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Carlos Eire, popular professor and gifted writer, chronicles the 200-year era of the Renaissance and Reformation with particular attention to issues that persist as concerns in the present day. Eire connects the Protestant and Catholic Reformations in new and profound ways, and he demonstrates convincingly that this crucial turning point in history not only affected people long gone but continues to shape our world and define who we are today.

Éire agus Calisthenics is dedicated to promoting the Irish calisthenics community while reflecting on Ireland’s sporting past and how our shared identity influences participation and performance in sport.

Hosted by former bartender and recovering alcoholic, Eire of @drinksobernotboring on Instagram. Follow along every week as we have heartfelt conversations about our lived experience with alcohol with different brands, creators, and innovators in the alcohol-free space. Sober or sober curious - all are welcome.

Explore the fascinating history of Christian mysticism from the early days of the Church until today, featuring Dr. Carlos Eire, T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University.New episodes are published twice a month, on the first and third Thursday of every month.If you have any questions or comments, you can reach us via email at christianmysticismpodcast@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Accounts of seemingly impossible phenomena abounded in the early modern era—tales of levitation, bilocation, and witchcraft—even as skepticism, atheism, and empirical science were starting to supplant religious belief in the paranormal. In this book, Carlos Eire explores how a culture increasingly devoted to scientific thinking grappled with events deemed impossible by its leading intellectuals.