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ReligionForBreakfast

An educational channel dedicated to the academic, nonsectarian study of religion. We promote improving the public's religious literacy by exploring humanity's beliefs and rituals through an anthropological, sociological, and archaeological lens.

Religion for Breakfast does not endorse any particular religious tradition or non-religious perspective. Please be respectful in the comments!

The host, Dr. Andrew M. Henry, is a scholar of religious studies. His research focus is early Christianity and late Roman religion. He earned his PhD at Boston University. Follow him on Twitter @andrewmarkhenry.
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  • Wednesday · 16 min

    The Camel and Needle: Did Scholars Mistranslate Jesus's Famous Saying?

    Signup for your FREE trial to Wondrium here: http://ow.ly/XCq330smyx2 Uploaded 18-07-22 Join our Patreon community!: https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast One-time donations here!: https://www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast Check out my favorite religious studies books by following this affiliate link to my Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast Mark 10:25 says: "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God." This is one of the most famous sayings of Jesus. But did we translate his saying correctly? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Wednesday · 20 min

    What is Wicca?

    Join my online seminar, "Magic in the Ancient World!" Tickets here: https://www.speakeasy.com/event/magic-ancient-2 Uploaded 29-10-20 Join our Patreon community!: https://patreon.com/religionforbreakfast One-time donations here!: https://www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast Join my 15-person online seminars here: https://www.speakeasy.com/speaker/andrew-henry Check out my favorite religious studies books by following this affiliate link to my Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast Thumbnail Photograph Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ The photograph is attributed to Wikimedia Commons user Malloym: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca#/media/File:Wiccan_'Book_of_Shadows'.jpg References: Ethan Doyle White, Wicca: History, Belief, and Community in Modern Pagan Witchcraft, (Sussex Academic Press, 2016) Sabina Magliocco, Witching Culture: Folkore and Neopaganism in America, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004) Ronald Hutton, The Triump of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft, (Oxford University Press, 2019) Leon A. van Gulik, “The Blind Moondial Makers: Creativity and Renewal in Wicca,” in Magic and Witchery in the Modern West (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) Patricia Iolana, “Pagan Scholarship from a Pagan Perspective,” Religious Studies Project. Photo Attributions: Beltane Altar, Flickr user RaeVynn Sands, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wiccan_altar_(1).PNG Activist photograph, Wikimedia user Ycco, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wiccan_event_in_the_US_(1).PNG God and Goddess busts, Wikimedia user Ντεβ, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horned_god_and_moon_goddess.jpg Pentacle altar, Wikimedia user, Malloym: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca#/media/File:Pentacle_on_wiccan_altar.jpg Wicker Horned God, Wiccan Pentacle, all from Ethan Doyle White: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wicker_Horned_God_outside_the_Museum_of_Witchcraft_and_Magic.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiccan_Pentacle_on_display_in_the_Museum_of_Witchcraft_and_Magic.jpg Diana sculpture, copyright wikimedia user, David Monniaux: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Falguiere_Diana_p1070131.jpg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Wednesday · 10 min

    What Did Marcion Believe?

    Marcion...hated heretic or influential maverick? Uploaded 26-01-16 Twitter: @andrewmarkhenry Facebook: www.religionforbreakfast.com/facebook Blog: www.religionforbreakfast.com Animation: EC Henry, http://echenry.com/ Design: Chris Maghintay, http://www.chrismaghintay.com/ Music: Kevin MacLeod, www.incompetech.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 11 min

    Göbekli Tepe: The World's Oldest Temple?

    Göbekli Tepe is a massive monolithic complex in southeastern Turkey. Archaeologists have hypothesized that the site is the oldest temple known to humanity. But what do we know about it? And why do archaeologists think it is a religious site? Uploaded 17-01-17 Kurzgesagt mentions this site in a recent video, check it out!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgOWmtGVGs&t=132s Patreon: www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast Twitter: @andrewmarkhenry Facebook: www.facebook.com/religionforbreakfast Blog: www.religionforbreakfast Thanks to Vlogbrothers for their sponsorship of this video! Thanks also to our Patreon patrons!: Christian G. Brian B. Daniel D. Cedric V. Tuuli H. Kalei W. Alex B. Adil A. Mason A. Mark H. Alice C. Wilson Cain D. Bibliography: Banning, E.B. “So Fair a House: Gobekli Tepe and the Identification of Temples in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of the Near East,” Current Anthropology, vol. 52, no. 5 (2011): 619-660. Borié, Dusan. “Theater of Predation: Beneath the Skin of Göbekli Tepe Images,” in Christopher Watts, Relational Archaeologies: Humans, Animals, Things,” Oliver Dietrich, “The role of cult and feasting in the emergence of Neolithic communities. New evidence from Göbekli Tepe, south-eastern Turkey," Antiquity, Sept 2012. Article on beer brewing at Göbekli Tepe: https://tepetelegrams.wordpress.com/2016/04/24/out-for-a-beer-at-the-dawn-of-agriculture/ Article on dating Göbekli tepe: https://tepetelegrams.wordpress.com/2016/06/22/how-old-ist-it-dating-gobekli-tepe/# Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 13 min

    What Did the Tomb of Jesus Actually Look Like?

    Register for my class Crucifixion and Burial in the Roman Empire!: https://religionforbreakfast.eventbrite.com/ Uploaded 18-03-24 Special thanks to @zahishaked for his footage of the Tomb of Annas. He's a tour guide in Israel. Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@zahishaked Support us on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast Go read Dr. Mark Goodacre's original article!: "How Empty Was the Tomb?" Journal for the Study of the New Testament," Volume 44, Issue 1, 2021. Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 6 min

    The Academic Study of Religion Explained

    Religious studies draws inspiration from multiple academic disciplines: sociology, anthropology, history, neuroscience, biology, psychology, political science..so no matter what you're interested in, you can probably find a home in religious studies! Uploaded 16-11-17 Patreon: www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast Facebook: www.facebook.com/religionforbreakfast Twitter: @andrewmarkhenry Blog: www.religionforbreakfast.com Andrew's religious studies book recommendations: http://amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast Special thanks to the Religious Freedom Center for helping to film and edit this video. The Religious Freedom Center is a nonsectarian organization based out of the Newseum in Washington D.C. They are developing online curriculum to help public school teachers to improve their religious literacy in the classroom. This video is part of two classes I helped to design: RLIT 100 Religions of the World, and EDU 300 Teaching About Religion in Public School. If you are interested in signing up for one of these courses, head on over to: http://www.religiousfreedomcenter.org/admissions/ Buddhism footage is from my friend and colleague Jenn Lindsay. Check out her YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/user/jenniferslindsay Special thanks to another friend and colleague, John Balch, for help describing the scientific study of religion. Follow him on Twitter at @PerplexedMonist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 5 min

    You Don't Need to be Religious to Study Religion

    You don't need to be religious to study religion. This might sound really obvious to you...but from my experience, lots of people assume this. Uploaded 12-07-17 Patreon: www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast Twitter: @andrewmarkhenry Facebook: www.facebook.com/religionforbreakfast Blog: www.religionforbreakfast AAR teaching guidelines: https://www.aarweb.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Publications/epublications/AARK-12CurriculumGuidelines.pdf Thanks to our patrons on Patreon for voting on this topic!: Brian B Cassandra C Daniel D Derek K Kalei W Quinn N Rende D Roee S Megan B Tuuli H Alex B Dan H Esther B The_Lich_Queen Adil A Mason A Mark H Alice C Wilson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 21 min

    Yazidi Religion Explained

    Watch Dr. Eszter Spät's documentary here!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Y8CXxJEv4 Uploaded 10-09-20 Join my 15-person online seminars here: https://www.speakeasy.com/speaker/andrew-henry Join our Patreon community!: https://patreon.com/religionforbreakfast One-time donations here!: https://www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast Check out my favorite religious studies books: https://www.amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast Bibliography: Eszter Spät, “The Song of the Commoner: The Gnostic Call in Yezidi Oral Tradition.” In In Search of Truth: Augustine, Manichaeism and Other Gnosticism. Ed. J. A. van den Berg and J. van Schaik, 663-683. Leiden: Brill, 2011. Victoria Arakelova, "Book Review of God and Sheikh Adi are Perfect,” in Iran and the Caucasus 11 (2007). Richard Foltz, “The ‘Original’ Kurdish Religion? Kurdish Nationalism and the False Conflation of the Yezidi and Zoroastrian Traditions,” Journal of Persianate Studies, 10 (2017), 87-106. Peter Nicolaus, “The Serpent Symbolism in the Yezidi Religious Tradition and the Snake in Yerevan,” Iran and the Caucasus 15 (2011), 49-72. Sebastian Maisel, “Yezidis in Syria: Identity Building among a Double Minority." Philip Kreyenbroek, "Yezidism Its Background Observances and Textual Tradition." Photo attributions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahura_Mazda#/media/File:Naqshe_Rostam_Darafsh_Ordibehesht_93_(35).JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_Shrines_of_Sheikh_Adi,_Sheikh_Hassan,_and_Sheikh_Bakr_at_the_Yezidi_holy_site_of_Lalish_in_Kurdistan_Region.jpg Melek Tawus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melek_Taus#/media/File:Tausi-Malek.png Lalesh pic: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lalish_panorama.jpg Yazidi Temple in Armenia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jezida_templo_en_aknali%C4%89o.jpg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 19 min

    Did the Gospels Copy Each Other?

    Watch UsefulCharts here!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6PrrnhAKFQ Uploaded 10-09-21 Special thanks to Duke University PhD candidate Ian Mills for co-writing this episode. Find their podcast, New Testament Review, here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR8SeIgZf4x0-wUMWVvWchw 00:00 Intro: What are the Synoptics? 2:55 Traditional composition of the Gospels 3:34 Evidence of Verbatim Agreement 5:45 Evidence of Markan Priority 12:34 Double Tradition Question 14:50 Conclusion Join our Patreon community!: https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast One-time donations here!: https://www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast Check out my favorite religious studies books by following this affiliate link to my Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 1 hr 9 min

    Excavating Göbekli Tepe: An Interview with Archaeologist Jens Notroff

    Register for our seminar Archaeology of the Hebrew Bible!: https://www.religiondepartment.com/offers/6cuCSULf/checkout Uploaded 13-10-25 Archaeologist Jens Notroff, who spent years excavating Göbekli Tepe, joins me to discuss what this 12,000-year-old site reveals about the dawn of civilization, religion, and art. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 21 min

    What Everyone Gets Wrong About Elves in Iceland

    Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/religionforbreakfast Uploaded 26-09-25 Join our Patreon community! https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and Reuters Old Norse elves aren’t Legolas or Keebler. From Norse gods to tourist gimmicks, this video uncovers how Iceland’s “hidden people” became a global obsession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 28 min

    The Amish Explained

    Use code RFBINCOGNI at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/rfbincogni. Uploaded 31-05-24 The Amish appear a lot in pop culture, but they're also frequently misrepresented and mythologized. So what do the Amish actually believe and practice? Join our Patreon community!: https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast One-time donations here!: https://www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast Sign-up for my mailing list to be notified of online classes: https://classes.religionforbreakfast.com/ 00:00 Introduction 00:54 Basic Overview 3:16 Origins of the Amish 8:49 Amish "Order," The Ordnung 9:35 The Amish and Technology 11:43 The Amish and Public Life 14:47 Amish Culture and Rumspringa 16:46 Amish Religious Practice 17:29 High-Commitment Communities 18:36 The Amish, Pop Culture, and "Bonnet Rippers" 23:06 Sponsor Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and Reuters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 18 min

    Was George Washington Religious?

    Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Be well informed. Download the free Ground News app at https://ground.news/religionforbreakfast Uploaded 20-04-23 Join our Patreon community!: https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast One-time donations here!: https://www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast Check out my favorite religious studies books by following this affiliate link to my Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast You may have seen paintings of George Washington kneeling in prayer—an image that gives the impression that Washington was a very religious man. But was he? Select footage and images courtesy of Getty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 10 min

    Has Religion Surged During COVID-19 Pandemic?

    Join our Patreon community!: https://patreon.com/religionforbreakfast One-time donations here!: https://www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast Check out my favorite religious studies books: https://www.amazon.com/shop/religionforbreakfast Uploaded 20-04-20 Interview with Dr. Joseph Henrich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_M2odFfxno War Makes Us More Religious video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVKRAMupaUA In March 2020, Google searches for "prayer" surged to its highest level in 5 years. Presumably, more and more people are searching for answers about prayer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Does this indicate a surge in religiosity as well? Twitter: @andrewmarkhenry 2nd Channel: @andrewmarkhenry Facebook: www.facebook.com/religionforbreakfast Bibliography: K.I. Pargament, "The psychology of religion and coping: Theory, research, practice," Guilford Press, 2001. Ano and Vasconcelles, 2005, “Religious coping and psychological adjustment to stress: A meta-analysis,” Journal of clinical psychology, 2005, 61 (4), 461-480 Joseph Henrich et. al. “War Increases Religiosity,” https://henrich.fas.harvard.edu/files/henrich/files/henrich_et_al-2019-nature_human_behaviour.pdf Sinding Bentzen research on natural disasters and religiosity: https://academic.oup.com/ej/article-abstract/129/622/2295/5490325?redirectedFrom=fulltext Saudi Government Bans Prayers: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/saudi-arabia-bans-prayers-holy-mosques-coronavirus-fears-200320063001931.html Haaretz article on the sanitation of the Western Wall: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/with-hazmat-suits-collecting-letters-to-god-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-1.8728568 Study by Dr. Jeanet Sinding Bentzen: https://twitter.com/JeanetBentzen/status/1244609464239624192 Sociologist Dr. Landon Schnabel’s response: https://twitter.com/LandonSchnabel/status/1245276267445751808 Social Distancing Photograph 1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2630Social_distancing_and_panic_buying_30.jpg Social Distancing Photograph 2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Social_distancing_sign_at_TJs.jpg Social Distancing Photograph 3: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Social_distancing_during_COVID-19_pandemic,_Haslemere_02.jpg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 9 min

    Is Religion Declining?

    Patreon: www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast Twitter: @andrewmarkhenry Facebook: religionforbreakfast.com/facebook Blog: www.religionforbreakfast.com Uploaded 30-04-15 Music by: Kevin MacLeod Bibliography: UK Religiosity: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/04/13/religion-faith-atheism-britain_n_7052720.html Atheism Study: http://www.wingia.com/web/files/richeditor/filemanager/Global_INDEX_of_Religiosity_and_Atheism_PR__6.pdf Millenials and Atheism: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/12/pew-survey-doubt-of-god-growing-quickly-among-millennials/ Pew Research World Religion Study: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/04/02/397042004/muslim-population-will-surpass-christians-this-century-pew-says Religious Unaffiliation and Belief in God: http://www.pewforum.org/2012/10/09/nones-on-the-rise/ Smith, James K.A. "How [Not] to be Secular." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 16 min

    Do Atheist Friends Make People Lose Their Faith?

    With my link, you can get 50% off of Nebula. It’s just $30/year, or $2,5/month, at https://go.nebula.tv/religionforbreakfast Watch Downie Express here: https://nebula.tv/videos/downieexpress-s3e1?ref=religionforbreakfast Uploaded 11-06-26 Religion for Breakfast videos take a lot of research and collaboration. Patreon support helps fund editors, scholars, and future episodes. Support us here: https://www.patreon.com/c/religionforbreakfast Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and Reuters A new study asks whether atheist friends make religious teens more likely to disaffiliate from religion. The answer is yes, but the real surprise is how many stay religious anyway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 20 min

    The Shakers Explained

    Subscribe to Sacred and Profane's newsletter here!: http://eepurl.com/gjbzuX Uploaded 20-06-24 Join our Patreon community!: https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast One-time donations here!: https://www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast Sign-up for my mailing list to be notified of online classes: https://classes.religionforbreakfast.com/ Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and Reuters The Shakers are an apocalyptic offshoot of the Quakers. They believed that their leader, Ann Lee, was Christ incarnate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 32 min

    Why Ancient Christians Destroyed Greek Statues

    Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/religionforbreakfast Uploaded 28-02-25 In Late Antiquity, Christian leaders condemned paganism, sometimes leading to violent attacks on divine statues. What do these attacks teach us about Christianization of the Roman Empire? Join our Patreon community! https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and Reuters 00:00 Setting up the topic 1:40 How did the Greeks and Romans view statues? 5:28 Idolatry and Cult Statues 7:30 Demonology 12:12 Selective Damage and Embodied Objects 14:07 Christian Triumphalism 20:24 Christianization: Syncretism vs. Antisyncretism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 21 min

    The Origins of the Antichrist

    Get the exclusive NordVPN deal here: https://nordvpn.com/rfb. It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee! Thanks to NordVPN for sponsoring this video. Uploaded 18-03-22 Credits: Executive Producers: Francesco Barravecchia, Robert Porchia Producer: Audra Owens, Dhruv Singhal, Lyndsay Ballew Writers: Chance Bonar, Andrew Henry Editor: Mark Henry 00:00 Introduction 2:19 Antichrist in the NT 7:19 Irenaeus' Expansion of Antichrist 11:52 Tertullian and Hippolytus 14:00 Medieval Developments of Antichrist 16:11 Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 30 min

    What Are Gog and Magog?

    With my link, you can get 50% off of Nebula. It’s just $30/year, or $2,5/month, at https://go.nebula.tv/religionforbreakfast Watch RealLifeLore's "Mad Kings:" https://nebula.tv/madkings?ref=religionforbreakfast Uploaded 12-03-26 For centuries, readers have tried to identify Gog and Magog...the mysterious enemies in the Book of Revelation. From the Ottoman Empire to the Soviet Union, interpreters keep mapping the prophecy onto new rivals. But who (or what) were Gog and Magog originally? 00:00 Intro 2:15 Gog Oracle in Ezekiel 12:15 Gog and Magog in Later Jewish Texts 16:30 Gog and Magog in Revelation 18:17 Modern Prophetic Speculation 24:21 Nebula really is great and will be a bulwark against AI slop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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