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Recognized for his work on philosophy, religion and politics, Dr. Sweet talks at length about Before
When he was 23 years old, Dale Allison almost died in a car accident. That terrifying experience dra
A companion piece to Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology and Elysium: A Visual History of An
From Darwin's The Origin of Species to the twenty-first century, Peter Bowler reinterprets the long
There is a common misconception that the Jewish religion does not believe in an afterlife. While it’
What makes sounds “religious”? How are communities shaped by the things they hear, play, or listen t
**Warning: This episode contains potentially disturbing content!**On this episode of the Black Beryl
What is the function of the wilderness narratives for understanding the Pentateuch and Israel and Ju
In Ayesha Jalal’s latest work Muslim Enlightened Thought in South Asia (Routledge, 2024) readers are
The Ethics of Karbala: Myths, Modernity, and Virtues of Nobility (Routledge, 2024) investigates the
Who wrote the Haggada? Is there a thematic roadmap to the structure of the Seder? Why is the meal ea
Where is the "life" in scholarly life? Is it possible to find in academic writing, so often abstract
In their edited volume, Contemporary Humanistic Judaism: Beliefs, Values, Practices (Jewish Publicat
Christian theologians and students are aware that evangelicals in the Majority World now outnumber t
Gidi Ifergan's The Discerning Clear Gaze of Yoga (Equinox, 2024) explores the road map of yoga as re
Using a wide range of archival material and a microhistorical approach, Plagues of the Heart: Crisis
When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species (U California Press, 202
Today I talked to Alec Goldstein about Maimonides on the Book of Exodus (Kodesh Press, 2019).Rabbi M
The life and works of the mysterious Indian yogin, Saraha, who has inspired Buddhist practitioners f
In Finding God in All the Black Places: Sacred Imaginings in Black Popular Culture (Rutgers UP, 2024
