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Religion and Spirituality (Audio)

Americans enjoy a multiplicity of religious traditions. Explore both traditional religions, and what it means to be spiritual in a rapidly changing and diversifying religious world.

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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

55mins

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Osher UCSD: Jane Via 2009 Three Years as a Woman Priest

Osher UCSD: Jane Via 2009 Three Years as a Woman Priest

San Diego Deputy District Attorney Jane Via returns to Osher UCSD to recount what has happened to her in the three years... Read more

7 Dec 2009

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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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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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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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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

57mins

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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

59mins

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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

56mins

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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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