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Tag Archives: Religion
Writing God’s Life
Jack Miles provides an overview of his new book, God: A Biography, which won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for biography. In it, he contemplates the life of the Divinity as expressed through a variety of epic roles, from creator to destroyer to friend of the family. The result, according to The New York Times, is a scintillating work of literary scholarship that will forever color, if not downright alter, our perception of the Bible as a work of art.
The Death of Satan
Literary scholar Andrew Delbanco [NHC Fellow 1990-91, 2002-03] discusses his book, The Death of Satan: How Americans Have Lost the Sense of Evil. Delbanco explains the ways Americans have conceptualized and described evil in political, cultural, and literary terms from the 16th to the 20th centuries and concludes by discussing the future of the devil in American culture.
Religion & American Education
Warren Nord, author of Religion and American Education: Rethinking a National Dilemma, discusses the intersections between religion, the state, and public school systems. Nord makes the case for religious education within public education, stating that while public schools should not actively promote religion, administrators should still consider the philosophical, moral, and political reasons for young people to study religion. At the time of this interview Warren Nord was director of the Program in Humanities and Human Values at the University of North Carolina.
God Land
Conor O’Brien discusses his study of religion and nationalism, God Land (Harvard University Press).
Rethinking Black Belief
Albert Raboteau and David Wills discuss their new narrative and documentary, a history of African American religion.
God’s Own Scientists
Christopher Toumey discusses God’s Own Scientists, his account of creationism and the secular world (Rutgers University Press).
Writers and Religion
Susan Ketchin reads from and talks about her new book, The Christ-Haunted Landscape, a study of faith and doubt in the work of 12 Southern writers. She and the Tar Water Band also perform a selection from their new album, The Devil’s Dream. Margaret Lacey reads from and talks about Silent Friends: A Quaker Quilt, her fictional account of Quaker life in the midwest.
Bodies of Knowledge
Caoline Bynum discusses Fragmentation and Redemption, her book of essays about gender and the human body in medieval religion. Patricia Ebrey discusses The Inner Quarters, a study of marriage and social manners in medieval China.
Race and Religion
A discussion of the links between ethnicity and early American religion. An exploration of the development of the black church in 19th-century America.
Renaissance Ritual and Art
A discussion of the power of ritual from Renaissance Europe to the modern world. A discussion of religion and gender in Renaissance art.
American Ideals
A discussion of religion in American education and the culture wars.
Culture in Focus
William Brumfield discusses his work as a photographer and historian of Russian architecture. Alex Harris discusses his new book, Red White Blue and God Bless You, a photodocumentary of the landscapes, people, and culture of northern New Mexico.
Powerful Women
Jean O’Barr discusses her new book, Engaging Feminism: Students Speak Up & Speak Out.
Lynne Roller discusses mother goddesses in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Public Poet, Public Critic
Morris Dickstein discusses his new book, Double Agent: The Critic and Society (Oxford University Press). Linda Gregerson reads and talks about her poem, Line Drive Caught by the Grace of God.
Ritual and Myth, Then and Now
A discussion of ritual play in ancient Greek religion and its contemporary echoes. A discussion of Old Norse and Germanic myths and their modern meanings.