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Publishes	Daily	Episodes	2611	Founded	15 years ago
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Christopher J. Bonura, "A Prophecy of Empire: The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius from Late Antique Mesopotamia to the Global Medieval Imagination" (U California Press, 2025)

The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius was one of the medieval world’s most popular and widely translated texts. Composed in Syriac in Mesopotamia in the seventh century, this supposed revelation presented a new, salvific role for the Roman Empire, whose... more

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Daniel Wyche, "The Care of the Self and the Care of the Other: From Spiritual Exercises to Political Transformation" (Columbia UP, 2025)

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Khaled A. Beydoun, "The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims" (U California Press, 2023)

In The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims (U California Press, 2023), Khaled A. Beydoun details how the American War on Terror has facilitated and intensified the network of anti-Muslim campaigns unfolding across the world. The... more

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Sara Ann Swenson, "Near Light We Shine: Buddhist Charity in Urban Vietnam" (Oxford UP, 2025)

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Professor of law at Arizona State University and critically acclaimed author.

Arizona State University

Episode: Khaled A. Beydoun, "The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims" (U California Press, 2023)

Noam Sienna

Scholar of Jewish Culture in the Medieval and Early Modern Islamic Worlds

Rutgers University

Episode: Noam Sienna, "Jewish Books in North Africa: Between the Early Modern and Modern Worlds" (Indiana UP, 2025)

Tomer Persico

Author and scholar specializing in religion and Jewish studies

NYU Press

Episode: Tomer Persico, "In God's Image: How Western Civilization Was Shaped by a Revolutionary Idea" (NYU Press, 2025)

Dr. Thomas Albert Howard

Professor of Humanities and History at Valparaiso University, author of "Broken Altars, Secularist Violence in Modern History"

Valparaiso University

Episode: Thomas Albert Howard, "Broken Altars: Secularist Violence in Modern History" (Yale UP, 2025)

Dr. Erica Brown

Vice Provost for Values and Leadership at Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University

Episode: Erica Brown, "Ecclesiastes and the Search for Meaning" (Maggid, 2023)

Thomas J. Mazanec

Associate Professor of University of California, Santa Barbara, specializing in pre-modern Chinese literature and religion.

University of California, Santa Barbara

Episode: Thomas J. Mazanec, "Poet-Monks: The Invention of Buddhist Poetry in Late Medieval China" (Cornell UP, 2024)

Paul Gutacker

Lecturer in history at Baylor University and author of The Old Faith in a New Nation

Baylor University

Episode: Paul J. Gutacker, "The Old Faith in a New Nation: American Protestants and the Christian Past" (Oxford UP, 2023)

Adam Ferziger

Professor and author focusing on American Jewry and its interactions with Israel

New York University Press

Episode: Adam S. Ferziger. "Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism" (NYU Press, 2025)

Youshaa Patel

Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Lafayette College and author

Lafayette College

Episode: Youshaa Patel, "The Muslim Difference: Defining the Line Between Believers and Unbelievers from Early Islam to the Present" (Yale UP, 2023)

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4.1 out of 5 stars from 55 ratings

Erudite and in depth…. But where are the women?
Love having these deep dives into religious history—but so many of these scholars are men. Maybe it’s a problem with academia or cafe mic publishing, and this podcast is just reflecting it. But there’s either a systematic problem, or a systemic one.
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AGbrooklyn
United States3 years ago
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Surely you can get better sound quality. Such a shame. Otherwise excellent
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Brompton Listener!
United Kingdom7 years ago
too much poor sound in some conversations
Many interesting discussions- but why is the sound quality so poor in some of the phone interviews? It sounds like they were recorded from low quality VoIP lines on a noisy cell phone connection. Surely in an age of digital communications it shouldn't be so hard to record a phone conversation that doesn't sound like its coming through a distortion system muffled through a blanket.
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Sonia Hazard, "Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Q: What lessons about power and infrastructure can we take from the decline of the ATS?

The decline shows that power systems are supported by effort and must adapt or risk collapse; they are not eternal.

Sonia Hazard, "Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Q: How does the ATS's decision about race and citizenship shape their outreach?

The ATS focused on converting individuals with citizenship potential, mainly white citizens, impacting its distribution efforts.

Sonia Hazard, "Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Q: How does the structure of your book reflect the processes you discuss?

The structure emerged organically and models the ATS's processes of production, distribution, and reception.

Sonia Hazard, "Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Q: What is the central argument you're making in your book?

The central argument is that evangelical power derives from the media infrastructure rather than just the content or quantity of media objects.

Mercedes Valmisa, "All Things Act" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Q: What does wu-wei mean in the context of collective action?

Wu-wei is about collective, emergent action without central control or coercion, focusing on how effective social order arises from mutual interactions.

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