Oddcast Episodes Themed "Clement of Alexandria"

Coming Back for More, Part VII: Reincarnation in Early Christianity

We look at the evidence for reincarnationist ideas in the early Jesus-movement and into the fourth century, starting with Simon Magus (whose mistress Helen was the First Thought of god, trapped endlessly reincarnating in fleshly bodies) and finishing with Origen of Alexandria (who, if he didn't teach reincarnation, sure convinced a whole lot of people that he did). Featuring a cameo appearance from Paul of Tarsos, the world's best-known gnostic.

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Coming Back for More, Part VI: The Roots of Christian Reincarnationism

We set the stage for a detailed consideration of the evidence for early Christian reincarnationism. Featuring the Bible.

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Coming Back for More, Part V: Sami Yli-Karjanmaa on Reincarnation in Philo and Josephus

We dive deeper into the evidence for Jewish reincarnation around the time of the Temple's destruction with Sami Yli-Karjanmaa, who has done the work. Philo of Alexandria and Josephus come under the metempsychotoscope.

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Morwenna Ludlow on Universal Salvation in Christianity

We discuss universal salvation, a perennial idea within Christianity – that all of humanity, or maybe even everything in the universe, will be saved through Christ's salvific atonement – with Morwenna Ludlow of the University of Exeter. Starting from Clement of Alexandria and ending with the current state of play in sometimes-unlikely Christian circles, we explore the long history of an esoteric (and sometimes not so esoteric) Christian idea.

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