Cambridge Interfaith Programme

Religion and Global Challenges

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“Religion and Global Challenges” is the podcast of the Cambridge Interfaith Programme, brought to you from of the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. This podcast explores the many ways in which religious narratives and ideas, practices and experiences inform some of the most crucial challenges facing our world today. Together with our guest speakers, we discuss topics ranging from religion and climate change to how people navigate religious difference in their everyday lives. Find @CamInterfaith on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Or check out our website for more informatio...

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New Martyrs, Nationalism, and Moral Conservatism in Contemporary Russia and Cyprus — Dr Victoria Fomina 30.06.2021 43:51

The first in a series of episodes on the politics of martyrdom in which we consider how religious and spiritual ideas about self-sacrifice animate contemporary social movements, political ideas, and moral imaginaries. In this episode, social anthropologist Dr Victoria Fomina (University of Toronto) discusses the rise of new martyr cults in the Christian Orthodox world, and how these articulate wit...

Welcome to Religion and Global Challenges! [Trailer] 28.06.2021 1:29

Welcome to “Religion and Global Challenges”, a podcast of the Cambridge Interfaith Programme that is brought to you from of the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. In this podcast, we explore the many ways in which religious narratives and ideas, practices and experiences inform some of the most crucial challenges facing our world today. You can look forward to monthly sessions whe...