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Research On Religion

A weekly podcast exploring academic research on religion and featuring top scholars in history, sociology, political science, economics and religious studies.

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#1 Matthew Moore on Buddhism, Meditating Machines, and the Robopocalypse.

#1 Matthew Moore on Buddhism, Meditating Machines, and the Robopocalypse.

It is said that Jesus hits like the atom bomb.  If so, then Buddha, or at least this episode on Buddhism and near-future... Read more

16 Sep 2018

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#2 Daniel Stiles on Cowboy Churches

#2 Daniel Stiles on Cowboy Churches

One of the greatest joys of doing this podcast for the past eight years has been to meet some pretty incredible people w... Read more

9 Sep 2018

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#3 Ron Hassner on Sacred Spaces and Holy Conflict

#3 Ron Hassner on Sacred Spaces and Holy Conflict

Academia is a world that can be filled with intense jealousies and envy, wherein one professor is always concerned why t... Read more

2 Sep 2018

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#4 Emily Fisher Gray on Luther’s 95 Theses

#4 Emily Fisher Gray on Luther’s 95 Theses

During 2017, we undertook a series of episodes dedicated to Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation.  A number of s... Read more

26 Aug 2018

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#5 Colleen Haight on the Oracle of Delphi

#5 Colleen Haight on the Oracle of Delphi

As noted in my farewell monologue, the characteristics that I look for in an interview are topics that are a little off ... Read more

19 Aug 2018

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#6 Rod Stark on How Religion Benefits Everyone, Including Atheists

#6 Rod Stark on How Religion Benefits Everyone, Including Atheists

Organized religion and religious believers often get painted with a bad reputation, and sometimes it is justly due, but ... Read more

12 Aug 2018

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#7 Jim Papandrea on Christology, Superheroes, and Science Fiction Films

#7 Jim Papandrea on Christology, Superheroes, and Science Fiction Films

Modern social media is a wondrous thing.  Without it, this podcast would have never come into being, and it is unlikely ... Read more

5 Aug 2018

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#8 Larry Iannaccone on Sacrifice, Stigma, and the Economics of Religion

#8 Larry Iannaccone on Sacrifice, Stigma, and the Economics of Religion

I owe a great deal professionally to the work of Larry Iannaccone, a professor of economics at Chapman University as he ... Read more

29 Jul 2018

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#9 Carmel Chiswick on the Economics of Being Jewish in America

#9 Carmel Chiswick on the Economics of Being Jewish in America

Prof. Carmel Chiswick (George Washington University) is a scholar's scholar.  Dr. Chiswick is an economist to be reckone... Read more

22 Jul 2018

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#10 Karrie Koesel on Religion and Politics in China

#10 Karrie Koesel on Religion and Politics in China

This was the very first podcast episode we aired and the second interview that I conducted.  I learned of Prof. Karrie K... Read more

15 Jul 2018

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