The Religious Studies Podcast ZenCast (https://zencast.fm) Where did the sacred go? This podcast is focused on the philosophical study of religion and will center on books, both historical and contemporary. Each book will get a 15 minute Book Brief episode and then a Deep Dive episode. The Book Briefs are high-level overviews of the main arguments of the book and why the book is relevant to us today. The Deep Dive episodes will not have the time constraint and will be where I spend time discussing various arguments and themes from the book, as well as offering critiques if I have them. Twitter: https://twitter.com/therspod Substack: https://thereligiousstudiespodcast.substack.com/ Email: thereligiousstudiespodcast@gmail.com © 2022 en Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:02:00 +0000 https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website https://podcdn.zencast.fm/download/Podcast%2Fartworks%2F11961%2Flarge%2F8c91402db3756fd051c247cf007a62f897248a5560429063a674a74b710edf1d%2F77cd451c16520647.jpg The Religious Studies Podcast https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website AJ AJ The Religious Studies Podcast Where did the sacred go? This podcast is focused on the philosophical study of religion and will center on books, both historical and contemporary. Each book will get a 15 minute Book Brief episode and then a Deep Dive episode. The Book Briefs are high-level overviews of the main arguments of the book and why the book is relevant to us today. The Deep Dive episodes will not have the time constraint and will be where I spend time discussing various arguments and themes from the book, as well as offering critiques if I have them. Twitter: https://twitter.com/therspod Substack: https://thereligiousstudiespodcast.substack.com/ Email: thereligiousstudiespodcast@gmail.com Where did the sacred go? This podcast is focused on the philosophical study of religion and will center on books, both historical and contemporary. Each book will get a 15 minute Book Brief episode and then a Deep Dive episode. The Book Briefs are high-level overviews of the main arguments of the book and why the book is relevant to us today. The Deep Dive episodes will not have the time constraint and will be where I spend time discussing various arguments and themes from the book, as well as offering critiques if I have them. Twitter: https://twitter.com/therspod Substack: https://thereligiousstudiespodcast.substack.com/ Email: thereligiousstudiespodcast@gmail.com episodic philosophy,philosophy of religion,christianity,history,bible AJ thereligiousstudiespodcast@gmail.com No false No yes full 24 2 24 2 Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence No No 34890f31-9dc9-40bb-955a-fbb4e030f624 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:02:00 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/nick-bostroms-superintelligence Topics Discussed:

  • Nick Bostrom, Ray Kurzweil, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Eliazer Yudkowski
  • Why we're still having the same debate
  • True believers and prophets
  • Our new God, Calculation

Sections: • Intro (00:00:50) • History of AI and AI safety (00:11:30) • Paths to AI, the form they could take, and controling them (00:36:30) • Baptism for the Dead (00:54:00)

Content Referenced: The Pope’s Encyclical NYTimes: Religious Leaders Met with Anthropic Concrete Problems in AI Safety The Off-switch Game AI as Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk (2008)

Apple Feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-religious-studies-podcast/id1662229557 Spotify Feed: https://open.spotify.com/show/7q5yKNBCRWqrCOqsN9K6h5 RSS Feed: https://media.zencast.fm/the-religious-studies-podcast/rss Substack Page: The Religious Studies Podcast | aj | Substack Twitter Page: TheReligiousStudiesPodcast (@therspod) / Twitter Email: thereligiousstudiespodcast@gmail.com

This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

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  • Nick Bostrom, Ray Kurzweil, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Eliazer Yudkowski
  • Why we're still having the same debate
  • True believers and prophets
  • Our new God, Calculation

Sections: • Intro (00:00:50) • History of AI and AI safety (00:11:30) • Paths to AI, the form they could take, and controling them (00:36:30) • Baptism for the Dead (00:54:00)

Content Referenced: The Pope’s Encyclical NYTimes: Religious Leaders Met with Anthropic Concrete Problems in AI Safety The Off-switch Game AI as Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk (2008)

Apple Feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-religious-studies-podcast/id1662229557 Spotify Feed: https://open.spotify.com/show/7q5yKNBCRWqrCOqsN9K6h5 RSS Feed: https://media.zencast.fm/the-religious-studies-podcast/rss Substack Page: The Religious Studies Podcast | aj | Substack Twitter Page: TheReligiousStudiesPodcast (@therspod) / Twitter Email: thereligiousstudiespodcast@gmail.com

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]]> AJ false no 3959 full 23 1 23 1 Paul Ricoeur on Freud's Psychology of Religion Paul Ricoeur on Freud's Psychology of Religion No No 83239c77-70b0-4c9f-b299-a91409fbb418 Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:21:46 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/paul-ricoeur-on-freuds-psychology-of-religion In this episode we discuss a few sections in Ricoeur's collection of essays titled "The Conflict of Interpretation".

We discuss why Ricoeur sees Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud as masters of suspicion and how that should help us think about religion, ourselves, and our modern world.

  • Intro (00:00:45)
  • From Descartes to Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud (00:04:45)
  • The Function of Religion in Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud (00:19:19)
  • We are All Armchair Psychologists (00:38:05)
]]> In this episode we discuss a few sections in Ricoeur's collection of essays titled "The Conflict of Interpretation".

We discuss why Ricoeur sees Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud as masters of suspicion and how that should help us think about religion, ourselves, and our modern world.

  • Intro (00:00:45)
  • From Descartes to Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud (00:04:45)
  • The Function of Religion in Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud (00:19:19)
  • We are All Armchair Psychologists (00:38:05)
]]> AJ false no 0 full 22 1 22 1 Max Stirner's The Unique and Its Own, Deep Dive Part 2 Max Stirner's The Unique and Its Own, Deep Dive Part 2 No No d9cd2380-2791-498e-b5b0-75cef0feb1c9 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 23:14:18 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/max-stirners-the-unique-and-its-own-deep-dive-part-2 We begin this episode going over Stirner’s critique of philosophers and the Enlightenment. It’s important to keep in mind that whatever problem he has with religion, he also has that problem with people too focused on thinking or capital T truth. As he says, a shout or a jump is as good at relieving anxiety as studying any book.

We also look at the overlap in thought between Stirner and Foucault, Gabriel Marcel, Freud, and Girard. For example, both Stirner and Marcel think you should not ask what are humans? You should ask: who am I? And regarding connections between Girard and Stirner, we look at the human propensity to always create a sacred and always let our desires overtake us.

We end the episode reflecting on what is sacred today? What do we let dominate us? And what is our scapegoat?

00:04:10 Stirner’s Critique of Philosophy and the Enlightenment 00:28:25 Connections between Stirner and Foucault, Marcel, Freud, and Girard. 01:30:45 Stirner’s Stoicism and our Contemporary World

]]> We begin this episode going over Stirner’s critique of philosophers and the Enlightenment. It’s important to keep in mind that whatever problem he has with religion, he also has that problem with people too focused on thinking or capital T truth. As he says, a shout or a jump is as good at relieving anxiety as studying any book.

We also look at the overlap in thought between Stirner and Foucault, Gabriel Marcel, Freud, and Girard. For example, both Stirner and Marcel think you should not ask what are humans? You should ask: who am I? And regarding connections between Girard and Stirner, we look at the human propensity to always create a sacred and always let our desires overtake us.

We end the episode reflecting on what is sacred today? What do we let dominate us? And what is our scapegoat?

00:04:10 Stirner’s Critique of Philosophy and the Enlightenment 00:28:25 Connections between Stirner and Foucault, Marcel, Freud, and Girard. 01:30:45 Stirner’s Stoicism and our Contemporary World

]]> AJ false no 0 full 21 1 21 1 Max Stirner's The Unique and its Own, Deep Dive Part 1 Max Stirner's The Unique and its Own, Deep Dive Part 1 No No a38d40e4-fc16-45f7-8cf1-6b977c2c6905 Sat, 21 Sep 2024 13:45:02 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/max-stirners-the-unique-and-its-own-deep-dive-part-1 Topics Discussed:

  • The relationship between particulars and universals
  • Demon posession and god possession
  • The religious discontent with the present
  • The Sacred and when ideas overtake us
  • When our future self overtakes us

Sections: Intro (00:00:34) Basic Overview of Stirner's Arguments (00:05:55) Stirner's Critique of Religion (00:38:20)

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  • The relationship between particulars and universals
  • Demon posession and god possession
  • The religious discontent with the present
  • The Sacred and when ideas overtake us
  • When our future self overtakes us

Sections: Intro (00:00:34) Basic Overview of Stirner's Arguments (00:05:55) Stirner's Critique of Religion (00:38:20)

Twitter Page: TheReligiousStudiesPodcast (@therspod) / Twitter Email: thereligiousstudiespodcast@gmail.com

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 20 1 20 1 Gabriel Marcel's The Mystery of Being, Deep Dive Gabriel Marcel's The Mystery of Being, Deep Dive No No 7eba2dd1-54e7-448b-be2e-3c4dbf50bc9a Wed, 21 Aug 2024 21:07:10 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/gabriel-marcels-the-mystery-of-being-deep-dive Topics Discussed:

  • Gabriel Marcel
  • Martin Heidegger
  • Phenomenology
  • Psychology

Sections: Intro: 00:00:55 1 Marcel's Philosophical Framework: 00:06:45 2 Realworld Examples from Marcel: 00:47:25

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  • Gabriel Marcel
  • Martin Heidegger
  • Phenomenology
  • Psychology

Sections: Intro: 00:00:55 1 Marcel's Philosophical Framework: 00:06:45 2 Realworld Examples from Marcel: 00:47:25

]]> AJ false no 0 full 19 1 19 1 Rene Girard's I See Satan Fall Like Lightning, Deep Dive Rene Girard's I See Satan Fall Like Lightning, Deep Dive No No 4876aad6-ac3c-4afe-8c9e-9fb7593d1431 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 02:06:18 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/rene-girards-i-see-satan-fall-like-lightning-deep-dive Topics Discussed:

  • Jesus
  • Satan
  • Philosophy
  • Peter Thiel
  • Curtis Yarvin
  • Psychology
  • Desire

Sections: (00:01:20) Intro I. (00:06:05) Overview of Girard's theory and his interpretation of two bible myths II. (00:46:32) Satan as the representation of the mimetic cycle of desire III. (01:10:33) Demonology and Psychology, plus our modern fixation on victims

Episode References: Technology, Communisim, and the Brown Scare - Mencius Moldbug Tyler Cowen Interview of Peter Thiel Twitter Page: TheReligiousStudiesPodcast (@therspod) / Twitter Email: thereligiousstudiespodcast@gmail.com

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  • Jesus
  • Satan
  • Philosophy
  • Peter Thiel
  • Curtis Yarvin
  • Psychology
  • Desire

Sections: (00:01:20) Intro I. (00:06:05) Overview of Girard's theory and his interpretation of two bible myths II. (00:46:32) Satan as the representation of the mimetic cycle of desire III. (01:10:33) Demonology and Psychology, plus our modern fixation on victims

Episode References: Technology, Communisim, and the Brown Scare - Mencius Moldbug Tyler Cowen Interview of Peter Thiel Twitter Page: TheReligiousStudiesPodcast (@therspod) / Twitter Email: thereligiousstudiespodcast@gmail.com

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 18 1 18 1 Rene Girard's The Scapegoat, Deep Dive Rene Girard's The Scapegoat, Deep Dive Reviewing Girard's 1986 book, The Scapegoat No No 06d4e7dc-2708-4d65-b711-4062c2fb5c03 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 21:53:18 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/rene-girards-the-scapegoat-deep-dive Topics Discussed:

  • The Bible
  • John the Baptist
  • Rene Girard
  • Freud
  • Psychology

Sections: Intro (00:01:05) Girard's General Theory and the story of Caiaphas (00:05:20) The Beheading of John the Baptist (00:34:05) Peter's Denial (01:02:03) Demons of Gerasa (01:18:09) The Supernatural Inspiration of the Bible (01:48:45)

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  • The Bible
  • John the Baptist
  • Rene Girard
  • Freud
  • Psychology

Sections: Intro (00:01:05) Girard's General Theory and the story of Caiaphas (00:05:20) The Beheading of John the Baptist (00:34:05) Peter's Denial (01:02:03) Demons of Gerasa (01:18:09) The Supernatural Inspiration of the Bible (01:48:45)

Twitter Page: TheReligiousStudiesPodcast (@therspod) / Twitter Email: thereligiousstudiespodcast@gmail.com

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 17 1 17 1 Freud's Moses and Monotheism, Deep Dive Freud's Moses and Monotheism, Deep Dive No No 1a9c5682-2e5d-46eb-9ac3-2670e5427ccc Sun, 11 Feb 2024 04:49:41 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/freuds-moses-and-monotheism-deep-dive Topics Discussed:

  • God
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Moses
  • Judaism
  • Religion
  • Freud
  • Atheism
  • Darwin

Sections: Intro (00:00:55) I. Moses the Egyptian (00:05:24) II. Psychoanalyzing Human History (00:24:56) III. Why Freud Wrote about Moses (00:57:53)

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  • God
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Moses
  • Judaism
  • Religion
  • Freud
  • Atheism
  • Darwin

Sections: Intro (00:00:55) I. Moses the Egyptian (00:05:24) II. Psychoanalyzing Human History (00:24:56) III. Why Freud Wrote about Moses (00:57:53)

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 16 1 16 1 Freud's Moses and Monotheism, Book Brief Freud's Moses and Monotheism, Book Brief No No d787deea-bd31-4ceb-9f94-447cf628a92c Fri, 26 Jan 2024 04:33:53 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/freuds-moses-and-monotheism-book-brief Topics Discussed:

  • Psychoanalysis
  • Freud
  • Girard
  • Moses
  • Judaism

Sections: Intro: 00:00:53 Freud's Method: 00:03:34

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  • Psychoanalysis
  • Freud
  • Girard
  • Moses
  • Judaism

Sections: Intro: 00:00:53 Freud's Method: 00:03:34

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 15 1 15 1 Rene Girard, Barbie, and Identity Rene Girard, Barbie, and Identity No No 54c8de22-d578-4e72-86d4-a9f317b39b17 Wed, 29 Nov 2023 06:13:41 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/rene-girard-barbie-and-identity Topics Discussed:

  • Barbie movie
  • Identity
  • Girard
  • Feminism

Sections: intro (00:00:20) Girard and Identity (00:16:15) Jokes reveal the truth (00:31:30) The Daughter (00:46:50) Motherhood (00:54:20)

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  • Barbie movie
  • Identity
  • Girard
  • Feminism

Sections: intro (00:00:20) Girard and Identity (00:16:15) Jokes reveal the truth (00:31:30) The Daughter (00:46:50) Motherhood (00:54:20)

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 14 1 14 1 Friedrich Nietzsche's The AntiChrist Deep Dive Friedrich Nietzsche's The AntiChrist Deep Dive No No 24ebcc0f-bfb6-46b4-b8a6-13f7f5de8c95 Sat, 25 Nov 2023 21:13:03 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/friedrich-nietzsches-the-antichrist-deep-dive Topics Discussed:

  • Nietzsche
  • Jesus
  • Atheism
  • Christianity

Sections:

  • Intro (00:04:33)
  • Nietzsche's Philosophy and Christianity (00:10:37)
  • Jesus (00:37:15)
  • Power and Christianity (00:44:16)
  • The Antichrist (01:00:15)

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  • Nietzsche
  • Jesus
  • Atheism
  • Christianity

Sections:

  • Intro (00:04:33)
  • Nietzsche's Philosophy and Christianity (00:10:37)
  • Jesus (00:37:15)
  • Power and Christianity (00:44:16)
  • The Antichrist (01:00:15)

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 13 1 13 1 Friedrich Nietzsche's The Antichrist Friedrich Nietzsche's The Antichrist No No c8a5075f-7734-4647-9356-9782a07657fe Thu, 16 Nov 2023 03:43:12 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/friedrich-nietzsches-the-antichrist Topics Discussed:

Sections: Nietzsche Jesus Christianity Morality Nihilism

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Sections: Nietzsche Jesus Christianity Morality Nihilism

Twitter Page: TheReligiousStudiesPodcast (@therspod) / Twitter Email: thereligiousstudiespodcast@gmail.com

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 12 1 12 1 Rene Girard's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Deep Dive Part 3 Rene Girard's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Deep Dive Part 3 No No 0a9a9d93-3e31-4404-8e81-296c06f204e0 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 01:35:57 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/rene-girards-things-hidden-since-the-foundation-of-the-world-deep-dive-part-3 Topics Discussed:

  • Sexual identity
  • Jesus
  • Desire
  • Holocausts

Sections:

  1. General Remarks (00:00:54)
  2. The State of Desire Today (00:07:40)
  3. Society Today and in the Future (00:46:30)

Transcript/Outline Link

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  • Sexual identity
  • Jesus
  • Desire
  • Holocausts

Sections:

  1. General Remarks (00:00:54)
  2. The State of Desire Today (00:07:40)
  3. Society Today and in the Future (00:46:30)

Transcript/Outline Link

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 11 1 11 1 Rene Girard's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Deep Dive Part 2 Rene Girard's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Deep Dive Part 2 Focusing on Girard's reading of the Bible in general and of particular Bible stories No No 2098c6b0-63bb-42c8-a1da-ebe988a3aef3 Sun, 09 Apr 2023 02:01:38 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/rene-girards-things-hidden-since-the-foundation-of-the-world-deep-dive-part-2 Topics Discussed:

  • Jesus
  • Identity
  • Moral Judgment

Sections: General Remarks (00:00:54) Girard's General Reading of the Bible (00:07:30) Girard's Reading of Particular Bible Stories (00:18:40) What Jesus Said and Did (00:50:05)

Outline Link

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  • Jesus
  • Identity
  • Moral Judgment

Sections: General Remarks (00:00:54) Girard's General Reading of the Bible (00:07:30) Girard's Reading of Particular Bible Stories (00:18:40) What Jesus Said and Did (00:50:05)

Outline Link

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 10 1 10 1 Rene Girard's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Deep Dive Part 1 Rene Girard's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Deep Dive Part 1 An in-depth discussion of Girard's overall theory of humanity. No No 6811c8ee-9706-477a-baeb-df4b77417041 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 04:52:15 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/rene-girards-things-hidden-since-the-foundation-of-the-world-deep-dive-part-1 Topics Discussed:

  • Religion
  • Violence
  • Jesus
  • The Matrix
  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • The Great Gatsby

Sections: General Remarks, explaining the title of the book, and Jesus talking in parables (00:01:25) In-depth discussion of Girard’s core argument (00:19:30) Watching movies with Girard (00:49:00)

Outline Link

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  • Religion
  • Violence
  • Jesus
  • The Matrix
  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • The Great Gatsby

Sections: General Remarks, explaining the title of the book, and Jesus talking in parables (00:01:25) In-depth discussion of Girard’s core argument (00:19:30) Watching movies with Girard (00:49:00)

Outline Link

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 9 1 9 1 Rene Girard's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Book Brief Rene Girard's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Book Brief A brief summary of Girard's revolutionary theory as elaborated in his follow up book to his ground-breaking Violence and the Sacred No No e714074b-16b9-4180-ab1e-3f788bdc369c Wed, 15 Mar 2023 04:49:25 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/rene-girards-things-hidden-since-the-foundation-of-the-world-book-brief Topics Discussed: mimesis, anthropology, Christianity, Religion, scapegoat, the movie I am Legend

Sections: General Remarks (00:00:51) Girard’s Fundamental Theory (00:03:10) The Priority of Religion for Girard (00:13:10)

Transcript Link

Episode References:

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Sections: General Remarks (00:00:51) Girard’s Fundamental Theory (00:03:10) The Priority of Religion for Girard (00:13:10)

Transcript Link

Episode References:

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 8 1 8 1 Whitney Cross' The Burned-Over District, Deep Dive Whitney Cross' The Burned-Over District, Deep Dive No No a76958c9-55a9-4e5a-8e3d-3a81b4df6775 Mon, 27 Feb 2023 04:21:35 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/whitney-cross-the-burned-over-district-deep-dive Sections: --- General Remarks (00:00:51) --- The Context of the Burned-Over District (00:08:57) --- New Measures (00:27:17) --- Apocalypticism and Heaven on Earth (00:56:05)

Outline Link

Topics Discussed:

  • Second Great Awakening
  • Christianity
  • Joseph Smith
  • Charles Finney
  • WIlliam Miller
  • American History
  • Slavoj Zizek
  • Hypnosis
  • Alter Call

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Topics Discussed:

  • Second Great Awakening
  • Christianity
  • Joseph Smith
  • Charles Finney
  • WIlliam Miller
  • American History
  • Slavoj Zizek
  • Hypnosis
  • Alter Call

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 7 1 7 1 Whitney Cross' The Burned-Over District Book Brief Whitney Cross' The Burned-Over District Book Brief No No 796c465d-9e43-4cd9-b9f2-13d2d93dcc9c Tue, 21 Feb 2023 04:10:18 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/whitney-cross-the-burned-over-district-book-brief Sections:

  • Secular or Sacred Causes of the Burned-Over District (00:07:02)
  • Orthodoxy and the many Sects of the Burned-Over District (00:10:20)

Topics Discussed:

  • Second Greak Awakening
  • Christianity
  • American History

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  • Secular or Sacred Causes of the Burned-Over District (00:07:02)
  • Orthodoxy and the many Sects of the Burned-Over District (00:10:20)

Topics Discussed:

  • Second Greak Awakening
  • Christianity
  • American History

Transcript Link

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 6 1 6 1 George Kovacs' The Question of God in Heidegger's Phenomenology, Deep Dive George Kovacs' The Question of God in Heidegger's Phenomenology, Deep Dive No No 33bd6259-3752-432a-a4fd-f3ab9eac691e Mon, 30 Jan 2023 01:24:07 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/george-kovacs-the-question-of-god-in-heideggers-phenomenology-deep-dive Sections: Intro (00:00:22) Cause-god (00:14:40) Godless age and Technology (00:28:06) New Possibility (00:37:56)

Topics Discussed:

  • Philosophy
  • God
  • Christianity
  • Heidegger
  • Technology
  • Plato
  • atheism

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Topics Discussed:

  • Philosophy
  • God
  • Christianity
  • Heidegger
  • Technology
  • Plato
  • atheism

Outline Link

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 5 1 5 1 George Kovacs' The Question of God in Heidegger's Phenomenology Book Brief George Kovacs' The Question of God in Heidegger's Phenomenology Book Brief A short summary of the key ideas in Kovacs' book about Heidegger and God No No 4dddabee-2582-43e5-8541-bb1e90045084 Wed, 11 Jan 2023 22:53:28 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/george-kovacs-the-question-of-god-in-heideggers-phenomenology Sections:

  • Heidegger, Western Metaphysics and his phenomenology (00:02:54)
  • Beyond A/theism (00:09:15)
  • The Notion of God (00:11:10)

Topics Discussed:

  • God
  • Heidegger
  • Phenomenology
  • Philosophy
  • Metaphysics

Transcript Link

Episode References:

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  • Heidegger, Western Metaphysics and his phenomenology (00:02:54)
  • Beyond A/theism (00:09:15)
  • The Notion of God (00:11:10)

Topics Discussed:

  • God
  • Heidegger
  • Phenomenology
  • Philosophy
  • Metaphysics

Transcript Link

Episode References:

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 4 1 4 1 Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, Deep Dive Part 2 Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, Deep Dive Part 2 The second and final episode discussing key themes and arguments in A Secular Age No No ce1e560d-feb7-4b38-98e7-7c5d15de9fbe Sun, 01 Jan 2023 19:49:32 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/charles-taylors-a-secular-age-deep-dive-part-2 Sections: Intro (00:00:54) Morality and The Modern Therapeutic Authority (00:01:35) Meaning and Our Conception of Time (00:23:45) Religion Today and a Path Forward (01:02:10)

Topics Discussed:

  • confused relationship to morality
  • lack of ideals or heros today
  • time is now flat, our past can no longer ground us
  • modern malaise
  • grand narratives
  • progress is a story we've told ourselves
  • plug and play religion

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Topics Discussed:

  • confused relationship to morality
  • lack of ideals or heros today
  • time is now flat, our past can no longer ground us
  • modern malaise
  • grand narratives
  • progress is a story we've told ourselves
  • plug and play religion

Text Outline

Twitter Page: TheReligiousStudiesPodcast (@therspod) / Twitter Email: thereligiousstudiespodcast@gmail.com

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 3 1 3 1 Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, Deep Dive Part 1 Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, Deep Dive Part 1 Part 1 of an in-depth discussion of key themes in A Secular Age No No 82132db8-ba1f-49c3-a236-cc50b6d480eb Sun, 01 Jan 2023 19:29:55 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/charles-taylors-a-secular-age-deep-dive-part-1 Sections: Intro (00:00:38) The Context of Secularity (00:17:40) Deserts vs the Ordered Society (00:23:36) Utopia and the New Social Code (00:35:15) Monks and Microsoft Excel (01:02:25) Individualism (01:15:46) Closing (01:30:35)

Topics Discussed:

  • wilderness vs society
  • heirarchy
  • heaven on earth
  • belief in god
  • John the Baptist
  • Augustine
  • Deism
  • expressive individualism
  • freedom as the ultimate value of the West

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Topics Discussed:

  • wilderness vs society
  • heirarchy
  • heaven on earth
  • belief in god
  • John the Baptist
  • Augustine
  • Deism
  • expressive individualism
  • freedom as the ultimate value of the West

Outline

Twitter Page Email: thereligiousstudiespodcast@gmail.com

Music by The IMG, accessed 12/22 at https://archive.org/details/Kaleidoscope_1819-19494

]]> AJ false no 0 full 2 1 2 1 Charles Taylor's A Secular Age Book Brief Charles Taylor's A Secular Age Book Brief A 15 minute summary of Taylor's A Secular Age, published in 2007. No No b1423fa6-1872-470a-b016-eef10c501fa4 Sun, 01 Jan 2023 18:41:50 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/charles-taylors-a-secular-age-book-brief Sections Introduction (00:00:45) How we Ended Up in This Secular Age (00:02:25) The Anthropomorphic Shift (00:06:05)

Topics Discussed:

  • ordered cosmos
  • ghosts
  • enchanted world
  • spontaneous and wrathful gods

Transcript

Episode References: A Secular Age

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]]> Sections Introduction (00:00:45) How we Ended Up in This Secular Age (00:02:25) The Anthropomorphic Shift (00:06:05)

Topics Discussed:

  • ordered cosmos
  • ghosts
  • enchanted world
  • spontaneous and wrathful gods

Transcript

Episode References: A Secular Age

Twitter Page Email: thereligiousstudiespodcast@gmail.com

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]]> AJ false no 0 full 1 1 1 1 The Religious Studies Podcast Intro Episode The Religious Studies Podcast Intro Episode Quick discussion on the format and motivation for the podcast No No 0d4c25e7-866a-45e4-8137-6777f78354d7 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 19:41:54 +0000 AJ https://the-religious-studies-podcast.zencast.website/episodes/the-religious-studies-podcast-intro-episode Sections: Explanation of Michael Clayton Clip and Introduction (00:01:35) The Data and Contemporary Atheism (00:09:15) An Awareness of What is Missing (00:12:55)

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Michael Clayton Movie An Awareness of What is Missing

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Michael Clayton Movie An Awareness of What is Missing

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