Let's Talk Religion

Let's Talk Religion

Hello!This channel aims to educate on the subject of religion from an academic perspective and to open up for informed discussions on the subject .You will find videos discussing the big religions of the world, historical reviews of important figures and works as well as documentaries about numerous related subjects.Welcome!Links:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/letstalkreligionLinktree: https://linktr.ee/filipholmPaypal donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/talkreligiondonateWebsite: https://itsfilipholm.com/

  1. 29m ago

    Visiting the Tomb of Rumi

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    Visiting the Tomb of Rumi

  2. 37m ago

    Atlantis of the Sands - The Lost City of Arabia

    Was the legendary “Atlantis of the Sands” real? In this video, we explore the mystery of Iram of the Pillars, the lost city often linked to the ancient people of ʿĀd mentioned in the Qurʾān. We explore whether it was originally a city or the name of a people, and all the legends surrouding it until this very day.Music by Filip HolmFind me and my music here:https://linktr.ee/filipholmSupport Let's Talk Religion on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/letstalkreligion Or through a one-time donation: https://paypal.me/talkreligiondonateAlso check out the Let's Talk Religion Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ih4sqtWv0wRIhS6HFgerb?si=95b07d83d0254bSources/Recommended Reading:Al-Jallad, A.الجلادأ. (2025). The Epigraphy of the Tribe of ʿĀd [النقوش القديمة التي تذكر عاد]. Athīrat: Journal of Ancient Arabia, 1(1-2), 281-289. https://doi.org/10.1163/30504880-12340015Clapp, Nicholas (1999). “The Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands”. Houghton Mifflin Company.Elmaz, Orhan (2018). “A Paradise in the Desert: Iram at the Intersection of One Thousand and One Nights, Quranic Exegesis, and Arabian History”. In “To the Madbar and Back Again: Studies in the Languages, Archaeology, and Cultures of Arabia, Dedicated to Michael C.A. Macdonald”. Edited by Laïla Nehmé &Ahmad Al-Jallad. Brill.Thomas, Bertram (1932). “Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia”. Jonathan Cape.Thomas, Bertram (1933). “Ubar—the Atlantis of the sands of Rub’ Al Khali”. Journal of The Royal Central Asian Society, 20(2), 259–265. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068379308725252Webb, P. A. (2019). Iram. In K. Fleet, G. Krämer, D. Matringe, J. Nawas, & E.Rowson (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of Islam 3 (pp. 117-121). Brill.#atlantis #arabia #iram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Atlantis of the Sands - The Lost City of Arabia

  3. 58m ago

    I Study Religion - What Books Do I Own? I Bookshelf Tour Part 2

    Find me and my music here:https://linktr.ee/filipholmSupport Let's Talk Religion on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/letstalkreligion Or through a one-time donation: https://paypal.me/talkreligiondonateAlso check out the Let's Talk Religion Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ih4sqtWv0wRIhS6HFgerb?si=95b07d83d0254b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    I Study Religion - What Books Do I Own? I Bookshelf Tour Part 2

  4. 1h ago

    Yoga and Islam

    Since there seems to have been a great interest in the topic from my last video on Yoga, this time we are diving deeper into the relationship between Yoga & Islam, particularly Sufism.Check out my linktree to find our new song, socials & more: https://linktr.ee/filipholmSupport Let's Talk Religion on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/letstalkreligion Or through a one-time donation: https://paypal.me/talkreligiondonateAlso check out the Let's Talk Religion Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ih4sqtWv0wRIhS6HFgerb?si=95b07d83d0254bMusic by:Filip HolmBanaras Baba & Kolkata KidPawan KrishnaPalace on WheelsSources/Recomended Reading:Bryant, Edwin F. (translated by) (2009). "The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary ". North Point Press.Beck, Guy L. (2009). "Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound". University of South Carolina Press.Eaton, Richard M. (2020). "India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765". Penguin.Ernst, Carl W. (1996). "Sufism and Yoga according to Muhammad Ghawth". University of North Carolina.Ernst, Carl W. (2016). "Refractions of Islam in India: Situating Sufism and Yoga". SAGE YODA Press; First Edition.Gandhi, Supriya (2020). "The Emperor who never was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India". Belknap Press.Kugle, Scott (ed.) (2012). "Sufi Meditation and Contemplation: Timeless Wisdom from Mughal India". Omega Publications. (Includes a translation of the "Risala-i Haqqnuma"/Compass of Truth.Mallinson, James & Mark Singleton (2017). "Roots of Yoga". Penguin Classics.Moovsi, Shireen (2002). "The Mughal Encounter with Vedanta: Recovering the biography of 'Jadrup'". Social scientist, Vol. 30, Nos. 7-8.Nair, Shankar (2020). "Translating Wisdom: Hindu-Muslim Intellectual Interactions in Early Modern South Asia". University of California Press.Samuel, Geoffrey (2008). "The Origins of Yoga and Tantra: Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century". Cambridge University Press. #yoga #islam #sufism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Yoga and Islam

  5. 1h ago

    Christmas with Meister Eckhart: Sermon 1

    This year we are celebrating the Christmas season by reading the amazing advent sermons of the german mystic philosopher Meister Eckhart. There are three more sermons coming after this one.#christmas #eckhart #mysticism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Christmas with Meister Eckhart: Sermon 1

  6. 1h ago

    Islamic Non-Dualism: The Sufi Poetry of al-Shushtari

    This episode is a sort of remake of an earlier one I did on al-Shushtari a few years back, with some added content. Join me as we explore on of the most fascinating Sufi poets in history.Translations of poems and the Baghdad Treatise are from the works of Lourdes Maria Alvarez.Translations from Risalat al-Qusariyya are by Yousef Casewit.Support Let's Talk Religion on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/letstalkreligion Or through a one-time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/letstalkreligion Also check out the Let's Talk Religion Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ih4sqtWv0wRIhS6HFgerb?si=95b07d83d0254bMusic by Filip Holm (me). You can find most of it here:https://open.spotify.com/artist/2O7FLjTvLWdWHDBgog9MPG?si=TjlqNmo6TG-M6w_aBiFFnwSources/Recomended Reading:Abou-Bakr, Omaima (1992). "The Symbolic Function of Metaphor inMedieval Sufi Poetry: The Case of Shushtari". Journal of Comparative Poetics, No. 12, Metaphor and Allegory in the MiddleAges (1992), pp. 40-57.Alvarez, Lourdes Maria (2009). "Abu-l Hasan al-Shushtari: Songs of Love and Devotion". In the "Classics of Western Spirituality" series. Paulist Press.Alvarez, Lourdes Maria (2005). "The Mystical Language of Everyday Life": Vernacular Sufi Poetry and the Songs of Abu Al-Hasan Al-Shustari". Exemplaria. 17:1, 1-32, DOI: 10.1179/exm.2005.17.1.1.Ceballos, Carlos Berbil (2015). "Journeying from the Apparent to Absolute Being: Ibn Sab'in and his Predecessors". Journal of the Muhydin Ibn 'Arabi Society, Vol. 58.Casewit, Yousef (2017). "The Mystics of Al-Andalus: Ibn Barrajan and Islamic Thought in the Twelfth Century". Cambridge University Press.Casewit, Yousef (2020). "Shushtarī’s Treatise on the Limits of Theology and Sufism: Discursive Knowledge (ʿilm), Direct Recognition (maʿrifa), and Mystical Realization (taḥqīq) in al-Risāla al-Quṣāriyya". Article. Divinity School, The University of Chicago.Casewit, Yousef (2020). "The Treatise on the Ascension (al-Risālaal-miʿrājiyya): Cosmology and Time in the Writings of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shushtarī (d. 668/1269)". In "Light upon Light: Essays in Islamic Thought and History in Honor of Gerhard Bowering". Edited by Jamal J. Elias & Bilal Orfali. Brill.Cornell, Vincent J. (1998). "Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism". University of Texas Press.Cornell, Vincent J. (2007). "The All-Comprehensive Circle (al-Ihata): Soul, Intellect, and the Oneness of Existence in the Doctrine of Ibn Sab'in". In "Sufism and Theology", edited by Ayman Shihadeh. Edinburgh University Press.Ebstein, Michael (2014). "Mysticism and Philosophy in al-Andalus: Ibn Masarra, Ibn al-'Arabi and the Isma'ili Tradition". Brill. Johnson. N. Scott (1995). "Ocean and Pearls: Ibn Sab'in, Shustari and the Doctrine of Absolute Unity". In "Sufi: Journal of Sufism" Issue 25. Chapters:00:00 Intro02:06 Shushtari's Life06:25 Wahdat al-Mutlaqa (Absolute Oneness)08:26 Mysticism in the Islamic West10:56 Tahqiq (Wahdat al-Mutlaqa cont.)17:59 Shushtari's Final Years20:19 The Poetry of al-Shushtari37:39 Shushtari's defense of Sufism40:55 Legacy & Conclusions#sufism #mysticism #islam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Islamic Non-Dualism: The Sufi Poetry of al-Shushtari

  7. 1h ago

    Who are the Sabians in the Qur'an?

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    Who are the Sabians in the Qur'an?

  8. 2h ago

    Halloween Special - The City of Brass (1001 Nights)

    This video differs quite dramatically from my usual ones. Here, I am reading a full story from A Thousand and One Nights entitled "The City of Brass", which fits in well with the Halloween theme of today!I have shortened the tale slightly, for example by removing the whole story that the Jinn in the pillar tells about the way he ended up there. A story that includes a Lord of the Rings-style war between the King/Prophet Solomon, with jinn, birds and reptiles on his side, and the forces of evil. Which is of course.. awesome, but was cut to keep the narrative coherent.Also keep in mind that this tale, AND its translation, is quite old and thus can feature some statements that appear offensive to some.All music is my own, some of which you can find here: https://open.spotify.com/album/41mTdTektb2f7O2pHz26WU?si=gqiel8IISpCydPT3hlXWpQ&utm_source=copy-linkYou can read the whole translation I used here: https://www.bartleby.com/16/701.htmlSupport Let's Talk Religion on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/letstalkreligionOr through a one-time donation: https://www.patreon.com/letstalkreligion#CityofBrass #ArabianNights #Halloween Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Halloween Special - The City of Brass (1001 Nights)
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Hello!This channel aims to educate on the subject of religion from an academic perspective and to open up for informed discussions on the subject .You will find videos discussing the big religions of the world, historical reviews of important figures and works as well as documentaries about numerous related subjects.Welcome!Links:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/letstalkreligionLinktree: https://linktr.ee/filipholmPaypal donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/talkreligiondonateWebsite: https://itsfilipholm.com/

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