ReligionWise
ReligionWise features educators, researchers, and other professionals discussing their work and the place of religion in the public conversation. Host Chip Gruen, the Director of the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding of Muhlenberg College, facilitates conversations that aim to provide better understanding of varieties of religious expression and their impacts on the human experience. For more about the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding, visit www.religionandculture.com.
Podcasting since 2021 • 37 episodes
ReligionWise
Latest Episodes
Religion and the Alt-Right - Damon Berry
Though the categories we use to describe them can be different, "the Alt-Right", "Christian Nationalists", "White Nationalists," there is no denying the ascendency of a powerful force on the right that has affected the political and religious l...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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52:53
Politics, Polling, and Religious Identity - Chris Borick (Re-Release)
This episode of ReligionWise features Chris Borick the Director of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion. In this conversation, we consider how pollsters try to understand religious identity and sentiment, the limitations of those ...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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51:26
Religion, Animals, and the Bible - Arthur Walker-Jones, Suzanna Millar
Religious stories and symbolism very often feature animals of all kinds. Over the last few decades, scholars have taken more notice of these non-human actors that often play an important role in religious belief and practice. Today's conversati...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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53:52
Hinduism in the Public Conversation - Abhishek Ghosh
Hindu traditions have been around for an incredibly long time. As with any religious or cultural system, however, the beliefs and practices of Hinduism have developed and adapted to new environments and contexts. In today's conversation, we tal...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:01:57
The Shifting Landscape of American Funerary Practice - Dustin Grim
We all know the aphorism about the unavoidability of death and taxes. On this episode of ReligionWise, we consider the former with funeral director Dustin Grim. Among other topics, this conversation reflects on changes in religious affiliation ...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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53:11