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Crash Course Religions
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Episode 111 min2024-09-10
What Even IS a Religion?
Why is defining what is a religion and what is not, so difficult?
Episode 212 min2024-09-17
How Many Religions Are There?
Learn why “world religions” is a category constructed by human choice.
Episode 310 min2024-09-24
What's the Difference Between Cults and Religion?
What is a cult? How are cults different from religions?
Episode 412 min2024-10-01
What's the Difference Between Religion and Magic?
Is there really a difference between magic and religion?
Episode 511 min2024-10-08
The Infinite Stories of Hinduism
What does it mean to be Hindu?
Episode 611 min2024-10-15
Life, the Universe, and the Buddha
Let's explore the ways Buddhists try to leave that suffering behind and reach enlightenment.
Episode 711 min2024-10-22
Can a River Be A Person?
What does it mean for a river to be a person? An ancestor, even?
Episode 813 min2024-10-29
What Does it Mean to Be Jewish
What does it mean to be Jewish?
Episode 912 min2024-11-05
Sacrifice, Redemption, and Miracles: The Story of Christianity
Christianity isn’t just about Jesus.
Episode 1011 min2024-11-12
The History and Practice of Islam on Earth and Beyond
In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we dig into the beliefs, pillars, and spread of Islam.
Episode 1111 min2024-11-19
Religions of the African Diaspora
African religions include Islam and Christianity, but also hundreds of diverse and complex indigenou
Episode 1212 min2024-11-26
Are Confucianism and Daoism philosophies or religions?
In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll learn about Confucianism and Daoism!
Episode 1311 min2024-12-03
Is Atheism a Religion?
We break down the different flavors of atheism and non-belief and ask if atheism is a religion?
Episode 1411 min2024-12-10
How Do Religious Texts Work?
Sacred texts mean vary amongst religions—sometimes they’re essential to belief and other times not.
Episode 1512 min2024-12-17
What Does Ritual Have to Do with Religion?
Rituals can mark time and space, create new identities, and connect people to something bigger.
Episode 1612 min2025-01-07
Who Speaks for a Religion?
Religious leaders play a big role in shaping religions today. But who speaks for a religion?
Episode 1712 min2025-01-14
Death and Afterlife Across Religions
Everybody dies—and then what?
Episode 1813 min2025-01-21
Religion, Spirituality, and the Supernatural
What does it mean to be "spiritual but not religious"?
Episode 1912 min2025-01-28
Are Science and Religion Compatible?
Do religion and science always have to be in conflict?
Episode 2012 min2025-02-04
What Do Sex and Gender Have to Do with Religion?
What do sex, gender, and sexuality have to do with religion?
Episode 2111 min2025-02-11
What Does Race Have to Do with Religion?
In this episode, we'll unpack racism’s roots in religious colonialism, and what that means for us.
Episode 2212 min2025-02-18
Visions of the End of the World
How will the world end? In this episode, we explore end-of-the-world predictions.
Episode 2312 min2025-02-25
What Does Religious Freedom Mean?
We might agree religious freedom is a good thing—but can we agree on what it really means?
Episode 2412 min2025-03-04
Religions and Pop Culture
We’ll explore how religion shapes pop culture, and pop culture shapes religion right back.