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Christmas, Christianity, Controversy & Commercialization | HbN S4EBonus
Christmas, Christianity, Controversy & Commercialization | HbN S4EBonus
Christmas, Christianity, Controversy & Commercialization | HbN S4EBonus
Why Dec. 25? Why so much Christmas conflict & controversy in Christianity's history? Why is Christmas so important to Christianity? And to America?
Hijab, Marriage & Abortion - In Islamic Iran | HbN S2E34
Christmas, Christianity, Controversy & Commercialization | HbN S4EBonus
Christmas, Christianity, Controversy & Commercialization | HbN S4EBonus
Where does the hijab come from? Did pre-Islam women wear the hijab? What rights do Iranian Muslim women have in marriage? How did these rights change after the 1979 revolution? What about sex outside marriage?
Golden Age of Jewish-Muslim Relations | HbN S1E43
Christmas, Christianity, Controversy & Commercialization | HbN S4EBonus
Golden Age of Jewish-Muslim Relations | HbN S1E43
The long history of coexistence of between Muslims and Jews, which defies our common understanding of the Middle East, is the subject of this episode.
My guest describes the long, intertwined history of Muslims and Jews, and how in comparison to Christian Europe, for several centuries Jews lived in relative peace in the lands of Islam and even thrived. He ends our conversation by asking us all to remember what we forgot.
From Polytheism To Monotheism | UME S1E33-34
Golden Age of Jewish-Muslim Relations | HbN S1E43
Before Monotheism, what were the big religions of the ancient Middle East? Does the term 'religion' make sense in the context of Ancient Middle East? Does the term God make sense in the context of Ancient Middle East? How did polytheism die out? What happened to all the gods?
Women In Temples & Ancient Religions | UME S1E19-20
Women In Temples & Ancient Religions | UME S1E19-20
Who ate all the food that was offered t the gods? What does it mean to have timeshare in a temple? What happened to the powerful Mesopotamian priestesses? How did women marry gods? What climate change event destroyed the temples in Southern Mesopotamia? Why is the Third Dynasty of Ur so important to the history of ancient Mesopotamia?