Crash Course Religions (2024) · WatchGuide

Crash Course Religions (2024) · WatchGuide

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E1 · Airs Sep 10, 2024 · 11m
What Even IS a Religion?
Why is defining what is a religion and what is not, so difficult?
E2 · Airs Sep 17, 2024 · 12m
How Many Religions Are There?
Learn why “world religions” is a category constructed by human choice.
E3 · Airs Sep 24, 2024 · 10m
What's the Difference Between Cults and Religion?
What is a cult? How are cults different from religions?
E4 · Airs Oct 1, 2024 · 12m
What's the Difference Between Religion and Magic?
Is there really a difference between magic and religion?
E5 · Airs Oct 8, 2024 · 11m
The Infinite Stories of Hinduism
What does it mean to be Hindu?
E6 · Airs Oct 15, 2024 · 11m
Life, the Universe, and the Buddha
Let's explore the ways Buddhists try to leave that suffering behind and reach enlightenment.
E7 · Airs Oct 22, 2024 · 11m
Can a River Be A Person?
What does it mean for a river to be a person? An ancestor, even?
E8 · Airs Oct 29, 2024 · 13m
What Does it Mean to Be Jewish
What does it mean to be Jewish?
E9 · Airs Nov 5, 2024 · 12m
Sacrifice, Redemption, and Miracles: The Story of Christianity
Christianity isn’t just about Jesus.
E10 · Airs Nov 12, 2024 · 11m
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.
E11 · Airs Nov 19, 2024 · 11m
Religions of the African Diaspora
African religions include Islam and Christianity, but also hundreds of diverse and complex indigenou
E12 · Airs Nov 26, 2024 · 12m
Are Confucianism and Daoism philosophies or religions?
In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll learn about Confucianism and Daoism!
E13 · Airs Dec 3, 2024 · 11m
Is Atheism a Religion?
We break down the different flavors of atheism and non-belief and ask if atheism is a religion?
E14 · Airs Dec 10, 2024 · 11m
How Do Religious Texts Work?
Sacred texts mean vary amongst religions—sometimes they’re essential to belief and other times not.
E15 · Airs Dec 17, 2024 · 12m
What Does Ritual Have to Do with Religion?
Rituals can mark time and space, create new identities, and connect people to something bigger.
E16 · Airs Jan 7, 2025 · 12m
Who Speaks for a Religion?
Religious leaders play a big role in shaping religions today. But who speaks for a religion?
E17 · Airs Jan 14, 2025 · 12m
Death and Afterlife Across Religions
Everybody dies—and then what?
E18 · Airs Jan 21, 2025 · 13m
Religion, Spirituality, and the Supernatural
What does it mean to be "spiritual but not religious"?
E19 · Airs Jan 28, 2025 · 12m
Are Science and Religion Compatible?
Do religion and science always have to be in conflict?
E20 · Airs Feb 4, 2025 · 12m
What Do Sex and Gender Have to Do with Religion?
What do sex, gender, and sexuality have to do with religion?
E21 · Airs Feb 11, 2025 · 11m
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.
E22 · Airs Feb 18, 2025 · 12m
Visions of the End of the World
How will the world end? In this episode, we explore end-of-the-world predictions.
E23 · Airs Feb 25, 2025 · 12m
What Does Religious Freedom Mean?
We might agree religious freedom is a good thing—but can we agree on what it really means?
E24 · Airs Mar 4, 2025 · 12m
Religions and Pop Culture
We’ll explore how religion shapes pop culture, and pop culture shapes religion right back.