"This is the Main Event" is a celebration of the mundane and an affirmation that the life we long for is hidden in the life we have. Through conversations and homilies, poetry and essay readings, join Joshua Luke Smith as he explores and celebrates the nuances, absurdities and beauty of our everyday. joshualukesmith.com
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Interview with scholars of the Ancient World about their new books
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Interviews with Biblical Scholars about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biblical-studies
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Interviews with Brill authors about their new books
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A radical relevant church that empowers people to express God’s heart, fulfil their dreams and change the world. To find out more, visit www.lifechurchbath.com
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Michael Montgomery and Rev Real Estate School are here to teach real estate agents how to become successful in their careers and 2x your production while working 5 days per week by working your SOI. The real estate agent tips and tricks will benefit beginner agents and growing REALTORs® with marketing ideas, database marketing, social media, scripts, dialogues, habits, mindset, networking, skills, and negotiation.
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There’s more to life than the world we can see. Stories, guests and interviews that can re-enchant our vision of culture, science, politics and art. Hosted by Belle Tindall and Justin Brierley. Recorded for Seen & Unseen at Lambeth Palace. Also from Seen & Unseen: www.seenandunseen.com: Articles on current affairs, culture, media and more. Newsletters: Weekly briefings on what's happening in the world Seen & Unseen Aloud: A podcast bringing a dose of news, on the go GodPod: A deeper conversa ...
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The FaithTech Podcast aims to bring the world’s leading thinkers and communicators in the ecosystem of faith and technology together for your learning. FaithTech is a community of Christians in tech who come together once a month all around the world to meet, learn, and build projects together. If you are a Christian in tech, we want to see you join our community! Just head over to our website to learn more about how you can get plugged in https://faithtech.com
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Help support and sustain the podcast: joshualukesmith.com The intro music is from my latest single "Love it All" https://slinky.to/LoveItAllJLS The episode music is by "Heir" https://www.instagram.com/weareheirmusic Stream the latest album: open.spotify.com/album/4WtMubT7nIiF2aMtiiJKLP?si=tU4LmPSnSUee4jXvfJ7oxg…
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Joshua Paul Smith, "Luke Was Not a Christian: Reading the Third Gospel and Acts Within Judaism" (Brill, 2024)
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One orthodoxy of critical biblical scholarship on the Third Gospel, attributed by later Christian tradition to a companion of Paul named Luke, holds that its author was not ethnically Jewish but rather a Gentile of some kind, either a proselyte to Judaism, a “Godfearer” once attached to a diasporic synagogue, or perhaps a pagan convert to a form of…
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Malcolm Schofield, "How Plato Writes: Perspectives and Problems" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
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Plato is a philosophical writer of unusual and ingenious versatility. His works engage in argument but are also full of allegory, imagery, myth, paradox and intertextuality. He astutely characterises the participants whom he portrays in conversation. Sometimes he composes fictive dialogues in dramatic form while at other times he does so as narrati…
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The Religious Landscape of Taiwan: A Discussion with Yushuang Yao
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How is Buddhism seen and practiced in Taiwan? And how do neighbouring countries influence Taiwanese Buddhism? In this episode we explore the religious landscape of Taiwan in conversation with Dr. Yushuang Yao, a leading expert on religion in contemporary Taiwan. Yushuang Yao is an Associate Professor at Fo Guang University, Taiwan, specializing in …
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In this episode of Rev Real Estate School, host Michael Montgomery dives into the challenging conversation of price reductions. Learn effective strategies to communicate with empathy, position yourself on the same team as your clients, and use the most important data points to guide sellers in making informed decisions. Key insights include underst…
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Re-Enchanting... The election(s) - Luke Bretherton
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2024 will see more than sixty countries hold national elections and more than two billion people eligible to vote - including an imminent election in the UK and what looks to be a historic election in the US. This calls for a special episode of Re-Enchanting. Luke Bretherton is an author and theologian who currently splits his time between Duke Uni…
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310 - Interview: Dustin Brohm on Fearless Marketing in 2024
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Join Michael Montgomery of Rev Real Estate School and special guest Dustin Brohm from The Massive Agent Podcast as they dive into top strategies for real estate agents in 2024. Discover common mistakes, effective marketing tactics, and how to build a sustainable business. Learn how to connect with clients authentically, overcome content creation ch…
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Pete Hughes begins the series on the parables, beginning with Matthew 13.By King's Cross Church
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Tahera Qutbuddin, trans., "Nahj al-Balāghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of ʿAlī" (Brill, 2024)
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Nahj al-Balagha is among the most powerful, consequential, and linguistically brilliant masterpieces of Arabic and of Islamic thought and literature. Based on the orations, letters, and sayings of wisdom of ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 661), the first Imam or successor to Prophet Muhammad in Shi‘i Islam and the fourth caliph in Sunni Islam, this oral tre…
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Robert D. Heaton, "The Shepherd of Hermas As Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
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Composed within the first Christian century by a Roman named Hermas, the Shepherd remains a mysterious and underestimated book to scholars and laypeople alike. In The Shepherd of Hermas As Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023), Robert D. Heaton argues that e…
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Robert D. Heaton, "The Shepherd of Hermas As Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
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Composed within the first Christian century by a Roman named Hermas, the Shepherd remains a mysterious and underestimated book to scholars and laypeople alike. In The Shepherd of Hermas As Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023), Robert D. Heaton argues that e…
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Matthew Robertson, "Puruṣa: Personhood in Ancient India" (Oxford UP, 2024)
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Personhood is central to the worldview of ancient India. Across voluminous texts and diverse traditions, the subject of the puruṣa, the Sanskrit term for "person," has been a constant source of insight and innovation. Yet little sustained scholarly attention has been paid to the precise meanings of the puruṣa concept or its historical transformatio…
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Julia Wojnowska-Radzińska, "Implications of Pre-Emptive Data Surveillance for Fundamental Rights in the European Union" (Brill Nijhoff, 2023)
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In Implications of Pre-Emptive Data Surveillance for Fundamental Rights in the European Union (Brill Nijhoff, 2023) Julia Wojnowska-Radzińska offers a comprehensive legal analysis of various forms of pre-emptive data surveillance adopted by the European legislator and their impact on fundamental rights. It also identifies what minimum guarantees ha…
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Re-Enchanting... New York City - Rasool Berry
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Rasool Berry serves as teaching pastor at The Bridge Church in Brooklyn, New York. He hosts the Where Ya From? podcast and is the writer, producer and host of the Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom feature-length documentary. Justin and Belle speak to Rasool about Re-enchanting… the city, millennials and Gen Z. Rasool Berry: https://www.rasoolberry.com/ F…
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309 - Follow These Rules & Watch What Happens
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Join us on the Rev Real Estate School Podcast as we dive into the 10 essential rules every real estate agent needs to know to succeed. From navigating marketing challenges to making key decisions, these guiding principles will help you elevate your real estate career. Perfect for both new and experienced agents looking to enhance their strategies a…
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Help support and sustain the podcast: joshualukesmith.com The intro music is from my latest single "Love it All" https://slinky.to/LoveItAllJLS The episode music is by "Heir" https://www.instagram.com/weareheirmusic Stream the latest album: open.spotify.com/album/4WtMubT7nIiF2aMtiiJKLP?si=tU4LmPSnSUee4jXvfJ7oxg…
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Guest Karl Martin preaches about an encounter with Jesus.By King's Cross Church
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Catherine Michael Chin, "Life: The Natural History of an Early Christian Universe" (U California Press, 2024)
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A vivid and intimate glimpse of ancient life under the sway of cosmic and spiritual forces that the modern world has forgotten. Life: The Natural History of an Early Christian Universe (U California Press, 2024) immerses the reader in the cosmic sea of existences that made up the late ancient Mediterranean world. Loosely structured around events in…
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Catherine Michael Chin, "Life: The Natural History of an Early Christian Universe" (U California Press, 2024)
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A vivid and intimate glimpse of ancient life under the sway of cosmic and spiritual forces that the modern world has forgotten. Life: The Natural History of an Early Christian Universe (U California Press, 2024) immerses the reader in the cosmic sea of existences that made up the late ancient Mediterranean world. Loosely structured around events in…
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Youngna Kim, "Korean Art Since 1945: Challenges and Changes" (Brill, 2024)
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In this beautiful new book, Dr. Youngna Kim draws on her vast understanding of Korean art to provide an overview of the peninsula’s contemporary art scene. Korean artists have become increasingly active at an international level, with many being invited for residencies and exhibitions all over the world. Nonetheless, for various reasons, the genera…
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Citizen Soldiers, Republican Virtues, and the Roman Way of War
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How was the Roman way of war unique, and what were the virtues that defined the Roman Republic? Are there lessons for modern Republics from the Roman one? Annika sits down with 2022-2023 James Madison Program Garwood Visiting Fellow Dr. Steele Brand, a professor of history and director of the Politics, Philosophy, and History Program at Cairn Unive…
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Scott Crawford, "The Han-Xiongnu War, 133 BC-89 AD: The Struggle of China and a Steppe Empire Told Through Its Key Figures (Pen & Sword, 2023)
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For two centuries, the Xiongnu people–a vast nomadic empire that covered modern-day Siberia, Inner Mongolia, Gansu and Xinjiang—were one of the Han Dynasty’s fiercest rivals. They raided the wealthy and prosperous Chinese, and even forced the Han to treat them as equals—much to the chagrin of those in the imperial court. There’s not much known abou…
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Marcus Schmücker, "Visnu-Narayana: Changing Forms and the Becoming of a Deity in Indian Religious Traditions" (Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2023)
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The contributions to Visnu-Narayana: Changing Forms and the Becoming of a Deity in Indian Religious Traditions (Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2023) deal with the complex history of the Indian deity Visnu-Narayana. This conception of God evolved in various traditions in India, especially in South India, during the first millennium CE. The hist…
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Re-Enchanting... Planet Narnia - Michael Ward
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Dr Michael Ward is a literary critic, theologian, and renowned C.S. Lewis expert – teaching at both the University of Oxford and Houston Christian University, in Texas. He is the author of books including 'Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis' and 'After Humanity: A guide to C.S. Lewis’ The Abolition of Man'. Justin and…
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Help support and sustain the podcast: joshualukesmith.com The intro music is from my latest single "Love it All" https://slinky.to/LoveItAllJLS The episode music is by "Heir" https://www.instagram.com/weareheirmusic Stream the latest album: open.spotify.com/album/4WtMubT7nIiF2aMtiiJKLP?si=tU4LmPSnSUee4jXvfJ7oxg…
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Teach Us To Pray-Spiritual Warfare-Pete Hughes
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Pete concludes the series speaking on spiritual warfare and deliverance.By King's Cross Church
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Joshua Paul Smith, "Luke Was Not a Christian: Reading the Third Gospel and Acts Within Judaism" (Brill, 2024)
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Joshua Paul Smith, "Luke Was Not a Christian: Reading the Third Gospel and Acts Within Judaism" (Brill, 2024)
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Sarah Nooter, "How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality" (Princeton UP, 2024)
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The idea of sexual fluidity may seem new, but it is at least as old as the ancient Greeks, who wrote about queer experiences with remarkable frankness, wit, and insight. Sarah Nooter's How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality (Princeton UP, 2024) is an infatuating collection of these writings about desire, love, and lust between men, between …
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Thea Gomelauri, "The Lailashi Codex: The Crown of Georgian Jewry" (Taylor Institution Library, 2023)
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From a remote mountain village in the Caucasian mountains of Georgia came the most surprising discovery since the Dead Sea Scrolls: a rare, beautiful, and valuable Hebrew Bible known as the Lailashi Codex. In ancient tradition, scribal art possesses supernatural powers. The provenance of this Codex is shrouded in mystery. Questions about the author…
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Teach Us to Pray · Broken World · Ruth May
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Ruth May continues our series.By King's Cross Church
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Nathan Lovell, "The Book of Kings and Exilic Identity: 1 and 2 Kings as a Work of Political Historiography" (T&T Clark, 2022)
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Is the purpose of the Book of Kings merely to provide a reason for the exile, or is there a greater message of hope? Tune in as we speak with Nathan Lovell about his monograph, The Book of Kings and Exilic Identity: The Book of Kings and Exilic Identity: 1 and 2 Kings as a Work of Political Historiography (T&T Clark, 2022). Approaching the Book of …
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Re-Enchanting… Middle earth - Holly Ordway
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Holly Ordway is a scholar of English literature who is a professor at the Word on Fire Institute in the USA and Houston Christian University. Holly has written about literary and imaginative apologetics, edited and annotated a volume of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poetry, and has also gone on to publish major books on the works of one of her literary he…
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David S. Richeson, "Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity" (Princeton UP, 2019)
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David S. Richeson's book Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity (Princeton University Press, 2019) is the fascinating story of the 2000 year quest to solve four of the most perplexing problems of antiquity: squaring the circle, duplicating the cube, trisecting the angle, and constructing regular …
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308 - Interview: Scott Sillari on Automation at Different Levels
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Join Michael Montgomery and Scott Sillari, CEO of RealSync, as they dive into the transformative power of automation in real estate. In this episode, they discuss the essentials of setting up a CRM, integrating automation tools, and leveraging AI for business intelligence. Perfect for real estate agents looking to streamline their workflows and sca…
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Jerome’s Tears (with David Bonagura Jr.): Death and Mourning in Christian Late Antiquity
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Professor David Bonagura, theologian and Latinist, has translated and edited seven of St. Jerome’s letters dealing with death and mourning. This doctor of the church consoles his friends in first centuries of Christendom, describing death as sleep, and dying as our journey back home to God. And though the Mediterranean is big and fourth-century tra…
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