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Squeezing into Uncomfortable Spaces: Scholarly Objectivity and Strong Opinions.
No video, but some of the things I said at CESNUR13 Conference..
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Buddhism and Atheism
Is Buddhism a form of Atheism? In this video I refer to texts you can find at – you may want to look at the passage where Brahma asserts he is the supreme God, but.. tipitaka/dn/dn.11.0.than.html#bigbrahma — Staff from the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics…
New Religious Movements and Children
Sanja Nilsson from Sweden talks about NRMs and Children: A short interview about work she is doing as part of her PhD (at Gothenburg and Dalarna Universities) – I hope to interview her again once it is complete.. You can see…
Robert Wallis on Paganism and Burial Sites
Alternative Archaelogy, Has It Happened?: Paganism and Archaeology in Twenty-first Century in Britain Robert WALLIS (Richmond University, London) We only just get started chatting before we are cut off by catering staff arriving – but we start on some great…
Kalmykia and Post-Soviet Religion
“New Cosmic Religion” and the Ancient Cult of the White Old Man Interpreted Anew: Communities of Ritual Healers in Post-Soviet Kalmykia Valeriya GAZIZOVA (University of Oslo) In this short video Valeriya talks about just one of the many forms of…
From Goddess to Cyborg..
I ask Venetia Robertson about her work, and we end up talking about Pagans and transhumanism: Venetia is a PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney. Recorded at CESNUR 2013 in Falun. At you can see some of her work…
Hymns and Jehovah’s Witnesses
The Watch Tower’s Changing Hymnody: How Music Reflects Change among Jehovah’s Witnesses George D. CHRYSSIDES (University of Birmingham) I ask Dr Chryssides about his paper, and we talk about how a seemingly small detail reveals so much about a tradition:
Spiritual Tourism
I interview Dr Alex Norman from the University of Sydney about his work on Spiritual Tourism. Another interview from CESNUR 2013..
Self Designation: Spiritual? Religious? Neo-Religious? Åndelig?
New Age, Spiritual or Religious? Self-designations within the New Age Movement Knut MELVAER – Margrethe LØØV (University of Bergen) In this short video I ask Knut & Margrethe about their work on the terms Spiritual, Religious and others… beliefs (referred…