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Ep. 15: Bo - Thoreau, Passover, and Asceticism feat. Alda Balthrop-Lewis
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Alda Balthrop-Lewis, research fellow at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University, PhD in religion from Princeton, and author of the newly released book Thoreau’s Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism joins Professor Fannie Bialek and Raviv to discuss what Thoreau did with his time in the woods, and how it relates to the ancient Jewish practice of Passover, the exodus story, and yes, even eating matzah.
53 episodes
Manage episode 282897432 series 2808787
Alda Balthrop-Lewis, research fellow at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University, PhD in religion from Princeton, and author of the newly released book Thoreau’s Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism joins Professor Fannie Bialek and Raviv to discuss what Thoreau did with his time in the woods, and how it relates to the ancient Jewish practice of Passover, the exodus story, and yes, even eating matzah.
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