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An educational channel dedicated to the academic, nonsectarian study of religion. We promote improving the public's religious literacy by exploring humanity's beliefs and rituals through an anthropological, sociological, and archaeological lens.
Site URL: nebula.tv/religionforbreakfast
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Posts: 10
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Do Atheist Friends Make People Lose Their Faith?
https://nebula.tv/videos/religionforbreakfast-do-atheist-friends-make-people-lose-their-faith/
Published: June 11, 2026 07:49
A new study asks whether atheist friends make religious teens more likely to disaffiliate from religion. The answer is yes, but the real surprise is how many stay religious anyway.
How Plato Influenced Christian Mysticism
https://nebula.tv/videos/religionforbreakfast-how-plato-influenced-christian-mysticism/
Published: May 29, 2026 04:58
Apophatic theology is one of the most mystical branches of Christian thought, which traces from Plato and Neoplatonism to Gregory of Nyssa, Pseudo-Dionysius, and Byzantine mystics.
Who Was Asherah?
https://nebula.tv/videos/religionforbreakfast-who-was-asherah/
Published: May 19, 2026 14:54
Was the God of Israel married? Inscriptions from the Sinai pair Yahweh with "his Asherah," a Canaanite mother goddess worshipped across the ancient Near East.
Why the Mandalorians Are Basically Militant Space Amish
Published: May 16, 2026 11:41
The Mandalorian show is an accidental ethnography for a strict religion. Their helmet rules, foundling system, and ritual phrases mirror real-world strict religions like the Amish. What can anthropology and sociology teach us about why groups like this…
The Gods of Pre-Islamic Arabia
https://nebula.tv/videos/religionforbreakfast-the-gods-of-preislamic-arabia/
Published: May 14, 2026 10:09
Before Islam, Arabs worshipped many gods. Using newly deciphered ancient desert inscriptions, we explore the forgotten religious world of pre-Islamic Arabia: The goddess Allāt, sacrifice, pilgrimage, fate, magic, and the everyday prayers of ordinary…
Religious Residue: What Sticks After You Leave Religion
Published: May 1, 2026 17:09
Thumbnail design by ECHenry This video explores “religious residue," how religious beliefs, habits, and emotions persist after deconversion, and what psychology reveals about why religion is so hard to fully leave behind.
Agnostics Have More Spiritual Struggles Than Atheists
https://nebula.tv/videos/religionforbreakfast-agnostics-have-more-spiritual-struggles-than-atheists/
Published: April 23, 2026 17:58
A new psychology of religion study finds agnostics struggle more with doubt, meaning, and morality than atheists, but also feel more drawn to God. As it turns out, nonbelief has a lot to do with emotions.
How to Become Immortal According to Daoism (in 5 not-so-easy steps)
Published: April 17, 2026 13:40
Daoist texts describe a path to transcendence through diet, celibacy, breathwork, and alchemy. From grain avoidance to mercury elixirs, how did Daoists try to live forever—and what did “immortality” really mean?
Who Was Allah to Pre-Islamic Arabs?
https://nebula.tv/videos/religionforbreakfast-who-was-allah-to-preislamic-arabs/
Published: April 15, 2026 18:02
Did Arabs believe in Allah before Islam? Ancient inscriptions, poetry, and the Qur’an suggest a surprising answer. Explore the evidence for a pre-Islamic creator god known as Allah.
Who Was Baal? (and why he sounds a lot like Yahweh)
https://nebula.tv/videos/religionforbreakfast-who-was-baal-and-why-he-sounds-a-lot-like-yahweh/
Published: March 31, 2026 12:36
Who was the Canaanite god Baal, and why does he look so much like the God of Israel? From Elijah’s showdown on Mount Carmel to ancient texts from Ugarit, this video explores the storm god Baal, his myths, and his surprising connection to Yahweh.