In this episode of the Religion Beat Radio Hour, co-producers Christopher Cornthwaite and Judith Ellen Brunton are joined by Khalidah Ali in a three-part discussion: the theme of suffering in John Green's best-selling novel, Ali’s own Religion Beat article about the shape of liberal critique in today's popular discourse on Islam, and racism and Islamophobia in … [Read more...] about RB Radio Hour – Episode Two
Inter-religious dialogues
Inter-religious dialogues
RB Radio Hour – Episode One
Introducing the Religion Beat Radio Hour, a new podcast produced by PhD students Judith Ellen Brunton and Christopher Cornthwaite. In their inaugural episode, special guest Patrick Stange joins the producers in a lively talk on three topics: a recent environmentalist call to periodically forgo the AAR, the destruction of a mummy mask in pursuit of the earliest copy of the … [Read more...] about RB Radio Hour – Episode One
Bill Maher and Sam Harris: Racism, Critique, Theology and Islamophobia
In the now-infamous episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” politically and socially charged topics such as purported violent tendencies in Islamic belief and practice, racism, Islamophobia, and defining the “essential essence” of religion were hotly debatedamong guests Sam Harris, Ben Affleck, Michael Steele and Nicholas Kristoff. With student protest against Maher’s … [Read more...] about Bill Maher and Sam Harris: Racism, Critique, Theology and Islamophobia
The Stories We Choose to Live Into
Contributor Biography: Elyse Brazel Elyse Brazel is a a graduate student working towards a degree in indigenous and inter-religious studies at the Vancouver School of Theology, and is also interested in art and poetry. She wrote this poem about the alternative narrative we can draw from the wells of our religious traditions and how to use our prophetic imagination … [Read more...] about The Stories We Choose to Live Into