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In this conversation, Camden Bucey discusses various topics related to Reformed theology, including updates on the upcoming Reformed Forum Theology Conference, an overview of his new apologetics course, and a look into Ulrich Zwingli's theology, particularly regarding the Lord's Supper. He emphasizes the importance of understanding historical theology and the need for faithful Reformed witness in contemporary contexts. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Conference Updates 12:05 Apologetics Course Overview 24:06 Exploring Zwingli's Theology 30:00 Closing Remarks and Future Plans Books Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion. Edited by John T. McNeill. Translated by Ford Lewis Battles. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1960. Calvin, John. Short Treatise on the Holy Supper of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Translated by Henry Beveridge. Originally published 1541. Available in various reprint editions. Gerrish, B. A. Grace and Gratitude: The Eucharistic Theology of John Calvin. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993. Hodge, Charles. Systematic Theology. Vol. 3. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997. Old, Hughes Oliphant. The Patristic Roots of Reformed Worship. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975. Packer, J. I. “Calvin the Theologian.” In Honouring the People of God: Collected Shorter Writings, vol. 4, 77–92. Carlisle, PA: P&R Publishing, 2013. Potter, G. R. Zwingli. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976. Stephens, W. P. The Theology of Huldrych Zwingli. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986. Zwingli, Ulrich. On the Lord's Supper (1526). In Zwingli and Bullinger, edited and translated by G. W. Bromiley, 176ff. Library of Christian Classics. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1953.

Why does truth no longer seem to matter? In this episode, we explore the philosophical and psychological roots of today's crisis of reality. Drawing on Jean Baudrillard's theory of hyperreality and Carl Gustav Jung's concept of the Shadow, I unravel how modern society's obsession with materialism, the proliferation of simulations, and the repression of symbolic, non-material dimensions of human experience have led to the current breakdown of truth. We will examine how Baudrillard's insights reveal a world where images no longer reflect reality but replace it entirely, and how Jung's warning about the dangers of ignoring the unconscious has manifested in distorted, collective forms. Together, these perspectives illuminate why facts are increasingly dismissed in favour of emotionally compelling narratives. Finally, I propose a path forward: a reintegration of critical thinking and symbolic imagination as essential tools for restoring our relationship with reality and cultivating a culture where truth matters once again. Join me as we delve into the death of the real — and how we might yet reclaim it.CONNECT & SUPPORT

Don't worry, you have not in fact stumbled onto a physics podcast. However, the Laws of Thermodynamics do have a rather significant connection to evolutionary biology. This is because, at first glance, they appear to lead to a rather startling conclusion- life should not be able to evolve at all... Sources for this episode: Berg, J. M., Tymoczko, J. L. and Stryer, L. (2007), Biochemistry (6th edition). New York: W. H. Freeman and Company. Herron, J. C., and Freeman, S. (2015), Evolutionary Analysis. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd. Masanes, L. and Oppenheim, J. (2017), A general derivation and quantification of the third law of thermodynamics. Nature Communications 8: 14538. Ritchie, R. and Ghent, D. (2015), A Level Chemistry for OCR A. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Quick correction: I call the episode on sibling species episode 37 in the audio, but it's actually episode 47! Way back in the early days of Biopedia, we discussed the concept of sibling species. Now, we're talking about cryptic species. Are these the same concept? Well, as we will see today, it's complicated... Sources for this episode: Allaby, M. (editor) (2020), Oxford Dictionary of Zoology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Bickford, D., Lohman, D. J., Sodhi, N. S., Ng, P. K. L., Meier, R., Winker, K., Ingram, K. K. and Das, I. (2007), Cryptic species as a window on diversity and conservation. TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution 22(3): 148-155. Herron, J. C., and Freeman, S. (2015), Evolutionary Analysis. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd. Hine, R. (2019), A Dictionary of Biology (Oxford Quick Reference), 8th edition, Oxford, Oxford University Press. Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Species complex (online) (Accessed 25/07/2024).

Robert Ward hosts Professor Takahara Akio, Emeritus Professor of The University of Tokyo, Dr Elizabeth Wishnick, Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Naval Analyses (CNA) and Dr Catherine Jones, a Lecturer at the University of St Andrews, to explore Japan's challenges amid growing cooperation between Russia and China.  Robert, Akio, Elizabeth and Catherine discuss:   The recent development of the Russia-China strategic partnership in the Ukraine war The limitations of the Sino-Russian relationship and the potential overlap of their interests Japan's security, economy and energy challenges amid growing Sino-Russian aligment   The following books are recommended by our guests to gain a clearer picture of the topics discussed:   Takahara Akio and et al., Japan–China Relations in the Modern Era, (Abingdon: Routledge, 2017), 250pp. Takahara Akio and et al., Nicchū kankei 2001-2022 [Japan-China Relations 2001-2022], (Tokyo: The University of Tokyo Press, 2023), 432pp. Charles E. Ziegler, Russia in the Pacific: The Quest for Great Power Recognition, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024), 296pp. Gaye Christoffersen, Russia in the Indo-Pacific: New Approaches to Russian Foreign Policy, (Abingdon: Routledge, 2022), 298pp. Endo Shusaku, Chinmoku [Silence], (Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1981), 320pp. Endo Shusaku, The Samurai, (Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1986), 520pp. We hope you enjoy the episode and please follow, rate, and subscribe to Japan Memo on your podcast platform of choice. If you have any comments or questions, please contact us at japanchair@iiss.org.    Date recorded: 17 February 2025   Japan Memo is recorded and produced at the IISS in London.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

„Každá migrace je vítězstvím ducha,“ poznamenává Paul Collier, ekonom, který se dlouhodobě zabývá i etickými otázkami migrace. Vítězství ducha bývají vyčerpávající a občas i smutná. V nádherné knize Migrant o tom vydává svědectví Günther Anders, filosof, esejista a spisovatel, který prchal spolu s manželkou Hannou Arendtovou a prastrýcem Walterem Benjaminem z válečné Evropy do Spojených států. Osudy těchto tří intelektuálů se postupně rozpojily. Hannah Arendtová se uchytla ve Spojených státech, začala psát v angličtině, stala se jednou z nejvýraznějších intelektuálkou druhé poloviny dvacátého století a s Andersem se rozvedla. Walter Benjamin cestou do Spojených států spáchal sebevraždu. Günther Anders k tomu ve své knize Migrant poznamenává: „Skutečně se umírá jen doma.“ Autor tím míní, že migrant ztrácí ochrannou sféru svých blízkých, známých i starosti druhých. Ve své knize zdůrazňuje, že migrující člověk snadno a lehce umírá i proto, že existence stojí na uznání druhých. Migrant z tohoto paktu – aspoň na nějakou dobu – vypadává a jeho bytí se tím umenšuje a ztenčuje. I to může být důvod, proč snáze onemocní, proč snáze ztrácí půdu pod nohama. Pro Günthera Anderse byla migrace příliš stresující. Nikdy se plně integrovat ani nechtěl. Viděl v tom ztrátu sebe sama. Po druhé světové válce se vrátil domů. Cítil, že když koktá v jazyce, koktá i v existenci.Oslava, včetně té filozofické oslavy jinakosti a změny, v druhé polovině dvacátého století nebere v potaz, jak závislí jsme na kořenech, identitě, domovu, a jak náročné je vítězství migrace. Představa, že kdokoli může žít kdekoli, je v moderně unikátní, ale modernu také proto činí tak náročnou a konfliktní, na rovině společnosti i jednotlivců. Srovnáme-li současnou migraci s migrací během druhé světové války, jsou to přirozeně v mnoha ohledech odlišné situace, ale některé „existenciály“ migrace, tak jak je definuje Anders ve své knize, mohou platit pro Syřany v Německu stejně jako Ukrajince v Česku. Podstatné je, že Anders nekončí pesimisticky. Zkušenost migrace jej naučila jednu podstatnou dovednost: snášet to, že člověk nezapadá. Migrace nám navíc umožňuje zakoušet něco podstatného: absolutní nezajištěnost vlastní existence. Člověk – každý člověk – je animal migrans, živočich v pohybu. Nikdy svá přesvědčení, z nichž žije, nepřevede na absolutní pravdy, stále musí migrovat a hledat správnější, adekvátnější postoje. Zůstáváme v pohybu, protože jistota je nelidská. Ale má-li být tato přirozená nejistota snesitelná, potřebujeme kořeny. Jak říká rakouský filozof Jean Améry: „Člověk potřebuje hodně domova, aby jej neměl zapotřebí.“ KapitolyI. Více je pro migranta méně. [úvod až 16:05]II. Etika zavřených i otevřených hranic [16:05 až 30:40]III. Koktající existence Günthera Anderse [30:40 až 51:00]IV. Dilemata etiky a politiky: Co lze žádat od občanů? Co od migrantů? [51:00 až závěr]BibliografieGünther Anders, Der Immigrant, Müchen: Beck Verlag, 2022.Paul Collier, Exodus: Immigration and Multiculturalism in the 21st Century, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.Emmanuel Levinas, Etika a nekonečno, přel. V. Dvořáková – M. Reichert, Praha 2009.Tereza Matějčková, „Všichni jsme bez tváře“, in: Reflexe, 56/2019, str. 181–187, https://www.reflexe.cz/Reflexe_56/Vsichni_jsme_bez_tvare._K_textu_J._Bierhanzla/Refl_2019_56_0181.pdfDavid Miller, Strangers in Our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Immigration, Harvard: Harvard University Press, 2016.Peter Singer, Renata Singer, „The Ethics of Refugee Policy“, in: James Fishkin, Robert E. Goodin (eds.), Population and Political Theory, Oxford: Malden, 2010, str. 285–304.Celý podcast sledujte na http://www.Echoprime.cz

For a podcast which has talked several times before about global warming and climate change, we haven't addressed fossil fuels yet. So, let's redress that today! Sources for this episode: Hine, R. S. (2019), Oxford Dictionary of Biology (8th edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Kalair, A., Abas, N., Saleem, M. S., Kalair, A. R. and Khan, N. (2020), Role of energy storage systems in energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables. Energy Storage 3: e135. Ritchie, R. and Gent, D. (2015), A Level Chemistry for OCR A. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Author uknown, The Ohio State University (date unknown), Life on Mars: The Future of Human Adventure- Exploring Mars as a Solution to Earth's Problems (online) (Accessed 28/06/2024). Author unknown, Our World in Data (date unknown) Fossil fuels (online) (Accessed 28/06/2024). Author unknown, UMCP Berkeley (date unknown), The Carboniferous Period (online) (Accessed 28/06/2024).

The Northern Wei was a nomadic conquest dynasty that existed in north China between 386 and 535 CE. It was founded by the Tuoba (Tabgach) clan of the Xianbei (Särpi) peoples, a nomadic-pastoralist people originating from the Mongolian steppes. The Northern Wei is particularly noted for unifying northern China in the first half of the fifth century, bringing an end to the chaotic Sixteen Kingdoms period that plagued China for almost a century. In addition to bringing relative peace to north China, the Northern Wei also saw the firm establishment of Buddhism. The culture, institutions, and practices of the Northern Wei would have a tremendous impact on China, for it was the precursor to two great Chinese dynasties - the Sui and the Tang. Professor Scott Pearce, an expert on the Northern Wei, joins us to talk about about this nomadic regime. Contributors Scott Pearce Scott Pearce is a Professor of History at Western Washington University, specializing in the intersection of Chinese and Inner Asian histories in the medieval period with a particular focus on dynasties of Inner Asian origin that ruled northern China during the 4th through the 6th centuries CE. He recently completed a volume on the Northern Wei, a nomadic regime founded by Xianbei peoples, which ruled northern China from 386 to 535 CE.  Yiming Ha Yiming Ha is the Rand Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian Studies at Pomona College. His current research is on military mobilization and state-building in China between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries, focusing on how military institutions changed over time, how the state responded to these changes, the disconnect between the center and localities, and the broader implications that the military had on the state. His project highlights in particular the role of the Mongol Yuan in introducing an alternative form of military mobilization that radically transformed the Chinese state. He is also interested in military history, nomadic history, comparative Eurasian state-building, and the history of maritime interactions in early modern East Asia. He received his BA from UCLA, his MPhil from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and his PhD from UCLA. He is also the book review editor for Ming Studies. Credits: Episode no. 20 Release date: Recording date: December 10, 2024 Recording location: Bellingham, WA/Los Angeles, CA Images Terracotta soldiers in Northern Wei uniform, from the tomb of Sima Jinglong (Image Source) The Northern Wei, c. 500 CE (Image Source) Another map of the Northern Wei, with major settlements marked (Image Source) Figurines of Northern Wei court ladies (Image Source) Buddhist sculptures and murals from the Mogao caves, dated to the Northern Wei (Image Source) Select References: Beckwith, Christopher I. “On the Chinese Names for Tibet, Tabghatch and the Turks.” Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 14 (2005): 7–22. Chen, Sanping. Multicultural China in the Early Middle Ages. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012. Pearce, Scott. Northern Wei (386-534): A New Form of Empire in East Asia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Shimunek, Andrew. Languages of Ancient Southern Mongolia and North China: A HistoricalComparative Study of the Serbi or Xianbei Branch of the Serbi-Mongolic Language Family. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2017. Zhang, Fan. “Cultural Encounters: Ethnic Complexity and Material Expression in Fifthcentury Pingcheng, China.” PhD diss., New York University, 2018.

Základní filozofická výzva „myslete za sebe sama“ by se dnes dala přeformulovat na tezi „čiňte informovaná rozhodnutí“. Na racionalitu, která má být našim nejjistějším průvodcem světem, se vůbec klade značný důraz, nejen ve filozofii. Škoda jen, namítá americká myslitelka L. A. Paulová, že v těch nejdůležitějších věcech, v těch, které opravdu rozhodují o našem životě, se racionálně rozhodovat nemůžeme. Vezměme si třeba rozhodnutí, zda se stát rodičem. Zvláště v případě ženy hraje roli tolik proměn, že nemůžeme vědět, kým se staneme, když na mateřství kývneme. Mění se toho příliš: psychika, tělo, to, jak vnímáme druhé i sebe. Navíc nevíme, jaké dítě se nám narodí; nevíme, jak se promění partner; nevíme, jak se promění náš vztah. Pakliže toto vše nevíme, nemůžeme učinit racionální rozhodnutí, které přece jen stojí na tom, že základní data máme k dispozici. L. A. Paulová proto označuje podobné zkušenosti jako transformační. Rodičovství je jen jedním, byť pro autorku, matku dvou dětí, archetypálním transformačním zážitkem. Podobnou zkušeností je volba zaměstnání, vstup do manželství nebo rozvod. Autorka na pozadí těchto zkušeností navíc ukazuje, jak pomýlená je filozofie, která vychází z toho, že lidé jsou jednou provždy týmiž. Během života může člověk prožít několik identit, které by si navíc mezi sebou mnohdy ani nerozuměly. A nejenže podceňujeme, jak moc se měníme my sami, podceňujeme i to, jak odlišní jsou v závislosti na svých jedinečných zkušenostech druzí lidé. Kdyby platilo, že se v těch nejdůležitějších věcech nemůžeme racionálně rozhodnout, máme tedy odevzdaně očekávat, co se s námi stane? Rozhodně ne. Jednak by už i toto bylo rozhodnutí, především však platí, že těmto úhelným okamžikům našeho života je spíše zapotřebí porozumět nově. Co to znamená? Neptat se, co je racionální. Ve světle dobrodružství, jakým je třeba rodičovství, si spíše máme položit otázku, zda chceme zjistit, jakým člověkem se staneme. Jinými slovy, se máme sami sebe tázat, jestli chceme zůstat týmiž, anebo zda se chceme měnit a z této změny učit. Transformační zkušenosti jsou spjaté se zjevením: vyjevují, kýmže také jsme anebo můžeme být, a jak jinak lze také vnímat svět.KapitolyI. Vrátit filozofii smysl [začátek až 16:40]II. Nahradit kauzalitu porody?! [16:40 až 23:10]III. Dobře si to rozmysli! [23:10 až 39:40]IV. Ne, vy mi nerozumíte. [39:40 až 50:30]V. Naše každodenní zjevení [50:30 až závěr]BibliografieJolanta Brach-Czaina, Škvíry existence, přel. Michael Alexa, Praha: Malvern, 2019.Alice Gregory, „The Philosopher L. A. Paul Wants Us to Think About Our Selves“, in: The New Yorker, 2. 12. 2024, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/09/the-philosopher-l-a-paul-wants-us-to-think-about-our-selves. Rebecca Chan, „Transformative Experience“, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2024, https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2024/entries/transformative-experience.L. A. Paul, Transformative Experience, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.Shani Orgad, „The parenting happiness gap“, in: LSE, 9. 10. 2019, https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/2019/10/09/the-parenting-happiness-gap/.Celý podcast sledujte na http://www.Echoprime.cz X: http://twitter.com/echo24cz Facebook: http://twitter.com/echo24cz

Když se badatelé z Pew Research Center ještě během pandemie ptali Američanů, co si myslí, že bude v roce 2025 naléhavým problémem, poukázali na digitální technologie. Prý představují riziko pro naše soukromí, tudíž i pro demokracii. Odhad to byl správný. Digitalizaci se během pandemie prohloubila na všech úrovních společnosti a dnes i mnozí odborníci bijí na poplach. Právníci navíc upozorňují, že je třeba formulovat cosi jako „kognitivní práva“. Tzv. neurotechnologie již umí monitorovat třeba naši únavu, soustředění nebo duševní výkonnost a my bychom měli mít pojistky proti tomu, aby zaměstnavatel monitoroval naše nálady bez našeho vědomí. Že nám někdo vidí do hlavy? Zní to dystopicky. Ale metafora „Big Brother“ je přesto zavádějící. Orwell totiž ještě vycházel z jednosměrného, často nedobrovolného dozoru: stát sleduje občana, který o to buď nestojí, nebo to přijímá jako nutné zlo. Jenže ten soudobý dozor by nemohl existovat, kdybychom jej s velkým nasazením sami nepodporovali. Nejenže víme, že jsme sledováni, my navíc chceme být sledováni, byť třeba jen proto, že nám to zlepší pozici v práci. Navíc sledujeme druhé. A obojí – jak být sledován, tak sledovat druhé – si užíváme. „Sledování se stalo životním stylem,“ píše David Lyon, skotský sociolog a spoluzakladatel časopisu Surveillance and Society, který v této souvislosti hovoří o „kultuře participativního dozoru“. Tímto obratem poukazuje i k tomu, jak moc se proměnil status soukromí a veřejnosti. Kdysi bylo obtížné probojovat se na veřejnost; dnes jsou její brány rozevřené. Naopak privátnost je nový luxus, který si užívají ti skutečně mocní. Právě ti se nemusejí neustále někde ukazovat, trousit citlivá data, dokonce konstruovat svou identitu skrze exhibicionismus. Tereza Matějčková se na tomto pozadí mimo jiné zabývá tím, že ke svobodě patří možnost stáhnout se, být netransparentní a nepředvídatelný. Nikdo nemá povinnost být srozumitelný. Právě na tuto stránku osobnosti má kultura dozoru nicméně spadeno. Proto je třeba začít soustavněji tematizovat odvrácené stránky digitalizace, osobní transparentnosti, ale třeba i efektivity. I. „Data never sleeps.“ [Začátek až 12:04] II. Pandemické prohloubení dozoru [12:04 až 18:45] III. Od panoptikonu k synoptiku [18:45 až 28:20] IV. Nejsme online; žijeme onlife. [28:20 až 39:45] V. Logika letiště a náš ubohý datový dvojník [39:45 až 49:15] VI. Proti transparentnosti. Proti rigidnosti. Proti poddajnosti. [49:15 až konec] Bibliografie Michel Foucault, Dohlížet a trestat, přel. Čestmír Pelikán, Praha: Dauphin, 2000. Oscar Gandy, The Panoptic Sort: A Political Economy of Personal Information, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. Yuval Noah Harari, Nexus. A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, New York: Penguin, 2024. David Lyon, The Culture of Surveillance: Watching as a Way of Life, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2018. David Lyon, Surveillance. A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. Pew Research Center, „Experts Say the ‘New Normal' in 2025 Will Be Far More Tech-Driven, Presenting More Big Challenges“, 18. 2. 2021, https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/02/18/worries-about-life-in-2025/

In 1986, the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl- then in the USSR, now in Ukraine- experienced meltdown. This disaster is one of the worst in nuclear history. However, there are some biological consequences we should explore. Sources for this episode: The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2020), Chernobyl accident summary (online) (Accessed 29/05/2024). The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2024), Half-life (online) (Accessed 31/05/2024). Ellegren, H., Lingren, G., Primmer, C. R. and Møller, A. P. (1997), Fitness loss and germline mutations in barn swallows breeding in Chernobyl. Nature 389: 593-596. Hine, R. S. (2019), Oxford Dictionary of Biology (8th edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Møller, A. P. and Mousseau, T. A. (2015), Strong effects of ionizing radiation from Chernobyl on mutation rates. Nature Scientific Reports 5: 8363. Weinberg, H. Sh., Korol, A. B., Kirzhner, V. M., Avivi, A., Fahima, T., Nevo, E., Shapiro, S., Rennert, G., Piatak, O., Stepanova, E. I. and Skvarskaja, E. (2001), Very high mutation rate in offspring of Chernobyl accident liquidators. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 268: 1001-1005.

Govert Buijs speaks to Carmody Grey about Integral Ecology and the Encyclical Laudato Si', by Pope Francis (2015). Carmody Grey is the newly appointed special professor in Integral Ecology at the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. The chair is part of the Laudato Si' Institute for Integral Ecology in cooperation with Socires, the independent think tank in The Hague. Carmody Grey's doctoral thesis Theology, Science and Life (2019) was published by T&T Clark in 2023 and is available in paperback, hardback and e-book. Govert Buijs is philosopher and professor at the VU University Amsterdam in Political Philosophy, Worldview and Economics-- Support De Nieuwe Wereld by joining our year-end's rally: http://gofundme.com/dnw2024. Prefer direct transfer? Then you can transfer your donation to NL61 RABO 0357 5828 61 under the name Stichting De Nieuwe Wereld. You can become a patron via http://www.petjeaf.com/denieuwewereld. -- 00:00 Personal introduction 01:28 Laudato Si' and Catholic Social Teaching 09:10 How a social encyclical like Laudato Si' comes about 14:57 Ecological concern is native to the Christian tradition 17:08 Distinct focus, intertwinement and scope of Laudato Si' 18:20 Has Christian anthropology caused the ecological crisis? (Lynn White) 22:25 Estrangement from nature as our common home (Günther Anders) 25:34 Unequal responsibility for ecological destruction 28:20 Integral ecology unifies environmental and social justice 30:30 Carmody's personal journey towards integral ecology 35:42 Remaining hopeful in spite of the climate crisis (Václav Havel, Rowan Williams) 42:00 Hope as the condition for action (Pope Benedict XVI, Bryan Stevenson, MLK) 44:50 Bridging the divide between a Christian hope and a secular world (Thomas Merton) 50:23 The human sense of identity, meaning, purpose and value 55:00 Interpreting the turning political tide against ecological concern -- Mentioned resources (chronological order) Encyclical Letter Laudato Si' of the Holy Father Francis on Care for our Common Home (2015) https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html Lynn T. White. "The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis." Science, Vol 155, Issue 3767 (March 10, 1967) https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.155.3767.1203. Günther Anders. Die Antiquiertheit des Menschen. Volume 1. München: Beck, 1956. English translation: https://libcom.org/book/export/html/51647. And Volume 2. München: Beck, 1980. English translation: https://files.libcom.org/files/ObsolescenceofManVol%20IIGunther%20Anders.pdf. Hannah Ritchie. Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet. London: Chatto & Windus, 2024. "Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out." From Havel, Václav. "Never Hope against Hope" Esquire Magazine (October1, 1993) https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a12135/vaclav-havel-hope-6619552/. Rowan Williams. The Tragic Imagination: The Literary Agenda. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Encyclical Letter Spe Salvi of the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI to the Bishops, Priests and Deacons, men and women religious, and all the lay faithful on Christian Hope (2007) https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html Equal Justice Initiative founded by Bryan Stevenson (JD): https://eji.org Martin Luther King. "I Have a Dream" (1963) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3170387.stm. David Foster Wallace. "This is Water" (2005) https://fs.blog/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water/.

This week Liz David-Barrett is joined by expert researchers Monika Bauhr and Marcia Grimes from the Quality of Government Institute, where they conduct and promote research on the causes, consequences and nature of Good Governance. This episode addresses the multifaceted nature of corruption and the challenges of promoting accountability in democratic systems. Monika and Marcia cover a range of topics, including the implications of transparency as an accountability mechanism, the role of elites in maintaining the status quo, and the relationship between women's representation and corruption reduction. The discussion acknowledges the challenges in measuring corruption, while highlighting innovative methodological approaches that challenge simplistic assumptions, to better understand the dynamics between democracy and corruption. Learn more about the Quality of Government Institute here: https://www.gu.se/en/quality-government And find some of Monika and Marcia's related publications here: Bauhr, M., & Grimes, M. (2014). Indignation or Resignation: The Implications of Transparency for Societal Accountability. Governance, 27(2), 291–320. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12033 Bauhr, Monika and Marcia Grimes. 2021. “Democracy and Quality of Government” in Bauhr, Monika, Andreas Bågenholm, Marcia Grimes and Bo Rothstein (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Quality of Government. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/33431 Bauhr, M., & Charron, N. (2018). Insider or Outsider? Grand Corruption and Electoral Accountability. Comparative Political Studies, 51(4), 415–446. https://doi.org/10.1177/001041401771025 Bauhr, M., Charron, N., & Wängnerud, L. (2024a). What candidate will fight corruption? Gender and anti-corruption stereotypes across European countries. European Political Science Review, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755773924000134 Bauhr, M., Charron, N., & Wängnerud, L. (2024b). Will Women's Representation Reduce Bribery? Trends in Corruption and Public Service Delivery Across European Regions. Political Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-024-09925-x % year impact factor Cornell, A., & Grimes, M. (2023). Brokering Bureaucrats: How Bureaucrats and Civil Society Facilitate Clientelism Where Parties are Weak. Comparative Political Studies, 56(6), 788-823. https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140221115171 Larsson, F., & Grimes, M. (2023). Societal Accountability and Grand Corruption: How Institutions Shape Citizens' Efforts to Shape Institutions. Political Studies, 71(4), 1321-1346. https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217211067134

No quadragésimo quinto episódio do Estudos Medievais, recebemos Mário Jorge da Motta Bastos, professor da Universidade Federal Fluminense, para discutirmos o campesinato na Idade Média. Neste episódio, debateremos o próprio conceito de campesinato assim como as diferentes relações de poder entre os indivíduos envolvidos no trabalho agrícola e aqueles que controlavam as propriedades rurais. Não menos importante, também falaremos sobre a resistência das camadas subalternas à exploração da aristocracia. Participantes Marina Duarte Sanchez Mário Jorge da Motta Bastos Membros da equipe Cecília Silva (edição) Diego Pereira (roteiro)⁠⁠ Eric Cyon (edição) ⁠Gabriel Cordeiro (ilustração)⁠⁠ Isabela Silva (roteiro)⁠ ⁠José Fonseca (roteiro)⁠ Marina Sanchez (roteiro) Rafael Bosch (roteiro)⁠⁠ Sara Oderdenge (roteiro) Sugestões bibliográficas BASTOS, Mário Jorge da Motta. Tensionando a Sociedade Medieval. Conflitos Sociais na Alta Idade Média (Séculos V-X). Signum - Revista da Abrem, v. 22.2, p. 335-349, 2021. BASTOS, Mário Jorge da Motta. Assim na Terra Como no Céu. Paganismo, Cristianismo, Senhores e Camponeses na Alta Idade Média Ibérica. São Paulo: EDUSP, 2013. DAFLON, Eduardo Cardoso. Foice Livre: campesinato ibérico e transformação social entre fins do mundo romano e a Idade Média (c. 300 - c. 500). Niterói: EDUFF, 2023. DE TOGNERI, Reyna Pastor. Conflictos sociales y estancamiento económico en la España medieval. Barcelona: Ariel, 1973. TOUBERT, Pierre. Les structures du Latium médiéval : le Latium méridional et la Sabine du IX siècle à la fin du XII siècle. Roma: École Française de Rome, 1973. WICKHAM, Chris. Framing the Early Middle Ages. Europe and the Mediterranean 400–800. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

One of Springfield's best-known claims to fame is that it is the birthplace of basketball. However, the city also played an important role in the early development of the sport of football. It was here that many of the sport's rules were established, and it was also here that the sport nearly met a premature demise due to a particularly violent college football game. In this episode, Western Mass History podcast host Derek Strahan is joined by local historian and football official Tim Casey for a discussion of Springfield's involvement in the early history of football. For more information about the key sites discussed in this episode, check out the following articles on Lost New England: https://lostnewengland.com/2013/09/massasoit-house-springfield/ https://lostnewengland.com/2014/03/hampden-park-springfield-mass/ And, for more information on the early development of the sport of football, the following books and articles are great resources: Corbett, Bernard, and Paul Simpson. “When Men Were Men and Football Was Brutal.” Yale Alumni Magazine , 2004. http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2004_11/football.html.  Des Jardins, Julie. Walter Camp: Football and the modern man. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.  Sumner, David E. Amos Alonzo Stagg: College Football's Greatest Pioneer. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2021.  Watterson, John Sayle. College football: History, spectacle, controversy. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.

The record for the tallest tree is a sequoia that is just over 116 metres tall. Would this be different on other planets? Find out in today's episode- plus an appearance from the transpiration stream and transpiration. Sources for this episode: Cox, B. and Cohen, A. (2013), Wonders of Life. London: HarperCollins Publishers. Harberle, R. M. (2015), SOLAR SYSTEM/SUN, ATMOSPHERES, EVOLUTION OF ATMOSPHERES | Planetary Atmospheres: Mars. Chapter in: Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences (2nd edition): p. 168-177. Hine, R. S. (2019), Oxford Dictionary of Biology (8th edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Nazari-Sharabian, M., Aghababaei, M., Karakouzian, M. and Karami, M. (2020), Water on Mars- A Literature Review. Galaxies 8(2): 40. Owen, T., Biemann, K., Rushneck, D. R., Biller, J. E., Howarth, D. W. and Lafleur, A. L. (1977), The Composition of the Atmosphere at the Surface of Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research 82(28): 4635-4639. Author unknown, Guiness World Records (date unknown), Tallest tree living (online) (Accessed 22/04/2024). Author unknown, NASA (date unknown), Mars Facts (online) (Accessed 29/04/2024). Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Atmospheric pressure (online) (Accessed 29/04/2024).

Bright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 11 - Jōshū's "Wash Your Bowls" Hello and welcome to a new episode of the Kōan Series. In this series, we will read and discuss real Buddhist kōans to try and better understand them. We hope you enjoy. Resources: Episode 10 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-Zen-Buddhism-e1a2sm2 Episode 18 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-the-Buddhist-philosophy-of-speech--language--and-words-e1dgqu9 Episode 32 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-are-kans-e1j5scl Episode 33 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-emptiness-e1jc31i Hori, Victor Sogen (1999). "Translating the Zen Phrase Book" (PDF). Nanzan Bulletin (23).; Hori, Victor Sogen (2000), Koan and Kensho in the Rinzai Zen Curriculum. In: Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright (eds)(2000): "The Koan. Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism, Oxford: Oxford University Press; Heine, Steven (2008), Zen Skin, Zen Marrow; Bielefeldt, Carl (2009), "Expedient Devices, the One Vehicle, and the Life Span of the Buddha", in Teiser, Stephen F.; Stone, Jacqueline I. (eds.), Readings of the Lotus Sutra, New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 9780231142885; Kotatsu, Fujita; Hurvitz, Leon (1975), "One Vehicle or Three", Journal of Indian Philosophy, 3 (1/2): 79–166; Lopez, Donald (2016), The Lotus Sutra: A Biography (Kindle ed.), Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691152202; Lopez, Donald S.; Stone, Jacqueline I. (2019), Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sūtra, Princeton University Press; Pye, Michael (2003), Skilful Means – A concept in Mahayana Buddhism, Routledge, ISBN 0203503791; Watson, Burton (tr.) (1993), The Lotus Sutra, Columbia University Press, ISBN 023108160X; Patrick Olivelle, trans. Life of the Buddha. Clay Sanskrit Library, 2008. 1 vols. (Cantos 1-14 in Sanskrit and English with summary of the Chinese cantos not available in the Sanskrit); Stone, Jacqueline Ilyse (2003), "Original enlightenment and the transformation of medieval Japanese Buddhism" (PDF), Studies in East Asian Buddhism, University of Hawaii Press (12), ISBN 978-0-8248-2771-7, archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013; Hakeda, Yoshito S., trans. (1967), Awakening of Faith—Attributed to Aśvaghoṣa, with commentary by Yoshito S. Hakeda, New York, NY: Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-08336-X; Jorgensen, John; Lusthaus, Dan; Makeham, John; Strange, Mark, trans. (2019), Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780190297718 Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by finding us on email or social media! https://linktr.ee/brightonbuddhism Credits: Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

Jeden z nejvýraznějších filozofů druhé poloviny dvacátého století, vzdělaný v analytické tradici, vyzývá v knize Mysl a vesmír z roku 2012 k přehodnocení našich převládajících materialistických úvah o vzniku vesmíru. Podtitul knihy je ostatně výmluvný: Proč je materialistické neodarwinistické pojetí přírody téměř jistě chybné. Nagel se ve svých úvahách nebojí opřít o „zdravý rozum“ a tvrdí, že vesmíru od počátku vládne rozum, v přírodě samé existuje cosi jako duchovní, dokonce morální substrát. To leckoho vyděsilo. O Nagelovi se začalo psát jako o reakcionáři legitimizují pomatence, kteří bojují proti výuce evoluční teorie na školách. Sám Nagel je přitom ateista – přesto říká, že těmto pomatencům děkuje. Po celou dobu se díky nim drží v povědomí, že fyzikální teorie doplněné o evoluční biologii nemohou podat vyčerpávající obraz vzniku a vývoje kosmu. I vědec, právě on, musí předpokládat, že základem světa není hmota, ale rozumný řád. V opačném případě by nedávalo smysl chtít vesmíru porozumět, najít pro jednotlivé fenomény vysvětlení, hledat třeba v přírodě chemické vzorce. Jestli je to reakcionářské? Tím lépe, odpovídá Nagel. Existuje i vyloženě zdravá verze reakcionářství a ve svém díle se k němu hlásí. V žádném případě však neusiluje o zavržení přírodní vědy, ale spíše o její korekci a rozšíření. Přitom nám prý může pomoct Platón i Hegel. Oba tvrdí, že rozum má prsty v samém vývoji universa, že se snad univerzum skrze mysl probouzí k vlastnímu vědomí. Zní to spekulativně – a ani před tímto reakcionářstvím Nagel necouvne. Svou metafyzikou přírody se ostatně ocitá v blízkosti významného současného filozofického proudu, tzv. nového realismu. Ten opouští novověké schéma, dle kterého je člověk uvězněn ve své hlavě či v „nitru“, zatímco ve světě bloudí jako ve tmě. Spíše jsme součástí řádu, který rozpoznáváme sami v sobě. A protože rozum není druhotný vůči přírodě, ale tvoří její součást, určuje Nagel nově i vztah přírodních a tzv. humanitních věd. Ty první nenahrazují ty druhé. Má-li Nagel pravdu, jsou filozofie i umění stejně legitimními přístupy k realitě jako přírodověda. Kapitoly I. Filozofové a jejich zvířata [počátek až 20:43] II. Thomas Nagel, „americký existencialista“ [20:43 až 32:05] III. Co je analytická filozofie? [32:05 až 42:00] IV. Proč věřit rozumu, pakliže vycházíme z evoluční teorie? [42:00 až 56:15] V. Kultura je součástí přírody. [56:15 až konec] Bibliografie Thomas Nagel, Mysl a vesmír, přel. Roman Tadič, Praha: Dauphin, 2024. Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere, Oxford – New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Thomas Nagel, Theresienstadt, in: Analytic Philosophy and Human Life, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023, str. 46–60. Thomas Nagel, What is it like to be a bat, in: The Philosophical Review, 83, 4/ 1974, str. 435–450. Thomas Nagel, What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987.

In this episode, we delve into the rich traditions of Samhain in Contemporary Paganism. Often referred to as the "Witches' New Year," Samhain is celebrated as a time when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thinnest, making it ideal for communicating with ancestors and performing powerful rituals of transformation. We explore how Gerald Gardner, the founder of modern Wicca, revived Samhain within the Pagan Wheel of the Year, blending folklore, ceremonial magic, and the seasonal cycles to craft a new esoteric meaning for this ancient festival. We cover the significance of ancestor veneration, divination practices, shadow work during Samhain, and how Pagans set up their altars with symbols of death and renewal. We also look closer at public and private Samhain celebrations, the roles of death deities like Hecate, the Morrigan, and Anubis, and unique rituals such as the Dumb Supper. CONNECT & SUPPORT

Let's explore the historical development and cultural significance of blood magic. Blood has been used in magical rituals across civilizations, from Mesopotamian and Egyptian rites to Greco-Roman traditions, carrying powerful symbolism tied to life, death, and transformation. We explore the dual nature of blood as a source of vitality and renewal while also representing violence, sacrifice, and mortality. Drawing on key scholarly sources such as the works of Victor Turner, René Girard, and Walter Burkert, this episode examines blood's profound role in ancient and modern magical traditions, including Thelema, Satanic rituals, and chaos magic. Topics covered: - Defining blood magic and its ritual uses - Blood symbolism in Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman traditions - Blood's duality in ancient and modern magical contexts - Medieval witchcraft, blood pacts, and the witch trials - Contemporary practices and ethical considerations CONNECT & SUPPORT

This episode explores the concept of the Qliphoth, tracing its evolution from Jewish mysticism to modern occult practices. It begins by distinguishing between the traditional Kabbalistic understanding of the Klippot and the reinterpreted Qliphoth in Hermetic Qabalah. We then delve into the historical emergence and theological significance of the Klippot in Kabbalah, particularly within the Zohar and Lurianic Kabbalah. The focus then shifts to integrating Qliphothic elements into modern occultism, especially within Left-Hand Path traditions. We examine the contributions of Aleister Crowley, Kenneth Grant, and Thomas Karlsson in redefining and expanding the understanding and application of Qliphothic magic. We highlight various practices, such as invocation, sigil magic, pathworking, and shadow work, that practitioners employ to engage with the Qliphoth for personal transformation and spiritual growth. WATCH DR SLEDGE'S VIDEO MY COURSES

Bright on Buddhism - Episode 94 - How ought we understand sex in Buddhism? What is the meaning and significance of the doctrine prohibiting sexual indiscretion? How have understandings of this doctrine changed over time? Resources: Lang, Karen C. (June 2015). Mittal, Sushil (ed.). "When the Vindhya Mountains Float in the Ocean: Some Remarks on the Lust and Gluttony of Ascetics and Buddhist Monks". International Journal of Hindu Studies. 19 (1/2). Boston: Springer Verlag: 171–192. doi:10.1007/s11407-015-9176-z. eISSN 1574-9282. ISSN 1022-4556. JSTOR 24631797. S2CID 145662113.; Langenberg, Amy Paris (April 2018). "Buddhism and Sexuality". In Cozort, Daniel; Shields, James Mark (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198746140.013.22. ISBN 9780198746140.; Langenberg, Amy Paris (September 2015). Denison, Brandi (ed.). "Sex and Sexuality in Buddhism: A Tetralemma". Religion Compass. 9 (9). New York: John Wiley & Sons: 277–286. doi:10.1111/rec3.12162. eISSN 1749-8171.; Powers, John (26 April 2021). "The Body of the Buddha: The Buddha's Sex Life". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.745. ISBN 9780199340378. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.; Porath, Or (January 2015). Porcu, Elisabetta (ed.). "The Cosmology of Male-Male Love in Medieval Japan: Nyakudō no kanjinchō and the Way of Youths". Journal of Religion in Japan. 4 (2–3). Leiden: Brill Publishers: 241–271. doi:10.1163/22118349-00402007. eISSN 2211-8349. ISSN 2211-8330.; Smith, Sharon E.; Munt, Sally R.; Kam-Tuck Yip, Andrew (2016). "Thinking Through the Cultural Politics of Race, Sexuality, and Gender in Western Buddhism". In Smith, Sharon E.; Munt, Sally R.; Kam-Tuck Yip, Andrew (eds.). Cosmopolitan Dharma: Race, Sexuality, and Gender in British Buddhism. Numen Book Series. Vol. 152. Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 1–48. doi:10.1163/9789004232808_002. ISBN 978-90-04-23279-2. ISSN 0169-8834; https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/path-to-enlightenment/karma-rebirth/buddhist-sexual-ethics-main-issues; https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/path-to-enlightenment/karma-rebirth/buddhist-western-views-on-sex; https://info-buddhism.com/Buddhism-Sexuality-Cabezon.html Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by tweeting to us @BrightBuddhism, emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com, or joining us on our discord server, Hidden Sangha ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/tEwcVpu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Credits: Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

Bright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 10 - Hyakujō and The Fox Hello and welcome to a new episode of the Kōan Series. In this series, we will read and discuss real Buddhist kōans to try and better understand them. We hope you enjoy. Resources: Episode 10 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-Zen-Buddhism-e1a2sm2 Episode 18 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-the-Buddhist-philosophy-of-speech--language--and-words-e1dgqu9 Episode 32 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-are-kans-e1j5scl Episode 33 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-emptiness-e1jc31i Hori, Victor Sogen (1999). "Translating the Zen Phrase Book" (PDF). Nanzan Bulletin (23).; Hori, Victor Sogen (2000), Koan and Kensho in the Rinzai Zen Curriculum. In: Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright (eds)(2000): "The Koan. Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism, Oxford: Oxford University Press; Heine, Steven (2008), Zen Skin, Zen Marrow; Bielefeldt, Carl (2009), "Expedient Devices, the One Vehicle, and the Life Span of the Buddha", in Teiser, Stephen F.; Stone, Jacqueline I. (eds.), Readings of the Lotus Sutra, New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 9780231142885; Kotatsu, Fujita; Hurvitz, Leon (1975), "One Vehicle or Three", Journal of Indian Philosophy, 3 (1/2): 79–166; Lopez, Donald (2016), The Lotus Sutra: A Biography (Kindle ed.), Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691152202; Lopez, Donald S.; Stone, Jacqueline I. (2019), Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sūtra, Princeton University Press; Pye, Michael (2003), Skilful Means – A concept in Mahayana Buddhism, Routledge, ISBN 0203503791; Watson, Burton (tr.) (1993), The Lotus Sutra, Columbia University Press, ISBN 023108160X; Patrick Olivelle, trans. Life of the Buddha. Clay Sanskrit Library, 2008. 1 vols. (Cantos 1-14 in Sanskrit and English with summary of the Chinese cantos not available in the Sanskrit); Stone, Jacqueline Ilyse (2003), "Original enlightenment and the transformation of medieval Japanese Buddhism" (PDF), Studies in East Asian Buddhism, University of Hawaii Press (12), ISBN 978-0-8248-2771-7, archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013; Hakeda, Yoshito S., trans. (1967), Awakening of Faith—Attributed to Aśvaghoṣa, with commentary by Yoshito S. Hakeda, New York, NY: Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-08336-X; Jorgensen, John; Lusthaus, Dan; Makeham, John; Strange, Mark, trans. (2019), Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780190297718 Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by finding us on email or social media! https://linktr.ee/brightonbuddhism Credits: Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

What is Qabalah? This is a scholarly exploration of Hermetic Qabalah, an esoteric tradition steeped in history and rich in spiritual practice. This detailed video presentation covers the evolution of Hermetic Qabalah from its origins in ancient Jewish mysticism through its adaptation in Christian and Renaissance thought to its pivotal role in contemporary Western esotericism. We start by defining Hermetic Qabalah and distinguishing it from Jewish Kabbalah and Christian Cabala, highlighting the unique blend of mysticism, philosophy, and theology that characterizes each form. Discover how figures like Giovanni Pico della Mirandola influenced the Christian reinterpretation of Kabbalistic ideas and how these ideas permeated Renaissance thought. The video further delves into the core structure of the Tree of Life, explaining its symbolic representation of the universe's spiritual and material aspects. Learn about the sefirot, the paths that connect them, and their implications for personal and spiritual development. We will also cover primary texts like the Zohar and Sepher Yetzirah, their historical significance, and their roles in the practice of Qabalah. Additionally, we explore the modern application of Hermetic Qabalah in traditions such as Thelema and its integration into practices like modern Witchcraft and the Golden Dawn system. CONNECT & SUPPORT

fWotD Episode 2635: Thekla (daughter of Theophilos) Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia’s finest articles.The featured article for Monday, 22 July 2024 is Thekla (daughter of Theophilos).Thekla (Greek: Θέκλα; early 820s or 830s – after 870), Latinized as Thecla, was a princess of the Amorian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. The daughter and eldest child of Byzantine emperor Theophilos and empress Theodora, she was proclaimed augusta in the late 830s. After Theophilos's death in 842 and her mother becoming regent for Thekla's younger brother Michael III, Thekla was associated with the regime as co-empress alongside Theodora and Michael.Thekla was deposed by Michael III, possibly alongside her mother, in 856 and consigned to a convent in Constantinople. Some time later, she allegedly returned to imperial affairs and became the mistress of Michael III's friend and co-emperor Basil I. After Basil murdered Michael in 867 and took power as the sole emperor, Thekla was neglected as his mistress and she took another lover, John Neatokometes. Once Basil found out about the affair, Thekla fell out of favor, was beaten and had her property confiscated.Thekla was born on an uncertain date, as calculating her date of birth depends on the year her parents married, estimated to be either c. 820/821, or 830. Thus she was born in either the early 820s or the early 830s. The historian Warren Treadgold gives her a birth date of c. 831, and the historian Juan Signes Codoñer of spring 822. She is presented by contemporary sources as the eldest child of Byzantine emperor Theophilos and empress Theodora; but, some historians, such as John Bagnell Bury and Ernest Walter Brooks, have argued that her sister Maria was the eldest on the basis that she is the only one of the daughters to have been engaged, and generally the eldest married first. She was named after Theophilos's mother, Thekla. Thekla had six siblings: the four sisters Anna, Anastasia, Pulcheria, and Maria, whom Theophilos took great pride in, and the two brothers Constantine and Michael. Constantine, who shortly after birth had been proclaimed co-emperor by their father, drowned in a palace cistern as an infant.In the 830s, the eldest sisters Thekla, Anna, and Anastasia were all proclaimed augustae, an honorific title sometimes granted to women of the imperial family. This event was commemorated through the issue of an unusual set of coins that depicted Theophilos, Theodora, and Thekla on one side and Anna and Anastasia on the other. Although Theophilos was a staunch iconoclast, and thus opposed the veneration of icons, Thekla was taught to venerate them in secret by her mother and Theophilos's step-mother Euphrosyne. Theophilos built a palace for Thekla and her sisters at ta Karianou. Shortly before his death, Theophilos worked to betroth Thekla to Louis II, the heir to the Carolingian Empire, to unite the two empires against the threat they faced from continued Arab invasions. Such a match would also have been advantageous for Louis II's father Lothair I, who was engaged in a civil war against his brothers. Because of Lothair's defeat at the Battle of Fontenoy in 841 and Theophilos's death in 842, the marriage never happened.After Theophilos's death on 20 January 842, Empress Theodora became regent for Thekla's young brother, the three-year-old Michael III. In practical terms, Theodora ruled in her own right and is often recognized as an empress regnant by modern scholars, although the eunuch Theoktistos held much power. Coins issued in the first year of Theodora's reign depict Theodora alone on the obverse and Michael III together with Thekla on the reverse. The only one of the three given a title is Theodora (as Theodora despoina, "the Lady Theodora"). Thekla was associated with imperial power as co-empress alongside Theodora and Michael; this reality is indicated by her depiction in coins, where she is shown as larger than Michael. An imperial seal, also from Theodora's early reign, titles not only Michael but also Theodora and Thekla as "Emperors of the Romans". This may suggest that Theodora viewed her daughter, just as she did her son, as a potential future heir. The numismatist Philip Grierson comments that dated documents from the time of the coins' minting prove that she was "formally associated with Theodora and Michael in the government of the Empire." However, the historian George Ostrogorsky states that Thekla does not appear to have been interested in government affairs. Thekla fell heavily ill in 843, and is said to have been cured later by visiting the Theotokos monastery in Constantinople; for curing Thekla, Theodora issued a chrysobull to the monastery.On 15 March 856, Theodora's reign officially ended with Michael III being proclaimed sole emperor. In 857 or 858 Theodora was expelled from the imperial palace and confined to a convent in Gastria, in Constantinople; the monastery had been converted from a house by her maternal grandmother, Theoktiste, likely during the reign of Theophilos. Thekla and the other sisters were either expelled and placed in the same convent at the same time, or had already been there for some time. Whether they were ordained as nuns is uncertain: they may have actually been ordained, or it may only have been intended. In one version of the narrative, they were confined to the palace at ta Karianou in November 858, possibly in a semi-monastical setting. Another version claims they were immediately placed in the Monastery of Gastria. The most common narrative states that Theodora was confined to the monastery with Pulcheria, while Thekla, and her other sisters Anna and Anastasia, were first kept at the palace at ta Karianou, but shortly thereafter moved to the Monastery of Gastria and shorn as nuns. Theodora may have been released from the convent around 863. According to the tradition of Symeon Logothete, a 10th-century Byzantine historian, Thekla was also released and used by Michael III to attempt to make a political deal. He states that in around 865, Michael had married his long-time lover Eudokia Ingerina to his friend and co-emperor Basil I, in order to mask the continued relationship of Michael and Eudokia. Some historians, such as Cyril Mango, believe that Michael did so after impregnating Eudokia, to ensure that the child would be born legitimate. However, Symeon's neutrality is disputed, and other contemporary sources do not speak of this conspiracy, leading several prominent Byzantists, such as Ostrogorsky and Nicholas Adontz to dismiss this narrative.According to Symeon, Michael also offered Thekla to Basil as a mistress, perhaps to keep his attention away from Eudokia, a plan which Thekla had allegedly consented to. Thus Thekla, who Treadgold states was 35 at the time, became Basil's mistress in early 866, according to Symeon's narrative. The historian William Greenwalt speculates on the reasons that drove Thekla to agree to this relationship: resentment for having been unmarried for so long, Basil's imposing physical stature, or political gain. After Basil murdered Michael III in 867 and seized power for himself, Symeon further writes that Thekla then became neglected and took another lover, John Neatokometes, sometime after 870. When Basil found out about the affair, he had John beaten and consigned to a monastery. Thekla was also beaten and her considerable riches were confiscated. Mango, who supports the theory of the alleged affairs, commented that Basil would already have had good reason to dislike Neatokometes, as the man had attempted to warn Michael of his impending murder, but believes the best explanation for Basil's response is that "Thekla had previously occupied some place in his life", as a mistress. The De Ceremoniis, a 10th-century Byzantine book on courtly protocol and history, states that she was buried in the Monastery of Gastria, where she had been confined earlier, in a sarcophagus with her mother and her sisters Anastasia and Pulcheria.Codoñer, Juan Signes (2016) [2014]. The Emperor Theophilos and the East, 829–842: Court and Frontier in Byzantium during the Last Phase of Iconoclasm. Oxford: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7546-6489-5.Garland, Lynda (1999). Byzantine Empresses: Women and Power in Byzantium AD 527–1204. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-14688-7.Greenwalt, William S. (2002). "Thecla". In Commire, Anne (ed.). Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Vol. 15: Sul–Vica. Waterford: Yorkin Publications. ISBN 0-7876-4074-3.Grierson, Philip (1973). Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, 3: Leo III to Nicephorus III, 717–1081. Washington, D. C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. ISBN 978-0-88402-045-5.Herrin, Judith (2002) [2001]. Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium. London: Phoenix Press. ISBN 1-84212-529-X.Herrin, Judith (2013). Unrivalled Influence: Women and Empire in Byzantium. Oxford: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-15321-6.Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991). Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (ODB). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Pratsch, Thomas; Zielke, Beate (1998–2013). Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit (in German). Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter.Mango, Cyril (1973). "Eudocia Ingerina, the Normans, and the Macedonian Dynasty". Zbornika Radova Vizantoloskog Instituta. 14–15. ISSN 0584-9888.Ostrogorsky, George (1956). History of the Byzantine State. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-813-51198-6.Ringrose, Kathryn M. (2008). "Women and Power at the Byzantine Court". In Walthall, Anne (ed.). Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520254435.Treadgold, Warren (1975). "The Problem of the Marriage of the Emperor Theophilus". Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies. 16: 325–341. ISSN 2159-3159.Treadgold, Warren (1997). A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-2630-6.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:30 UTC on Monday, 22 July 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Thekla (daughter of Theophilos) on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Ayanda.

Enjoy this short guided meditation from Sharon Suh, called, "Compassionate Touch Meditation."Guest:SHARON SUH is professor of Buddhism at Seattle University and author of Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community (2004); Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film (2015); and Occupy This Body: A Buddhist Memoir (2019). She focuses on racialized trauma experienced by people of color and emphasizes the importance of embodiment. She's also President of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women. Her upcoming book, Emergent Dharma: An Anthology of Asian American Feminist Buddhist Women scheduled for Fall 2025.Links to social media:www.mindfuleatingmethod.com; @mindfuleatingmethodIn addition to books mentioned in bio: •.      “Western Buddhism and Race,” co-authored with Joseph Cheah, Oxford Research Encyclopedia (Oxford University Press, May 2022).• “Jeong as the Expression of the Interrelationality of Self and Other in Korean Buddhist Cinema” in Edward Y. J. Chung and Jea Sophia Oh, eds. Emotions in Korean Philosophy and Religion: Confucian, Comparative and Contemporary Perspectives.” (Palgrave, 2022).• “Taking Refuge in the Body to Know the Self Anew: Buddhism, Race, and Embodiment,” Embodying Knowledge: Asian and Asian American Women's Contributions to Theology and Religious Studies, ed. by Kwok Pui Lan (Palgrave MacMillan).• “We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming to Bring You This Very Important Public Service Announcement . . .”: aka Buddhism as Usual in the Academy,” in Emily McCrae and George Yancy, eds., Buddhism and Whiteness: Critical Reflections (Rowman & Littlefield). •Suh. Sharon., “Buddhist Meditation as Strategic Embodiment: An Optative Reflection” in Flashpoints for Asian American Studies, ed. by Cathy Vials-Schlund. (Fordham University Press, 2017).•Suh, Sharon. A., “Buddhism and Gender” in Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism, ed. by Michael Jerryson. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016):635-649.•Suh, Sharon A., “Buddhism, Rhetoric, and the Korean American Community: The Adjustment of Korean American Buddhists to the United States” in Richard Alba, Albert J. Raboteau, and Josh DeWing, eds., Immigration in America: Comparative Historical Perspectives. (New York: New York University Press, 2009):166-190.

Bright on Buddhism - Asian Religions Series - Shintō Part 2 Hello and welcome to the Asian religions series. In this series, we will be discussing religious traditions in Asia other than Buddhism. Buddhism never existed in a vacuum, and as it has spread all across East Asia, it has developed, localized, and syncretized with local traditions in fascinating and significant ways. As such, we cannot provide a complete picture of East Asian without discussing those local traditions such as they were and are. Disclaimer: this series is very basic and introductory, and does not and cannot paint a complete picture of these religious traditions as they are in the present or throughout history. Today, we will be discussing Shintō, a very historically and culturally significant religious tradition in Japan. We hope you enjoy Resources: Azegami, Naoki (2012). Translated by Mark Teeuwen. "Local Shrines and the Creation of 'State Shinto'". Religion. 42 (1): 63–85. doi:10.1080/0048721X.2012.641806. S2CID 219597745.; Bocking, Brian (1997). A Popular Dictionary of Shinto (revised ed.). Richmond: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1051-5.; Boyd, James W.; Williams, Ron G. (2005). "Japanese Shinto: An Interpretation of a Priestly Perspective". Philosophy East and West. 55 (1): 33–63. doi:10.1353/pew.2004.0039. S2CID 144550475.; Breen, John; Teeuwen, Mark (2010). A New History of Shinto. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-5515-1.; Cali, Joseph; Dougill, John (2013). Shinto Shrines: A Guide to the Sacred Sites of Japan's Ancient Religion. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3713-6.; Earhart, H. Byron (2004). Japanese Religion: Unity and Diversity (fourth ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. ISBN 978-0-534-17694-5.; Hardacre, Helen (2017). Shinto: A History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-062171-1.; Kenney, Elizabeth (2000). "Shinto Funerals in the Edo Period". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 27 (3/4): 239–271. JSTOR 30233666.; Kitagawa, Joseph M. (1987). On Understanding Japanese Religion. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-10229-0. ;Kuroda, Toshio (1981). Translated by James C. Dobbins and Suzanne Gay. "Shinto in the History of Japanese Religion". Journal of Japanese Studies. 7 (1): 1–21. doi:10.2307/132163. JSTOR 132163; Inoue, Nobutaka (2003). "Introduction: What is Shinto?". In Nobutaka Inoue (ed.). Shinto: A Short History. Translated by Mark Teeuwan and John Breen. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 1–10. ISBN 978-0-415-31913-3. Littleton, C. Scott (2002). Shinto: Origins, Rituals, Festivals, Spirits, Sacred Places. Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-521886-2. OCLC 49664424.; Offner, Clark B. (1979). "Shinto". In Norman Anderson (ed.). The World's Religions (fourth ed.). Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press. pp. 191–218.; Picken, Stuart D. B. (1994). Essentials of Shinto: An Analytical Guide to Principal Teachings. Westport and London: Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-26431-3.; Picken, Stuart D. B. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Shinto (second ed.). Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7172-4.; Williams, George; Bhar, Ann Marie B.; Marty, Martin E. (2004). Shinto (Religions of the World). Chelsea House. ISBN 978-0-7910-8097-9. Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by tweeting to us @BrightBuddhism, emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com, or joining us on our discord server, Hidden Sangha ⁠⁠https://discord.gg/tEwcVpu⁠⁠! Credits: Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

A layered and engaging discussion with Prof. Sharon Suh on what "Asian American Buddhism can be defined as; including the refusal to be silenced.Guest:SHARON SUH is professor of Buddhism at Seattle University and author of Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community (2004); Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film (2015); and Occupy This Body: A Buddhist Memoir (2019). She focuses on racialized trauma experienced by people of color and emphasizes the importance of embodiment. She's also President of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women. Her upcoming book, Emergent Dharma: An Anthology of Asian American Feminist Buddhist Women scheduled for Fall 2025. Links to social media:www.mindfuleatingmethod.com; @mindfuleatingmethodIn addition to books mentioned in bio: •.      “Western Buddhism and Race,” co-authored with Joseph Cheah, Oxford Research Encyclopedia (Oxford University Press, May 2022).• “Jeong as the Expression of the Interrelationality of Self and Other in Korean Buddhist Cinema” in Edward Y. J. Chung and Jea Sophia Oh, eds. Emotions in Korean Philosophy and Religion: Confucian, Comparative and Contemporary Perspectives.” (Palgrave, 2022).• “Taking Refuge in the Body to Know the Self Anew: Buddhism, Race, and Embodiment,” Embodying Knowledge: Asian and Asian American Women's Contributions to Theology and Religious Studies, ed. by Kwok Pui Lan (Palgrave MacMillan).• “We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming to Bring You This Very Important Public Service Announcement . . .”: aka Buddhism as Usual in the Academy,” in Emily McCrae and George Yancy, eds., Buddhism and Whiteness: Critical Reflections (Rowman & Littlefield). •Suh. Sharon., “Buddhist Meditation as Strategic Embodiment: An Optative Reflection” in Flashpoints for Asian American Studies, ed. by Cathy Vials-Schlund. (Fordham University Press, 2017).•Suh, Sharon. A., “Buddhism and Gender” in Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism, ed. by Michael Jerryson. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016):635-649.•Suh, Sharon A., “Buddhism, Rhetoric, and the Korean American Community: The Adjustment of Korean American Buddhists to the United States” in Richard Alba, Albert J. Raboteau, and Josh DeWing, eds., Immigration in America: Comparative Historical Perspectives. (New York: New York University Press, 2009):166-190.Host: REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a recognized leader in the movement that breaks through the wall of American white-centered convert Buddhism to welcome people of all backgrounds into a contemporary, engaged Buddhism. As an ordained Zen priest, licensed social worker, and longtime educator/teacher of Buddhism, Shutt represents new leadership at the nexus of spirituality and social justice, offering a special warm welcome to Asian Americans, all BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, and those seeking a “home” in the midst of North American society's reckoning around racism, sexism, homophobia, and xenophobia. Shutt is a founder of Access to Zen (2014). You can learn more about her work at AccessToZen.org. Her new book, Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path. See all her offerings at EVENTS

We speak with Elesha Coffman, Associate Professor of History at Baylor University about writing a book that takes its shape from turning points in history. Coffman is the author of Turning Points in American Church History: How Pivotal Events Shaped a Nation and a Faith. Baker Academic, 2024; Margaret Mead: A Twentieth-Century Faith. Spiritual Lives Series, Timothy Larsen, series editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021; and The Christian Century and the Rise of the Protestant Mainline. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. We talk about changing academic institutions and changing our writing priorities; the ways tenure and promotion requirements influence our writing; the advantages of books that allow you to “write short”; and the benefits that come with creating writing groups. Don't forget to rate and review our show and follow us on all social media platforms here: https://linktr.ee/writingitpodcast Contacts us with questions, possible future topics/guests, or comments here: https://writingit.fireside.fm/contact

We are joined by Electronic Intifada's, Nora Barrows-Friedman, to discuss the history of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising through the lens of the events of the Al-Aqsa Flood. Please support the great work of the Electronic Intifada. The Electronic Intifada Works Cited Al-Jazeera October 7 Documentary https://youtu.be/_0atzea-mPY?si=4Aropjl1e9AtqBfw Chomsky, Noam Ilan Pappé and Frank Barat. 20112010. Gaza in Crisis : Reflections on Israel's War against the Palestinians. London: Penguin. Dalsheim, Joyce. 2011. Unsettling Gaza : Secular Liberalism Radical Religion and the Israeli Settlement Project. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Marek Edelman Interview https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV0r6CmEsFy9YZLKSE0bbnuUJfcOBFxQ&si=Jc_0lH-Uo-u9g3j8 Edelman, Marek. The Ghetto Fights : Warsaw 1943-45. 2014. London: Bookmarks Publications. Finklestein, Norman. Gaza : An Inquest into Its Martyrdom. 2018. Oakland California: University of California Press. Pappé, Ilan. 2006. A History of Modern Palestine : One Land Two Peoples (version 2nd ed). 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Roland, Charles G and Mazal Holocaust Collection. 1992. Courage Under Siege : Starvation Disease and Death in the Warsaw Ghetto. New York: Oxford University Press. Rotem, Śimḥah (Kazik) and Barbara Harshav. 20031994. Memoirs of a Warsaw Ghetto Fighter. New Haven: Yale University Press. Zuckerman Yitzhak and Barbara Harshav. 1993. A Surplus of Memory : Chronicle of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Berkeley: University of California Press.

On this Memorial Day, we are proud to introduce the newest limited series from the Institute for Religion, Media, and Civic Engagement and Axis Mundi Media. Miss Information is a podcast about how conspiracies and misinformation infiltrate wellness communities and religious spaces. Subscribe here: https://redcircle.com/shows/21b4b512-ceef-4289-b9fc-76f302f5bd22/episodes/3532f1b2-5f15-4302-82f6-8a281d676871 Misinformation is big news, but what does it mean and why does it matter? If misinformation is simply incorrect information, can it be solved simply by telling people the right answer?  In this episode, we learn how misinformation can prevent people from voting if they think they aren't eligible or can't vote by mail; how misinformation can convince people to take certain drugs to cure a disease even if it's not proven to be safe; and the ways misinformation can draw people into conspiracies like QAnon. But it's not as simple as dispelling all misinformation from our midst. That seems impossible. Rather, in dialogue with Dr. David Robertson from the Open University, what we will discover points to a different question: Why do people believe misinformation at all and what does it do for them? In other words, instead of focusing on what people believe, perhaps the phenomenon of misinformation directs us to ask what beliefs do - who they favor, who they put in power, who they marginalize, and who they leave vulnerable. And by understanding the mechanics, maybe we can mitigate the damage misinformation does to our public square. For more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.us For more information about public scholarship by the Institute for Religion, Media, and Civic Engagement follow us @irmceorg or go to www.irmce.org Funding for this series has been generously provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.  Creator: Dr. Susannah Crockford Executive Producer: Dr. Bradley Onishi (@bradleyonishi)  Audio Engineer: Scott Okamoto (@rsokamoto) Production Assistance: Kari Onishi  Dr. Susannah Crockford (@suscrockford): Ripples of the Universe: Spirituality in Sedona, Arizona Further Reading Robertson, David G. UFOs, Conspiracy Theories and the New Age: Millennial Conspiracism. London: Bloomsbury, 2016. Robertson, David G., and Amarnath Amarasingam. “How Conspiracy Theorists Argue: Epistemic Capital in the Qanon Social Media Sphere.” Popular Communication 20 (2022): 193-207. https://doi.org/10.1080/15405702.2022.2050238. Howard, Philip N. Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. Bail, Chris. Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021.  Uscinski, Joseph E., and Joseph M. Parent. American Conspiracy Theories. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.  Byford, Jovan. Conspiracy Theories: A Critical Introduction. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Argentino, Marc-Andre. “The Church of QAnon: Will Conspiracy Theories Form the Basis of a New Religious Movement?” The Conversation, May 18, 2020, https://theconversation.com/the-church-of-qanon-will-conspiracy-theories-form-the-basis-of-a-new-religious-movement-137859  Hao, Karen. “How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation,” MIT Technology Review, March 11, 2021, https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/11/1020600/facebook-responsible-ai-misinformation/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 9 - What is the Buddha? Three Pounds of Flax Hello and welcome to a new episode of the Kōan Series. In this series, we will read and discuss real Buddhist kōans to try and better understand them. We hope you enjoy. Resources: Episode 10 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-Zen-Buddhism-e1a2sm2 Episode 18 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-the-Buddhist-philosophy-of-speech--language--and-words-e1dgqu9 Episode 32 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-are-kans-e1j5scl Episode 33 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-emptiness-e1jc31i Hori, Victor Sogen (1999). "Translating the Zen Phrase Book" (PDF). Nanzan Bulletin (23).; Hori, Victor Sogen (2000), Koan and Kensho in the Rinzai Zen Curriculum. In: Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright (eds)(2000): "The Koan. Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism, Oxford: Oxford University Press; Heine, Steven (2008), Zen Skin, Zen Marrow; Bielefeldt, Carl (2009), "Expedient Devices, the One Vehicle, and the Life Span of the Buddha", in Teiser, Stephen F.; Stone, Jacqueline I. (eds.), Readings of the Lotus Sutra, New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 9780231142885; Kotatsu, Fujita; Hurvitz, Leon (1975), "One Vehicle or Three", Journal of Indian Philosophy, 3 (1/2): 79–166; Lopez, Donald (2016), The Lotus Sutra: A Biography (Kindle ed.), Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691152202; Lopez, Donald S.; Stone, Jacqueline I. (2019), Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sūtra, Princeton University Press; Pye, Michael (2003), Skilful Means – A concept in Mahayana Buddhism, Routledge, ISBN 0203503791; Watson, Burton (tr.) (1993), The Lotus Sutra, Columbia University Press, ISBN 023108160X; Patrick Olivelle, trans. Life of the Buddha. Clay Sanskrit Library, 2008. 1 vols. (Cantos 1-14 in Sanskrit and English with summary of the Chinese cantos not available in the Sanskrit); Stone, Jacqueline Ilyse (2003), "Original enlightenment and the transformation of medieval Japanese Buddhism" (PDF), Studies in East Asian Buddhism, University of Hawaii Press (12), ISBN 978-0-8248-2771-7, archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013; Hakeda, Yoshito S., trans. (1967), Awakening of Faith—Attributed to Aśvaghoṣa, with commentary by Yoshito S. Hakeda, New York, NY: Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-08336-X; Jorgensen, John; Lusthaus, Dan; Makeham, John; Strange, Mark, trans. (2019), Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780190297718 Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by finding us on email or social media! https://linktr.ee/brightonbuddhism Credits: Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brightonbuddhism/message

#grimoire #liberjuratus #swornbookofhonorius The sworn book of Honorius explained. What's the Liber Juratus Honorii? Who's Honorius of Thebes? What's the content of this medieval grimoire? How has it been rediscovered by Grimoire Traditionalism? This legendary tome, steeped in the magical lore of the Middle Ages, not only influenced the practices of contemporary magicians but also laid the foundations for iconic texts like the Key of Solomon. Discover how its blend of spiritual aspirations and magical methodologies has transcended centuries to become a cornerstone of modern esotericism. CONNECT & SUPPORT

Kraig from Voices from the Left Podcast and I discuss the brutal colonialism associated with distilling Rum. Part 1: Caribbean rum, slavery, and colonization Part 2: The Social Demographics and makeup of the rum industry Part 3: "Tiki" bars and the sexualization of Indigenous women (Caribbean, Polynesian, and more) Part 4: Solutions, moving forward, and decolonizing the spirit industry. Sources: ^ Emert, Phyllis (1995). Colonial triangular trade: an economy based on human misery. Carlisle, Massachusetts: Discovery Enterprises Ltd. ISBN 978-1-878668-48-6. OCLC 32840704. ^ Merritt, J. E. (1960). "The Triangular Trade". Business History. Informa UK Limited. 3 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1080/00076796000000012. ISSN 0007-6791. S2CID 153930643. ^ Gold, Susan Dudley (2006). United States V. Amistad: Slave Ship Mutiny. Marshall Cavendish. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7614-2143-6. ^ Weber, Jacques. "La traite négrière nantaise de 1763 à 1793" (PDF). Centre national de la recherche scientifique (in French). ^ Vindt, Gérard; Consil, Jean-Michel (June 2013). "Nantes, Bordeaux et l'économie esclavagiste – Au XVIIIe siècle, les villes de Nantes et de Bordeaux profitent toutes deux de la "traite négrière" et de l'économie esclavagiste". Alternatives économiques. 325: 17–21. ^ Morgan, Kenneth (2007). Slavery and the British Empire: From Africa to America. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 62. ISBN 9780191566271. Retrieved 16 October 2020. ^ Kowaleski-Wallace, A.P.o.E.E., Elizabeth (2006). The British slave trade and public memory. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231137140. ^ Liverpool and the Slave Trade, by Anthony Tibbles, Director of the Merseyside Maritime Museum ^ About.com: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 6 November 2007. ^ "Triangular Trade". National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. ^  Jump up to: a b c Curtis, Wayne (2006–2007). And a Bottle of Rum. New York: Three Rivers Press. pp. 117-119 ISBN 978-0-307-33862-4. Follow Kraig and the Voices from the Left Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voices-from-the-left/id1697725294 As always, follow the 805UNCENSORED Podcast, we are on all the major social media platforms including Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @805uncensoredpod. Questions/comments/guest suggestions/episode ideas? Email: 805uncensored@gmail.com Thank you so much for listening!

O 7 de setembro foi e ainda é uma data cívica repleta de significados e de sentidos que possuem uma longa história. Porém, as pesquisas históricas vêm ao longo dos anos revelando uma série de novos aspectos em relação ao processo que culminou na independência e, consequentemente, no início da formação do Estado-nação brasileiro. Este é o caso do trabalho do historiador Arthur Ferreira Reis, cuja tese de doutorado, intitulada “Emoção e patriotismo nos jornais da independência (1821-1823)”, abordou as ideias, temas e vocabulários produzidos nesse processo, especialmente na Imprensa periódica por meio de novos métodos de pesquisa. Além disso, convidamos você a conhecer o incrível trabalho no campo das Humanidades Digitais desenvolvido pelo convidado. Arte da Capa   Arte da Capa: Danilo Pastor INSCREVA-SE PARA PARTICIPAR DO HISTORICIDADE   O Historicidade é o programa de entrevistas do Fronteiras no Tempo: um podcast de história. O objetivo principal é realizar divulgação científica na área de ciências humanas, sociais e de estudos interdisciplinares com qualidade. Será um prazer poder compartilhar o seu trabalho com nosso público. Preencha o formulário se tem interesse em participar. Link para inscrição: https://forms.gle/4KMQXTmVLFiTp4iC8 Financiamento Coletivo   Ajude nosso projeto! Você pode nos apoiar de diversas formas: PADRIM  – só clicar e se cadastrar (bem rápido e prático) https://www.padrim.com.br/fronteirasnotempo PIX: [chave] fronteirasnotempo@gmail.com Saiba mais do nosso convidado   Currículo Lattes Contatos e redes sociais: arthurfr23@gmail.com Instagram: @arthurfreis1 Divulgação da produção do convidado Anarquistas e Servis: Uma Análise dos Projetos Políticos do Rio de Janeiro de 1824 a 1826 [Livro resultado da dissertação de mestrado] Site construído durante o doutorado e aprimorado durante o pós:https://jornaisdaindependencia.com.br/ Indicações de referências sobre o tema abordado BOLLA, Peter de. The Architecture of Concepts. Nova Iorque: Fordham University Press, 2014. GALVES, Marcelo Cheche. “Ao público sincero e imparcial”: imprensa e Independência do Maranhão (1821-1826). 2010. 356 f. Tese (Doutorado em História) - Programa de Pós-Graduação em História, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, 2010. JASPER, James. M. Motivation and emotion. In: GOODIN, Robert E.; TILLY, Charles. The Oxford handbook of contextual political analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, p.157-171. KRAAY, Hendrik. A Invenção do Sete de Setembro. Almanack Braziliense, n. 11, p.52-61, maio 2010. LUSTOSA, Isabel. Insultos Impressos: a guerra dos jornalistas na independência (18211823). São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2000. MOREL, Marco. As transformações dos espaços públicos: imprensa, atores políticos e sociabilidades na cidade imperial, 1820-1840. São Paulo: HUCITEC, 2006. NEVES, Lúcia. Corcundas e constitucionais: a cultura política da independência (1820-1822). Rio de Janeiro: REVAN, 2003. PIMENTA, João Paulo. Tempos e espaços das independências: a inserção do Brasil no mundo ocidental (1780-1830). São Paulo: Intermeios, 2017. BAILYN, Beranrd. As Origens Ideológicas da Revolução Americana. Bauru: Edusc, 2003. Selo saberes históricos   Agora o Fronteiras no Tempo tem o selo saberes históricos. O que é este selo? “O Selo Saberes Históricos é um sinal de reconhecimento atribuído a:● Práticas de divulgação de saberes ou produções de conteúdo histórico ou historiográfico● Realizadas em redes sociais ou mídias digitais, voltadas para públicos mais amplos e diversificados● Comprometidas com valores científicos e éticos.”Saiba mais: https://www.forumsabereshistoricos.com/ Episódios Relacionados Fronteiras no Tempo Drops #00 7 de Setembro [episódio piloto] Fronteiras no Tempo #68 Independências na América A imprensa da época e o processo de independência do Brasil – 25 Irisian (Spin #1032 – 07/09/20) Redes Sociais Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Instagram Contato fronteirasnotempo@gmail.com Como citar esse episódio Fronteiras no Tempo: Historicidade #54 Independência do Brasil e Humanidades Digitais. Locução: Cesar Agenor F. da Silva, Arthur Ferreira Reis e Marcelo de Souza e Silva [S.l.] Portal Deviante, 12/03/2024. Podcast. Disponível em: https://www.deviante.com.br/?p=61822&preview=true Expediente  Arte da vitrine: Danilo Pastor; Edição:  Talk'nCast; Roteiro e apresentação:  C. A. Madrinhas e Padrinhos  Alexsandro de Souza Junior, Aline Lima, Allen Teixeira Sousa, Anderson Paz, André Luiz Santos, Andre Trapani Costa Possignolo, Artur Henrique de Andrade Cornejo, David Viegas Casarin, Elisnei Menezes de Oliveira, Ettore Riter, Flavio Henrique Dias Saldanha, Klaus Henrique De Oliveira, Luciano Abdanur, Manuel Macias, Rafael Machado Saldanha, Ramon Silva Santos, Renata Sanches, Ricardo Augusto Da Silva Orosco, Rodrigo Olaio Pereira, Thomas Beltrame, Tiago Nogueira e Wagner de Andrade AlvesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

O 7 de setembro foi e ainda é uma data cívica repleta de significados e de sentidos que possuem uma longa história. Porém, as pesquisas históricas vêm ao longo dos anos revelando uma série de novos aspectos em relação ao processo que culminou na independência e, consequentemente, no início da formação do Estado-nação brasileiro. Este é o caso do trabalho do historiador Arthur Ferreira Reis, cuja tese de doutorado, intitulada “Emoção e patriotismo nos jornais da independência (1821-1823)”, abordou as ideias, temas e vocabulários produzidos nesse processo, especialmente na Imprensa periódica por meio de novos métodos de pesquisa. Além disso, convidamos você a conhecer o incrível trabalho no campo das Humanidades Digitais desenvolvido pelo convidado. Arte da Capa   Arte da Capa: Danilo Pastor INSCREVA-SE PARA PARTICIPAR DO HISTORICIDADE   O Historicidade é o programa de entrevistas do Fronteiras no Tempo: um podcast de história. O objetivo principal é realizar divulgação científica na área de ciências humanas, sociais e de estudos interdisciplinares com qualidade. Será um prazer poder compartilhar o seu trabalho com nosso público. Preencha o formulário se tem interesse em participar. Link para inscrição: https://forms.gle/4KMQXTmVLFiTp4iC8 Financiamento Coletivo   Ajude nosso projeto! Você pode nos apoiar de diversas formas: PADRIM  – só clicar e se cadastrar (bem rápido e prático) https://www.padrim.com.br/fronteirasnotempo PIX: [chave] fronteirasnotempo@gmail.com Saiba mais do nosso convidado   Currículo Lattes Contatos e redes sociais: arthurfr23@gmail.com Instagram: @arthurfreis1 Divulgação da produção do convidado Anarquistas e Servis: Uma Análise dos Projetos Políticos do Rio de Janeiro de 1824 a 1826 [Livro resultado da dissertação de mestrado] Site construído durante o doutorado e aprimorado durante o pós:https://jornaisdaindependencia.com.br/ Indicações de referências sobre o tema abordado BOLLA, Peter de. The Architecture of Concepts. Nova Iorque: Fordham University Press, 2014. GALVES, Marcelo Cheche. “Ao público sincero e imparcial”: imprensa e Independência do Maranhão (1821-1826). 2010. 356 f. Tese (Doutorado em História) - Programa de Pós-Graduação em História, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, 2010. JASPER, James. M. Motivation and emotion. In: GOODIN, Robert E.; TILLY, Charles. The Oxford handbook of contextual political analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, p.157-171. KRAAY, Hendrik. A Invenção do Sete de Setembro. Almanack Braziliense, n. 11, p.52-61, maio 2010. LUSTOSA, Isabel. Insultos Impressos: a guerra dos jornalistas na independência (18211823). São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2000. MOREL, Marco. As transformações dos espaços públicos: imprensa, atores políticos e sociabilidades na cidade imperial, 1820-1840. São Paulo: HUCITEC, 2006. NEVES, Lúcia. Corcundas e constitucionais: a cultura política da independência (1820-1822). Rio de Janeiro: REVAN, 2003. PIMENTA, João Paulo. Tempos e espaços das independências: a inserção do Brasil no mundo ocidental (1780-1830). São Paulo: Intermeios, 2017. BAILYN, Beranrd. As Origens Ideológicas da Revolução Americana. Bauru: Edusc, 2003. Selo saberes históricos   Agora o Fronteiras no Tempo tem o selo saberes históricos. O que é este selo? “O Selo Saberes Históricos é um sinal de reconhecimento atribuído a:● Práticas de divulgação de saberes ou produções de conteúdo histórico ou historiográfico● Realizadas em redes sociais ou mídias digitais, voltadas para públicos mais amplos e diversificados● Comprometidas com valores científicos e éticos.”Saiba mais: https://www.forumsabereshistoricos.com/ Episódios Relacionados Fronteiras no Tempo Drops #00 7 de Setembro [episódio piloto] Fronteiras no Tempo #68 Independências na América A imprensa da época e o processo de independência do Brasil – 25 Irisian (Spin #1032 – 07/09/20) Redes Sociais Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Instagram Contato fronteirasnotempo@gmail.com Como citar esse episódio Fronteiras no Tempo: Historicidade #54 Independência do Brasil e Humanidades Digitais. Locução: Cesar Agenor F. da Silva, Arthur Ferreira Reis e Marcelo de Souza e Silva [S.l.] Portal Deviante, 12/03/2024. Podcast. Disponível em: https://www.deviante.com.br/?p=61822&preview=true Expediente  Arte da vitrine: Danilo Pastor; Edição:  Talk'nCast; Roteiro e apresentação:  C. A. Madrinhas e Padrinhos  Alexsandro de Souza Junior, Aline Lima, Allen Teixeira Sousa, Anderson Paz, André Luiz Santos, Andre Trapani Costa Possignolo, Artur Henrique de Andrade Cornejo, David Viegas Casarin, Elisnei Menezes de Oliveira, Ettore Riter, Flavio Henrique Dias Saldanha, Klaus Henrique De Oliveira, Luciano Abdanur, Manuel Macias, Rafael Machado Saldanha, Ramon Silva Santos, Renata Sanches, Ricardo Augusto Da Silva Orosco, Rodrigo Olaio Pereira, Thomas Beltrame, Tiago Nogueira e Wagner de Andrade AlvesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A coat of many colours, a mircle child, and a classic story. Joseph: King of Dreams is the prequal to the Dreamworks animated classic Prince of Egypt. In this episode, as well as reviewing the film, we also examine the background information for the film, and assess its historical accuracy.In terms of the film's cast: Richard McGonagle plays Pharaoh, Mark Hamil plays Judah, Richard Herd plays Jacob, and Ben Affleck plays the main character, Joseph.Email: mummymoviepodcast@gmail.comBibliographyBagnato, D. (2006). The Westcar papyrus: a transliteration, translation and language analysis. Edition Atelier. Bedell, E. D. (1973). Criminal law in the Egyptian Ramesside period. Brandeis University. Ilin-Tomich, A. (2016). Second Intermediate Period. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, 1(1). IMDB. (2023). Joseph: king of Dreams. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home Janssen. (1970). Commodity prices from the Ramesside Period. Leiden: Brill Lorton, D. (1977). The treatment of criminals in ancient Egypt: through the New Kingdom. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient/Journal de l'histoire economique et sociale de l'Orient, 2-64. McDonald, A. (2014). Animals in Egypt. In The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life (pp. 441-460). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Rotten Tomatoes (2023). Joseph: King of Dreams. Retrieved from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/ Shaw, I. (1991). Egyptian warfare and weapons. Shire Publications Stadelmann, R. (1985). Die ägyptischen Pyramiden: vom Ziegelbau zum Weltwunder. Mainz VerSteeg, R. (2002). Law in ancient Egypt. Carolina Academic Press Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Não pense que a ideia de assassinar Adolf Hitler veio de Quentin Tarantino. Antes mesmo de Bastardos Inglórios, diversas tentativas foram realizadas para que o líder nazista fosse executado, incluindo a mais famosa delas, a Operação Valquíria. Separe trinta minutos do seu dia e aprenda com o professor Vítor Soares (@profvitorsoares) sobre a Resistência Alemã ao Nazismo - Se você quiser ter acesso a episódios exclusivos e quiser ajudar o História em Meia Hora a continuar de pé, clique no link: www.apoia.se/historiaemmeiahora - Compre o livro "História em Meia Hora - Grandes Civilizações"! https://www.loja.literatour.com.br/produto/pre-venda-livro-historia-em-meia-hora-grandes-civilizacoesversao-capa-dura/ - Compre nossas camisas, moletons e muito mais coisas com temática História na Lolja! www.lolja.com.br/creators/historia-em-meia-hora/ - PIX e contato: historiaemmeiahora@gmail.com Apresentação: Prof. Vítor Soares. Roteiro: Prof. Vítor Soares e Prof. Victor Alexandre (@profvictoralexandre) - REFERÊNCIAS USADAS - EVANS, Richard J. A Chegada do Terceiro Reich. 2ª edição, São Paulo: Planeta, 2014, - EVANS, Richard. O Terceiro Reich no poder. 2ª edição, São Paulo: Planeta, 2014. - EVANS, Richard. Terceiro Reich: Na História e na Memória: novas perspectivas sobre o nazismo, seu poder político, sua intrincada economia e seus efeitos na Alemanha pós-guerra. São Paulo: Planeta Brasil, 2018. - KERSHAW, Ian. The “Hitler Myth”: Image and Reality in the Third Reich. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. - REZENDE, Karina Fonseca Soares. Pregando resistência em tempos sombrios: responsabilidade como resistência ao Nazismo nos sermões de Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1932-1937). Dissertação de Mestrado. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2022.

A legendary warrior, an evil warlord, and an epic quest. In this episode, we look into, Scorpion king 5: Book of Souls! Join the Mummy Movie Podcast as we look into the as of yet final film in a series that has seen ninjas in 3000 BC, mechanical steampunk dragons, trips to the Underworld, and people flying through the air using magnets. In terms of the cast: Peter Mensah plays Nebserek, Pearl Thusi plays Tala, Mayling Ng plays Khensa, Inge Beckmann plays Mennofer, Nathan Jones plays Enkidu, and Zach McGowan plays Mathayus, the Scorpion King Email: mummymoviepodcast@gmail.com BibliographyAdams, B., & Ciałowicz, K. M. (1997). Protodynastic Egypt. Shire Egyptology Brier, B. M., & Hobbs, H. (2008). Daily life of the ancient Egyptians. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. Faiella, G. (2006). The technology of Mesopotamia. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. Hart, G. (2005). The Routledge dictionary of Egyptian gods and goddesses. Routledge. IMDB. (2023). Scorpion King 5: book of Souls. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home McDonald, A. (2014). Animals in Egypt. In The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life (pp. 441-460). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Nicholason, P and Henderson, J. (2000). Glass. Ancient Egyptian materials and technology, 194-226 Romano, J. F. (1989). The Bes-image in pharaonic Egypt. New Work University Romano, J, F. (1981). The origin of the Bes-Image. Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar (Vol II). 39-55 Rotten Tomatoes (2023). Scorpion King 5: Book of Souls Retrieved from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, I interview  Dr Carlos Machado from the University of St Andrews about the social perceptions and realities of poverty in the Late Antique period. Dr Machado is a Roman historian whose work focuses on aspects of urban space in the Late Antique Roman world, from elite building, honorific monuments, and domestic spaces; he is now working on shedding a light on the strata of society that seldom received attention in the historical record or monumental commemorations - the poor - which is what we shall dig into today. We discuss preconceptions about who the 'poor' of antiquity were, and how the early Christian church tried to deal with the shifting fortunes of their communities when facing historical realities of cycles of poverty in the past. I have included some links below for anyone wishing to find out more about Dr Machado's  recent publications, and his upcoming project work. Urban space and aristocratic power in late antique Rome: AD 270-535Machado, C., 25 Oct 2019, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 317 p.The epigraphic cultures of Late AntiquityBolle, K. (ed.), Machado, C. (ed.) & Witschel, C. (ed.), 2017, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. 615 p. (Heidelberger althistorische Beiträge und epigraphische Studien; vol. 60)Dr Machado has recently won an AHRC-DFG partnership grant for a project entitled ‘Land and loyalty: the politics of land in the later Roman world (4th to 6th century)'. This forthcoming project will analyse the politics of imperial and royal land grants and how this practice changed the dynamics of Mediterranean societies between 300 and 600 CE. To follow Carlos on Twitter (X); @AmianoMarcelino, or you can check out his Academia.edupage or University of St Andrews contact page. To get in touch and find out more about Two Friends Talk History:Find us on Instagram & TwitterSupport us through PatreonBuy our merch on RedbubbleExplore more resources and topics about the ancient world on ArchaeoArtist

One of the most famous stories of all time. In this episode, once again, we delve into the 1998 Dreamworks classic, the Prince of Egypt! In Part 1 we looked at the background infromation on the film, and then went onto examin the evidence for the exodus, the origin of the Hebrew People, and the meaning of the word Moses. In this second part, we examine the historical accuracy of the film, and then review it.In terms of the film's cast: Val Kilmer plays Moses, Patrick Stewart plays Seti I, Steve Martin plays Hotep, Martin Short plays Huy, Sandra Bullock plays Miriam, and Ralph Fiennes plays Ramesses II.Email: mummymoviepodcast@gmail.comBibliographyAndrews, C. (1990).Ancient Egyptian Jewellery. London: British Museum Collier, S. A. (1996). The crowns of Pharaoh: their development and significance in ancient Egyptian kingship. University of California, Los Angeles. IMDB. (2023). Prince of Egypt. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home Malamat, A. (1997). The Exodus Egyptian analogies. In Frerichs, S, E and Lesko, L, H (Eds). Exodus: the Egyptian Evidence. Eisenbrauns; Indiana. McDonald, A. (2014). Animals in Egypt. In The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life (pp. 441-460). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Redford, D. B. (2020). Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in ancient times. Princeton University Press. Robins, G. (1999). Hair and the Construction of Identity in Ancient Egypt, c. 1480-1350 BC. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 36, 55-69. Rotten Tomatoes (2023). Prince of Egypt. Retrieved from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/ Shaw, I. (1991). Egyptian warfare and weapons. Shire Publications Weinstein, J. (1997). Exodus and archaeological reality. In Frerichs, S, E and Lesko, L, H (Eds). Exodus: the Egyptian Evidence. Eisenbrauns; Indiana. Yurco, F, J. (1997). Campaign and Israel's origins. In Frerichs, S, E and Lesko, L, H (Eds). Exodus: the Egyptian Evidence. Eisenbrauns; Indiana. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a revised--and a lot longer--version of our twenty-first episode ("Some thoughts about Hanukkah by a (secular) Jewish medieval historian").  That episode was  just what the title said, some thoughts about the role of Hanukkah in contemporary America and the Middle Ages. In it Ellen had a throwaway line about the Puritan war on Christmas. I thought that our listeners might be interested in why the Puritans objected to and tried to suppress Christmas, and, related to that, how Christmas, as well as Hanukkah was celebrated in the Middle Ages. I know that the result is a mishmash, but I hope it's an enjoyable and informative mishmash.Happy Holidays!This episode includes snippets from"Here we come a-wassailing" The St. Michael's Singers conducted by Paul Leddington Wright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m29jEvTfVFUMa'oz Tsur sung by cantors from across Canada, Temple Sinai Toronto, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFY--az4z3wAdam Sandler's "The Hanukkah Song" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX5Z-HpHH9gReading:Hanukkah:Cait Stevenson, “Celebrating Hannukah in the Middle Ages” by Cait Stevenson, posted on Medievalists.net https://www.medievalists.net/2018/12/celebrating-hanukkah-middle-ages/Susan Weingarten, “Medieval Hanukkah Traditions: Jewish Festive Foods in their European Contexts, Food and History 8 (2010)::41-62Dianne Ashton,  (2013). Hanukkah in America: A History. New York: New York University Press, 2013. Tsi Freeman, “Why Couldn't Jews and Greeks Just Get Along?” https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/64639/jewish/Couldnt-the-Jews-and-Greeks-Get-Along.htm[The Wikipedia entry on Hanukkah is quite good] Medieval Christmas:Katie Ihnat, “The Middle Ages,” in The Oxford Handbook of Christmas, ed. T. Larson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020).Sophie Jackson, The Medieval Christmas. The History Press: Stroud, 2013.Peter Konieczny, “Seven Medieval Christmas Traditions.” Medievalists.net. https://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/seven-medieval-christmas-traditions/Compton Reeves, Pleasures and Pastimes in Medieval England. New York: Oxford, 1998. Puritan war on Christmas:Stephen Nissenbaum, “Christmas in Early New England, 1620-1820: Puritanism, Popular Culture, and the Printed Word.” American Antiquary Society (1996): pp. 79-164 (https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44539478.pdf)J.A.R. Pimlott, | “Christmas under the Puritans,” in  History Today Volume 10 Issue 12 December 1960“Why did Cromwell abolish Christmas?” The Cromwell Association https://www.olivercromwell.org/faqs4.htmThe Puritan Cultural RevolutionDavid Underdown, Revel, Riot, and Rebellion: Popular Politics and Culture in England 1603-1660.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987Christopher Durston. "Puritan Rule and the Failure of Cultural Revolution, 1645–1660." In: Durston, C., Eales, J. (eds) The Culture of English Puritanism, 1560–1700. Themes in Focus. Palgrave, London. 1996.Listen on Podurama https://podurama.com

Moses, the Exodus, and a 1998 Classic. In this episode of the Mummy Movie Podcast, we look into the Dreamworks animated film, Prince of Egypt.In this first part, we shall go over the background information on the film, and then look into the origins of the Hebrew people, the evidence for the Exodus, the the meaning of the name Moses.In part 2, next monday, we shall go over the historical accuracy of the actual film, followed by a review.In terms of the cast, some of the many famous names include, Val kilmer as Moses, Ralph Fiennes plays Ramoses, Jeff Goldblum as Aaron, Danny Glover as Jethro, Sandra Bullock as Miriam, and Patrick Stewart as Seti Email: mummymoviepodcast@gmail.comBibliographyCollier, S. A. (1996). The crowns of Pharaoh: their development and significance in ancient Egyptian kingship. University of California, Los Angeles. IMDB. (2023). Prince of Egypt. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home Malamat, A. (1997). The Exodus Egyptian analogies. In Frerichs, S, E and Lesko, L, H (Eds). Exodus: the Egyptian Evidence. Eisenbrauns; Indiana. McDonald, A. (2014). Animals in Egypt. In The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life (pp. 441-460). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Redford, D. B. (2020). Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in ancient times. Princeton University Press. Robins, G. (1999). Hair and the Construction of Identity in Ancient Egypt, c. 1480-1350 BC. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 36, 55-69. Rotten Tomatoes (2023). Prince of Egypt. Retrieved from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/ Shaw, I. (1991). Egyptian warfare and weapons. Shire Publications Weinstein, J. (1997). Exodus and archaeological reality. In Frerichs, S, E and Lesko, L, H (Eds). Exodus: the Egyptian Evidence. Eisenbrauns; Indiana. Yurco, F, J. (1997). Campaign and Israel's origins. In Frerichs, S, E and Lesko, L, H (Eds). Exodus: the Egyptian Evidence. Eisenbrauns; Indiana. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we speak with Nicholas Wolterstorff about his connections to Neo-Calvinism and his chapter in the upcoming T&T Clark Handbook of Neo-Calvinism. Works discussed in this episode include: Sutano, Nathanial Gray, and Cory C. Brock, eds. T&T Clark Handbook of Neo-Calvinism. T&T Clark Handbooks. London ; New York: T&T Clark, 2024. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tt-clark-handbook-of-neocalvinism-9780567698094/ Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Art Rethought: The Social Practices of Art. First published in paperback. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Religion in the University. New Haven: Yale University press, 2019. Reach us at graceincommonpodcast@gmail.com. If you want to make a donation, please visit https://donorbox.org/graceincommon

As the fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies, the world is bracing for the widening of a conflict that has the potential to escalate quickly and bring in outside powers from the region and beyond.India's position in the aftermath of the horrific Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7th—and the subsequent Israeli military response—has been noteworthy. Unlike many countries in the Global South, which offered qualified support for Israel after the attacks and have positioned themselves with the Palestinian cause, India's initial response made no mention of Gaza at all.To make sense of India's evolving position and the ways in which its Middle East policy has shifted over the decades, Milan is joined on the show this week by the political scientist Nicolas Blarel. Nicolas is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University in The Netherlands and the author of The Evolution of India's Israel Policy: Continuity, Change, and Compromise since 1922.Milan and Nicolas discuss India's response to the conflict in Israel-Palestine, its growing embrace of Israel, and the growing bilateral security partnership. Plus, the two discuss the Modi government's simultaneous outreach to Gulf Arab states and the factors that could shape how India responds to an expanded regional conflict.Episode notes:Crystal A. Ennis and Nicolas Blarel, eds., The South Asia to Gulf Migration Governance Complex (Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press, 2022).Nicolas Blarel, The Evolution of India's Israel Policy: Continuity, Change, and Compromise since 1922 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015).Sumit Ganguly and Nicolas Blarel, “Modi's Comments on Israel-Gaza War Signal Shift,” Foreign Policy, October 12, 2023.Nicolas Blarel, “Navigating Asian Rivalries: Israel's ties with China and India,” National University of Singapore-Middle East Institute, Singapore Insights No. 300, July 25, 2023.

EPISODE NOTES: From the flagellant confraternities of the Middle Ages to the penitents of of the Spanish Inquisition, from Dunce Caps to the uniform one of the most hated terrorist organizations in the United States, the long face-covering cap has quite the colorful and interwoven tale to tell. ⁠https://www.patreon.com/historyunhemmed⁠⁠ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historyunhemmed⁠ If you have any requests or questions, or simply feel like saying hello, drop us a line at ⁠historyunhemmedpodcast@gmail.com⁠ and/or follow us on social media:Instagram: @history_unhemmedFacebook: History Unhemmed  Thank you!

5Cs of History, Complexity: #4 of 4. During the Tang dynasty in the mid 8th century, a military leader named Li Baozhen was frustrated with his aging body. He had achieved much military glory and material wealth in his life, but he was aging and facing the fact that death was approaching. But he had also had dreams that he was riding triumphantly through the sky on a crane. Surely this was an omen! At the same time, Li Baozhen met Sun Jichang, who was a fangshi - a word that can be translated as alchemist, wizard, magician, and also doctor or physician. Sun Jichang offered Li Baozhen a concoction that he promised would allow him to “transcend” death. Inspired by his dreams of slipping away from earth on the back of a crane, Li Baozhen took the elixir - only to become incredibly sick. Li Baozhen's experience captures something of the complexity of Chinese medicine: competing ideas of how to heal, the use of various powerful medicines in careful (and not so careful) doses, the intermingling of spiritual and medicial philosophies, and the quest for health and power, even immortality. For this installment in our series on the five C's of historical thinking, we're contemplating the historical concept of complexity through an exploration of Chinese medicine. Bibliography Andrews, Bridie. The Making of Modern Chinese Medicine, 1850-1960. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2014.  Goldschmidt, Asaf. The Evolution of Chinese Medicine: The Song Dynasty, 960-1200. Abingdon: Routledge, 2009.  Goldschmidt, Asaf. “Epidemics and Medicine during the Northern Song Dynasty: The Revival of Cold Damage Disorders,” T'oung Pao 93 (2007): 53-109.  Liu, Yan. Healing with Poisons: Potent Medicines in Medieval China. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2021.  Lo, Vivienne and Michael Stanley-Baker, “Chinese Medicine,” in A Global History of Medicine, ed., Mark Jackson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.  The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine, trans. Maoshing Ni. Boston: Shambhala Press, 1995. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

#pagan #paganism #polytheism What are the different polytheistic views of the deities in Paganism? How do Pagans worship the God and the Goddess? Heathenry, Druidry, Wicca, Polytheistic Reconstructionism and eclectic Pagan witchcraft and how they work with the divine, CONNECT & SUPPORT

We were recently invited to speak at the University of Connecticut's Annual Medieval Studies/ECE Outreach Seminar on a variety of subjects related to the Viking Age. We prepared and recorded our morning presentation on Slavery in the Viking Age as a Saga Brief so that everyone in our listening audience could enjoy. It's a subject Andy's been thinking about a lot as we've been working our way through Laxdaela Saga, which is why he took the lead on this topic. Later in the day, John presented on Viking Age board games, focusing on Nine Men's Morris and Hneftafl. We then led a conversation on the Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok and his Sons among other topics. Sadly, these afternoon sessions were workshops and thus not recorded. We hope you enjoy this little attempt at a live Saga Brief. The audio is not pristine, but it is pretty decent for a live recording. The questions from Q&A are a bit difficult to hear and had to be edited slightly. Apologies for the poor quality there. We'll use two mics next time. For those interested in learning more, here is a list of valuable research on the subject Andy used to prepare the Saga Brief: Brink, Stefan. "Slavery in the Viking Age." In The Viking World, edited by Stefan Brink and Neil Price, 246-257. New York: Routledge, 2008. Brink, Stefan. Thraldom: The Viking Age Slave Trade. Uppsala: Swedish Science Press, 2018. Byock, Jesse L. Viking Age Iceland. London: Penguin Books, 2001. Gelsinger, Paul. Icelandic Enterprise: Commerce and Economy in the Middle Ages. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1981. Gustin, Ingrid, and Sven Kalmring (eds.). Viking Age Trade: Silver, Slaves and Gotland. Uppsala: Uppsala University, 2013. Heebøll-Holm, Thomas. "Piratical Slave-Raiding: A New Perspective on Viking Age Maritime Violence." In Viking-Age Trade: Silver, Slaves and Gotland, edited by Ingrid Gustin and Sven Kalmring, 219-240. Uppsala: Uppsala University, 2013. Jarman, Cat. River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2021. Jochens, Jenny. Women in Old Norse Society. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1995. Jones, Gwyn. A History of the Vikings. Revised edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. Karras, Ruth Mazo. Slavery and Society in Medieval Scandinavia. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. Karras, Ruth Mazo. "Concubinage and Slavery in the Viking Age." Scandinavian Studies 79, no. 4 (2007): 403-422. Naumann, Elise, Maja Krzewińska, Anders Götherström, and Gunilla Eriksson. "Slaves as Burial Gifts in Viking Age Norway? Evidence from Stable Isotope and Ancient DNA Analyses." Journal of Archaeological Science 41, (2014): 533-540. Price, Neil. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings. London: Allen Lane, 2020. Raffield, Ben. "The Slave Markets of the Viking World." History Today 66, no. 4 (2016): 12-19.   Music Credits Opening song – Icelandic Folk Music: Tröllaslagur Outro – Ólafur Liljurós

Rachel Dobkin has come to see her psychic advisor, Madam Nerva. After years of bitter disagreements and financial wranglings with her estranged and violent husband, Rachel wants to know what the spirits think she should do next. Through Madam Nerva the spirts tell Rachel not to go near her husband again... but will she heed their warnings?  The case of Rachel Dobkin is another face of wartime crime and not the work of the Blackout Ripper - but it reveals a common thread. It shows how some men thought the disruption and chaos of war would help them get away with murder.  Further reading: Carroll, Niamh. ‘The History of the Boundary Estate', Bethnal Green London, 14 May 2021, Cole, Mike. ‘The Battle of Cable Street', Historic UK. Cowan, Colin. ‘Mental observation wards: an alternative provision for emergency psychiatric care in England in the first half of the twentieth century', History of Psychiatry,  Eilers, Nicole Kvale. ‘Emigrant Trains: Jewish Migration through Prussia and American Remote Control, 1880 - 1914', in Brinkmann, T. (ed), Points of Passage: Jewish Migrants from Eastern Europe in Scandinavia, Germany, and Britain 1880 - 1914 (New York: Berghahn Books, 2013). Lefebure, Molly. Murder on the Home Front (London: Sphere, 2013). Marks, Lara V, Model Mothers: Jewish Mothers and Maternity Provision in East London 1870 - 1939 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994).. Odell, Robin. Medical Detectives: The Lives and Cases of Britain's Forensic Five (Cheltenham: The History Press, 2013). Roberts, Elizabeth. A Woman's Place: An Oral History of Working Class Women 1890 - 1940 (Oxford: Blackwell, 1995). Summerscale, Kate. The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story (London: Bloomsbury, 2020).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.