Joe Valenzano
By Fred Stella • Dec 22, 2019
Joseph Valenzano joins us
Joseph Valenzano
Credit University of Dayton
We're joined by University of Dayton professor Joseph Valenzano. Dr. Valenzano joins us to talk about how divine realities are explored in current pop culture and media.
Joe has served as a reviewer for numerous books, as an editor for a custom textbook project, and as a focus group member for textbook development. He has also been a manuscript reviewer for numerous journals, including the Journal of Media and Religion, the Southern Journal of Communication, and the Basic Course Annual. His research has also been recognized with a top-paper award from the National Communication Association.
Mark Schwartz
By Fred Stella • Sep 30, 2019
Our guest is GVSU anthropology professor Mark Schwartz.
Mark received his PhD in Anthropology from Northwestern University. His research focused on trade between the early city-states of Mesopotamia and the emerging complex societies of Anatolia in the fourth millennium B.C. He has worked on various excavations in the Middle East. He is currently involved in inter-departmental collaborative work using ROVs to study shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. He teaches courses on the archaeology of the Near East as well as general courses concerning anthropology and archaeology.
Mark Schwartz (Part II)
By Fred Stella • Oct 7, 2019
GVSU anthropology professor Mark Schwartz returns to Common Threads to continue our conversation.
Spirituality and Space Travel
By Fred Stella • Jul 8, 2019
As we celebrate 50 years since the Apollo 11 moon landing we invite GVSU Professor Deana Weibel to Common Threads to discuss spirituality and space travel.
Deana Weibel, PhD is a cultural anthropologist whose work focuses primarily on religion, especially the topics of pilgrimage, sacred space, the mutual influence of scientific and religious ideas on each other, and religion and space exploration. More recent work focuses on religion as a motivation for and influence on space travel and outer space-based sciences.
Spirituality and Space Travel (Part II)
By Fred Stella • Jul 15, 2019
GVSU Professor Deana Weibel joins us again as we continue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with our discussion of spirituality and space travel.
Ty Silzer on Purity Culture
By Fred Stella • Dec 9, 2019
Ty Silzer / Sojourners
Ty Silzer joins us to talk about Purity Culture. Ty Silzer is a former pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America. He writes for Ethics and Religion Talk in the Grand Rapids Press.
Ty Silzer (Part II)
Ty Silzer joins us to continue our coversation on Purity Culture. Ty Silzer is a former pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America. He writes for Ethics and Religion Talk in the Grand Rapids Press.