Episodes
Wednesday May 31, 2017
Episode 7: Secularism and Education
Wednesday May 31, 2017
Wednesday May 31, 2017
In April the Pew Research Center released a report exploring the educational attainment statistics of various religious groups.
All Americans PRRI 2014: http://ava.prri.org/#demographics/2014/States/education/1,2,3,4
All Religions PEW 2014: http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/educational-distribution/
Atheists PEW 2014: http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/religious-family/atheist/#educational-distribution
Agnostics PEW 2014:
Education Report
http://www.pewforum.org/2017/04/26/in-america-does-more-education-equal-less-religion/
Nones PEW 2014:
DEGREES CONFERRED: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1czOtcCViQKY0E0tCkGKur0_p5Ctaax9I8BfTeNtrAT8/edit?usp=sharing
LATINO NONES HS Grads
Wednesday May 24, 2017
Episode 6: 40 Days of Johnny Mendez
Wednesday May 24, 2017
Wednesday May 24, 2017
Puerto Rico Speaker of the House Carlos "Johnny" Méndez led 40 days of prayer and fasting to "help" the island get out of its current crises despite obvious legal concerns regarding church-state separation (and the fact that prayer doesn't solve anything). Luciano tells the story of what happened and who opposed the government-led religious activity. Juhem provides some historical and anecdotal evidence of why these acts by politicians are commonplace in Puerto Rico.
Resources:
Luciano's blog post "Secular Humanists Of Puerto Rico Move To Challenge Carlos “Johnny” Mendez." at Sin/God.
Fox News article
India.com article
Pasquines.us article
IHEU article
Metro Puerto Rico article (en español)
Johnny Mendez image source: Twitter
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Episode 5: Telenovelas Pt. 2
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Wednesday May 17, 2017
This week Juhem and Luciano continue their conversation with Dr. Melixa Abad-Izquierdo about Telenovelas, the Latin American cultural phenomenon. In part 2 Dr. Abad-Izquierdo discusses telenovelas outside of Mexico, Non-Catholic representations of religion, and the future of telenovelas in the era of streaming media.
About the guest
Dr. Melixa Abad-Izquierdo is an Assistant Professor of History at Farmingdale State College. She is also the author of “A Melodramatic Miracle: The Cultural and Political Economy of the Mexican Telenovela, 1950-1980” an essay in Soap Operas and Telenovelas in the Digital Age: Global Industries, Hybrid Content, and New Audience,edited by Diana I. Rios and Mari Castañeda. Also by her, “A Lachrymose Heroine For the Masses: The Origins of the Cinderella Plotline in Mexican Telenovelas, 1968-1973.” In Modernization, Nation-Building, and Television History. Edited by Melissa Chakars and Stewart Anderson. New York: Routledge, 2014. Her research interests are Latin American popular culture and its connections to politics.
Wednesday May 10, 2017
Episode 4: Telenovelas Pt 1
Wednesday May 10, 2017
Wednesday May 10, 2017
This week Juhem and Luciano talk to Dr. Melixa Abad-Izquierdo about Telenovelas, the Latin American cultural phenomenon in the first of two episodes exploring the concept. In part 1 Dr. Abad-Izquierdo looks at the history of telenovelas in Mexico and how interest groups helped shape the religious content in the genre.
About the guest
Dr. Melixa Abad-Izquierdo is an Assistant Professor of History at Farmingdale State College. She is also the author of “A Melodramatic Miracle: The Cultural and Political Economy of the Mexican Telenovela, 1950-1980” an essay in Soap Operas and Telenovelas in the Digital Age: Global Industries, Hybrid Content, and New Audience,edited by Diana I. Rios and Mari Castañeda. Also by her, “A Lachrymose Heroine For the Masses: The Origins of the Cinderella Plotline in Mexican Telenovelas, 1968-1973.” In Modernization, Nation-Building, and Television History. Edited by Melissa Chakars and Stewart Anderson. New York: Routledge, 2014. Her research interests are Latin American popular culture and its connections to politics.
Wednesday May 03, 2017
Episode 3: The Johnson Amendment Pt 2
Wednesday May 03, 2017
Wednesday May 03, 2017
Luciano and Juhem talk about the Johnson Amendment, the law regulating political spending by churches and other nonprofit organizations. President Trump promised to "destroy" the law to please his religious conservative base. In Part 2, Luciano and Juhem discuss how churches get involved in other countries and views about separation of church and state.
Links of interest:
Survey about support of Johnson Amendment
NPR pimer on Johnson Amendment