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Religious freedom: do we have it? And if so, what are the limits? . New Crash Course Religions video dropped!

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Since the world hasn’t ended-- yet-- there’s still a lot we can learn about ourselves from stories of its potential doom. Unveil the apocalypse with Cash Course Religions:

According to philosopher G.W.F. Hegel, struggles for recognition are the core cause of conflict between people. When we clash, we’re struggling to be recognized. Like, do you see me as a person? Do you respect me? . Ponder the big questions:

One of the reasons it’s so difficult to untangle race from religion is because the two have rarely – if ever – been separate. They’ve sort of co-evolved. And power structures have often reinforced & redefined both ideas together to further their goals.

Explore the intersection of art and politics, including propaganda in authoritarian regimes, with the new Crash Course Political Theory video:

Is #art most effective at delivering a message when its political position is obvious (committed art), or when its more obscure and resists interpretation (autonomous art)?

In the new episode of Crash Course Religions, we’re learning how religious communities construct ideas about sex, gender, and sexuality, and why these concepts aren’t as timeless or unchanging as they might seem.

Utopia means "good place," right? Well. maybe not. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't continue imaging how things could be better! . Learn the history of utopias from Plato to Walt Disney and golden chamber pots to climate-controlled domes:

Aren’t science and religion supposed to be locked in an eternal grudge match? While there certainly has been & will continue to be conflict between the two–the narrative of conflict is too simplistic a lens through which to consider this relationship.

Learn more about philosophies of punishment and the prison abolition movement with our new Crash Course Political Theory video:

In Restorative Justice, crime isn’t just a violation of the law; it’s a violation of social relationships. And to hold offenders responsible for their actions would require them to repair the harm done.

Reformative justice thinks of criminality as a condition that prison or other sentences can treat. At least in theory, an offender walks into prison a criminal and comes out a law-abiding citizen, ready to rejoin society.

Retributive justice is when the point of criminal justice is to avenge victims. An eye for an eye.

You can break down the intended purposes of criminal punishment into three overarching categories: retribution, reformation, and restoration.

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The phrase "spiritual but not religious" can imply a kind of binary where spirituality and religion are separate things. But that’s not always the case.

Death might be our one, universal truth. And speculation about what comes after death has been ongoing, since pretty much the beginning of our history.