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#43—The life of C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity, with George Marsden [MIPodcast]
C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis died in 1963 on the same day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Before the decade was over, few expected his works to last. “We think Lewis’ star has risen and is about to set,”...
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Rabbis who taught “you can’t actually judge by looking” (MIPodcast Moments)
For those who don’t have time to listen to hour-long episodes of the Maxwell Institute Podcast we bring you “MIPodcast Moments”—transcribed excerpts of interesting extracts for your quick...
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#44—Kate Bowler’s history of the prosperity gospel movement [MIPodcast]
Even if you’ve never heard of a Christian movement scholars call “the prosperity gospel,” chances are you know some of its most famous proponents, like Joel Osteen or Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. “The...
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#45— How (Not) to Be Secular, with James K. A. Smith [MIPodcast]
Why was it virtually impossible not to believe in God in, say, 1500 in our Western society, while in 2016 many people find it more difficult to believe than not? This is the question that Charles...
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#46—Marilynne Robinson on The Givenness of Things [MIPodcast]
The New York Times Review of Books says Marilynne Robinson “is not like any other writer. She has created a small, rich, and fearless body of work in which religion exists unashamedly, as does doubt,...
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#47—The spiritual lives of America’s “Nones,” with Elizabeth Drescher...
If you surveyed Americans, asking them to identify themselves as: A) Catholic B) Muslim C) Evangelical D) Mormon …and so on, an increasing number will select the very last option—none of the above....
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#48—(Almost) all about African American religious history, with Julius H....
What do you know about African American religious history? Julius H. Bailey joins us in this episode to talk about his new overview, Down in the Valley: An Introduction to African American History....
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“How can I be Christian if it doesn’t have any impact on what’s going to...
An excerpt from the full transcript of Julius H. Bailey’s MIPodcast interview, available to read HERE, or to listen to HERE. BLAIR HODGES: That takes us to the topic of black theology. In your book...
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#49—The unexpected life of Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion,...
When the Protestant Reformer John Calvin published his book Institutes of the Christian Religion in the 1500s, he couldn’t have anticipated the incredibly different purposes his book would come to...
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MIPodcast #50—The Summer Seminar on Mormon Culture, 2015
In some ways it’s been a lonelier than usual summer at the Maxwell Institute. Since it was founded in 2006 we’ve had the privilege of hosting the Summer Seminar on Mormon Culture, a remarkable research...
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MIPodcast #51— The Work of the Dead, with Thomas W. Laqueur
What good is a dead body? How have humans cared for dead bodies through the ages and why do we do it? What do dead bodies tell us about the things we value most and about the things we’re afraid of?...
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Podcast Potluck—On race and religion
Welcome to our first Podcast Potluck, an occasional blog series featuring a collection of podcast episodes that together make a nice meal for the mind. BYOE (bring your own ears). Here are a few...
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MIPodcast #52—Reconceiving infertility in the Bible, with Candida Moss and...
“Be fruitful and multiply.” According to the book of Genesis, these are the first words God speaks to humanity. People have understood these words over the centuries as a commandment to procreate, and...
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MIPodcast #53—James L. Kugel on how to read the Bible
James L. Kugel is one of the foremost scholars of the Hebrew Bible of our time. Kugel recently visited BYU’s Neal A. Maxwell Institute to talk about his work and about the relationship between...
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MIPodcast #54—The Sin of Certainty, with Peter Enns
Perhaps you’ve experienced moments of doubt about your religious faith. Or maybe you’re one of the people who find doubt to be a more frequent companion in your spiritual life. Either way, doubt can be...
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MIPodcast #55—American Universities and the Birth of Modern Mormonism, with...
As the twentieth century dawned, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints remained at odds with the United States, a country that had provided fertile soil for the growth of their faith, but...
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MIPodcast #56—Mormons and American politics, with David E. Campbell and J....
The deep red state of Utah is surprising pundits as the 2016 presidential election approaches. For the first time in over fifty years, the state is poised to vote for someone other than the Republican...
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MIPodcast #57—One Hundred Birds Taught Me to Fly, with Ashley Mae Hoiland
One Hundred Birds Taught Me to Fly is the latest book in the Maxwell Institute’s Living Faith series. In this episode, author Ashley Mae Hoiland joins Blair Hodges, co-editor of the series, to talk...
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MIPodcast #58—Some challenges of religious studies, with Thomas Tweed
Journal of the American Academy of Religion People are usually more comfortable talking about their strengths rather than their weaknesses. It’s human nature. The same can be said about religious...
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MIPodcast #59—Village atheists, with Leigh Eric Schmidt
Are you familiar with the New Atheists? The late Christopher Hitchens wrote biting books about religion as “poison,” Richard Dawkins champions a sort of scientism as a replacement for faith, and people...
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