Islamic Art History: The Myth of Secularity
Wendy M.K. Shaw in Conversation Art history is often presented as a field cleansed of religious impulses during the process of modernity. This
... [Read More]
MRB Radio
Muslims and the Making of America
First Impressions #104: Amir Hussain on Muslims and the Making of America There has never been an America without Muslims, and they have
... [Read More]
Leonard Schwartz & Kathleen Eamon Toward a Poetics of the Middle East Crisis
Poet Leonard Schwartz and philosopher Kathleen Eamon discuss Schwartz’s new book “The New Babel: Toward a Poetics of the Middle East Crisis.”
... [Read More]
A Star in the East: Chinese Theology
First Impressions #103: Chloë Starr on Chinese Theology While Christianity has had a long history in China, only in the past century has Chinese
... [Read More]
First Impressions #102: Birgit Meyer on Ghana’s Hollywood
Christianity has greatly shaped popular filmmaking in Ghana. Kristian Petersen talks with Birgit Meyer, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Utrecht,
... [Read More]
First Impressions #101: Deepa Iyer on Shaping a Multiracial Future in the U.S.
Racial anxiety, bigotry, and anti-immigrant sentiment has escalated in post 9/11 America but that history is often forgotten or ignored. Kristian Petersen talks
... [Read More]
Impolite Conversation #19: Religion and Politics in Contemporary China
On this month’s Impolite Conversation, our friend Courtney Bruntz stops by the studio to talk us through which forms of religion are legal
... [Read More]
First Impressions # 100: Tim Whitmarsh on Atheism in the Ancient World
Atheists have been battling the gods for as long as the faithful have been admiring them. Joseph Ryan Kelly speaks with Tim Whitmarsh,
... [Read More]
First Impressions #99: Aaron Hughes on the American Jewish Iconoclast, Jacob Neusner
Because of Jacob Neusner, the scholarly study of Judaism flourishes in secular universities, not just rabbinical schools. Kristian Petersen talks with Aaron W.
... [Read More]
First Impressions #98: Su’ad Abdul Khabeer on Race, Hip Hop, and Muslim Cool
African American culture plays a critical role in the construction Muslim American identity. Dave Krueger speaks with Su’ad Abdul Khabeer about her new
... [Read More]