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Religion off the Beaten Track

A podcast on the lesser known aspects of religion and belief. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/religionofftheb

21/06/2025

Series 2, Episode 8

Puritans and Witchhunting

Danny Buck (PhD, University of East Anglia) talks about religious fears and hatreds in a seventeenth-century English town.

Substack audio: https://religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/puritans-and-witchhunting

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1LsV1iG88k

Danny Buck (PhD, University of East Anglia) talks about religious fears and hatreds in a seventeenth-century English town.

26/05/2025

Series 2, Episode 7

Crowley the Agnostic

Dr Richard Kaczynski (Yale University) talks about his book "Friendship in Doubt: Aleister Crowley, J. F. C. Fuller, Victor B. Neuburg, and British Agnosticism".

I've just published a new episode of my podcast, Religion off the Beaten Track, in which I talk to Dr Richard Kaczynski (Yale University) about Aleister Crowley and the Agnostic movement.Substack linkYoutube link

26/04/2025

Series 2, Episode 6

Sir James Frazer and contemporary Paganism

Dr Caroline Tully (Melbourne University) reflects on the state of contemporary paganism and talks about a recent book that she co-edited on James Frazer's "The Golden Bough".

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Dr Caroline Tully (Melbourne University) reflects on the state of contemporary Paganism and talks about a recent book that she co-edited on James Frazer's The Golden Bough.Substack audio hereYoutube here

26/03/2025

Series 2, Episode 5

Stigmata in Modern Times

Dr Kristof Smeyers, author of "Supernatural Bodies: Stigmata in Modern Britain and Ireland", talks about his research.

Substack audio: https://open.substack.com/pub/religionoffthebeatentrack/p/stigmata-in-modern-times

Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XVhAyvHXn8

Dr Kristof Smeyers, author of "Supernatural Bodies: Stigmata in Modern Britain and Ireland", talks about his research.

25/02/2025

Series 2, Episode 4

Prof. Chas Clifton - Reflections on Pagan Studies

Writer and scholar Chas Clifton reflects on the discipline of Pagan Studies and his history on it.

I've just released a new episode of my podcast, in which the writer and scholar Prof. Chas Clifton reflects on the discipline of Pagan Studies and his history in it.Substack link hereYoutube link hereThe online archive of Iron Mountain magazine that Chas refers to can be found here.

26/01/2025

Series 2, Episode 3

Dr Charlotte Gauthier - The Crusades and the Far Right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8rHLCLqco8

https://religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/the-crusades-and-the-far-right

Dr Charlotte Gauthier

27/12/2024

Series 2, Episode 2

Jonathan Machnee on Autism and Christianity

https://religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/autism-and-christianity

https://youtu.be/Mgb-LO2OQZs

A discussion of Jonathan Machnee’s (Christianity on the Spectrum) research into autistic people and Christianity.

28/11/2024

I'm pleased to announce a new series of the podcast!

Episode 1 - Mary Beard on Roman mythmaking

https://religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/roman-mythmaking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWwu02Q9NKQ

Mary Beard (Cambridge University) talks about the Romans' uses of history and myth.

04/05/2023

Special edition of the podcast on the religious dimension of the Coronation with guest Dr Francis Young

A special edition of the podcast featuring special guest Dr Francis Young.

01/10/2022

EPISODE 12

Alex Zawacki - Ghosts in Catholic literature

Alex Zawacki (Rochester University) talks about ghosts in Catholic literature, with special reference to a Middle English text, The Gast of Gy.

Alex Zawacki (Rochester University) talks about ghosts in Catholic literature, with special reference to a Middle English text, The Gast of Gy.For Alex's article on The Gast of Gy, see here.

03/09/2022

EPISODE 11

Holli Emore - A Pagan Seminary Director

Holli Emore, Executive Director of Cherry Hill Seminary and author of "Constellated Ministry", talks about ministry in the modern pagan community.

Holli Emore, the Executive Director of Cherry Hill Seminary in South Carolina, talks about ministry in the modern pagan community.Ms Emore is the author of Constellated Ministry: A Guide for Those Serving Today's Pagans.

05/08/2022

EPISODE 10

Phil Hine on Ph***ic Religion

Author Phil Hine talks about the theory that religion sprang from worship of the reproductive organs.

Author Phil Hine talks about the theory that religion sprang from worship of the reproductive organs.Our point of departure is the curious book A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus by the 18th century scholar Richard Payne Knight.

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