Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRenny Thomas, "Science and Religion in India: Beyond Disenchantment" (Routledge, 2021)
Episode 168
Science and Religion in India: Beyond Disenchantment (Routledge, 2021) provides an in-depth ethnographic study of science and religion in the context…
4 years, 9 months ago
Julian Strube, "Global Tantra: Religion, Science, and Nationalism in Colonial Modernity" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Episode 166
Julian Strube's book Global Tantra (Oxford UP, 2022) explores the global exchanges that shaped a subject often associated with sexuality, social libe…
4 years, 9 months ago
Pankaj Jain, "Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India" (Routledge, 2018)
Episode 167
Scholars have long noticed a discrepancy in how non-Western and Western peoples conceptualize the scientific and religious worlds. Non-Western tradit…
4 years, 9 months ago
A Conversation with Hanuman Dass: Founder and Chairman of Go Dharmic
Episode 164
Raj Balkaran interviews Hanuman Dass, Chairman and Founder of Go Dharmic, about his far-reaching humanitarian work and universal vision if Hindu valu…
4 years, 9 months ago
Rita D. Sherma, "Swami Vivekananda: His Life, Legacy, and Liberative Ethics" (Lexington Books, 2021)
Episode 165
Rita D. Sherma's book Swami Vivekananda: His Life, Legacy, and Liberative Ethics (Lexington Books, 2021) re-assesses the life and legacy of Swami Viv…
4 years, 9 months ago
A Conversation with Laurie Patton: Professor of Religions and President of Middlebury College
Episode 163
Raj Balkaran speaks with Laurie Patton, Professor of Religions and President at Middlebury College, about her scholarly journey, educational administ…
4 years, 9 months ago
Alistair Shearer, "The Story of Yoga: From Ancient India to the Modern West" (Hurst, 2020)
Episode 207
Today we are joined by Alistair Shearer, a freelance scholar of South Asian religion and culture, and teacher of yoga and the psychology of yoga. He …
4 years, 9 months ago
Jonathan B. Edelmann, "Hindu Theology and Biology: The Bhagavata Purana and Contemporary Theory" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 162
In Hindu Theology and Biology: The Bhagavata Purana and Contemporary Theory (Oxford University Press, 2020), Professor Jonathan B. Edelmann develops …
4 years, 9 months ago
Neha Sahgal on the Pew Study “Religion in India: Tolerance and Segregation”
Episode 158
Neha Sahgal, Associate Director, Research, at the Pew Research Center speaks of Pew’s ground-breaking research on Indian public opinion on religion. …
4 years, 9 months ago
Caterina Guenzi, "Words of Destiny: Practicing Astrology in North India" (SUNY Press, 2021)
Episode 161
Astrologers play an important role in Indian society, but there are very few studies on their social identity and professional practices. Based on ex…
4 years, 10 months ago