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Ep 151: Online Churches and Religion w/Dr. Tim Hutchings Mar 25, 2020

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Dr Tim Hutchings is a sociologist of digital religion. His PhD (Durham University, 2010) was an ethnographic study of five online Christian churches. Dr Hutchings is interested in the relationship between religion, media and culture, with particular attention to digital forms of Christianity. His research has included studies of online worship; digital evangelism and formation; online community; digital publishing and e-reading; apps and games; and death and dying. His research led to the publication of his book Creating Church Online: Ritual, Community and New Media (Routledge, 2017).

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EP 150: Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times w/Deborah Eden Tull Mar 17, 2020

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DEBORAH EDEN TULL is the founder of Mindful Living Revolution. She is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, public speaker, author, activist, and sustainability educator. She trained for seven years as a Buddhist monk at a silent Zen monastery in Northern California, and she has been traveling to, living in, or teaching about conscious, sustainable communities internationally for the last 25 years. She is the author of two books, The Natural Kitchen, which came out in 2010, and Relational Mindfulness: A Handbook for Deepening our Connection with ourselves, each other and the planet, out in 2018 from Wisdom Publications. She lives in North Carolina and offers retreats, workshops, and consultations nationally.

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EP 149: Jukai and Zen training with Robert Schaefer Mar 14, 2020

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Robert Schaefer is a professional chef and lifelong Buddhist practitioner. He received the Jukai ceremony at the Korinji Rinzai Monastery in Wisconsin under the direction of Roshi Meido Moore.

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EP 148: Roshi Grace Schireson on "Naked in the Zendo" Feb 29, 2020

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Roshi Grace Schireson is a teacher in the Suzuki Roshi Lineage of Soto Zen, empowered by Sojun Mel Weitsman. She has also practiced in the Rinzai tradition and was encouraged to teach koans by Keido Fukushima Roshi. Grace is the author of Zen Women and co-editor of Zen Bridge. Grace is the head teacher of the Central Valley Zen Foundationi, president of Shogaku Zen Institute, and teaches meditatioin at Stanford University. A clinical psychologist by profession, you can reach her at https://www.graceschireson.com.

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EP 147: Religious Literacy and Teacher Education w/Chris Murray Feb 16, 2020

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Chris Murray is a social studies classroom teacher and religious literacy teacher education facilitator in Maryland.

You can find him on Twitter https://twitter.com/Mrmurraytweets

Read about Chris Murray in the Washington Post here.

EP 146: The Krampus Conundrum w/Madison Tarleton Feb 01, 2020

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Madison Tarleton is a Ph.D. candidate and scholar of Medieval Judaism in Christian Europe, antijudaism & antisemitism. Madison is studying at the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology's joint PhD program.

Read The Krampus Conundrum here: https://sacredmattersmagazine.com/the-devils-in-the-details-the-krampus-conundrum/

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EP 145: Tibetan Buddhist Vegetarianism w/ Dr. Geoffrey Barstow Jan 22, 2020

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Dr. Geoffrey Barstow is assistant professor of religious studies at Oregon State University. His research focuses on the history and theory of vegetarianism in Tibet. He is the editor and contributor to the new book "The Faults of Meat: Tibetan Buddhist Writings on Vegetarianism," out now from Wisdom Publications. He is also the author of the academic monograph "Food of Sinful Demons: Meat, Vegetarianism, and the Limits of Buddhism in Tibet," out in 2018 from Columbia University Press.

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EP 144: Havamal with Dr. Jackson Crawford Jan 11, 2020

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Dr. Jackson W. Crawford is Instructor of Nordic Studies and Coordinator of the Nordic Program at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Crawford is the author and translator of The Wanderer's Havamal and The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes. Both books are available from Hackett Publishing.

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EP 143: Teaching and Sikh Visibility with Dr. Simran Jeet Singh Dec 27, 2019

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Dr. Simran Jeet Singh is columnist for Religion News Service, Senior Fellow at the Sikh Coalition, Chaplain at New York University & Columbia University, and serves on the Governor's Interfaith Advisory Committee for the State of New York.

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Read How colonialism still colors our ideas about who gets to teach religion here.

EP 142: "Beyond Chrismukkah" with Dr. Samira Mehta Dec 16, 2019

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Dr. Samira Mehta a scholar of religion and the politics of the American Family and an assistant professor of Women and Gender Studies and Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has a degree in divinity from Harvard University, and a PhD from Emory University, Her book is Beyond Chrismukkah: Christian-Jewish Interfaith Families in the United States, from the University of North Carolina Press, 2018.

Visit: www.samiramehta.com

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