Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2364: The Longest Year in History
Posted on · Episode: 2364 46 BC: In which Julius Caesar creates the longest year. Today, UH scholar Richard Armstrong tells us about the longest year in history.
Tag: religion
Houston Matters
Tuesday’s Show: How A State Takeover Of HISD Would Work, And Practicing Haitian Vodou (Dec. 3, 2019)
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: We examine the history of the Port Neches chemical plant where explosions and a fire occurred last week. An expert walks us through how the impending state takeover of the HISD board might work. A bug expert answers your questions. And we meet a local practitioner of the Haitian Vodou religion.
Houston Matters
Religious Historian Explores How Views On Scripture Have Skewed More Literal
Posted on · Ahead of an event in Houston, Karen Armstrong discusses her book, "The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts."
Houston Matters
Friday’s Show: The State Takeover Of HISD, And Cycling Fatalities (Nov. 8, 2019)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: Inside the state takeover of the HISD board, cycling fatalities outside the city's urban core, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the news, and religious historian Karen Armstrong on how we approach and interpret scripture.
Houston Matters
Houston’s Cameron Dezen Hammon Wrestles With Gender Roles In Communities Of Faith
Posted on · She lays out those struggles and other issues she’s faced in faith and marriage in her new book, This Is My Body: A Memoir of Religious and Romantic Obsession.
Houston Matters
Thursday’s Show: HPD’s New Drug Raid Policy, And I-45 Project Concerns (Oct. 24, 2019)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: HPD's new policy for serving high-risk warrants in drug cases, citizens share their concerns about TxDOT's plans for improving I-45, and the challenge of being a strong-willed woman in communities of faith.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1741: The Witch of Agnesi
Posted on · Episode: 1741 The saintly Witch of Agnesi. Today, we meet the Witch of Agnesi.
Houston Matters
National Organization Concerned Over ‘Unprecedented Attack’ On Church-State Separation
Posted on · Rachel Laser, president and CEO of the organization Americans United for Separation of Church and State, talks with Houston Matters.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1681: Science in 1904
Posted on · Episode: 1681 The Literary Digest tells us about science in 1904. Today, a bright new century.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1668: A Vocabulary of Science
Posted on · Episode: 1668 Scientific instruments creating a new rhetoric. Today, new sciences, new languages.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Methodists React To LGBTQ Vote, And Houston’s ‘Extreme 911’ Saves A Man In Scotland (March 1, 2019)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: Local Methodists react to a recent vote on LGBTQ issues. We learn how a Houston company helped rescue a man in Scotland. We break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news. And we remember the story of Texas independence.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1643: Athanasius Kircher
Posted on · Episode: 1643 In which Athanasius Kircher softens the 17th-C scientific revolution. Today, — after Galileo.
Houston Matters
Houston’s Second Baptist And Brentwood Baptist Churches Cleared By SBC
Posted on · The Houston Chronicle's Lise Olsen explains why a Southern Baptist Convention committee cleared the two Houston churches in an investigation regarding how they’ve handled sexual abuse claims.
Houston Matters
Book Chronicles Unsung ‘Saints In The Struggle’ For Civil Rights
Posted on · Dr. Jonathan Chism explains why many members of the Church of God in Christ chose to get involved in the Civil Rights movement, despite the stance of their denomination.
Houston Matters
What Role Does Religion Play On College Campuses?
Posted on · Houston Matters talks it over with two participants in an upcoming lecture on that subject at Rice University.