{"id":17570,"date":"2022-08-30T13:40:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T11:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=214839"},"modified":"2022-08-31T17:26:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T15:26:08","slug":"the-big-questions-of-religious-history","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/the-big-questions-of-religious-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The big questions of religious history\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Ellie Cawthorne\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 30 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Why is being a historian of religion such a dangerous endeavour today? Is it easier to study the history of a religion if you are an adherent or an outsider? And how can learning about religious history help shape the world today? Professors Carole Hillenbrand, Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad and Peter Marshall grapple with some of the most pressing issues in religious history, in a panel discussion hosted by Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch and recorded in association with the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/general-history\/wolfson-history-prize-2022-books-shortlist-nominees-winner\/&quot;\">Wolfson History Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-214839-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/HistoryExtra20220830-bc0ffc9.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/HistoryExtra20220830-bc0ffc9.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/HistoryExtra20220830-bc0ffc9.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ellie Cawthorne Published: Tuesday, 30 August 2022 at 12:00 am Why is being a historian of religion such a dangerous endeavour today? Is it easier to study the history of a religion if you are an adherent or an outsider? And how can learning about religious history help shape the world today? 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