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 • 54 episodes
ReligionWise
Latest Episodes
The Nonviolent Jesus: A Conversation with John Dear
What if the center of Jesus' teaching isn't the cross but the Sermon on the Mount? Father John Dear, peace activist, author, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, has spent four decades living out that claim and challenging the church to take nonviole...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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Religion in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - Mark Graves
Artificial intelligence is forcing engineers to define concepts that philosophers and theologians have wrestled with for centuries: consciousness, personhood, and morality, to name a few. The technology may be new, but the questions it poses ar...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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A Systems Approach to Faith and Pluralism - Michael Trice
Michael Trice combines theological training with an executive MBA to engage business leaders, nonprofits, and diverse religious communities. As founding director of Seattle University's Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement, he wo...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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Beyond Belief: Considering the World's Religious "Nones" - Jonathan Evans
The religiously unaffiliated, often called "nones", represent one of the fastest-growing segments of populations across North America, Europe, and beyond. Jonathan Evans, Senior Researcher at Pew Research Center and lead author of a groundbreak...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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48:28
Breaking Records and Building Bridges: A Tale of Religious Diversity - Vicki Garlock
In September 2025, Vicki Garlock set a Guinness World Record by visiting 185 places of worship in Chicago in just one month. But this wasn't just about breaking a record—it was about experiencing the extraordinary religious diversity of one Ame...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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