Crash Course Religions (2024)

Sep 10, 2024 - 11m

Why is defining what is a religion and what is not, so difficult?

Sep 17, 2024 - 12m

Learn why “world religions” is a category constructed by human choice.

Sep 24, 2024 - 10m

What is a cult? How are cults different from religions?

Oct 1, 2024 - 12m

Is there really a difference between magic and religion?

Oct 8, 2024 - 11m

What does it mean to be Hindu?

Oct 15, 2024 - 11m

Let's explore the ways Buddhists try to leave that suffering behind and reach enlightenment.

Oct 22, 2024 - 11m

What does it mean for a river to be a person? An ancestor, even?

Oct 29, 2024 - 13m

What does it mean to be Jewish?

Nov 5, 2024 - 12m

Christianity isn’t just about Jesus.

Nov 12, 2024 - 11m

In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we dig into the beliefs, pillars, and spread of Islam.

Nov 19, 2024 - 11m

African religions include Islam and Christianity, but also hundreds of diverse and complex indigenou

Nov 26, 2024 - 12m

In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll learn about Confucianism and Daoism!

Dec 3, 2024 - 11m

We break down the different flavors of atheism and non-belief and ask if atheism is a religion?

Dec 10, 2024 - 11m

Sacred texts mean vary amongst religions—sometimes they’re essential to belief and other times not.

Dec 17, 2024 - 12m

Rituals can mark time and space, create new identities, and connect people to something bigger.

Jan 7, 2025 - 12m

Religious leaders play a big role in shaping religions today. But who speaks for a religion?

Jan 14, 2025 - 12m

Everybody dies—and then what?

Jan 21, 2025 - 13m

What does it mean to be "spiritual but not religious"?

Jan 28, 2025 - 12m

Do religion and science always have to be in conflict?

Feb 4, 2025 - 12m

What do sex, gender, and sexuality have to do with religion?

Feb 11, 2025 - 11m

In this episode, we'll unpack racism’s roots in religious colonialism, and what that means for us.

Feb 18, 2025 - 12m

How will the world end? In this episode, we explore end-of-the-world predictions.

Feb 25, 2025 - 12m

We might agree religious freedom is a good thing—but can we agree on what it really means?

Mar 4, 2025 - 12m

We’ll explore how religion shapes pop culture, and pop culture shapes religion right back.