Listening Religiously

DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtube.c...

DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtube.c...

“The Sacrifice of Isaac” by Caravaggio (1603) DAN MCCLELLAN ON MOLECH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiPaVeOSSW4 DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis...

DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtube.c...

Illustration by James Tissot (1836-1902). Religionforbreakfast video on Melchizedek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEruf1XhdpA DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/...

DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES Dan McClellan on the Tower of Babel: https://youtube.com/shorts/zz4a5aVD9x4?si=XK0tiJsqKI191lxq The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVU...

DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtube.c...

DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and to exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtub...

DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtube.c...

DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and to exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtub...

DISCLAIMER I This podcast is for anyone and everyone interested in honestly and critically engaging with the texts of the Hebrew Bible. Our primary goal will be to understand the texts in their original context, as much as can be reconstructed by historical-critical methods. However, personal reflections on the text, its interpretation, and reception history are also welcome. DISCLAIMER II We are...

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Quotes to consider: “The failure to treat religion ‘as religion’–that is, the refusal to ratify its claim of transcendent nature and sacrosanct status–may be regarded as heresy and sacrilege by those who construct themselves as religious, but it is the starting point for those who construct themselves as historians.” —Bruce Lincoln (born 1948) “The basic error of fundamentalism is that it overlook...

DISCLAIMER: We will not be saying anything positive about religion in this episode. If you'd like to hear us say something positive about religion, you will have to wait another week. Read: The Ninety-Ninth Bride by Catherine Faris King. https://a.co/d/dWcfyTN Check out BGMania: A Videogame Music Podcast https://bgmania.podbean.com/ Follow us on: listeningreligiously.substack.com Or shoot us an em...

“Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. “The Second Coming” by W. B. Yeats Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fal...

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Quote from Jeffrey J. Kripal: “[T]he future hinges largely on how future generations, including (and especially) your generation, critically compare across cultural, religious, and social divisions.” The “Two Gods” poem of Kabir Das (15th CE) Translated by Linda Hess and Shukdeo Singh: Brother, where did your two gods come from? Tell me, who made you mad? Ram, Allah, Keshav, Karim, Hari, Hazrat— s...

[Update: So I totally said “resurrection” instead of “insurrection.” Whoops.] The “Kill Them Wherever You Find Them” Verse (Qur’an 2:190-191) “Fight in God’s cause against those who fight you, but do not overstep the limits. God does not love those who overstep the limits. Kill them wherever you encounter them, and drive them out from wherever they drove you out, for persecution [ fitna ; ‘insurre...

Image: Muhammad’s name on the door of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina. Clarification: “ Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachtani ” is, in fact, Aramaic. Check out BGMania: A Videogame Music Podcast https://bgmania.podbean.com/ Follow us on: listeningreligiously.substack.com Or shoot us an email at: listeningreligiously@gmail.com Theme Song: Bedtime After A CoffeeComposer: Barradeen (Argentina) Website: https://...

Summary of the Four Noble Truths: * Disease: Life is suffering ( dukkha ). * Cause: Suffering is caused by craving * Cure: Suffering can have an end (Nirvana). * Medicine: There is a path which leads to the end of suffering (The Noble Eightfold Path). Three Marks of Existence: * Duhkha/dukkha (suffering/anxiety/stress) * Anitya/aniccha (impermanence) * Anatman/anatta (soulessness/non-self) Three P...

Pictured: The Bhavachakra, or “Wheel of Becoming.” The Six Realms: Devas, Asuras, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, and hell-beings. The Three Poisons: Greed, hatred, and delusion. Check out BGMania: A Videogame Music Podcast https://bgmania.podbean.com/ Follow us on: listeningreligiously.substack.com Or shoot us an email at: listeningreligiously@gmail.com Theme Song: Bedtime After A Coffee Composer...

Recommended reading: Miller, Barbara Stoler. The Bhagavad-Gita: Krishna's Counsel in Time of War. New York: Bantam Books, 1986. Follow us on: listeningreligiously.substack.com Or shoot us an email at: listeningreligiously@gmail.com Theme song of the Mahabharat television serial (1988). Vocals by Mahendra Kapoor, lyrics by Pandit Narendra Sharma. Theme Song: Bedtime After A CoffeeComposer: Barradee...

12 Things to Do in Varanasi (Grrrltraveler, Christine Kaaloa) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taJUNhdTec0 A Hindu Shrine (Oxford Digital Media) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyw5EJRKEXU Sign up for the newsletter at: listeningreligiously.substack.com Or shoot us an email at: listeningreligiously@gmail.com Theme Song: Bedtime After A CoffeeComposer: Barradeen (Argentina)Website: https://www.youtu...