Episodes
Saturday Sep 17, 2022
The Bahá’í Faith
Saturday Sep 17, 2022
Saturday Sep 17, 2022
The Bahá’í Faith teaches that throughout history, God has sent to humanity a series of divine Educators—known as Manifestations of God—whose teachings have provided the basis for the advancement of civilization. These Manifestations have included Abraham, Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muḥammad. Bahá’u’lláh, the latest of these Messengers, explained that the religions of the world come from the same Source and are in essence successive chapters of one religion from God. Bahá’í’s believe the crucial need facing humanity is to find a unifying vision of the future of society and of the nature and purpose of life. Such a vision unfolds in the writings of Bahá’u’lláh.
Mahrooz Maddela and Barbara Lachmar help us understand the Bahá’í Faith. Maddela was born in Iran to a Bahá’í family and moved to the US when she was twelve. She is a member of the Bahá’í community in Salt Lake County, Utah. Lachmar is a former Roman Catholic who became a Bahá’í when she was twenty in Omaha Nebraska. She lives in Cache County, Utah.
The Bahái Faith official website: https://www.bahai.org/
Baháis of the United States: https://www.bahai.us/
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Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Anuttama Dasa and the International Society of Krishna Consciousness
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
In the 1960s and 1970s the Hare Krishnas were known for wearing saffron robes, chanting in the streets, and raising money at airports. Many people feared them and considered them a cult. A lot has changed in the over fifty years since the founding of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Anuttama Dasa discusses ISKCON's origins, history, beliefs and practices, lived culture and more. Anuttama Dasa is the Minister of Communications for ISKCON. He has been a member of ISKCON since 1975. He has served as a member of the Governing Body since 1999. Originally from Michigan, he studied political science at Michigan State University and University of Michigan before leaving his studies to pursue a religious and spiritual quest. He lives in Rockville, Maryland.
ISKCON website: https://www.iskcon.org/
The Hare Krishnas: Celebrating 50 Years magazine - https://www.iskconcommunications.org/resources/iskcon-50th-anniversary-magazine/file
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Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Episode 4: Peter C. Hill and the context of theistic humility
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Evangelicals and Humility in Multifaith Engagement
American Evangelicals are not known for embracing intellectual humility, but there are notable and promising examples. This podcast series explores the topic through the story of how Evangelical Christians and Zen Buddhists in Portland have been able to engage in an intellectually humble exchange of perspectives without compromising their core convictions. The series also includes analysis and commentary from scholars who specialize in the psychology of intellectual humility. As this is time of extreme national polarization on many fronts, this series is especially relevant as it demonstrates that strong religious convictions are not necessarily incompatible with intellectual humility and do not always lead to antagonism between groups. Our hope is that this series is inspiring, and that it demonstrates the need for additional research exploring how those with strong religious convictions develop humility while doing so across worldview-threatening differences.
Episode 4: Peter C. Hill and the context of theistic humility
Peter Hill is a social psychologist at the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University. His unique contribution to humility research is in exploring considerations related to theistic intellectual humility. He discusses how existing concepts related to intellectual humility have not taken account of the way this is experienced and expressed by theists, the importance of emotions, and how strong religious convictions and exclusivism are not necessarily incompatible with theistic intellectual humility.
Video: https://youtu.be/9mTci8CYmek
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-4-peter-c-hill-and-the-context-of-theistic-humility/
Exploring further: https://researchoutreach.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Peter-C.-Hill.pdf
Episode 1: Wes Markofski and the “other evangelicals”
Wes Markofski is a sociologist at Carleton College, and author of Multiculural Evangelicalism and Ethical Democracy in America (forthcoming). He discusses his research on “reflexive evangelicals.” Despite popular images of white American Evangelicals as the embodied antithesis of intellectual humility, responsiveness to facts, and openness to the other, Markofski discovered that Evangelicals can and do practice intellectual humility in public life while simultaneously holding fast to particularistic religious convictions.
Video: https://youtu.be/ULbFxYiC3qw
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-1-wes-markofski-and-the-other-evangelicals/
Exploring further: https://tif.ssrc.org/2018/01/11/the-other-evangelicals/
Episode 2: Evangelicals and Zen Buddhists reflect on 20 years of dialogue
Members of the Evangelical group New Wine, New Wineskins, and Buddhists from Dharma Rain Zen Center reflect on their twenty years of dialogue and relationships. Two leaders from these religious communities, Paul Louis Metzger and Kyogen Carlson, got together in Portland to discuss religious and political divisions after the 2004 re-election of George W. Bush. The talks then expanded to involve other members of these religious communities through common meals.
Video: https://youtu.be/FEBib0emq5k
Audio: https://youtu.be/FEBib0emq5k
Exploring further: https://tricycle.org/magazine/beloved-community/
Episode 3: Daryl Van Tongeren and the psychology of humility
Daryl Van Tongeren is a psychologist at Hope College and a leading researcher on the science of humility. He is the author of Humble: Free Yourself from the Traps of a Narcissistic World. He defines “intellectual humility,” and discusses the psychological challenges we face in exercising humility, particularly in the context of cultural worldviews where religion is a part of our identity. He also shares his thoughts on how we might develop more empathy and bridge divides.
Video: https://youtu.be/tzY-pm8LYkY
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-3-daryl-van-tongeren-and-the-psychology-of-humility/
Exploring further: https://www.workman.com/products/humble/hardback
Podcast series produced by the Evangelical Chapter of the Foundation for Religious Diplomacy/Multifaith Matters.
We appreciate the contributions of Wes Markofski, Daryl Van Tongeren, Peter C. Hill, the Dharma Rain Zen Center, and New Wine, New Wineskins.
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Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Episode 3: Daryl Van Tongeren and the psychology of humility
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Evangelicals and Humility in Multifaith Engagement
American Evangelicals are not known for embracing intellectual humility, but there are notable and promising examples. This podcast series explores the topic through the story of how Evangelical Christians and Zen Buddhists in Portland have been able to engage in an intellectually humble exchange of perspectives without compromising their core convictions. The series also includes analysis and commentary from scholars who specialize in the psychology of intellectual humility. As this is time of extreme national polarization on many fronts, this series is especially relevant as it demonstrates that strong religious convictions are not necessarily incompatible with intellectual humility and do not always lead to antagonism between groups. Our hope is that this series is inspiring, and that it demonstrates the need for additional research exploring how those with strong religious convictions develop humility while doing so across worldview-threatening differences.
Episode 3: Daryl Van Tongeren and the psychology of humility
Daryl Van Tongeren is a psychologist at Hope College and a leading researcher on the science of humility. He is the author of Humble: Free Yourself from the Traps of a Narcissistic World. He defines “intellectual humility,” and discusses the psychological challenges we face in exercising humility, particularly in the context of cultural worldviews where religion is a part of our identity. He also shares his thoughts on how we might develop more empathy and bridge divides.
Video: https://youtu.be/tzY-pm8LYkY
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-3-daryl-van-tongeren-and-the-psychology-of-humility/
Exploring further: https://www.workman.com/products/humble/hardback
Episode 1: Wes Markofski and the “other evangelicals”
Wes Markofski is a sociologist at Carleton College, and author of Multiculural Evangelicalism and Ethical Democracy in America (forthcoming). He discusses his research on “reflexive evangelicals.” Despite popular images of white American Evangelicals as the embodied antithesis of intellectual humility, responsiveness to facts, and openness to the other, Markofski discovered that Evangelicals can and do practice intellectual humility in public life while simultaneously holding fast to particularistic religious convictions.
Video: https://youtu.be/ULbFxYiC3qw
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-1-wes-markofski-and-the-other-evangelicals/
Exploring further: https://tif.ssrc.org/2018/01/11/the-other-evangelicals/
Episode 2: Evangelicals and Zen Buddhists reflect on 20 years of dialogue
Members of the Evangelical group New Wine, New Wineskins, and Buddhists from Dharma Rain Zen Center reflect on their twenty years of dialogue and relationships. Two leaders from these religious communities, Paul Louis Metzger and Kyogen Carlson, got together in Portland to discuss religious and political divisions after the 2004 re-election of George W. Bush. The talks then expanded to involve other members of these religious communities through common meals.
Video: https://youtu.be/FEBib0emq5k
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-2-evangelicals-and-zen-buddhists-reflect-on-20-years-of-dialogue/
Exploring further: https://tricycle.org/magazine/beloved-community/
Episode 4: Peter C. Hill and the context of theistic humility
Peter Hill is a social psychologist at the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University. His unique contribution to humility research is in exploring considerations related to theistic intellectual humility. He discusses how existing concepts related to intellectual humility have not taken account of the way this is experienced and expressed by theists, the importance of emotions, and how strong religious convictions and exclusivism are not necessarily incompatible with theistic intellectual humility.
Video: https://youtu.be/9mTci8CYmek
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-4-peter-c-hill-and-the-context-of-theistic-humility/
Exploring further: https://researchoutreach.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Peter-C.-Hill.pdf
Podcast series produced by the Evangelical Chapter of the Foundation for Religious Diplomacy/Multifaith Matters.
We appreciate the contributions of Wes Markofski, Daryl Van Tongeren, Peter C. Hill, the Dharma Rain Zen Center, and New Wine, New Wineskins.
Learn more about our work at https://www.multifaithmatters.org.
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#humility #intellectualhumility #multifaith #interfaith #dialogue
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Episode 2: Evangelicals and Zen Buddhists reflect on 20 years of dialogue
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Evangelicals and Humility in Multifaith Engagement
American Evangelicals are not known for embracing intellectual humility, but there are notable and promising examples. This podcast series explores the topic through the story of how Evangelical Christians and Zen Buddhists in Portland have been able to engage in an intellectually humble exchange of perspectives without compromising their core convictions. The series also includes analysis and commentary from scholars who specialize in the psychology of intellectual humility. As this is time of extreme national polarization on many fronts, this series is especially relevant as it demonstrates that strong religious convictions are not necessarily incompatible with intellectual humility and do not always lead to antagonism between groups. Our hope is that this series is inspiring, and that it demonstrates the need for additional research exploring how those with strong religious convictions develop humility while doing so across worldview-threatening differences.
Episode 2: Evangelicals and Zen Buddhists reflect on 20 years of dialogue
Members of the Evangelical group New Wine, New Wineskins, and Buddhists from Dharma Rain Zen Center reflect on their twenty years of dialogue and relationships. Two leaders from these religious communities, Paul Louis Metzger and Kyogen Carlson, got together in Portland to discuss religious and political divisions after the 2004 re-election of George W. Bush. The talks then expanded to involve other members of these religious communities through common meals.
Video: https://youtu.be/FEBib0emq5k
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-2-evangelicals-and-zen-buddhists-reflect-on-20-years-of-dialogue/
Exploring further: https://tricycle.org/magazine/beloved-community/
Episode 1: Wes Markofski and the “other evangelicals”
Wes Markofski is a sociologist at Carleton College, and author of Multiculural Evangelicalism and Ethical Democracy in America (forthcoming). He discusses his research on “reflexive evangelicals.” Despite popular images of white American Evangelicals as the embodied antithesis of intellectual humility, responsiveness to facts, and openness to the other, Markofski discovered that Evangelicals can and do practice intellectual humility in public life while simultaneously holding fast to particularistic religious convictions.
Video: https://youtu.be/ULbFxYiC3qw
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-1-wes-markofski-and-the-other-evangelicals/
Exploring further: https://tif.ssrc.org/2018/01/11/the-other-evangelicals/
Episode 3: Daryl Van Tongeren and the psychology of humility
Daryl Van Tongeren is a psychologist at Hope College and a leading researcher on the science of humility. He is the author of Humble: Free Yourself from the Traps of a Narcissistic World. He defines “intellectual humility,” and discusses the psychological challenges we face in exercising humility, particularly in the context of cultural worldviews where religion is a part of our identity. He also shares his thoughts on how we might develop more empathy and bridge divides.
Video: https://youtu.be/tzY-pm8LYkY
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-3-daryl-van-tongeren-and-the-psychology-of-humility/
Exploring further: https://www.workman.com/products/humble/hardback
Episode 4: Peter C. Hill and the context of theistic humility
Peter Hill is a social psychologist at the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University. His unique contribution to humility research is in exploring considerations related to theistic intellectual humility. He discusses how existing concepts related to intellectual humility have not taken account of the way this is experienced and expressed by theists, the importance of emotions, and how strong religious convictions and exclusivism are not necessarily incompatible with theistic intellectual humility.
Video: https://youtu.be/9mTci8CYmek
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-4-peter-c-hill-and-the-context-of-theistic-humility/
Exploring further: https://researchoutreach.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Peter-C.-Hill.pdf
Podcast series produced by the Evangelical Chapter of the Foundation for Religious Diplomacy/Multifaith Matters.
We appreciate the contributions of Wes Markofski, Daryl Van Tongeren, Peter C. Hill, the Dharma Rain Zen Center, and New Wine, New Wineskins.
Podcast with Kyogen Carlson and Paul Louis Metzger: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/conversation-with-paul-louis-metzger-of-multnomah-university-and-kyogen-carlson-of-the-dharma-rain-zen-center/
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Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Episode 1: Wes Markofski and the “other evangelicals”
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Evangelicals and Humility in Multifaith Engagement
American Evangelicals are not known for embracing intellectual humility, but there are notable and promising examples. This podcast series explores the topic through the story of how Evangelical Christians and Zen Buddhists in Portland have been able to engage in an intellectually humble exchange of perspectives without compromising their core convictions. The series also includes analysis and commentary from scholars who specialize in the psychology of intellectual humility. As this is time of extreme national polarization on many fronts, this series is especially relevant as it demonstrates that strong religious convictions are not necessarily incompatible with intellectual humility and do not always lead to antagonism between groups. Our hope is that this series is inspiring, and that it demonstrates the need for additional research exploring how those with strong religious convictions develop humility while doing so across worldview-threatening differences.
Episode 1: Wes Markofski and the “other evangelicals”
Wes Markofski is a sociologist at Carleton College, and author of Multiculural Evangelicalism and Ethical Democracy in America (forthcoming). He discusses his research on “reflexive evangelicals.” Despite popular images of white American Evangelicals as the embodied antithesis of intellectual humility, responsiveness to facts, and openness to the other, Markofski discovered that Evangelicals can and do practice intellectual humility in public life while simultaneously holding fast to particularistic religious convictions.
Video: https://youtu.be/ULbFxYiC3qw
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-1-wes-markofski-and-the-other-evangelicals/
Exploring further: https://tif.ssrc.org/2018/01/11/the-other-evangelicals/
Episode 2: Evangelicals and Zen Buddhists reflect on 20 years of dialogue
Members of the Evangelical group New Wine, New Wineskins, and Buddhists from Dharma Rain Zen Center reflect on their twenty years of dialogue and relationships. Two leaders from these religious communities, Paul Louis Metzger and Kyogen Carlson, got together in Portland to discuss religious and political divisions after the 2004 re-election of George W. Bush. The talks then expanded to involve other members of these religious communities through common meals.
Video: https://youtu.be/FEBib0emq5k
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-2-evangelicals-and-zen-buddhists-reflect-on-20-years-of-dialogue/
Exploring further: https://tricycle.org/magazine/beloved-community/
Episode 3: Daryl Van Tongeren and the psychology of humility
Daryl Van Tongeren is a psychologist at Hope College and a leading researcher on the science of humility. He is the author of Humble: Free Yourself from the Traps of a Narcissistic World. He defines “intellectual humility,” and discusses the psychological challenges we face in exercising humility, particularly in the context of cultural worldviews where religion is a part of our identity. He also shares his thoughts on how we might develop more empathy and bridge divides.
Video: https://youtu.be/tzY-pm8LYkY
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-3-daryl-van-tongeren-and-the-psychology-of-humility/
Exploring further: https://www.workman.com/products/humble/hardback
Episode 4: Peter C. Hill and the context of theistic humility
Peter Hill is a social psychologist at the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University. His unique contribution to humility research is in exploring considerations related to theistic intellectual humility. He discusses how existing concepts related to intellectual humility have not taken account of the way this is experienced and expressed by theists, the importance of emotions, and how strong religious convictions and exclusivism are not necessarily incompatible with theistic intellectual humility.
Video: https://youtu.be/9mTci8CYmek
Audio: http://johnwmorehead.podbean.com/e/episode-4-peter-c-hill-and-the-context-of-theistic-humility/
Exploring further: https://researchoutreach.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Peter-C.-Hill.pdf
Podcast series produced by the Evangelical Chapter of the Foundation for Religious Diplomacy/Multifaith Matters.
We appreciate the contributions of Wes Markofski, Daryl Van Tongeren, Peter C. Hill, the Dharma Rain Zen Center, and New Wine, New Wineskins.
Learn more about our work at https://www.multifaithmatters.org.
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#humility #intellectualhumility #multifaith #interfaith #dialogue
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Religion and Hiroshima: Beyond the Mushroom Cloud
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
How should the horror of the atom bomb be remembered? In what ways might we remember so that the terrible experience of its use might be transformed into hope for a universal community of peace? In a fascinating case study, Yuki Miyamoto compares how Buddhist and Catholic survivors of the 1945 bombings make sense of their experiences through an ethic of "not retaliation, but reconciliation." This study is not only of great historical interest, but also provides help for us as we reflect on the continued threat of nuclear catastrophe.
Yuki Miyamoto is Professor of Religious Studies at DePaul University and is an ethicist whose work centers on nuclear discourse and environmental ethics through the framework of comparative ethics. She is the author of various books, including Beyond the Mushroom Cloud: Commemoration, Religion, and Responsibility After Hiroshima.
Yuki Miyamoto: https://las.depaul.edu/academics/religious-studies/faculty/Pages/yuki-miyamoto.aspx
Beyond the Mushroom Cloud: Commemoration, Religion, and Responsibility After Hiroshima: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Mushroom-Cloud-Commemoration-Responsibility/dp/0823240517
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Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Summum
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
A conversation with three leaders of Summum (a Latin term meaning “the sum total of creation”), a religious group in Salt Lake City, including Su Menu, president of Summum, Bernie Aua, vice president, and Ron Temu, counselor who oversees their mummification practices. Summum began in the fall of 1975 when founder Claude “Corky” Rex Nowell began to have a series of encounters with highly intelligent beings who work the pathways of spiritual evolution. During these encounters he received instructions concerning the underlying principles (Laws of Nature) which establish and maintain the universe. In this podcast we learn how they came to embrace Summum, its Seven Aphorisms or principles, practices like meditation, their book SUMMUM: Sealed Except to the Open Mind, and the significance of its pyramid structure and the process of mummification.
Summum websites:
https://www.summum.us/
http://www.summum.org/
http://www.summum.tv/
http://www.kphi.org/
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Sunday Aug 28, 2022
Massimo Introvigne on The Church of Almighty God
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
In this conversation, Massimo Introvigne shares the story of The Church of Almighty God, a group in China that has seen rapid growth, dramatic persecution, and the struggle of believers to see asylum in countries around the world. Among the items discussed, Introvigne reconstructs the Church's idiosyncratic theology, centered in the belief that Jesus Christ has returned in our time in the shape of a Chinese woman, worshipped as Almighty God, to eradicate the sinful human nature and that we have entered the third and final time period in the history of humanity: the Age of the Kingdom.
Massimo Introvigne is an Italian sociologist, the managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), in Torino, Italy, and the author of some 70 books in the fields of new religious movements and pluralism.
Inside the Church of Almighty God: The Most Persecuted Religious Movement in China by Massimo Introvigne: https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Church-Almighty-God-Persecuted/dp/0190089091/
CESNUR: https://www.cesnur.org/
Bitter Winter: https://bitterwinter.org/
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Monday Aug 22, 2022
George Chryssides Introduces Jehovah’s Witnesses
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
The Jehovah's Witnesses have been the focus of much evangelical apologetic and secular media critique. In this podcast, new religions scholar George Chryssides presents an overview of the Watch Tower organization's origins, their lived religion, key beliefs and practices, and controversial aspects like disfellowshipping, blood transfusions, and sexual abuse allegations. Chryssides is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at York St. John University, UK. His books include The Bloomsbury Handbook to Studying Christians, Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses second edition, Jehovah's Witnesses: Continuity and Change, and The Bloomsbury Companion to New Religious Movements.
In this podcast we discuss some of the material from Jehovah's Witnesses: A New Introduction - https://www.amazon.com/Jehovahs-Witnesses-Introduction-George-Chryssides/dp/1350190896/
George D. Chryssides: https://yorksj.academia.edu/GeorgeChryssides
Jehovah's Witnesses website: https://www.jw.org/en/
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