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Ep 64: Sanctuary Churches and the Role of Christianity with Rev. Sarah Klaassen Jul 06, 2018

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Sarah Klaassen is the pastor of Rock Bridge Christian Church in Columbia, Missouri. In September 2017, her church congregation voted to become a sanctuary church and seeks to protect those at risk of deportation.

You can read more about her church's decision here: Rock Bridge Christian Church

Ep 63: Why Socrates Died and the Context of Ancient Athens w/ Robin Waterfield Jun 25, 2018

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Robin Waterfield is the author of numerous books about ancient Athens including Xenophon's Retreat, Why Socrates Died, Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens, and more. He has also translated the works of Aristotle, Plato, Xenophon, and more from ancient Greek. You can find him online at:

http://www.robinwaterfield.com/

Ep 62: "Is Belief in God Good, Bad, or Irrelevant?" w/ Dr. Preston Jones Jun 15, 2018

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This episode is a discussion with Dr. Preston Jones about the book "Is Belief in God Good, Bad, or Irrelevant: A Professor and a Punk Rocker Discuss Science, Religion, Naturalism, and CHristianity." Jones is the editor and co-author of the volume with Dr. Greg Graffin, singer for Bad Religion. The book was released in 2006.

Dr. Preston Jones is a professor at John Brown University in Arkansas. His research focuses on the American Empire in the period 1898-1917 and the personal experience of combat. He has published 8 books, more than 200 articles, and he has interviewed more than 100 combat veterans.

You can find the book from InterVarsity Press: https://www.ivpress.com/is-belief-in-god-good-bad-or-irrelevant

Ep 61: St. Francis of Assisi, Sultan Malik al-Kamil, and the Crusades with Paul Moses Jun 05, 2018

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Paul Moses, former Newsday city editor and senior religion writer, is a professor of journalism at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He was the lead writer on a Newsday team that won the Pulitzer Prize. He is the author of The Saint the Sultan (2009, Doubleday) and An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians (2015, NYU Press).

Follow him on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/PaulBMoses/

Ep 60: A Conversation with Twin Temple May 29, 2018

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TWIN TEMPLE dwells within a dark legacy of classic American music; from the funeral jazz & Voodoo of New Orleans, to the haunting sounds of Delta blues murder ballads, to the noir-1920's big band sounds of smoky Prohibition speakeasies. And yet, they inject America's hallowed musical heritage with a surprising blend: gothic romance, ritual, macabre humor, and brash contemporary topics inspired by the candor of confessional poetry.

You can find their work at: https://www.twintemple.com

Ep 59: Middle Eastern Archaeology and the Historical Jesus with Dr. Carrie Duncan May 22, 2018

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Dr. Carrie Duncan is an Assistant Professor of ancient Mediterranean religions at the University of Missouri. She is a senior staff member on the following projects in Jordan: the Ayn Gharandal Archaeological Project, the Petra North Ridge Project, and the Madaba Plains' excavation. She teaches courses on the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, the Jesus of history, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and more.

Ep 58: Mary Democker on Climate Change, Spirituality, and Parenting May 14, 2018

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Mary DeMocker is cofounder and creative director of 350.org's Eugene, Oregon, chapter. She has written about conscious parenting and climate activism for the Sun, EcoWatch, Mothering.com, Spirituality & Health, Oregon Quarterly, and the Oregonian. She lives with her family in Eugene, Oregon.

You can find her at: www.marydemocker.com and https://twitter.com/MDeMocker/

Ep 57: Dr. Francis Stewart on the Religious Surrogacy of Straight Edge Punk May 08, 2018

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Dr. Francis Stewart completed her doctoral thesis on punk rock as a surrogate for religion, with a particular emphasis on Straight Edge punk, in 2011 at the University of Stirling. Within the thesis, Stewart examined the notions of community, authenticity, integrity, DIY, and salvation. She also engaged with the connections between music and the expression of emotions, particularly those emotions which are deemed socially 'undesirable' or 'negative'. She also engaged with the question of what do we mean by the terms 'religious', 'spiritual' and 'faith'.

Her book, "Punk Rock is My Religion: Straight Edge Punk and 'Religious' Identity" is out now from Routledge.

Follow Stewart on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dr_F_Stewart

Ep 56: Dr. Michael R. Cohen and "Cotton Capitalists: American Jewish Entrepreneurship in the Reconstruction Era" May 02, 2018

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Michael R. Cohen is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Tulane University, where he holds a Sizeler Professorship. He is the author of the newly published"Cotton Capitalists: American Jewish Entrepreneurship in the Reconstruction Era from NYU Press, as well as The Birth of Conservative Judaism: Solomon Schechter's Disciples and the Creation of an American Religious Movement from Columbia University Press. He earned his Ph.D. from Brandeis University.

Ep 55: Dr. Pablo Mendoza on Taoist Practice Apr 26, 2018

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Dr. Pablo Mendoza is Assistant to the President for Social Equity at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He received his PhD from the University of Missouri and was previously the Director of the Mizzou Multicultural Center. He has taught Cheng Man-Ch'ing (Zhang Manqing) Yang-style Tai Chi Ch'uan (Taijiquan). This form is based on martial applied defensive moves that are synchronized to breathing patterns that assist with relaxation and meditation.

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