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**The Classical Ideas Podcast**

Simply stated, religion matters. Religion matters not only for personal reasons, but also for social, economic, political, and military purposes. Unfortunately, studies suggest that religious knowledge and cultural literacy for any religious tradition is either in decline or is non-existent in the United States, despite being one of the most religiously diverse nation on earth. Today, religion is implicated in nearly every major national and international issue. The public arena is awash in religious explanations and arguments for nearly every issue. The goal of The Classical Ideas Podcast is to empower students with the core knowledge of major world religions to improve citizenship and agency in a diverse society. Welcome to the show!

Latest Episodes:

Ep 24: Gregg Deal on Indigenous America, Art, Activism, & Stereotypes Dec 04, 2017

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Gregg Deal is an artist, a husband, a father and a member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.

Ep 23: Confucius and Confucian Values with Dr. Li Dan Nov 30, 2017

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Dr. Li Dan is professor of Chinese Literature in the College of Humanities and Communications at Shanghai Normal University, China. She was appointed the Chinese director of the Confucius Institute at the University of MIssouri from 2015-2017. She is the author of 44 academic articles and one book, Approaching to the Poetics. We spoke at the University of Missouri Confucius Institute on November 21, the anniversary of the death of Confucius.

Ep 22: Brad Warner on Soto Zen, Writing, and Dogen Nov 25, 2017

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Brad Warner is most recently the author of It Came from Beyond Zen! and numerous other titles including Don't Be a Jerk, Sit Down & Shut Up, Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate, There is No God and he is always with you, Sex, Sin, and Zen, Hardcore Zen, and Hardcore Zen Strikes Again. A Soto Zen priest, he is a punk bassist, filmmaker, Japanese-monster-movie marketer, and popular blogger based in Los Angeles. You can find him online at www.hardcorezen.info

Ep 21: Unitarian Universalism with Rev. Molly Housh Gordon Nov 18, 2017

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Rev. Molly Housh Gordon started her tenure as the third settled minister of the Columbia, Missouri Unitarian Universalist congregation 2012. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Religion from Hendrix College in Conway, Ark. and a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass.

Rev. Housh Gordon Sermon Archive Link: https://uuchurch.net/sermon-archive

Ep 19: Indigenous American Religion with Dr. Dennis Kelley Nov 05, 2017

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Dennis Kelley is an associate professor of Religious Studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He received his Master's and Doctorate from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with emphases in American Indian Religious Traditions, Religion in American Culture, and Myth and Ritual Theory. His most recent book is Tradition, Performance, and Religion in Native America: Ancestral Ways, Modern Selves, and is currently working on a book tentatively titled Having Had a Spiritual (Re)Awakening: Religion and Alcohol Addiction Recovery in Indian Country.

Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Tradition-Performance-Religion-Native-America/dp/0415823633/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509903178&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=dennis+kelly+tradition+performance+religion

Ep 18: United Church of Christ, Liberation, Theology, and Ferguson with Rev. Josh Privitt Oct 31, 2017

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Rev. Josh Privitt was called as Associate Pastor at St. Peter's UCC in Ferguson, Missouri in August of 2014 after graduating from Eden Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity.

Ep 17: Baha'u'llah 200th birthday with Dr. Sahba Jalali & Kurt Saxton Oct 26, 2017

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Baha'u'llah is the founder of the Baha'i Faith. 2017 marks the 200th anniversary of his birth. This discussion with Dr. Sahba Jalali and Kurt Saxton offers insight into the auspicious nature of 2017 for the world's Baha'i population.

Ep 16: Rinzai Zen Buddhism with Seido Ray Ronci Oct 20, 2017

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Seido Ray Ronci is a Rinzai Zen monk and the director of the Hokoku-An Zendo meditation center in Columbia, Missouri. He is the author of the poetry collection The Skeleton of the Crow, winner of the 2009 PEN Center USA Award for Poetry, and This Rented Body (2006). He contributed to the Zen poetry collection America Zen: A Gathering of Poets, published in 2004. His work has also appeared in Tricycle, Narrative, and Rattle. Seido Ronci is an associate professor at the University of Missouri, where he teaches critical theory and literature.

Ep 15: Brahma Kumaris with Dr. Sheetal Dharmadhikari Oct 14, 2017

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Dr. Sheetal Dharmadhikari is a member of the Brahma Kumaris. The Brahma Kumaris are a spiritual movement associated with the United Nations and are present in UNICEF. Founded in India in 1937, Brahma Kumaris has spread to over 110 countries on all continents and is an international NGO.

Ep 14: Hinduism with Dr. Gopal and Anantha Gopalaratnam Oct 07, 2017

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Dr. Gopal and Anantha Gopalaratnam are founding members of the Shanthi Mandir Hindu Temple and Community Center of Mid-Missouri.

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