Crash Course Religions (2024)
Synopsis
John Green teaches you about Religions!
First Air Date: 2024-09-10
Last Air Date: 2025-03-04
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 24
Created By: John Green
Networks: PBS Digital Studios
Top Cast
- John Green as Self
Seasons
Season 1 (2024)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: What Even IS a Religion?
Why is defining what is a religion and what is not, so difficult?
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Ep. 2: How Many Religions Are There?
Learn why “world religions” is a category constructed by human choice.
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Ep. 3: What's the Difference Between Cults and Religion?
What is a cult? How are cults different from religions?
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Ep. 4: What's the Difference Between Religion and Magic?
Is there really a difference between magic and religion?
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Ep. 5: The Infinite Stories of Hinduism
What does it mean to be Hindu?
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Ep. 6: Life, the Universe, and the Buddha
Let's explore the ways Buddhists try to leave that suffering behind and reach enlightenment.
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Ep. 7: Can a River Be A Person?
What does it mean for a river to be a person? An ancestor, even?
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Ep. 8: What Does it Mean to Be Jewish
What does it mean to be Jewish?
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Ep. 9: Sacrifice, Redemption, and Miracles: The Story of Christianity
Christianity isn’t just about Jesus.
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Ep. 10: The History and Practice of Islam on Earth and Beyond
In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we dig into the beliefs, pillars, and spread of Islam.
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Ep. 11: Religions of the African Diaspora
African religions include Islam and Christianity, but also hundreds of diverse and complex indigenou
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Ep. 12: Are Confucianism and Daoism philosophies or religions?
In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll learn about Confucianism and Daoism!
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Ep. 13: Is Atheism a Religion?
We break down the different flavors of atheism and non-belief and ask if atheism is a religion?
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Ep. 14: How Do Religious Texts Work?
Sacred texts mean vary amongst religions—sometimes they’re essential to belief and other times not.
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Ep. 15: What Does Ritual Have to Do with Religion?
Rituals can mark time and space, create new identities, and connect people to something bigger.
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Ep. 16: Who Speaks for a Religion?
Religious leaders play a big role in shaping religions today. But who speaks for a religion?
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Ep. 17: Death and Afterlife Across Religions
Everybody dies—and then what?
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Ep. 18: Religion, Spirituality, and the Supernatural
What does it mean to be "spiritual but not religious"?
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Ep. 19: Are Science and Religion Compatible?
Do religion and science always have to be in conflict?
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Ep. 20: What Do Sex and Gender Have to Do with Religion?
What do sex, gender, and sexuality have to do with religion?
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Ep. 21: What Does Race Have to Do with Religion?
In this episode, we'll unpack racism’s roots in religious colonialism, and what that means for us.
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Ep. 22: Visions of the End of the World
How will the world end? In this episode, we explore end-of-the-world predictions.
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Ep. 23: What Does Religious Freedom Mean?
We might agree religious freedom is a good thing—but can we agree on what it really means?
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Ep. 24: Religions and Pop Culture
We’ll explore how religion shapes pop culture, and pop culture shapes religion right back.
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