Ranked #1
An Evening with Karen Armstrong: Religion and Secularism
An Evening with Karen Armstrong: Religion and Secularism
One of the world’s leading commentators on religious affairs, Karen Armstrong discusses the intersection of religion and... Read more
9 Aug 2010
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55mins
Ranked #2
Explaining Transformation: Material Miracles and Their Theorists in the Later Middle Ages with Carole Walker Bynum
Explaining Transformation: Material Miracles and Their Theorists in the Later Middle Ages with Carole Walker Bynum
In the period between 1150 and 1550 a number of Christians in western Europe made pilgrimage to places where material ob... Read more
1 Feb 2010
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58mins
Ranked #3
What is a Woman? What is a Man? Exploring The Buddhist Sources - Jose Cabezon - Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society
What is a Woman? What is a Man? Exploring The Buddhist Sources - Jose Cabezon - Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society
The ancient Buddhist sources have a great deal to say about what it means to be a biological man or woman, what it means... Read more
5 Mar 2019
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1hr 26mins
Ranked #4
Biblical Women and Gender Constructions: Ancient and Contemporary Perspectives on Women in the Bible
Biblical Women and Gender Constructions: Ancient and Contemporary Perspectives on Women in the Bible
Rabbi Prof. Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi is an award-winning editor, author, and biblical scholar. She is the Chief Editor o... Read more
26 Jun 2018
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59mins
Ranked #5
Burke Lecture: An Ecological Inquiry - Jesus and the Cosmos with Elizabeth Johnson
Burke Lecture: An Ecological Inquiry - Jesus and the Cosmos with Elizabeth Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson, a former president of both the Catholic Theological Society of America and the ecumenical American Th... Read more
6 Jul 2010
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58mins
Ranked #6
Why the Dalai Lama Matters
Why the Dalai Lama Matters
Authors Robert Thurman and Pico Iyer reflect on the Dalai Lama's ideas and work as a religious leader, politician, scien... Read more
2 Nov 2009
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1hr 48mins
Ranked #7
U.S. Policy Toward Iran: Problems and Prospects (Conversations with History)
U.S. Policy Toward Iran: Problems and Prospects (Conversations with History)
Conversations with History host Harry Kreisler welcomes the Carnegie Endowment's Karim Sadjadpour for a discussion of U.... Read more
9 Nov 2009
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57mins
Ranked #8
Spirituality and Healthy Aging - Research on Aging
Spirituality and Healthy Aging - Research on Aging
What is spirituality and spiritual health? How can we effectively assess our own spirituality and identify spiritual dis... Read more
12 Apr 2018
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56mins
Ranked #9
May We Make the World?: Religious and Ethical Questions with Dr. Laurie Zoloth - Burke Lectureship
May We Make the World?: Religious and Ethical Questions with Dr. Laurie Zoloth - Burke Lectureship
A gene drive is a targeted contagion intended to spread within species, forever altering the offspring. Gene drive enthu... Read more
11 Dec 2018
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53mins
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Ranked #11
If Kinship Were the Goal of Society
If Kinship Were the Goal of Society
Father Gregory Boyle, Jesuit priest and bestselling author of Tattoos on the Heart, is the founder of Homeboy Industries... Read more
11 Sep 2018
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1min
Ranked #12
From Salvation to Spirituality: Contemporary Transformation of Religion Viewed from East Asia with Susumo Shimazono
From Salvation to Spirituality: Contemporary Transformation of Religion Viewed from East Asia with Susumo Shimazono
In recent decades people in the United States, Europe, and Japan have tended to talk about spirituality rather than reli... Read more
7 Jun 2010
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56mins
Ranked #13
My First Rosh Hashanah Since Leaving Orthodox Jewish Faith
My First Rosh Hashanah Since Leaving Orthodox Jewish Faith
Author, Tova Mirvis reads from her memoir, The Book of Separation, which describes a woman who leaves her Orthodox Jewis... Read more
9 Oct 2018
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3mins
Ranked #14
Ian Buruma: The Muslim Scare in Europe - Hysteria or Threat?
Ian Buruma: The Muslim Scare in Europe - Hysteria or Threat?
Is the danger posed by Muslim immigrants real? If it is exaggerated, why the general hysteria? Award-winning author and ... Read more
4 Oct 2010
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57mins
Ranked #15
Building Beloved Community: ReConnecting Church and Community in the Midst of Radicalized Chaos - Traci Blackmon - Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society
Building Beloved Community: ReConnecting Church and Community in the Midst of Radicalized Chaos - Traci Blackmon - Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society
Rev. Traci Blackmon is the Executive Minister of Justice & Local Church Ministries for the United Church of Christ a... Read more
23 May 2018
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59mins
Ranked #16
In Conversation With Reza Aslan and Tim Kring
In Conversation With Reza Aslan and Tim Kring
Part of the Humanities as Vocation event at UCSB, features two UCSB alumni talking about their work after their humaniti... Read more
9 Apr 2018
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56mins
Ranked #17
Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship with Father Gregory Boyle - Burke Lectureship
Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship with Father Gregory Boyle - Burke Lectureship
Father Gregory Boyle, Jesuit priest and bestselling author of Tattoos on the Heart, is the founder of Homeboy Industries... Read more
9 Jan 2018
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55mins