Research On Religion Podcast
1) #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 technology, might be the daisy cutter of philosophy. Whereas most of the episo...Show More
2) #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 who are just "ordinary" citizens going about their daily life. My goal from the ...Show More
3) #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 the work of another professor is more cited than their own. We all suffer from t...Show More
4) #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 superb interviews came from that series, including the Catholic response to Prote...Show More
5) #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 the beaten path and the enthusiasm of the scholar for his/her topic. Dr. Collee...Show More
6) #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 most of the time it is not. Prof. Rod Stark, a co-founder of Baylor's Institute...Show More
7) #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 that I would have been able to find half of my guests. Many of my ideas for sho...Show More
8) #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 played a pivotal role in my intellectual development, putting me on a research c...Show More
9) #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 reckoned with when it comes to what we usually think about when we talk economics (e.g....Show More
10) #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 Koesel (of the University of Oregon at the time, now at Notre Dame) when I was as...Show More