Conversations About Buddha, Jesus, And Mohammed

Kent Brintnall, professor of Religious Studies at UNC-Charlotte, joins Bill, Mirsad, and Mark to discuss how religions interpret sexuality and shape gender identities. Is God or the Buddha figured as male to model spiritual transcendence--through a traditional fear of female (or transgendered) physical and communal powers? Do recent changes in patriarchal systems actually return to early developments initiated by Buddha, Jesus, or Mohammed?