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 • 41 episodes
ReligionWise
Latest Episodes
Religion, Interfaith, and Public Policy - Frederick Davie (Re-Release)
This episode features Reverend Frederick Davie, who among other roles, serves as the Senior Advisor on Racial Equity for Interfaith America. In this far ranging discussion, we talk about the role of interfaith dialogue in wider public discourse...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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48:31
“Nones” and “Dones”: the Shifting Realities of Religious Identities - Susan Pizor Yoder
In today’s conversation, we talk with Susan Pizor Yoder, a researcher and faith leader who wants to understand how and why recent generations are less likely to identify with traditional religious communities. As the lead author of the recent b...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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Practice and Performance of Afro-Caribbean Religions - Lilianne Lugo Herrera
On this episode of ReligionWise, scholar Lilianne Lugo Herrera guides us through the vibrant world of Afro-Caribbean religious practice, with a special focus on Cuban traditions. From the intimate spaces of home altars to the dramatic possibili...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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46:24
Identity, Vocation, and Contemporary Christianity - Guy Erwin
Today's conversation features Dr. Guy Erwin, the President of the United Lutheran Seminary. As a lifelong educator both with roots on a Native American reservation and as an openly gay man, Dr. Erwin shares his perspective on some of the social...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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47:50
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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