are rooted in the body. Along these lines, he has authored and edited fifteen books, while his essays have appeared in Salon.com, the Los Angeles Review of Books, America, Religion Dispatches, The Christian Century, The Islamic Monthly, Killing the Buddha, Chronicle of Higher...
2020-08-261h 00The Classical Ideas PodcastEP 173: "Lifeblood of the Parish" w/Dr. Alyssa Maldonado-EstradaDr. Maldonado-Estrada is Assistant Professor of Religion at Kalamazoo College where she teaches classes on religion and masculinity, Catholics in the Americas, urban religion, and religions of Latin America. She is an ethnographer and her research focuses on material culture, contemporary Catholicism, and gender and embodiment. She is the author of Lifeblood of the Parish: Men and Catholic Devotion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (NYU Press, 2020). Pre-order "Lifeblood of the Parish" and use the code "LIFEBLOOD30" at checkout to receive 30% off your order. Preorder here: https://nyupress.org/9781479830497/lifeblood-of-the-parish/
2020-08-1756 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 172: Teaching Classical Ideas w/Jonathan McFarlandJonathan McFarland teaches Classical Ideas and World Religions at Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri.
2020-08-101h 10The Classical Ideas PodcastEP 171: In Memory of George FrissellIn this special episode, friends, family, past students, and colleagues of George tell stories about why they loved him. George founded Classical Ideas and World Religions at Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri in 1989-1990 and taught the course until 2016. George passed away May 14, 2020 in Columbia, Missouri.
2020-08-031h 32The Classical Ideas PodcastEp 170: What Mindfulness Is and Where It Comes From w/Dr. Sarah ShawDr. Sarah Shaw is a faculty member and lecturer at the University of Oxford. She has taught and published numerous works on the history and practices of Buddhism, including An Introduction to Buddhist Meditation and The Spirit of Meditation. Order Mindfulness: Where It Comes From And What It Means from Shambhala here: https://www.shambhala.com/authors/o-t/sarah-shaw.html
2020-07-2745 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 169: "The Lover and The Jealous" w/Dr. Laury SilversAbout Dr. Laury Silvers: The Sufi Mysteries arise out of my desire to talk about the people and places I researched as a scholar of early Islam and Sufism beyond the constraints of academic skepticism. They are my love song to these early pious folk, mystics, and Sufis as human beings—who lived in a particular historical moment with all its complications—and to my experience of Islam. I am a North American Muslim of the Sufi variety and a retired academic and activist. I received my doctorate at SUNY Stony Brook in 2002 and taught Reli...
2020-07-201h 19The Classical Ideas PodcastEp 168: Ayahuasca and Icaros w/Chris Hannah (Propagandhi)Chris Hannah is the vocalist and guitarist of the band Propagandhi. Propagandhi "Duplicate Keys Icaro": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGf8vrXhFQY Follow Chris Hannah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/propagandhi Follow Chris Hannah on Patreon here.
2020-07-1345 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 167: Tibetan Buddhism, Gender, and the Life of Mingyur Peldron w/Dr. Alison Melnick DyerAlison Melnick Dyer is Assistant Professor of Asian Religions at Bates College. She is an expert on gender and Tibetan Buddhism. She is currently writing a book about the life of Mingyur Peldrön, an 18th century Buddhist nun and religious leader. Melnick Dyer is especially interested in the ways that privilege influences gender in religious communities. She earned her B.A. at the University of Michigan and her M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Virginia. Follow Dr. Melnick-Dyer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALISONMELNICK
2020-07-0341 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 166: Jewish Sexual Ethics w/Dr. Rebecca Epstein-Levi Dr. Rebecca Epstein-Levi is the Mellon Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Women's and Gender Studies at Vanderbilt University. She's an expert on Jewish sexual ethics, and is working on a book project on sex, risk, and rabbinic text. She has written for Alma, Religion Dispatches, Feminist Studies in Religion, the Jewish Theological Seminary's newsletter Gleanings, StyleWise Blog, and State of Formation. Follow Dr. Epstein-Levi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RJELevi https://twitter.com/RJELevi
2020-06-2735 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 165: "Dying to Be Normal," LGBTQ History, and The Revealer w/Dr. Brett KrutzschDr. Brett Krutzsch is an expert on LGBTQ politics and religion in the United States and a scholar at NYU's Center for Religion and Media, where he serves as editor of The Revealer. He is the author of the 2019 book Dying to Be Normal: Gay Martyrs and the Transformation of American Sexual Politics from Oxford University Press. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Newsday, Medium, the Advocate, and he has been featured on NPR and several podcasts. Follow Dr. Brett Krutzsch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrettKrutzsch Visit the Revealer Podcast on Spotify...
2020-06-2330 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 164: American Islam and the 2020 Election w/Dr. Sajida JalalzaiDr. Sajida Jalalzai is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. She is an expert in the study of North American Islam. Jalalzai earned her PhD from Columbia University, specializing in American Religions. She is currently writing a book on Muslim leadership education in three Protestant Christian seminaries in the United States and Canada: Hartford Seminary, Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto, and Claremont School of Theology. Follow Dr. Jalalzai on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SajidaJalalzai Read Bernie Sanders has brought out the Muslim vote in...
2020-06-1639 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 163: Dr. Kayla Wheeler on Contemporary Black Islam and the Black Islam SyllabusDr. Kayla Renée Wheeler is an assistant professor and an expert in contemporary Black Islam in the United States. Dr. Wheeler is writing a book on the history of Black Muslim fashion in the United States. The book is based on five years of research, including interviewing Black Muslim fashion designers and attending fashion shows in Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Newark. Dr. Wheeler is also the creator of the Black Islam Syllabus, a free resource guide that highlights the experiences of Muslims of African descent. Her writing has been featured in Sapelo Square and The Conversation. Visit D...
2020-06-0940 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 162 Yoga, Cultural Appropriation, and Racism w/Dr. Shreena GandhiDr. Shreena Gandhi is a multi-faceted cultural historian of religion with expertise in religion, race, the Americas and Hinduism. Trained at Swarthmore, Harvard and the University of Florida, Professor Gandhi currently teaches at Michigan State University, where she starts off the first few weeks of all her classes introducing students to the concept of structural white supremacy and why that is important for a better understanding religion in the U.S. Her research and public scholarship are on the history of yoga, and she is revising a manuscript on this using the framework of white supremacy and cultural appropriation.
2020-06-0350 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 161: Yoruba Christianity and Music w/Dr. Vicki BrennanDr. Vicki Brennan is an anthropologist who studies religion, sound, music, and urban space in Africa and the African Diaspora. She is an Associate Professor of Religion and the Director of African Studies at the University of Vermont. Her research is based on more than fifteen years of field research in southwest Nigeria, primarily in Lagos and Ibadan. She has also conducted research in Nigerian immigrant and African American communities in the United States. Her book, Singing Yoruba Christianity (Indiana UP, 2018), examines how members of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church Movement in Lagos, Nigeria use music, dance, and other...
2020-05-271h 01The Classical Ideas PodcastEP 160: Catholic Sex Abuse w/Dr. Brian ClitesDr. Brian Clites is a professor at Case Western Reserve University. He is an expert in clergy sexual abuse, and he has spent the last eight years interviewing Catholic survivors in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Illinois. In his upcoming book, Surviving Soul Murder, Clites explains how survivors have transformed their pain into legal and political reforms, and how the Catholic scandal has changed the way that other Americans think about sexual assault. Follow Clites on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/brianclites Follow Sacred Writes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sacred_writes
2020-05-2141 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 159: Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt on African-American Catholic Identity, Sex Abuse, and Systemic RacismDr. Tia Noelle Pratt is a higher education professional, researcher, and inclusion & diversity specialist based in Philadelphia, PA. She received her PhD in sociology from Fordham University. A sociologist of religion, she is an expert in systemic racism with experience researching and writing about how systemic racism impacts African-American Catholics. Follow her on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/TiaPhD Follow Sacred Writes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sacred_Writes Read "Black Catholics, Racism, and the Sex Abuse Crisis: A Personal Reflection from The Revealer. Read "There is Time for the church t...
2020-05-1539 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 158: Vodun, Voodoo, and the Movies with Emily CrewsEmily Crews is a Ph.D. candidate in History of Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Her dissertation project traces the relationship between movement and identity formation in the context of Nigerian immigration to the United States, exploring the ways in which Pentecostalism conditions, and is conditioned by, the attempts of people to make themselves feel "at home" in a foreign culture. Her teaching interests are broad, but focus mostly on such areas as migration, gender, sexuality, and the body, as well as religions in the African diaspora. Emily teaches sections of REL 105, "Honors Introduction...
2020-05-0859 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 157: Seasons of Moon and Flame w/Danielle DulskyDanielle Dulsky is a heathen visionary, painter, and word-witch. The author of Woman Most Wild and The Holy Wild., she teaches internationally and has facilitated circles, embodiment trainings, communal spell-work, and seasonal rituals since 2007. She is the founder of The Hag School and believes in the emerging power of wild collectives and sudden circles of curious dreamers, cunning witches, and rebellious artists in healing our ailing world. As an Irish-American, Danielle's witchcraft is deeply rooted in Celtic philosophy and Irish mythology. She believes fervently in the role of ancestral healing, embodiment, and animism in fracturing the longstanding systems supporting...
2020-05-0148 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 156: Witchcraft in the Early Modern Period w/Dr. Julia GossardJulia M. Gossard is Assistant Professor of History at Utah State University. She specializes in early modern European and Atlantic history with an emphasis on gender, family, and childhood. With funding from the American Historical Association, the Newberry Library, the Society for French Historical Studies, and the American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies, Dr. Gossard wrote her first book, Coercing Children: State-Building and Social Reform in the Early Modern French World, which is under contract with McGill-Queen's University Press. You can find her online at JuliaMGossard.com or on Twitter @JMGossard.
2020-04-2758 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 155: Mormon Fundamentalism w/Dr. Cristina RosettiDr. Cristina Rosetti completed her Ph.D., in religious studies at the University of California Riverside. She writes about Mormon fundamentalism. Follow her work on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/CristinaMartaR
2020-04-181h 01The Classical Ideas PodcastEP 154: "The Hungry Ghost" with Dalena StormDalena Storm Is a writer and educator. Her undergraduate training at Williams College was in Asian Studies with a Religious Studies Concentration, and her experiences in the study and practice of various religious and spiritual traditions, as well as her travels throughout Asia and Europe, influence much of her writing. She earned her MFA in Fiction from Bennington College, where she participated in a number of workshops that combined the study of fiction and nonfiction. She teaches a Winter Study course at Williams College called "How to Write Auto-Fiction." She is the author of The Hungry Ghost" out from...
2020-04-1055 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 153: Apocalypse Stories w/ Dr. Kelly J. BakerDr. Kelly J. Baker is the author of the award-winning Gospel According to the Klan: The KKK's Appeal to Protestant America, 1915-1930 (University Press of Kansas, 2011); The Zombies Are Coming!: The Realities of the Zombie Apocalypse in American Culture (Bondfire Books, 2013); Grace Period: A Memoir in Pieces (Blue Crow Books, 2017); the award-winning Sexism Ed: Essays on Gender and Labor in Academia (Blue Crow Books, 2018); and Final Girl: And Other Essays on Grief, Trauma, and Mental Illness (Blue Crow Books, 2019). Follow Kelly J. Baker on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/kelly_j_baker Read "It's the End and N...
2020-04-031h 10The Classical Ideas PodcastEp 152: The Clunky Oars (Oran Parker interviews Greg)In this special dual-published episode, Oran Parker of Find the Good News Podcast interviews Classical Ideas host, Greg Soden. Visit: findthegood.news Find the Good News on Twitter Oran Parker on Twitter
2020-04-011h 53The Classical Ideas PodcastEp 151: Online Churches and Religion w/Dr. Tim HutchingsDr Tim Hutchings is a sociologist of digital religion. His PhD (Durham University, 2010) was an ethnographic study of five online Christian churches. Dr Hutchings is interested in the relationship between religion, media and culture, with particular attention to digital forms of Christianity. His research has included studies of online worship; digital evangelism and formation; online community; digital publishing and e-reading; apps and games; and death and dying. His research led to the publication of his book Creating Church Online: Ritual, Community and New Media (Routledge, 2017). You can follow him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/tim...
2020-03-251h 05The Classical Ideas PodcastEP 150: Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times w/Deborah Eden TullDEBORAH EDEN TULL is the founder of Mindful Living Revolution. She is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, public speaker, author, activist, and sustainability educator. She trained for seven years as a Buddhist monk at a silent Zen monastery in Northern California, and she has been traveling to, living in, or teaching about conscious, sustainable communities internationally for the last 25 years. She is the author of two books, The Natural Kitchen, which came out in 2010, and Relational Mindfulness: A Handbook for Deepening our Connection with ourselves, each other and the planet, out in 2018 from Wisdom Publications. She lives in No...
2020-03-1756 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 149: Jukai and Zen training with Robert SchaeferRobert Schaefer is a professional chef and lifelong Buddhist practitioner. He received the Jukai ceremony at the Korinji Rinzai Monastery in Wisconsin under the direction of Roshi Meido Moore. You can find his Zen Facebook group here. You can follow Classical Ideas on Twitter here.
2020-03-1457 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 148: Roshi Grace Schireson on "Naked in the Zendo"Roshi Grace Schireson is a teacher in the Suzuki Roshi Lineage of Soto Zen, empowered by Sojun Mel Weitsman. She has also practiced in the Rinzai tradition and was encouraged to teach koans by Keido Fukushima Roshi. Grace is the author of Zen Women and co-editor of Zen Bridge. Grace is the head teacher of the Central Valley Zen Foundationi, president of Shogaku Zen Institute, and teaches meditatioin at Stanford University. A clinical psychologist by profession, you can reach her at https://www.graceschireson.com. Buy Naked in the Zendo. Follow Classical Ideas on Twitter at: ht...
2020-02-2957 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 147: Religious Literacy and Teacher Education w/Chris MurrayChris Murray is a social studies classroom teacher and religious literacy teacher education facilitator in Maryland. You can find him on Twitter https://twitter.com/Mrmurraytweets Read about Chris Murray in the Washington Post here.
2020-02-1647 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 146: The Krampus Conundrum w/Madison TarletonMadison Tarleton is a Ph.D. candidate and scholar of Medieval Judaism in Christian Europe, antijudaism & antisemitism. Madison is studying at the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology's joint PhD program. Read The Krampus Conundrum here: https://sacredmattersmagazine.com/the-devils-in-the-details-the-krampus-conundrum/ You can follow her work on Twitter https://twitter.com/madisontarleton You can follow the artwork of Elliot Lang on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ellistrator/
2020-02-011h 02The Classical Ideas PodcastEP 145: Tibetan Buddhist Vegetarianism w/ Dr. Geoffrey BarstowDr. Geoffrey Barstow is assistant professor of religious studies at Oregon State University. His research focuses on the history and theory of vegetarianism in Tibet. He is the editor and contributor to the new book "The Faults of Meat: Tibetan Buddhist Writings on Vegetarianism," out now from Wisdom Publications. He is also the author of the academic monograph "Food of Sinful Demons: Meat, Vegetarianism, and the Limits of Buddhism in Tibet," out in 2018 from Columbia University Press. You can follow Geoffrey Barstow on Twitter here You can follow Classical Ideas Podcast on Twitter here
2020-01-221h 06The Classical Ideas PodcastEP 144: Havamal with Dr. Jackson CrawfordDr. Jackson W. Crawford is Instructor of Nordic Studies and Coordinator of the Nordic Program at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Crawford is the author and translator of The Wanderer's Havamal and The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes. Both books are available from Hackett Publishing. Visit Crawford online at: https://www.jacksonwcrawford.com Visit Jackson Crawford on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/jacksoncrawford Purchase The Wanderer's Havamal here.
2020-01-1152 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 143: Teaching and Sikh Visibility with Dr. Simran Jeet SinghDr. Simran Jeet Singh is columnist for Religion News Service, Senior Fellow at the Sikh Coalition, Chaplain at New York University & Columbia University, and serves on the Governor's Interfaith Advisory Committee for the State of New York. Follow him on Twitter here. Visit his website here Read How colonialism still colors our ideas about who gets to teach religion here.
2019-12-2756 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 142: "Beyond Chrismukkah" with Dr. Samira MehtaDr. Samira Mehta a scholar of religion and the politics of the American Family and an assistant professor of Women and Gender Studies and Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has a degree in divinity from Harvard University, and a PhD from Emory University, Her book is Beyond Chrismukkah: Christian-Jewish Interfaith Families in the United States, from the University of North Carolina Press, 2018. Visit: www.samiramehta.com
2019-12-161h 06The Classical Ideas PodcastEP 141: Pious Fashion with Dr. Liz BucarDr. Liz Bucar is a professor in the department of philosophy and religion and Dean's Leadership Fellow at Northeastern University in Boston. Dr. Bucar is the author of the award-winning Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress which came out from Harvard University Press in 2017, and was issued in paperback in July 2019. Furthermore, Bucar writes and teaches about gender, sexuality, and politics in everyday religious practice. Her public scholarship has appeared in The Atlantic, The Los AngelesTimes, and Teen Vogue.
2019-12-061h 03The Classical Ideas PodcastBlack Friday Birthday Bonus Podcast with Dr. Liz BucarDr. Liz Bucar is a religious ethicist who studies sexuality, gender, and moral transformation within Islamic and Christian traditions and communities. She is author of three books, including the award-winning Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress (Harvard University Press, 2017). At Northeastern Bucar teaches courses on sexual ethics, Islam, the politics of the veil, and the popular comparative religion program in Spain that includes a 150-mile hike on the Camino. Her public scholarship has appeared in The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, and Teen Vogue. Visit her website: http://bucar.hcommons.org/ Follow Dr. Bucar on Twit...
2019-11-2917 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 140: American Jews: How 1789 Created 2019 w/Dr. Shari RabinDr. Shari Rabin is a scholar of modern Judaism and American religions. Her first book, Jews on the Frontier: Religion and Mobility in Nineteenth-century America (New York University Press, 2017), was the winner of the National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies and a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Rabin is currently an assistant professor of Jewish studies and religion at Oberlin College. Follow Dr. Shari Rabin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sharirabin Find Dr. Shari Rabin online: https://sharirabin.com/ Follow Classical Ideas: https://twitter.com/Classical_Ideas...
2019-11-2444 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 139: Brad Warner on Letters to a Dead Friend About ZenOrdained as a Soto Zen priest, Brad Warner is also a punk bassist, filmmaker, and blogger. He is the founder of Angel City Zen Center in Los Angeles and the author of Hardcore Zen, Sit Down and Shut Up, and several other books about Zen Buddhism. His writing appears on SuicideGirls.com and in Lion's Roar, Tricycle, Buddhadharma, and Alternative Press. He lives in Los Angeles. You can visit him online at https://www.hardcorezen.info
2019-11-1551 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 138: Undergraduate Religious Studies & Study Abroad w/ Jordan BaggsJordan Baggs is a senior at The Ohio State University. She double-majors in International Religions and Religious Studies and minors in French. She is a member of The Ohio State Marching Band.
2019-11-0544 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastCycling Through the End of History with Mike Dimkich of Bad Religion (BONUS EPISODE)Mike Dimkich is a guitarist in the band Bad Religion, a cyclist, and a runner. Follow him on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/miketheserb/
2019-11-0231 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 137: America's Most Famous Catholic, Stephen Colbert w/Dr. Stephanie BrehmDr. Stephanie Brehm, author of the brand new book, America's Most Famous Catholic (According to Himself): Stephen Colbert and American Religion in the 21st Century, out now from Fordham Press. She received her PhD from Northwestern in Religious Studies Department. Her academic work uses ethnographic and media studies methods to explore the intersection of entertainment, mass media, and religion in twentieth- and twenty-first-century American society. She is currently the Assistant Director for Academic and Strategic Initiatives in The Graduate School at Northwestern. Buy the book here! Online: https://www.stephbrehm.com ht...
2019-10-1350 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 136: Conversion Therapy w/ Dr. Chris BabitsDr. Chris Babits is an Andrew W. Mellon Engaged Scholar Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned his Ph.D. in History from UT-Austin in May 2019. His work examines the intersections of religion, medicine, gender, and sexuality in the modern United States. His current in-progress book project, To Cure a Sinful Nation: A History of Conversion Therapy in the United States, will tell the 140 year comprehensive history of conversion therapy practices in the United States. Follow him on Twitter here. Find his website here.
2019-10-061h 01The Classical Ideas PodcastEp 135: Dr. Amy Artman on Charismatic Christianity and the Life of Kathryn Kuhlman (Featuring Dan Jones)Dr. Amy Artman teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at Missouri State University. Her research interests are in Pentecostalism and Charismatic Christianity, focusing on women in American religions, such as Aimee Semple McPherson and Kathryn Kuhlman. Her other research interests include world religions, and bodies and theories of American religion. Artman's newest book is "The Miracle Lady: Kathryn Kuhlman and the Transformation of Charismatic Christianity," out now from Eerdsmans. You can buy the book here. You can follow Artman on Twitter here. Guest host Dan Jones is an independent scholar in religious studies, media studies, communication, nat...
2019-09-291h 10The Classical Ideas PodcastEp134: From Suffering to Peace with Mark ColemanMark Coleman has taught meditation retreats and trainings worldwide for twenty years. He is the founder of the Mindfulness Institute and Awake in the Wild Programs. A senior teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, he lives in Northern Calilfornia. Visit him online at https://www.markcoleman.org Buy "From Suffering to Peace" here Visit Classical Ideas Podcast on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/classical_ideas
2019-09-2445 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 133: Charismatic Religion and the Vineyard Movement w/ Dr. Maren FreudenbergDr. Maren Freudenberg is a research associate at the Center for Religious Studies at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, and the associate editor of the journal Entangled Religions. You can visit her online: https://ceres.rub.de/en/people/maren-freudenberg/ Read the article "Dynamics and Stability in Globally Expanding Charismatic Religions: The Case of the Vineyard Movement in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland" here: https://er.ceres.rub.de/index.php/ER/article/view/8353/7701 Follow Entangled Religions on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/EntangledReligions/
2019-09-1649 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 132: The Life of Jamgon Kongtrul with Dr. Alex GardnerDr. Alex Gardner is the author of the brand new biography, "The Life of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great," out now from Snow Lion, an imprint of Shambhala Publications. Gardner is the director and Chief Editor of the Treasury of Lives, which we talk about extensively in this conversation. Gardner completed his PhD in Buddhist Studies at the University of Michigan. You can follow Gardner on Twitter at twitter.com/treasuryoflives. Order "The Life of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great" here.
2019-09-0851 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 131: Tonglen Meditation w/Lama Palden DrolmaLama Palden Drolma is a western teacher trained by Tibetan Buddhist masters. She the founder of Sukhasiddhi Foundation. She is a licensed psychotherapist, spiritual teacher, coach, and has studied Buddhism in the Himalayas with some of the preeminent Tibetan masters of the 20th century. She was authorized to become one of the first western lamas by Kalu Rinpoche. You can find Lama Palden's work online at https://www.LamaPalden.org Buy "Love on Every Breath: Tonglen Meditation for Transforming Pain into Joy," here. Follow Classical Ideas on Twitter here. Support Classical Ideas here.
2019-08-2543 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 130: The First Amendment and "Our Non-Christian Nation" w/Jay WexlerJay Wexler is a professor at the Boston University School of Law and is the author of the new book, "Our Non-Christian Nation: How Atheists, Satanists, Pagans, and Others are Demanding Their Rightful Place in Public Life." The book is out from Stanford University Press. Visit Wexler online at https://www.jaywex.com Visit Wexler on Twitter here Buy "Our Non-Christian Nation" here. Follow Classical Ideas on Twitter here
2019-08-1758 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 129: Prescribing the Dharma w/Dr. Ira HeldermanDr. Ira Helderman is a psychotherapist in private practice and he holds a PhD in religious studies. Buy "Prescribing the Dharma" (University of North Carolina Press) here. Visit Dr. Ira Helderman on Twitter here. Visit Dr. Helderman's site here.
2019-08-101h 02The Classical Ideas PodcastEp 128: The Character Gap w/Dr. Christian MillerChristian B. Miller is the A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. Miller's research is primarily in contemporary ethics and philosophy of religion. For examples of some of his work, please see recent pieces in the Wall Street Journal, Dallas Morning News, Slate, Prospect Magazine, Relevant Magazine, Michael Hyatt Magazine, The Conversation, Newsweek, Aeon, Greater Good Magazine, Nautilus Magazine, Fathom Magazine, Institute of Art and Ideas, Character.org, and Christianity Today. Miller's first trade book has just been released: The Character Gap: How Good Are We? from Oxford University Press. Miller has also published two academic books w...
2019-08-011h 07The Classical Ideas PodcastEp 127: Gesshin Claire Greenwood on "Just Enough," Oryoki, and Japanese CookingGesshin Claire Greenwood is the author of Bow First, Ask Questions Later and the popular blog That's So Zen. She trained in Japanese Zen monasteries, including in the kitchen, for several years before returning to the United States to obtain a master's degree in East Asian Studies. She lives in San Francisco, where she cooks, teaches meditation, and works in the mental-health field. Find her online: https://www.gesshin.net https://twitter.com/GesshinClaire Buy "Just Enough: Vegan Recipes and Stories from Japan's Buddhist Temples here. Follow this show:
2019-07-2654 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 126: The Epic of Gilgamesh w/Dr. Stanley LombardoStanley Lombardo is Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of Kansas. His previous translations include Homer's Iliad (1997, Hackett) and Odyssey (2000, Hackett), Hesiod's Works & Days and Theogony (1993, Hackett), and Sappho, Tao Te Ching (1993, Hackett, with Stephen Addiss), Poems and Fragments (2002, Hackett), a PEN Center USA 2003 Literary Award Finalist. Buy Lombardo's Epic of Gilgamesh from Hackett here.
2019-07-2254 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 125: The Myth of Disenchantment w/ Dr. Jason StormJason Josephson-Storm is Professor of Religion and Chair of Science and Technology Studies at Williams College in Massachusetts. He received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Stanford University in 2006 and has held visiting positions in the US, France, and Germany. He has three primary research foci: Japanese Religions, European Intellectual History, and Theory more broadly. He spoke to me on the cusp of a research leave for the 2019-2020 school year, in which he will complete his next book. You can follow him on Twitter @Ghost_Image_. You can buy "The Myth of Disenchantment" here or her...
2019-07-151h 08The Classical Ideas PodcastEp 124: The Enchanted Politics of Marianne Williamson and Jonathan Cahn w/Sam KestenbaumSam Kestenbaum is an independent religion journalist. He writes for The New York Times and is a contributing editor and former staff writer for The Forward. He spent several years working in Asia and the Middle East, where he edited a newspaper in Sana, a website in Ramallah, and a magazine in Beijing. In recent pieces, Sam explores enchanted politics in his profiles of of Jonathan Cahn, a doomsday prophet-pastor who says the Bible predicted the presidency of Donald Trump, and Marianne Williamson's run for the presidency in the 2020 Democratic Primary race. Sam's two most recent long p...
2019-07-1152 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 123: Dr. Judith Weisenfeld on Black Religion and Racial IdentityDr. Judith Weisenfeld teaches in the Department of Religion at Princeton University where she is the Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor of Religion and Associated Faculty in the Department of African American Studies and the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies. Weisenfeld is the author of New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity During the Great Migration, out now in paperback from New York University Press. Please visit her website at judithweisenfeld.com and follow her at twitter.com/jlweisenfeld. Buy the book here or here.
2019-07-051h 01The Classical Ideas PodcastEp 122: Dr. Brett Grainger on "Church In The Wild"Dr. Brett Malcolm Grainger is a scholar of American religion and an award-winning journalist. He is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University and the author ofChurch In The Wild: Evangelicals In Antebellum American and In The World but Not of It: One Family's Militant Faith and the History of Fundamentalism in America. You can view his work at his Academia.edu page here.
2019-06-3044 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 121: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of the Religious Left w/ Dr. L. Benjamin RolskyL. Benjamin Rolsky received his PhD from Drew University in American Religious Studies. His work has appeared in a variety of academic and popular venues including Method and Theory in the Study of Religion and the Journal of the American Academy of Religion as well as The Christian Century, The Los Angeles Review of Books, CNN Opinion, and the Religion and Culture Forum at the University of Chicago. His research and teaching interests include religion and politics, the study of popular culture, and critical theory. Rolsky's first book, The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left: Politics...
2019-06-261h 01The Classical Ideas PodcastEP 120: Dr. Anthony Kaldellis on Byzantium and "Romanland"Anthony Kaldellis is Professor and Chair of the Department of Classics at The Ohio State University. He is the author of many books, including The Christian Parthenon, Hellenism in Byzantium, and The Byzantine Republic. The focus of today's conversation is his latest book, Romanland: Ethnicity and Empire in Byzantium, out now from Harvard University Press. Buy Romanland: here or here.
2019-06-221h 04The Classical Ideas PodcastEp 119: The Four Foundations of Mindfulness w/Ben ConnellyBen Connelly is a Minneapolis-based Soto Zen teacher in the Katagiri-lineage. He offers a wide variety of secular mindfulness trainings, including for police departments, corporate settings, correctional facilities, and addiction recovery groups. He teaches at the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center and is the author of Inside the Grass hut, Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara, and most recently Mindfulness and Intimacy, out now from Wisdom Publications. You can visit Ben's author profile at: Wisdom Publications.
2019-06-1750 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 118: Taoism, Martial Arts, and Mad Monk Manifesto with Monk Yun RouMonk Yun Rou was ordained in China as a Taoist monk in 2012. His writings and teachings propagate Taoist ideas and focus on environmental conservation, and political and social justice. Yun Rou began his formal martial arts training in 1980 and practiced a wide range of Chinese kung fu styles before settling on tai chi. A student of some of China's top tai chi grandmasters, he was named Tai Chi Master of The Year at the 2011 World Congress on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine and Yun Rou was the keynote speaker at the International Tai Chi Symposium in Louisville, Kentucky. Yun R...
2019-06-1257 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 117: A Discussion on Plural Marriage w/Philippa J. MeekPhilippa J. Meek is a Doctoral fellow at the University of Exeter. Meek researches public perceptions versus the realities of plural marriage within Fundamentalist Mormon communities. This episode gives a detailed overview of the court cases Loving V. Virginia, Obergefell vs. Hodges, Lawrence vs. Texas, and then discusses what possible path forward there is for legalization of plural marriage in the United States. You can find her work on Academia.edu: here You can follow her on Twitter: here Follow Classical Ideas on Twitter: here Follow Classical Ideas on Facebook: here ...
2019-06-0658 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 116: The Lives of Spiritually Fluid People w/ Dr. Duane BidwellDr. Duane Bidwell works to reduce suffering and promote abundant life in all of his teaching, writing, and research. Experiences as chaplain, pastor, spiritual director, pastoral counselor, HIV/AIDS professional, and non-profit director inform his work as teacher-scholar-clinician. CST students have given him teaching and mentoring awards three times since 2014. He is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and practitioner of vipassana (insight meditation) in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. His most recent book, When One Religion Isn't Enough: The Lives of Spiritually Fluid People (Boston: Beacon, 2018), examines complex religious bonds–the experience of bein...
2019-05-3053 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 115: Mitch Horowitz on The New Age and GnosticismMitch Horowitz is a writer-in-residence at the New York Public Library, a lecturer-in-residence at the University of Philosophical Research in Los Angeles, and the PEN Award-winning author of books including Occult America; One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life; Mind as Builder; and the The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality. Mitch has written on everything from the war on witches to the secret life of Ronald Reagan for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Salon, Time.com, and Politico. He is the voice of popular audio books including Alcoholics Anonymous and The J...
2019-05-2447 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 114: WWII, Religious Freedom, and the Occupation of Japan w/Dr. Jolyon ThomasDr. Jolyon Thomas is the author of "Faking Liberties: Religious Freedom in American-Occupied Japan," out now from the University of Chicago Press. Dr. Thomas is assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Follow Jolyon Thomas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jolyonbt Buy "Faking Liberties here.
2019-05-191h 03The Classical Ideas PodcastEp 113: Religion, Food, and Eating with Dr. Nora Rubel and Dr. Ben ZellerDr. Nora Rubel is the Jane and Alan Batkin Professor of Jewish Studies and Chair of the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester in New York. Dr. Ben Zeller is associate professor of religion at Lake Forest College in Illinois. They are co-editors of the book "Religion, Food, and Eating in North America" from Columbia University Press (2014). Buy the book from Columbia University Press
2019-05-1251 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 112: Eric Ripert on Buddhism, Adventures, and Cooking EthicsEric Ripert is chef and co-owner of Le Bernardin on 7th Avenue in Manhattan's Theater District, author of the autobiography "32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line" from Random House, numerous cookbooks, and host of the television series AVEC Eric. Buy Eric Ripert's books: Eric Ripert Books Follow Eric Ripert on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericripert/ Follow Eric Ripert on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericripert Visit Le Bernardin: https://www.le-bernardin.com/
2019-05-0545 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 111: Early American Yoga w/Philip DeslippePhilip Deslippe is a historian of American religion with a background in American Studies and literature. His research focuses on Asian, metaphysical, and marginal religions in modern America. Philip is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and writing a dissertation on the early history of yoga in the United States from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. Sign up for Philip Deslippe's course on Yoga history at: https://www.yogicstudies.com/courses Find Philip Deslippe online at: https://philipdeslippe.com/ Support this sh...
2019-05-0258 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 110: Exorcism w/Dr. Kate Kingsbury and Dr. Andrew ChesnutDr. Kate Kingsbury obtained her doctorate in Anthropology from Oxford University. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta where she teaches anthropology courses such as Introduction to Anthropology, Anthropology of Religion and Ethnographic Field Methods. Kate Kingsbury on Academia.edu Follow Kate Kingsbury on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProfKingsbury Dr. Andrew Chesnut earned his Ph.D degree in Latin American History from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1995 and joined the History Department faculty at the University of Houston in 1997. He quickly became an internationally recognized expert on Latin...
2019-04-2656 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 109: Dr. Ann Gleig and Buddhism Beyond ModernityDr. Ann Gleig is associate professor of religious studies at the University of Central Florida. She is co-editor of Homegrown Gurus: From Hinduism in America to American Hinduism and has published widely on contemporary Buddhism. She is the author of "American Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Modernity," from Yale University Press. Buy the book: American Dharma Follow Dr. Ann Gleig on Twitter: https://twitter.com/agleig
2019-04-2359 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 108: Koans with Corey Ichigen HessCorey Ichigen Hess is an ordained Zen monk and body therapist. He lived a monastic life for many years at Sogenji Zen Monastery in Okayama, Japan. He teaches meditation classes and works with individual clients doing private embodiment process coaching sessions, Sourcepoint Therapy®, Structural Integration®, and Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy at his home on Whidbey Island in Langley, Washington. Here are the links mentioned in the show: Zen Embodiment Blog Corey Hess Body Therapy
2019-04-1752 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 107: Should you do a PhD? with Michael Van HartingsveldtMichael Vanhartingsveldt (featured in episode 47 & 92) is a contributing columnist at Buddhistdoor Global. He works at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). He did his masters in East Asian Art Business at Sotheby's Institute of Art, and he also works as a lecturer for the Japan Foundation. Link to episode #37 from "The Way Of Improvement Leads Home" podcast episode mentioned in the introduction can be found here: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/the-way-of-improvement-leads-home?selected=ADL9037171567
2019-04-1452 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 106: Dr. Rachel Lindsey on "Communion of Shadows" and Arch City ReligionDr. Rachel Lindsey is Assistant Professor in Saint Louis University's Department of Theological Studies. She has a Ph.D. and M.A. in American Religion from Princeton University, and a B.A. in Religious Studies from Missouri State University. She is the author of Communion of Shadows: Religion and Photography in Nineteenth Century America from University of North Carolina Press. We discussed Communion of Shadows and her fantastic projects, Lived Religion in the Digital Age and Arch City Religion. You can find Dr. Lindsey's projects at archcityreligion.org and religioninplace.org. Follow Rachel Lindsey on Twitter: https://tw...
2019-04-1049 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 105: Teaching College Religious Studies w/Dr. Chris JonesDr. Chris Jones holds a Bachelor of Arts from Oklahoma Baptist University, a Master of Theology from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, and a PhD from Univ of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the sole religious studies professor at Washburn University. You can find his spectacular Twitter presence here: https://twitter.com/ProfChrisMJones You can find his professional website here: https://hcommons.org/members/profchrismjones/
2019-04-0545 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 104: Myth of Divine Chosenness w/Dr. Michael CooganDr. Michael Coogan is lecturer on Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at Harvard Divinity School and the director of publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum. He is the author of God and Sex, The Ten Commandments: A Short History of an Ancient Text, The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, and numerous textbooks on the Old Testament. He joined me on the phone to talk about his brand new book, God's Favorites: Judaism, Christianity, and the Myth of Divine Chosenness, out from Beacon Press.
2019-04-0253 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 103: Wanamaker's Temple w/Dr. Nicole KirkDr. Nicole Kirk is a historian of American religious history, associate professor, and the Frank and Alice Schulman Chair of Unitarian Universalist History at Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago, Illinois. She joined the faculty at Meadville Lombard in 2012 after earning her Ph.D. in American Religious History at Princeton Theological Seminary. She is the author of "Wanamaker's Temple: The Business of Religion in an Iconic Department Store." The book is out now from NYU Press. Visit Nicole Kirk online: https://www.nicolekirk.com/ Visit Nicole Kirk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Prof_in_Chicago
2019-03-3048 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEP 102: Santa Muerte w/ Dr. Andrew ChesnutDr. Andrew Chesnut earned his Ph.D degree in Latin American History from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1995 and joined the History Department faculty at the University of Houston in 1997. He quickly became an internationally recognized expert on Latin American religious history. Professor Chesnut was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Bishop Walter Sullivan Chair in Catholic Studies at VCU in 2008. Professor Chesnut's early work, Born Again in Brazil: The Pentecostal Boom and the Pathogens of Poverty (Rutgers University Press, 1997), traces the meteoric rise of Pentecostalism among the popular classes in Brazil following the d...
2019-03-2458 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 101: The Saint John's Illuminated Bible w/ Jonathan HomrighausenJonathan Homrighausen is an Episcopal writer and scholar on Scripture, art, and interreligious dialogue. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Duke University, after earning his MA in Biblical Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. His latest book, Illuminating Justice: The Ethical Imagination of The Saint John's Bible (out from Liturgical Press in 2018), explores the call to social ethics in The Saint John's Bible. It was a true pleasure to speak with Jonathan about his book and his interest in the Saint John's Bible. I think you will find...
2019-03-2053 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 100: The Epistle of James with Dr. Alicia BattenAlicia Batten received her BA in Humanistic Studies from McGill University, and completed an MA and PhD in Theology, with a focus on the New Testament, at the University of St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses upon the origins and development of early Christianity, with particular emphasis upon the ancient Mediterranean cultural context (s), including material culture. She also thinks it important to study the shifting manner in which biblical texts are interpreted over the centuries, and is currently writing a commentary examining the text reception and impact of the Letter of James. Beyond h...
2019-03-1448 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 99: Rima Fujita on Nibiiro Art, the Dalai Lama, and BuddhismRima Fujita was born in Tokyo and now resides in Southern California. She graduated from Parsons School of Design with her B.F.A. and has exhibited her work internationally to much acclaim. As a descendant of the Last Samurai her creative aesthetics is strongly influenced by the philosophy of Bushido and Buddhism. Known for her distinctive style with vivid colors on black surface, Rima's works are extracted from her dreams and meditation process. They are ethereal and evoke a timeless sense of longing and peace, and yet if examined deeply her images trigger a powerful ripple...
2019-03-1043 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 98: Inter-religious Diplomacy and Jain Plurality w/ Dr. Melanie BarbatoDr. Barbato researches the mechanisms and strategies of interreligious communication with a focus on high-level actors and cultural diplomacy, such as the Pope. She is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Münster in Germany and is in partnership with the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies in the UK. She is currently developing a project on Hindu-Christian dialogue. She's also a scholar of Jainism and is the author of Jain Approaches to Plurality: Identity as Dialogue, published by Brill in 2017. We discuss current events, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Jainism, and her book. F...
2019-03-0442 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 97: Ásatrúarfélagið w/Hilmar Örn HilmarssonHilmar Örn Hilmarsson is the elected Allsherjargoði (high priest) of the Icelandic pagan group, Ásatrúarfélagið, or Ásatrú Association. He is also a musician and composer. You can find Ásatrú Association's translatable website at: https://asatru.is/
2019-02-2741 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 96: "Blogging My Religion" and Media w/ Dr. Giulia EvolviDr. Giulia Evolvi is the author of "Blogging My Religion: Secular, Muslim, and Catholic Media Spaces in Europe," out now from Routledge. Evolvi is a Research Associate at the Centrum für Religionswissenshaftliche Studien (CERES) in Germany and she manages the Religion and Materiality Focus Group for the Käte Hamburger Kolleg project. Follow her on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/giuliaevolvi
2019-02-2357 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 95: Japanese Buddhist WWII Internment w/Duncan Ryūken WilliamsBuy American Sutra from Harvard Press here Bio from: https://www.duncanryukenwilliams.com/ Duncan Ryuken Williams was born in Tokyo, Japan to a Japanese mother and British father. After growing up in Japan and England until age 17, he moved to the U.S. to attend college (Reed College) and graduate school (Harvard University, where he received a Ph.D. in Religion). Williams is currently an Professor of Religion and East Asian Languages & Cultures and the Director of the USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture. Previously, he held the Shinjo Ito Distinguished Chair of...
2019-02-1655 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 94: "Gurdjieff Reconsidered" with Dr. Roger LipseyRoger Lipsey is a biographer, art historian, translator, and, for many decades, a participant in the Gurdjieff teaching. Among his recent books is Hammarskjöld: A Life,which has been hailed as the definitive biography of Dag Hammarskjöld. His latest book, Gurdjieff Reconsidered: The Life, the Teachings, the Legacy, is out now from Shambhala Publications. Buy the book here: https://www.shambhala.com/gurdjieff-reconsidered.html
2019-02-121h 03The Classical Ideas PodcastEP 93: Tao Te Ching with Sean Michael WilsonSean Michael Wilson is an award-winning Scottish graphic novel/comic book writer. He has written more than 30 books, published by a variety of US, UK and Japanese publishers and translated into 12 languages. His books are of two broad types: 'western' style graphic novels, including original story ideas and various books on social issues; and a unique line of manga style books on Japanese themes, unmatched by any other English language comic book writer. His latest book is an adaptation of the Tao Te Ching in collaboration with Cary Kwok and William Scott Wilson. Find him...
2019-02-061h 13The Classical Ideas PodcastEp 92: Gyotaku w/Dwight Hwang and Michael VanhartingsveldtDwight Hwang is a California-based Gyotaku artist. His notable artistic achievements include a 2018 solo showcase by Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Japan Foundation, as well as providing cover art for the book "Simply Fly Fishing" by Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard. You can follow Dwight Hwang on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/fishingforgyotaku/ You can find Dwight Hwang's website and store here: https://fishingforgyotaku.com/ Guest discussant Michael Vanhartingsveldt (featured in episode 47) is a contributing columnist at Buddhistdoor Global. He works at the Los Angel...
2019-02-0159 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 91: The Lessons We Learn From Animals w/ Dr. Margaret WinslowDr. Margaret Winslow is Professor Emeritus of Earth and Atmospheric Science at City College of New York. She was a field geologist for three decades and is the author of two travel memoirs recounting her field experiences in South America. Those titles are "The Cusp of Dreadfulness: Fifteen Seasons in Tierra Del Fuego and Patagonia," and "Over My Head: Journeys in Leaky Boats from the Strait of Magellan to Cape Horn and Beyond." She is most recently the author of the book "Smart Ass: How a Donkey Challenged Me to Accept His True Nature and Rediscover My own" from...
2019-01-2351 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 90: Teaching High School Religious Studies with George Coe (Teaching Series)George Coe is a religious studies, current events, and world history teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia. He runs a popular blog with teaching resources at: https://worldhistoryeducatorsblog.blogspot.com/. This conversation talks about constitutionality of teaching about religion; how to arrange a semester of teaching high school religious studies, a wide-range of resources that he and I have used to with success in our own classrooms, and a deep dive investigation of a typical religious studies class in a typical United States high school. This is a snapshot of a hardworking teacher doing great work for teenagers...
2019-01-2050 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 89: Travels in Haiti with Allison CoffeltAllison Coffelt lives and writes in Columbia, Missouri. She works as the director of education and outreach for the annual documentary-based True/False Film Festival, as well as hosting the fantastic True/False Podcast, featuring interviews and commentary with documentary filmmakers, available anywhere you get podcasts. Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Oxford Public Health Magazine, and more. She won the 2015 University of Missouri Essay Prize. The topic of today's conversation is her new book, "Maps Are Lines We Draw," out now from Lanternfish Press. Buy the book from Lanternfish Press
2019-01-1357 minThe Classical Ideas PodcastEp 88: Hiking as Pilgrimage with Dr. Chris IvesDr. Christopher Ives teaches in the area of Asian Religions at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. In his scholarship, he focuses on modern Zen ethics. In 2009 he published Imperial-Way Zen, a book on Buddhist social ethics in light of Zen nationalism. Currently he is engaged in research on Zen approaches to nature and Buddhist environmental ethics. He is the author of "Zen on the Trail: Hiking as Pilgrimage," out now from Wisdom Publications. Find the book here: Zen on the Trail from Wisdom Publications
2019-01-061h 10The Classical Ideas PodcastEp 45: Dr. Rabia Gregory on Medieval Christianity and Monastic WorldsProfessor Rabia Gregory's primary research interest is the history of Christianity in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. She approaches the study of religion through book history, material culture, and theories of gender. Her first book, Marrying Jesus in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe: Popular Culture and Religious Reform, published by Ashgate, uses previously unpublished cultural artifacts to revise long-standing assumptions about religion, gender, and popular culture. In the book, she demonstrates that by the fourteenth century, worldly, sexually active brides of Christ, both male and female, were no longer aberrations and provide a history of the dispersion of...
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The Classical Ideas PodcastEp 6: The Euthyphro Dilemma w/ Mackenzie Everett-KennedyScript: https://genius.com/Plato-euthyphro-full-text-annotated Episode 6 is a full cast performance of Plato's classic text, Euthyphro. The questions discussed: What is piety and what is impiety? Do the gods love something because it is holy, or is something holy because it is loved by the gods? Socrates performed by Mackenzie Everett-Kennedy Euthyphro performed by Greg Soden
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