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How the Reformation rebelled against Luther, with Brad S. Gregory [MIPodcast #67]
How the Reformation rebelled against Luther, with Brad S. Gregory [MIPodcast #67]

When Martin Luther published his 95 Theses in October of 1517 he had no intention of starting a revolution. But he became a rebel and the Reformation…

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Martin Luther and the birth of the Reformation, with Craig Harline [MIPodcast #66]
Martin Luther and the birth of the Reformation, with Craig Harline [MIPodcast #66]

What was Martin Luther trying to accomplish when he nailed his ninety-five theses to the Wittenburg church door? Would you believe he didn’t intend t…

9 years, 2 months ago

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Womanist theology and Mormonism, with Janan Graham-Russell [MIPodcast #65]
Womanist theology and Mormonism, with Janan Graham-Russell [MIPodcast #65]

When you think about your religious beliefs, your theology, how much consideration have you given to your race? How has the color of your skin affect…

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Heresy, opposition, and becoming gods, with Adam J. Powell [MIPodcast #64]
Heresy, opposition, and becoming gods, with Adam J. Powell [MIPodcast #64]

Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died at the hands of an angry mob in June of 1844. Shortly bef…

9 years, 3 months ago

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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and “A House Full of Females” [MIPodcast #62]
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and “A House Full of Females” [MIPodcast #62]

In the late nineteenth century, a newspaper written and published by women and for women sprung up in what most Americans thought was the unlikeliest…

9 years, 6 months ago

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Women at the Latter-day Saint pulpit, with Jennifer Reeder and Kate Holbrook [MIPodcast #61]
Women at the Latter-day Saint pulpit, with Jennifer Reeder and Kate Holbrook [MIPodcast #61]

There’s a famous passage from First Corinthians: “Let your women keep silence in the churches, for it is not permitted into them to speak. But they a…

9 years, 7 months ago

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The life of the Lotus Sutra, with Donald S. Lopez, Jr. [MIPodcast #60]
The life of the Lotus Sutra, with Donald S. Lopez, Jr. [MIPodcast #60]

When the Lotus Sutra arrived in Boston in 1844 the few people who could read it were intrigued by its parables that reminded them of the Bible. For t…

9 years, 8 months ago

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Village atheists, with Leigh Eric Schmidt [MIPodcast #59]
Village atheists, with Leigh Eric Schmidt [MIPodcast #59]

Are you familiar with the New Atheists? The late Christopher Hitchens wrote biting books about religion as “poison,” Richard Dawkins champions a sort…

9 years, 8 months ago

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Some challenges of religious studies, with Thomas Tweed [MIPodcast #58]
Some challenges of religious studies, with Thomas Tweed [MIPodcast #58]

People are usually more comfortable talking about their strengths rather than their weaknesses. It’s human nature. The same can be said about religio…

9 years, 9 months ago

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One Hundred Birds Taught Me to Fly, with Ashley Mae Hoiland [MIPodcast #57]
One Hundred Birds Taught Me to Fly, with Ashley Mae Hoiland [MIPodcast #57]

One Hundred Birds Taught Me to Fly is the latest book in the Maxwell Institute’s Living Faith series. In this episode, author Ashley Mae Hoiland join…

9 years, 10 months ago

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