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Jul 6
#111 Helen Bond - The Forgotten Female Disciples of Jesus
Helen Bond is Professor of Christian Origins at the New College, University of Edinburgh, and former head of the School of Divinity there. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 2023, she co-authored a book with Joan Taylor called Women Remembered: Jesus’ Fema ... Show More
1h 27m
Jun 16
#108 Marcus du Sautoy - Do Numbers Exist?
Marcus du Sautoy is a British mathematician, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford, Fellow of New College, Oxford and author of popular mathematics and popular science books. Buy Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity here. L ... Show More
1h 7m
Nov 2022
What is Shia Islam? - Twelverism
In this episode, I attempt to give you an overview of the vast and complex Twelver school of Shi'ism across history.
Sources/Suggested Reading:Abdulsater, Hussein Ali (2017). "Shi'i Doctrine, Mu'tazili Theology: Al-Sharif al-Murtada and Imami Discourse". Edinburgh University Pres ... Show More
42m 50s
Jul 2024
Rosemary Pennington, "Pop Islam: Seeing American Muslims in Popular Media" (Indiana UP, 2024)
As Muslim American representation becomes more prominent in popular culture, how are they continued to be portrayed? Rosemary Pennington's new book Pop Islam: Seeing American Muslims in Popular Media (Indiana University Press, 2024) explores the “trap of hypervisibility” faced by ... Show More
1h 16m
Mar 2024
The Priest who TRENDED on Google after converting to Islam! | Said Abdul Latif | Ep. 45
His story was told across the world. His name was the number one trending google search in the arab world. From life in the monastery, to life in the mosque, former Priest Hilarion Heagy, now Said Abdul Latif, joins us to walk us through his faith journey. Through his life expe ... Show More
1h 3m
Oct 2023
Ep 9: The 500-year history of Islam in America, with Dr Sylviane Diouf and Dr Hussein Rashid
Our latest episode tells the story of how Islam arrived in America, possibly as early as the 1400s on ships from Europe and West Africa.
We have two guests on this episode. One is Sylviane Diouf, a visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown Univ ... Show More
39m 50s