When Diversity Efforts Fail
In Who Pays for Diversity? Why Programs Fail at Racial Equity and What to Do about It, sociologist Oneya Fennell Okuwobi examines how well-meaning diversity efforts in universities, corporations, and ...
29 Aug 202530min
Digital Faith and Identity
Digital technologies are profoundly shaping personal identity, community, and spiritual life. Our guest Felicia Song has written about these issues in her book, Restless Devices, and tells us how her ...
2 Juli 202528min
Rejecting Neutrality in Interfaith Work
In this episode of Religion Unmuted, John Barton and host Elaine Howard Ecklund discuss the urgency of interreligious peacebuilding and how religion can serve as both a barrier and a bridge in global ...
24 Apr 202526min
Faith, Politics, and the Power of Embracing Loss
Consultant, professor, author, and former pastor Curtis Chang joins Religion Unmuted to discuss the dangers of partisan idolatry and why he believes Christians should prioritize faith over political i...
28 Mars 202530min
The "Religious Imaginary" and American Politics: From Reagan to Trump
In this episode of Religion Unmuted, Diane Winston discusses the intersection of religion, media, and politics, focusing on how the media shaped the religiously infused vision of the American Dream du...
27 Feb 202526min
Lived Religion and the Enduring Legacy of HBCUs
Marla Frederick, Dean of Harvard Divinity School, and countless others owe their education--and much more--to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Frederick shares how her experience ...
18 Dec 202431min
Unclaimed Doesn't Mean Unmourned
Bringing her journalistic eye to a sociological problem, Pamela Prickett gives listeners insight into a growing American issue: thousands of bodies are going unclaimed by relatives after death—up to 1...
1 Nov 202430min
Season 3 Teaser
The Religion Unmuted season 3 hosts, Elaine Howard Ecklund and Rachel Schneider, reveal the new, expanded vision for this season of the podcast. They also get a bit personal, sharing how their own ide...
28 Okt 202418min
