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Crash Course Religions

2024 - 2025 1 season 24 eps

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Season 1

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Season 1

12 min

S1 · E1 · Sep 10, 2024

What Even IS a Religion? Episode 1

Why is defining what is a religion and what is not, so difficult?

12 min

S1 · E2 · Sep 17, 2024

How Many Religions Are There? Episode 2

Learn why “world religions” is a category constructed by human choice.

11 min

S1 · E3 · Sep 24, 2024

What's the Difference Between Cults and Religion? Episode 3

What is a cult? How are cults different from religions?

13 min

S1 · E4 · Oct 1, 2024

What's the Difference Between Religion and Magic? Episode 4

Is there really a difference between magic and religion?

12 min

S1 · E5 · Oct 8, 2024

The Infinite Stories of Hinduism Episode 5

What does it mean to be Hindu?

11 min

S1 · E6 · Oct 15, 2024

Life, the Universe, and the Buddha Episode 6

Let's explore the ways Buddhists try to leave that suffering behind and reach enlightenment.

12 min

S1 · E7 · Oct 22, 2024

Can a River Be A Person? Episode 7

What does it mean for a river to be a person? An ancestor, even?

14 min

S1 · E8 · Oct 29, 2024

What Does it Mean to Be Jewish Episode 8

What does it mean to be Jewish?

13 min

S1 · E9 · Nov 5, 2024

Sacrifice, Redemption, and Miracles: The Story of Christianity Episode 9

Christianity isn’t just about Jesus.

12 min

S1 · E10 · Nov 12, 2024

The History and Practice of Islam on Earth and Beyond Episode 10

In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we dig into the beliefs, pillars, and spread of Islam.

12 min

S1 · E11 · Nov 19, 2024

Religions of the African Diaspora Episode 11

African religions include Islam and Christianity, but also hundreds of diverse and complex indigenou

13 min

S1 · E12 · Nov 26, 2024

Are Confucianism and Daoism philosophies or religions? Episode 12

In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll learn about Confucianism and Daoism!

12 min

S1 · E13 · Dec 3, 2024

Is Atheism a Religion? Episode 13

We break down the different flavors of atheism and non-belief and ask if atheism is a religion?

12 min

S1 · E14 · Dec 10, 2024

How Do Religious Texts Work? Episode 14

Sacred texts mean vary amongst religions—sometimes they’re essential to belief and other times not.

12 min

S1 · E15 · Dec 17, 2024

What Does Ritual Have to Do with Religion? Episode 15

Rituals can mark time and space, create new identities, and connect people to something bigger.

13 min

S1 · E16 · Jan 7, 2025

Who Speaks for a Religion? Episode 16

Religious leaders play a big role in shaping religions today. But who speaks for a religion?

13 min

S1 · E17 · Jan 14, 2025

Death and Afterlife Across Religions Episode 17

Everybody dies—and then what?

13 min

S1 · E18 · Jan 21, 2025

Religion, Spirituality, and the Supernatural Episode 18

What does it mean to be "spiritual but not religious"?

13 min

S1 · E19 · Jan 28, 2025

Are Science and Religion Compatible? Episode 19

Do religion and science always have to be in conflict?

13 min

S1 · E20 · Feb 4, 2025

What Do Sex and Gender Have to Do with Religion? Episode 20

What do sex, gender, and sexuality have to do with religion?

12 min

S1 · E21 · Feb 11, 2025

What Does Race Have to Do with Religion? Episode 21

In this episode, we'll unpack racism’s roots in religious colonialism, and what that means for us.

13 min

S1 · E22 · Feb 18, 2025

Visions of the End of the World Episode 22

How will the world end? In this episode, we explore end-of-the-world predictions.

13 min

S1 · E23 · Feb 25, 2025

What Does Religious Freedom Mean? Episode 23

We might agree religious freedom is a good thing—but can we agree on what it really means?

12 min

S1 · E24 · Mar 4, 2025

Religions and Pop Culture Episode 24

We’ll explore how religion shapes pop culture, and pop culture shapes religion right back.

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September 10, 2024

Final episode

March 4, 2025

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