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EP 231: Religion, Public Health, and Media w/Dr. Amanda Furiasse Jan 28, 2022

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Amanda Furiasse received her PhD in Religion and Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies from Florida State University in 2018. Her research unfolds at the convergence of religion, health, and technology and explores how African communities use religious ritual as a mechanism to heal from violence and trauma. She is Co-Founder and Curator at the Religion, Art, and Technology Lab where she produces multi-sensory exhibitions for the public on the relationship between faith, aesthetics, and innovation. She has worked previously at the Museum of Florida History and Loyola University Museum of Art where she has produced public programming and educational curricula for K-12 learners and the general public. She maintains an active commitment to producing educational programming, public scholarship, and research which excites and inspires people to take an active role in their worlds and explore religion's dynamic and evolving role in their lives and societies.

Visit The Religion, Art, and Technology Lab: https://www.ratlabmuseum.org/projects

RAT LAB Twitter: https://twitter.com/RatLabMuseum

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EP 230: The Rise of the Muslim Sitcom w/Dr. Kristian Petersen Jan 16, 2022

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Kristian Petersen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. He is the author of Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab (Oxford University Press in 2017), and editor of Muslims in the Movies: A Global Anthology (ILEX Foundation & Harvard University Press, 2021), and New Approaches to Islam in Film (Routledge, 2021). He also co-hosts the New Books in Islamic Studies podcast on the New Books Network.

Follow Dr. Kristian Peterson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/babakristian

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EP 229: Migrational Religion and Latinx Diaspora w/Dr. João Chaves and Dr. Arlene Sánchez-Walsh Jan 02, 2022

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In this episode, Dr. João Chaves and Dr. Arlene Sánchez-Walsh discuss Brazil and the book "Migrational Religion: Context and Creativity in the Latinx Diaspora," out now from Baylor University Press.

EP 228: Mexican American Religions w/Dr. Brett Hendrickson and Arlene Sánchez-Walsh Dec 19, 2021

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In this episode, Dr. Arlene Sánchez-Walsh is in conversation with Dr. Brett Hendrickson on the book "Mexican American Religions: An Introduction (Religion in America)," out now from Routledge!

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EP 227: Meatpacking, Migration, and Faith w/Dr. Kristy Nabhan Warren & Dr. Arlene Sanchez Walsh Dec 03, 2021

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Dr. Kristy Nabhan-Warren is the V. O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair of Catholic Studies and a professor in the Departments of Religious Studies and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa. She is the author, most recently, of Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland, out now from the University of North Carolina Press.

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Arlene M. Sánchez-Walsh, PhD, is a professor of religious studies and the author of the award-winning book Latino Pentecostal Identity: Evangelical Faith, Self, and Society (Columbia University Press, 2003). She has authored more than a dozen articles and book chapters on the subject of Latino/a Pentecostalism, and has served as a media expert for outlets such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and On Being with Krista Tippett, and served as an expert on Latino/a religious history for the PBS series God in America. Sánchez-Walsh's current writing projects include a textbook on Pentecostalism in America, and a monograph on Latinos/as and the prosperity gospel. Her current research is on the rise of nonbelief among Latinos/as.

Follow Dr. Arlene Sanchez-Walsh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmichelSW

EP 226: Jewish-Christian Dialogue w/Dr. Alana Vincent Nov 30, 2021

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Dr. Alana M. Vincent is Associate Professor of Jewish Philosophy, Religion and Imagination at the University of Chester. She works on post-Holocaust Jewish thought, Jewish-Christian dialogue, and popular culture (primarily science fiction and fantasy).

Dr. Alana Vincent on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProfAMV

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EP 225: Catholic Library, Muslim Books w/NA Mansour Nov 20, 2021

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N.A. Mansour is a historian and a PhD candidate at Princeton University's Department of Near Eastern Studies, where she is writing a dissertation on the transition between manuscript and print in Arabic-language contexts. She produces podcasts for different venues, co-edits Hazine.info, and works for different museums and archives. She also writes for the general public on culture, Islam and history.

Visit Sacred Writes: https://www.sacred-writes.org/2021-cohorts

EP 224: Religious Pluralism in South Africa w/Dr. Lee Scharnick-Udemans Nov 13, 2021

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Dr. Lee-Shae Salma Scharnick-Udemans is the Senior Researcher in the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice at the University of the Western Cape. With degrees in religious studies and media from the University of Cape Town, she also has extensive experience working in television production. Dr. Scharnick-Udemans researches, teaches, and supervises in the areas of religious diversity, pluralism, the political economy of religion, new religious movements, and the media.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LSudemans

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EP 223: Muslim Religious Spaces and the Lives of Muslim College Students w/Dr. Krista Riley Nov 09, 2021

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Dr. Krista Melanie Riley (she/her/hers) is a pedagogical advisor at a college in Montreal, Quebec. She holds a PhD in Communication Studies from Concordia University, where her research focused on discussions about gender, bodies, and sexuality on Muslim feminist blogs. She is the former Editor-in-Chief of Muslimah Media Watch.

EP 222: Working Beyond the Academy w/Dr. Shannon Trosper Schorey Nov 06, 2021

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Dr. Shannon Trosper Schorey is a scholar, writer, and researcher in the tech industry. She is an expert in science and technology studies, American religious history, and new religious movements. After leaving higher education, she began working in the private sector and is focused on emerging and cloud technologies.

https://www.shannontrosperschorey.com/

https://twitter.com/STSchorey

https://www.sacred-writes.org/

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