21,630 subscribers
انتقل إلى وضع عدم الاتصال باستخدام تطبيق Player FM !
المدونة الصوتية تستحق الاستماع
برعاية


182: Kathryn Gin Lum: How The Label Heathen Shaped the World
Manage episode 450134870 series 2687298
When is the last time you heard the word “heathen”? The word was originally used to delineate between European Christians who tended to be in urban centers and pagans in rural areas.
“Heathen exists in the mind of the person doing the labeling, right? It's a label that one people foists onto another.”
Our guest today, Kathryn Gin Lum, walks us through the history of the term heathen and how it has utterly shaped the world. We discuss her book Heathen: Religion and Race in American History. The idea behind the term was wielded as a weapon to justify colonization and enslavement, and though the term has fallen out of use, she says the mental map of the world it has created has not.
Show Notes
Resources mentioned this episode:
"Heathen: Religion and Race in American History" by Kathryn Gin Lum
"The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)" by Toni Morrison
Similar NSE episodes:
Willie James Jennings: The Christian Imagination
Eugene Cho and Karen Korematsu: Fear, Home and the Asian-American Experience
Want more NSE? JOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes designed specifically to help you live a good life, ad-free listening, and discounts on live shows
Subscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTube
Follow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
Follow Lee: Instagram | Twitter
Join our Email List: nosmallendeavor.com
See Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy
Amazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices310 حلقات
Manage episode 450134870 series 2687298
When is the last time you heard the word “heathen”? The word was originally used to delineate between European Christians who tended to be in urban centers and pagans in rural areas.
“Heathen exists in the mind of the person doing the labeling, right? It's a label that one people foists onto another.”
Our guest today, Kathryn Gin Lum, walks us through the history of the term heathen and how it has utterly shaped the world. We discuss her book Heathen: Religion and Race in American History. The idea behind the term was wielded as a weapon to justify colonization and enslavement, and though the term has fallen out of use, she says the mental map of the world it has created has not.
Show Notes
Resources mentioned this episode:
"Heathen: Religion and Race in American History" by Kathryn Gin Lum
"The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)" by Toni Morrison
Similar NSE episodes:
Willie James Jennings: The Christian Imagination
Eugene Cho and Karen Korematsu: Fear, Home and the Asian-American Experience
Want more NSE? JOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes designed specifically to help you live a good life, ad-free listening, and discounts on live shows
Subscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTube
Follow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
Follow Lee: Instagram | Twitter
Join our Email List: nosmallendeavor.com
See Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy
Amazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices310 حلقات
Alle episoder
×

1 198: Unabridged Interview: Nancy French 1:05:50


1 198: Nancy French: Ghosted by Her Own Tribe 48:17


1 197: Unabridged Interview: Mpho Tutu van Furth 1:01:02


1 197: Mpho Tutu van Furth: The Tutu Legacy of Forgiveness and Reconciliation 48:16


1 196: Unabridged Interview: Russ Taff 1:23:07


1 196: Russ Taff: Music, Addiction, and Redemption 48:39


1 195: Unabridged Interview: Alexandra Solomon 1:00:48


1 195: Alexandra Solomon: How to Have Flourishing Relationships 48:47


1 194: Unabridged Interview: Shankar Vedantam 51:54




1 193: Unabridged Interview: Nadia Bolz-Weber 1:17:21


1 193: Nadia Bolz-Weber: From Fundamentalism to Stand-up Comedy to Ordained Pastor 48:08


1 192: Unabridged Interview: Esau McCaulley 1:04:38


1 192: Esau McCaulley: How Far to the Promised Land? (Best of NSE) 48:06


1 191: Unabridged Interview: Tom Paxton 1:03:13
مرحبًا بك في مشغل أف ام!
يقوم برنامج مشغل أف أم بمسح الويب للحصول على بودكاست عالية الجودة لتستمتع بها الآن. إنه أفضل تطبيق بودكاست ويعمل على أجهزة اندرويد والأيفون والويب. قم بالتسجيل لمزامنة الاشتراكات عبر الأجهزة.