This may sound really simple, but belief may be more complicated than we would like to think. In this episode Jodie and Matthew explore what belief is in religious settings and how we have come to see other religions in terms of belief - and how that’s largely due to Chrsitianity’s influence on western culture. What is belief and what do you believe?
.Works Referenced and Recommended Readings:
Robert A. Orsi (2011) Belief, Material Religion, 7:1, 10-16, DOI: 10.2752/175183411X12968355481773
Chapter 1: Belief by Donald S. Lopez Jr. from Critical Terms for Religious Studies (1998) edited by Mark C. Taylor
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