34 Podcast Episodes
Elaine Pagels: Why Religion?
Elaine Pagels: Why Religion?
Noted scholar of the history of religions, Elaine Pagels describes her own spiritual life as one of music, nature, frien... Read more
3 Aug 2023
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55mins
52. Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels
52. Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels
What made gnostics different from other Christians? And did it matter? A discussion of Elaine Pagels' 1979 monograph, Th... Read more
11 Jul 2023
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39mins
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES??? Amanda Anne Platt is inspired by Princeton Professor Elaine Pagels
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES??? Amanda Anne Platt is inspired by Princeton Professor Elaine Pagels
After making a spiritual resolution, Country Roots Singer Amanda Anne Platt talks to Elaine Pagels (Professor of Religio... Read more
26 Apr 2023
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1hr 42mins
Elaine Pagels: Love Pulls You Forward
Elaine Pagels: Love Pulls You Forward
Over thirty years ago, Elaine Pagels’ young son and husband died within the same year. In this tender conversation, Kate... Read more
7 Mar 2023
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42mins
138. The Rediscovered Gospel — A Conversation with Elaine Pagels
138. The Rediscovered Gospel — A Conversation with Elaine Pagels
In 1945 fifty-two papyrus texts were found concealed in an earthenware jar buried in the Egyptian desert. They turned ou... Read more
5 Nov 2022
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45mins
#139: OMG SBC, WTF? (HOTW: Elaine Pagels)
#139: OMG SBC, WTF? (HOTW: Elaine Pagels)
Our Church Trauma Series continues with the massive nationwide abuse scandal and cover-up by America’s largest protestan... Read more
11 Oct 2022
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1hr 28mins
EI Weekly Listen — The Gospel of Thomas: casting a new light on Early Christianity by Elaine Pagels
EI Weekly Listen — The Gospel of Thomas: casting a new light on Early Christianity by Elaine Pagels
While there may have been striking similarities between the Gospel of Thomas and those of the four Evangelists, closer e... Read more
22 Jul 2022
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24mins
Elaine Pagels - Women in Gnosticism and the Early Church
Elaine Pagels - Women in Gnosticism and the Early Church
Elaine Pagels is one the most celebrated scholars of early Christianity in the world. She is the author of such popular... Read more
11 Apr 2022
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1hr 7mins
Ep. 102 Elaine Pagels, on "Why Religion?"
Ep. 102 Elaine Pagels, on "Why Religion?"
Elaine Pagels is an American historian of religion. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton... Read more
27 Mar 2022
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28mins
Lost and Found, with Elaine Pagels
Lost and Found, with Elaine Pagels
Elaine Pagels is a ground-breaking scholar of Christianity. Back in the Sixties she was a student at Harvard when long-f... Read more
12 Oct 2021
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1hr 9mins