Society & Culture:Philosophy
EV - 237 Defining "religion" with Chris Kavanagh
2022-04-21
My returning guest this week is Chris Kavanagh (@C_Kavanagh), a cultural anthropologist and co-host of the Decoding the Gurus pod. We discuss competing accounts of how to define "religion" and their implications for church and state conflicts.
Decoding the Gurus: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/
Chris's article about defining religion: https://aeon.co/essays/can-religion-be-based-on-ritual-practice-without-belief
Convocation: Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Music by GW Rodriguez
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Recent appearances: I was on Ben Burgis's youtube channel debating free will and moral luck: https://twitter.com/ETVPod/status/1516786030854262788?s=20&t=q3yiNlMdkxoDCu1yHCig-w
Here's the What's left of Phil link for the other chat on this subject:
https://twitter.com/leftofphil/status/1511305894587682821?s=20&t=eH18eR9d-Axezy_x5A23dg
Upcoming appearances: Stay tuned, got a few invites this past weekend so hopefully will have some info here soon!
Next week: Tracking right wing cultural collapse narratives with Martin Rooke
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