Elaine Pagels

34 Podcast Episodes

Elaine Pagels: Why Religion?

Elaine Pagels: Why Religion?

Noted scholar of the history of religions, Elaine Pagels describes her own spiritual life as one of music, nature, frien... Read more

3 Aug 2023

55mins

52. Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels

52. Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels

What made gnostics different from other Christians? And did it matter? A discussion of Elaine Pagels' 1979 monograph, Th... Read more

11 Jul 2023

39mins

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DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES??? Amanda Anne Platt is inspired by Princeton Professor Elaine Pagels

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES??? Amanda Anne Platt is inspired by Princeton Professor Elaine Pagels

After making a spiritual resolution, Country Roots Singer Amanda Anne Platt talks to Elaine Pagels (Professor of Religio... Read more

26 Apr 2023

1hr 42mins

Elaine Pagels: Love Pulls You Forward

Elaine Pagels: Love Pulls You Forward

Over thirty years ago, Elaine Pagels’ young son and husband died within the same year. In this tender conversation, Kate... Read more

7 Mar 2023

42mins

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138. The Rediscovered Gospel — A Conversation with Elaine Pagels

138. The Rediscovered Gospel — A Conversation with Elaine Pagels

In 1945 fifty-two papyrus texts were found concealed in an earthenware jar buried in the Egyptian desert. They turned ou... Read more

5 Nov 2022

45mins

#139: OMG SBC, WTF? (HOTW: Elaine Pagels)

#139: OMG SBC, WTF? (HOTW: Elaine Pagels)

Our Church Trauma Series continues with the massive nationwide abuse scandal and cover-up by America’s largest protestan... Read more

11 Oct 2022

1hr 28mins

EI Weekly Listen — The Gospel of Thomas: casting a new light on Early Christianity by Elaine Pagels

EI Weekly Listen — The Gospel of Thomas: casting a new light on Early Christianity by Elaine Pagels

While there may have been striking similarities between the Gospel of Thomas and those of the four Evangelists, closer e... Read more

22 Jul 2022

24mins

Elaine Pagels - Women in Gnosticism and the Early Church

Elaine Pagels - Women in Gnosticism and the Early Church

Elaine Pagels is one the most celebrated scholars of early Christianity in the world.  She is the author of such popular... Read more

11 Apr 2022

1hr 7mins

Ep. 102 Elaine Pagels, on "Why Religion?"

Ep. 102 Elaine Pagels, on "Why Religion?"

Elaine Pagels is an American historian of religion. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton... Read more

27 Mar 2022

28mins

Lost and Found, with Elaine Pagels

Lost and Found, with Elaine Pagels

Elaine Pagels is a ground-breaking scholar of Christianity. Back in the Sixties she was a student at Harvard when long-f... Read more

12 Oct 2021

1hr 9mins

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