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What does it really mean to live a good life—in our politics, our faith, our work, and our relationships? On No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp, we explore the ideas, practices, and public debates that shape human flourishing today. Each week you’ll hear thought-provoking conversations with bestselling authors, philosophers, neuroscientists, psychologists, theologians, artists, and political leaders—people wrestling with the biggest questions of meaning and purpose in our time. Together we a ...
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Religious Syncretism vs Colonialism: WTF Is the Difference?
Get ready for a deep-dive bonus episode straight from the godless underground of Sacrilegious Discourse. We’re talking about religious syncretism—what it is, what it definitely isn’t, and how colonialism tries to cosplay as peaceful cultural blending (spoiler: it's not).
From Gnostic Christianity and Shinto-Buddhism to Haitian Voodoo and even Yahweh’s messy origin story, this episode unpacks how religions morph and merge—when people actually choose it—and how they get stomped on by power-hungry empires.
We also drag Alexander the Great (with love) for creating a spiritual blender of gods, myths, and metaphysics that helped cook up early Christianity. #ThanksAlex
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