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
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First Impressions
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
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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,
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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First Impressions #97: Emily Suzanne Clark on Afro-Creole Spiritualism in New Orleans
Messages from the spirit world offered an Afro-Creole community in New Orleans a forum for political activism inspired by republican ideals. Dave
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First Impressions # 96: Media, Race, and Sexuality in Transnational Santería
Santería, as a site of analytical inquiry, disrupts many of dominant theoretical approaches to the study of transnational religion. Kristian Petersen talks with
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First Impressions # 95: Eva Mroczek on the Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity
There was no such thing as the Bible when ancient Jewish literature was composed. With a more expansive view of sources, we can
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