The Religious Studies Podcast

New episodes published likely more than once a month, but certainly not less. For episode transcripts and outlines, Substack home page: …ereligiousstudiespodcast.substack.com Apple Podcasts feed: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… Spotify feed: open.spotify.com/show/7q5yKNBCR… RSS feed: media.zencast.fm/the-religious-…

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A deep dive on Rene Girard's I Saw Satan Fall Like Lightning (1hr 41min). We discuss how he views Bible myths as distinct from other myths, how Satan is the representation of the vicious cycle of desire, and why our modern world is fixated on victims. Peter Thiel also comes up!

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2AE7QL…

A deep dive podcast (1 hr 54 min) on Rene Girard's The Scapegoat, published in 1986. We discuss how Girard can actually explain why Jesus sent 2,000 pigs over a cliff. And we also examine why John the Baptist had to be so similar to Jesus. (Links in next tweet)

A deep dive on Freud's book Moses and Monotheism (1hr 32min). We discuss why Freud thought Moses was an Egyptian and why the atheist founder of psychoanalysis wrote a book on religion at the end of his life. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/56lB0c…

A special movie review episode here on the Religious Studies Podcast. For the movie Barbie, I use Girard to talk about identity, why Ken had to be gay, and why the movie is about family. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2aWV1Q…

A deep dive on Nietzche's The AntiChrist (1hr 13min). What's wrong with Paul and why Nietzsche can't help but like Jesus. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4XNCAO…

After an extended hiatus, we're back talking Girard and sexual identity, Jesus, and Holocausts - not necessarily related! This is part 3 of my review of Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4mXCkd…

Just in time for Easter, a deep dive podcast episode (1h 10min) on Rene Girard's reading of the bible and Jesus (coincidence, I'm sure). Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ren… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4Hu2Jr…

The Great Gatsby, Eyes Wide Shut, and The Matrix are the movies we discuss. We also discuss Jesus' use of parables and why Girard chose the title for his book that he did. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ren… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7tigUB… Key Quotes: open.substack.com/pub/thereligio…

Deep Dive part 1 (1hr 36min) of Girard's Things Hidden Since The Foundation of the World is out! In it, we painstakingly go step by step through his theory, starting w/ mimesis We also talk about how to piss your friends off, America's identity crisis, and review some movies!

@0x49fa98 So the question is: will there be an Millerites? Also, appreciate this quote from Whitney Cross' book:

Transcript: …ereligiousstudiespodcast.substack.com/p/transcript-r… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ren… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5OTncb…

My very basic summary of Rene Girard's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World is live! In it, we discuss desire, rivalry, violence, and how Jesus changed the world. We also discuss the Will Smith movie I am Legend.

Outline: …ereligiousstudiespodcast.substack.com/p/transcript-w… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whi… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6Fgbmv…

The deep dive on Whitney Cross' The Burned-Over District is available! We discuss apocalypticism, creating heaven on earth, and alter calls!

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The 15 min book brief on Whitey Cross' The Burned-Over District is live! In it we talk about Unitarians, Shakers, Millerites, Baptists, Methodists, Church of Christ practitioners, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Presbyterians, Pentacostals, and so on

Outline: …ereligiousstudiespodcast.substack.com/p/deep-dive-ou… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/geo… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1lt2u5…

The deep dive on George Kovacs' The Question of God in Heidegger's Phenomenology is available! In addition to discussing our godless age and technology, we also spend some time discussing Heidegger's concept of the cause-god and the relationship b/w philosophy and Christianity