The 8 Best Religious History Podcasts

Seismic shifts in the religious and secular landscapes are destabilizing the faith of millions. Join religion scholar Jared Halverson as he explores restored scripture, doctrine, history, and practice; examines patterns and pitfalls in navigating fai...Show More

Truce explores how we got here and how we can do better. It's a history podcast about the Christian Church, from pyramid schemes to political campaigns. Season five tells the history of Christian fundamentalism. Season three follows the rise of commu...Show More

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has been around for almost two centuries. It has ebbed and fluctuated in such a predictably adaptive manner throughout it's relatively short life in the religious realm. This Church has a very sordid p...Show More

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

Latter-day Faith is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Wotherspoon, PhD, that explores faith and its realities for this time in human history. Although each discussion maintains awareness of its primarily Latter-day Saint audience, the conversations, sen...Show More

In-depth explorations into the field of Sanskrit Studies. Featuring candid conversations and interviews with scholars of Sanskrit across the disciplines of Indology, Linguistics, Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, and more. Hosted by Dr. Antonia...Show More

In-depth explorations into the field of Buddhist Studies. Featuring candid conversations and interviews with scholars of Buddhism across the disciplines of Religious Studies, Indology, Art History, South Asian Studies, Anthropology, and more. Hosted ...Show More

Explore the fascinating history of Christian mysticism from the early days of the Church until today featuring Dr. Carlos Eire, T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University.Visit our podcast website HERE. Hosted on ...Show More