September 10, 2024 · 11 min
Why is defining what is a religion and what is not, so difficult?
September 17, 2024 · 12 min
Learn why “world religions” is a category constructed by human choice.
September 24, 2024 · 10 min
What is a cult? How are cults different from religions?
October 1, 2024 · 12 min
Is there really a difference between magic and religion?
October 8, 2024 · 11 min
What does it mean to be Hindu?
October 15, 2024 · 11 min
Let's explore the ways Buddhists try to leave that suffering behind and reach enlightenment.
October 22, 2024 · 11 min
What does it mean for a river to be a person? An ancestor, even?
October 29, 2024 · 13 min
What does it mean to be Jewish?
November 5, 2024 · 12 min
Christianity isn’t just about Jesus.
November 12, 2024 · 11 min
In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we dig into the beliefs, pillars, and spread of Islam.
November 19, 2024 · 11 min
African religions include Islam and Christianity, but also hundreds of diverse and complex indigenou
November 26, 2024 · 12 min
In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll learn about Confucianism and Daoism!
December 3, 2024 · 11 min
We break down the different flavors of atheism and non-belief and ask if atheism is a religion?
December 10, 2024 · 11 min
Sacred texts mean vary amongst religions—sometimes they’re essential to belief and other times not.
December 17, 2024 · 12 min
Rituals can mark time and space, create new identities, and connect people to something bigger.
January 7, 2025 · 12 min
Religious leaders play a big role in shaping religions today. But who speaks for a religion?
January 14, 2025 · 12 min
Everybody dies—and then what?
January 21, 2025 · 13 min
What does it mean to be "spiritual but not religious"?
January 28, 2025 · 12 min
Do religion and science always have to be in conflict?
February 4, 2025 · 12 min
What do sex, gender, and sexuality have to do with religion?
February 11, 2025 · 11 min
In this episode, we'll unpack racism’s roots in religious colonialism, and what that means for us.
February 18, 2025 · 12 min
How will the world end? In this episode, we explore end-of-the-world predictions.
February 25, 2025 · 12 min
We might agree religious freedom is a good thing—but can we agree on what it really means?
March 4, 2025 · 12 min
We’ll explore how religion shapes pop culture, and pop culture shapes religion right back.
