Religion in Conversation

Milad Milani interviews philosopher Jeff Malpas on "The Brightness of Place."

Milad Milani interviews Emeritus Professor in the History of Ideas about his career in the study of religion from Papua New Guinea to the University of Sydney, including discussions on his work on "recurrence" and "payback."

Mark Kelly interviews Matthew J. Dal Santo n the idea of "theocracy" in Russian political imagination and state power from the 1917 Revolution to Putin’s contemporary Russia.

Milad Milani interviews Chris Conti, literary theorist and Beckett expert on the literary apophaticism of Beckett and other questions about the role of religion in human life....(recorded December 2025)

Milad Milani interviews Mario Baghos of Notre Dame University (Sydney) on the theme of Katabasis in the history of religion, from Gilgamesh to Jesus to Tolkien...(recorded December 2025)

Milad Milani interviews interdisciplinary expert in the study of religion Jay Johnston about her latest book Amulets in Magical Practice published by the Cambridge Elements series. We discuss, religion, religious studies, and methodologies.*NB, Jay Johnston is Honorary Professor in (not ‘of’) Gender and Cultural Studies at USyd.

Milad Milani interviews distinguished religious studies scholar Carole Cusack about her work on Invented Religions, Sports and Religion, New Religious Movements, and much more.

Milad Milani interviews Purushottama Bilimoria (The University of Melbourne), Nathan Loewen (The University of Alabama), and Gereon Kopf (Luther College) about their latest co-edited book, Engaging Philosophies of Religion: Thinking Across Boundaries.

Milad Milani interviews Charles Barbour, expert on political theology and nineteenth century intellectual history about the legacy of Hegel and the Young Hegelians and situating Marx's philosophy.

Milad Milani interviews Sufi Studies expert Cyrus Zargar of UCF on Attar's "religion of love."

Milad Milani interviews eminent sociologist of religion, Bryan S. Turner of ACU on his lifetime work in sociology and his work on Islam.

Milad Milani interviews Helen Koukoutsis on Emily Dickinson’s relationship to religion and religion in her poetry. Helen also reads some of her own poetry (Dickinson inspired).

Milad Milani interviews Sarah Bacaller on submitting her thesis Thinking Finitude and Faith: Hegel’s Epistemic Reconciliation and her new edited book Apostate: Stories of Deconversion.

Mark Kelly interviews Milad Milani about his 2024 book, Heidegger, Ontology and the Destiny of Islam.

Milad Milani interviews Mark G. E. Kelly about his book Normal Now: Individualism as Conformity (Polity, 2022)