Episodes

  • Harm, AI, and Religion | Discourse! June 2023

    Harm, AI, and Religion | Discourse! June 2023
    Jul 4 2023
    In our final #RSPdiscourse of the season, editor Andie Alexander, Craig Martin, and Paul-François Tremlett consider the concept of "harm" & religion in recent legislation, Scotland elections, and AI & Religion.
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    50 mins
  • Mediatizing “Evangelicalism”: Authenticity, Identity, and Power

    Mediatizing “Evangelicalism”: Authenticity, Identity, and Power
    Jun 12 2023
    In today's episode, Daniel Jones talks with Travis Warren Cooper about Cooper's recent book, _The Digital Evangelicals_, and they discuss how issues of authenticity, authority, and power are deeply intertwined with US "evangelicalism" and its mediatization. Be sure to tune in!
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    40 mins
  • What’s Sincerity Got to Do With American Secularism?

    What’s Sincerity Got to Do With American Secularism?
    Jun 5 2023
    Join Matt Sheedy and Charles McCrary as they discuss a cultural history of "sincerely held religious beliefs." McCrary explores how SCOTUS has determined who and what gets to count as 'religious' and traces the historical development of American secularism. Be sure to tune in!
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    43 mins
  • What’s Happening Down Under? | Discourse! May 2023

    What’s Happening Down Under? | Discourse! May 2023
    May 29 2023
    RSP discourse heads Down Under once again as 2/3 of the usual suspects—Carole Cusack & Raymond Radford—discuss religion, politics, life and death in the Australian religious sphere. Be sure to tune in!
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    45 mins
  • Charting the Playful & Proper Study of Religion

    Charting the Playful & Proper Study of Religion
    May 15 2023
    Andie Alexander is joined by Sam Gill to talk about his recent book _The Proper Study of Religion_, and they discuss questions of comparison, difference, storytracking, and playfulness in the academic study of religion. Be sure to tune in!
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    53 mins
  • Supreme Court to Coulter: Negotiating Religion in the Public Sphere | Discourse! April 2023

    Supreme Court to Coulter: Negotiating Religion in the Public Sphere | Discourse! April 2023
    May 1 2023
    Join Matt Sheedy, Tyler Tully, and host Candace Mixon as they discuss the ramifications of the in-progress Supreme Court case Groff vs. Dejoy, the Catholic Church’s decision to rescind the Doctrine of Discovery, and a recent controversial tweet by the conservative media pundit, Ann Coulter. In threading these discussions together, they consider religion as negotiated in the public sphere and the limits of accommodations across religious boundaries.
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    48 mins
  • Keep Hope Alive: Preparing for White Christian Nationalism

    Keep Hope Alive: Preparing for White Christian Nationalism
    Apr 17 2023
    Tune in this week with Raymond Radford and Bradley Onishi as they discuss white Christian nationalism, evangelicalism, the Jan. 6 insurrection, and much more!
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    36 mins
  • Religion under Attack? | Discourse! March 2023

    Religion under Attack? | Discourse! March 2023
    Mar 27 2023
    Join host Suzanne Newcombe, Carmen Becker, and Michael Munnik for this month's episode of Discourse! They discuss discrimination in a few European cases, including the SNP, protests at an abortion clinic, and more!
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    53 mins