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First Impressions # 94: Claire Chambers on Britain Through Muslim Literary Representations

October 18, 2016October 18, 2016

What does Britain look like from the perspective of Muslims across the eighteenth century until today? Kristian Petersen talks with Claire Chambers, Lecturer ... [Read More]

First Impressions # 93: Julie Holcomb on the Quaker Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy

October 11, 2016October 18, 2016

How can the simple choice of a men’s suit be a moral statement and a political act? When the suit is made of ... [Read More]

First Impressions #91: Josef Sorett on A Religious History of Racial Aesthetics

September 20, 2016September 20, 2016

Most of the major African American literary and cultural movements of the twentieth century have been understood and interpreted as secular. In reality, religion ... [Read More]

First Impressions #90: Erik Hammerstrom on the Science of Chinese Buddhism

September 6, 2016September 6, 2016

Chinese Buddhists saw modern science as an effective means for the investigation of knowledge but critiqued its underlying social ethic. Kristian Petersen talks ... [Read More]

First Impressions #89: Religion, Science, and Conflict in American Public Life

August 22, 2016August 23, 2016

Why do religion and science often appear in conflict in America’s public sphere? The more fundamental divide is between how media elites and ordinary Americans ... [Read More]

First Impressions #88: Eleonore Stump on the God of the Bible and of Philosophers

August 8, 2016August 9, 2016

Can the God of the Bible be reconciled with the God of medieval philosophers? Joseph Ryan Kelly interviews Eleonore Stump about her new ... [Read More]

First Impressions #87: Christopher Driscoll on White Lies, Race, and American Religion

July 26, 2016July 26, 2016

The distinctions that we pose between ourselves and others, such as white and black, end up having a wide array of consequences. Kristian ... [Read More]

First Impressions #86: Moustafa Bayoumi on This Muslim American Life

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016

We live in a “War on Terror” culture, which ascribes a malevolent aspect to all things Muslim. How has this affected the lives of ... [Read More]

First Impressions #85: Elizabeth Pérez on Religion in the Kitchen

June 14, 2016June 14, 2016

In Afro-Caribbean traditions, kitchen work is not merely a mundane activity. Cooking for the orishas is a means of spiritual transformation. Dave Krueger ... [Read More]

First Impressions #84: John Fea on the History of the American Bible Society

May 24, 2016May 24, 2016

The American Bible Society and the struggle for a “Christian America.” Art Remillard talks with John Fea about his new book, The Bible ... [Read More]

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