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Interviewing academics at all levels in order to promote all levels of study on the history of Christian Churches.

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Interviewing academics at all levels in order to promote all levels of study on the history of Christian Churches.

    Talking with... Professor Catherine Rider

    Talking with... Professor Catherine Rider

    In this episode, we talk with ⁠Professor Catherine Rider ⁠(University of Exeter) about her recent research and public outreach.



    Catherine Rider's recently co-edited the book ⁠Magic in Malta: Sellem bin al-Sheikh Mansur and the Roman Inquisition, 1605⁠ (2022). She is also the author of numerous books and articles, including ⁠Magic and Religion in Medieval England ⁠(2012) and ⁠Magic and Impotence in the Middle Ages⁠ (2006).

    • 16 min
    Humility: The Secret History of a Lost Virtue- Interview with Professor Christopher Bellitto

    Humility: The Secret History of a Lost Virtue- Interview with Professor Christopher Bellitto

    This episode's guest is Professor Christopher Bellitto (Kean University). He is Professor of History at Kean University in New Jersey and a specialist in the Middle Ages, church history and reform. He serves as series Editor in Chief of Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition and Academic Editor at Large for Paulist Press.



    His publications include Humility: The Secret History of a Lost Virtue (Georgetown University Press, 2023), Ageless Wisdom: Lifetime Lessons from the Bible (Paulist Press, 2016), and 101 Questions and Answers on Popes and the Papacy (Paulist Press, 2008).

    • 31 min
    Talking with... Professor Craig Harline

    Talking with... Professor Craig Harline

    In this episode, we talk with Professor Craig Harline (Brigham Young University) about his recent research and how to start on a new research project.



    Craig Harline's most recent book is A World Ablaze: The Rise of Martin Luther and the Birth of the Reformation (OUP). He is the also author of numerous other books, including Miracles at the Jesus Oak and A Bishop's Tale: Mathias Hovius Among His Flock in Seventeenth-Century Flanders.

    • 26 min
    Talking with... Professor David Maxwell

    Talking with... Professor David Maxwell

    In this episode we speak with Professor David Maxwell (University of Cambridge) about his research on African Christianity, the advantages of visiting fellowships, and how to get editorial experience in academia.



    To read more about David Maxwell's research, see his latest book, entitled ⁠Religious Entanglements.  Central African Pentecostalism, the creation of cultural knowledge, and the making of the Luba Katanga⁠ (2022).

    • 23 min
    Talking with... Professor Alexandra Walsham

    Talking with... Professor Alexandra Walsham

    In this episode, we talk with Professor Alexandra Walsham (Cambridge) about her recent research, how to prepare for the job market after doing a PhD, and how to write an impactful academic article.



    Alexandra Walsham's most recent book Generations: Age, Ancestry and Memory in the English Reformations is now available from Oxford University Press.

    • 17 min
    Talking with... Emeritus Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch

    Talking with... Emeritus Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch

    In this episode, we speak to Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch on everything from the importance of church history to how he chooses the subjects for his books, his thoughts on Tudor mania, and even how he really feels about Thomas Cromwell.



    Dairmaid MacCulloch is Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University. He is a prize-winning author, with such book as History of Christianity: the first three thousand years (2010) , which won the Cundill Prize; Silence: A Christian History (2013); All Things New: Writings on the Reformation (2016); and Thomas Cromwell: A Life (2018). He was knighted in the UK New Year’s Honours List of 2012 and was awarded the Historical Association's Medlicott Medal in 2023. 

    • 25 min

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