On the relationship between faith and power

Faith and Power is EPER Radio’s 2-part podcast series where they talk to experts about the relationship between religion and politics. 

 First episode - On the relationship between faith and power with philosopher of religion György Gábor 
 
Faith and Power is EPER Radio's 2-part podcast series where we talk to experts about the relationship between religion and politics. In the first episode, we explored the historical background of the topic with Dr. György Gábor, philosopher of religion, and discussed: 
 
How were secular and ecclesiastical power intertwined in ancient Jewish culture? 
Is there a political interest behind the different religious traditions? 
How did Jesus relate to the law? 
How did Christianity go from a persecuted religion to a state religion? 
When can we talk about secularisation? 
What is the relationship between politics and religion today? 
What is the role of a religious policy adviser? 

You can listen to the podcast here and via the GTTO podcast pages on Anchor and Spotify.  

Second episode - On the relationship between faith and power with social psychologist Péter Krekó 
 
Faith and Power is a 2-part podcast series on EPER Radio, where we talk to experts about the relationship between religion and politics. In the second episode, we talked to social psychologist Dr. Péter Krekó about whether conspiracy theories can also function as religion and how politicians use them today. We discussed: 

Who becomes a conspiracy theorist? 
Can conspiracy theories be considered a religion? 
How are conspiracy theories related to different religions?  
How are conspiracy theories used in politics? 
How are the leading politicians viewed by the fanatics of the different parties? 
And finally, we also look at whether it is possible to break out of the conspiracy theorists' spell. 

You can listen to the podcast here and via the GTTO podcast pages on Anchor and Spotify.  

About EPER 

Welcome to the “First University Radio of the city of Pest” (EPER)! EPER is a non-profit small power community station in downtown Budapest. They are a non-profit NGO, and they broadcast from the buildings of the Eötvös Loránd University. The staff are made up of students and teachers of the university or other institutions of higher education. 
On the FM band, you can listen to the program on 97 MHz – mainly in the Hungarian language.