In this episode, Laura Lieber, Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University, discusses her current research on the intersection between synagogue practices and the theatre in late antique Judaism. She highlights theatrical features especially in Jewish liturgical poetry, explaining how such features can be identified and what they suggest for understanding ancient Jewish communities. Her goal, she says, is a lively, dynamic reconstruction of what synagogue life. Lieber also explains that the intersection between synagogue and theatre is just one of the ways that Jews engaged in what she describes as the glittering cultural moment that was late antiquity.
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In this episode, Laura Lieber, Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University, discusses her current research on the intersection between synagogue practices and the theatre in late antique Judaism. She highlights theatrical features especially in Jewish liturgical poetry, explaining how such features can be identified and what they suggest for understanding ancient Jewish communities. Her goal, she says, is a lively, dynamic reconstruction of what synagogue life. Lieber also explains that the intersection between synagogue and theatre is just one of the ways that Jews engaged in what she describes as the glittering cultural moment that was late antiquity.
Episode 5: Race, Healthcare, and Social Ethics, featuring Patrick Smith
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Episode 5: Race, Healthcare, and Social Ethics, featuring Patrick Smith
This episode features Patrick T. Smith, Associate Research Professor of Theological Ethics and Bioethics and Senior Fellow in the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. The conversation focuses on Professor Smith’s new research, which addresses the intersection of race and bioethics. Professor Smith discusses the impact of both racist attitudes and structural racism in pregnancy outcomes in the United States as well as the role of the Christian ethicist in addressing such social problems. Professor Smith also contextualizes this work in relation to both the current moment and the longer push for racial justice in America across the past two centuries.
The Biggest Questions Podcast
In this episode, Laura Lieber, Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University, discusses her current research on the intersection between synagogue practices and the theatre in late antique Judaism. She highlights theatrical features especially in Jewish liturgical poetry, explaining how such features can be identified and what they suggest for understanding ancient Jewish communities. Her goal, she says, is a lively, dynamic reconstruction of what synagogue life. Lieber also explains that the intersection between synagogue and theatre is just one of the ways that Jews engaged in what she describes as the glittering cultural moment that was late antiquity.
