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BOOK CLUB: Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

Welcome to our first ever book club episode, nerds! This one has it all: misandry, murder, and...martial religions? Join us for a very wide-ranging chat about Lyndsay Faye's Jane Steele (and also our own research, because you know academics just...

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Jewish Solidarity with the Pro-Palestine Protests

For our 50th episode, we’re discussing American Jews who participate in activism to support justice for Palestinians. What has taken place over the past decade or so that has pushed many American Jews, especially younger Jews, to criticize Israel...

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Jewish Bodies and Jewish Celebrities

For what reasons do some people express shock when they learn that celebrities like Zac Efron and Drake are Jewish? What does their surprise say about people’s assumptions about Jewish identity and race? Jonathan Branfman, author of Millennial...

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Elisabeth Elliot: Evangelical Icon and Her Alarming 3rd Marriage

Elisabeth Elliot was a longtime leader and icon within evangelical Christian communities who taught about marriage, sexuality, and gender roles. Liz Charlotte Grant, author of The Revealer article “Elisabeth Elliot, Flawed Queen of Purity Culture,...

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Latino Faith-Based Activism and the New Sanctuary Movement

With workplace raids, family separation, detention centers, and deportations, how are religious communities responding to issues facing Latinos in the United States? Gina Pérez, author of Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o...

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Muslims in Pop Culture

How have media depictions of Muslims been changing in recent years? Rosemary Pennington, author of the new book Pop Islam: Seeing American Muslims in Popular Media, joins us to discuss the place of Islam in American media. We discuss how Muslims...

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Book Review: Desert as a Borderland with Dr. Peter Mena

Listen to our conversation with Dr. Peter Mena, author of a book on Late Antique Christian Lives read through Borderland Theory. We discuss the hagiographical desert as a metaphor for identities, Latinex theories in Religious Studies, writing and...