Impolite Conversation #18: Waging War on Christmas and Hanukkah
On this episode of Impolite Conversation, Tim and Dan get into the holiday spirit by talking about the alleged war on Christmas with historian
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The Indie Scholar Podcast w/Dave Krueger
We all know that successful completion of graduate school does not guarantee a job with a living wage. Today, more than 50% of faculty appointments are part
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First Impressions #97: Emily Suzanne Clark on Afro-Creole Spiritualism in New Orleans
Messages from the spirit world offered an Afro-Creole community in New Orleans a forum for political activism inspired by republican ideals. Dave
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Impolite Conversation: Election Results 2016
Will there be a difference between Trump the candidate and Trump the president? In this Impolite Conversation Supplemental, Dan and Tim talk (and
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First Impressions # 96: Media, Race, and Sexuality in Transnational Santería
Santería, as a site of analytical inquiry, disrupts many of dominant theoretical approaches to the study of transnational religion. Kristian Petersen talks with
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Omid Safi on American Muslims and the 2016 Election
Professor Omid Safi reflects on the choices facing American Muslims in light of the 2016 Presidential election. Safi is a columnist for On Being and
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Impolite Conversation #17: The “God Gap” and Final 2016 Campaign Thoughts
This month on Impolite Conversation, we talk with a scholar who wants to challenge the conventional wisdom on the “God gap,” and then
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First Impressions # 95: Eva Mroczek on the Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity
There was no such thing as the Bible when ancient Jewish literature was composed. With a more expansive view of sources, we can
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First Impressions # 94: Claire Chambers on Britain Through Muslim Literary Representations
What does Britain look like from the perspective of Muslims across the eighteenth century until today? Kristian Petersen talks with Claire Chambers, Lecturer
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First Impressions # 93: Julie Holcomb on the Quaker Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy
How can the simple choice of a men’s suit be a moral statement and a political act? When the suit is made of
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