ReligionWise

By Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding

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Description

ReligionWise features educators, researchers, and other professionals discussing their work and the place of religion in the public conversation. Host Chip Gruen, the Director of the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding of Muhlenberg College, facilitates conversations that aim to provide better understanding of varieties of religious expression and their impacts on the human experience. For more about the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding, visit www.religionandculture.com.


Episode Date
Reading America Together: Faith, Democracy, and the Nation's 250th
May 15, 2026
Faith, Failure, and Humanitarian Work - Maurice Bloem
Apr 15, 2026
Rethinking Religion, Nationalism, and Pluralism - Slavica Jakelic
Mar 15, 2026
The Nonviolent Jesus: A Conversation with John Dear
Feb 15, 2026
Religion in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - Mark Graves
Jan 15, 2026
A Systems Approach to Faith and Pluralism - Michael Trice
Dec 15, 2025
Beyond Belief: Considering the World's Religious "Nones" - Jonathan Evans
Nov 15, 2025
Breaking Records and Building Bridges: A Tale of Religious Diversity - Vicki Garlock
Oct 15, 2025
From Theory to Practice: Academic Expertise and Counter-Extremism - Damon Berry
Sep 15, 2025
Since You Asked: More on Our Methods and Mission
Aug 15, 2025
Mysticism and Crisis - Hartley Lachter
Jul 15, 2025
At the Crossroads of Journalism and Faith - Sharlee DiMenichi
Jun 15, 2025
Analytical Approaches to Pagan Worldviews - Eric Steinhart
May 15, 2025
Tradition and Adaptation in Ugandan Judaism - Gershom Sizomu
Apr 15, 2025
The Neuroscience of Religious Experience - Jeremy Teissere
Mar 15, 2025
Religion, Health, and Community - Ulysses Burley
Feb 15, 2025
Religion, Interfaith, and Public Policy - Frederick Davie (Re-Release)
Jan 15, 2025
“Nones” and “Dones”: the Shifting Realities of Religious Identities - Susan Pizor Yoder
Dec 15, 2024
Practice and Performance of Afro-Caribbean Religions - Lilianne Lugo Herrera
Nov 15, 2024
Identity, Vocation, and Contemporary Christianity - Guy Erwin
Oct 15, 2024
Religion and the Alt-Right - Damon Berry
Sep 15, 2024
Politics, Polling, and Religious Identity - Chris Borick (Re-Release)
Aug 15, 2024
Religion, Animals, and the Bible - Arthur Walker-Jones, Suzanna Millar
Jul 15, 2024
Hinduism in the Public Conversation - Abhishek Ghosh
Jun 15, 2024
The Shifting Landscape of American Funerary Practice - Dustin Grim
May 15, 2024
Kids and Religious Literacy - Vicki Garlock
Apr 15, 2024
Religion at the Opera - Jane Fitzpatrick
Mar 15, 2024
Muslim Leadership and Higher Education - Adeel Zeb
Feb 15, 2024
Spirituality and Philosophy - Tad Robinson
Jan 15, 2024
Religion, Politics, and Vocation - Sarah Trone Garriott
Dec 15, 2023
On Monsters and Medicine: What can spooky stories tell us about health and disease? - Lorenzo Servitje
Nov 15, 2023
Alternative Visions for Understanding Religions - Jessica Cooperman
Oct 15, 2023
Religion and Public Education - Nicole McGalla
Sep 15, 2023
Religious Diversity, Ethics, and Healthcare - Bob Machamer
Aug 15, 2023
Belief, Conspiracy, and Identity - Dustin Nash (Re-Release)
Jul 15, 2023
Varieties of African Religious Experience - Falres Ilomo
Jun 15, 2023
Recognizing Caste Discrimination in the American Context - Sonja Thomas
May 15, 2023
Selling the Humanities - Michal Bar-Asher Siegal
Apr 15, 2023
Religion, Education, and the Courts - Dena Davis
Mar 15, 2023
Post Colonialism and Global Mission in the Contemporary World - Janelle Neubauer
Feb 15, 2023
Politics, Polling, and Religious Identity - Chris Borick
Jan 15, 2023
Religion, Interfaith, and Public Policy - Frederick Davie
Dec 15, 2022
Islam, Education, and Politics in Afghanistan - Rangina Hamidi
Nov 15, 2022
Beyond the Headlines - The Fall of Kabul - Matthieu Aikins
Oct 15, 2022
Discourse, Science, and Religion - Kocku von Stuckrad
Sep 15, 2022
The Narratives of Buddhism - Tim Loftus
Aug 15, 2022
Distinguishing the Academy From the Temple - Tom Robinson and Hillary Rodrigues
Jul 15, 2022
Storytelling, Trauma, and Meaning - Jodi Eichler-Levine
Jun 15, 2022
Does religious studies have a place in public education? - Greg Soden
May 15, 2022
Religion from the Ground Up - Jessica Cooperman
Apr 15, 2022
Islam, Humanism, and the Good Life - Khurram Hussain
Mar 15, 2022
Disney as religion? - Jill Peterfeso
Feb 16, 2022
Belief, Conspiracy, and Identity - Dustin Nash
Jan 15, 2022
Philosophy of Religion - Tad Robinson
Dec 15, 2021
Antisemitism - Hartley Lachter
Nov 15, 2021
Simran Jeet Singh
Oct 20, 2021
ReligionWise Introduction
Oct 11, 2021