First Impressions #63: Robert Shedinger on Jesus and Jihad
“Holy war” is only one meaning of the term jihad. In mainstream Islam, jihad is understood in terms of what Christians might understand
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First Impressions #62: Gareth Fisher on Lay Buddhist Practice in Contemporary China
Lay Buddhism is a pathway to meaning in post-Maoist China. Kristian Petersen talks with Gareth Fisher, Associate Professor of Religion at Syracuse University,
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First Impressions #61: Neil J. Young
American politics makes strange bedfellows — the unlikely coalition of Mormons, Catholics, and Evangelicals. Art Remillard talks with Neil J. Young about his
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First Impressions #60: John Wilsey
The idea of American exceptionalism in its best and worst forms. Art Remillard talks with theologian and historian John Wilsey about his new
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A First Impressions New Book Guide for #AARSBL2015
First Impressions is a Marginalia Review of Books podcast featuring authors of some of the most important new books in religion, history, and
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First Impressions #59: The Study Qur’an
Kristian Petersen talks with Caner Dagli of College of the Holy Cross, Maria Dakake of George Mason University, and Joseph Lumbard of American
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First Impressions #58: Father James Martin
Art Remillard talks with Father James Martin about his debut novel, The Abbey: A Story of Discovery. Father Martin is a Jesuit priest and
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First Impressions #57: Sabine N. Meyer
Dave Krueger speaks with Sabine Meyer, an assistant professor of American Studies at the Institute of English and American Studies at the University
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First Impressions #56: Zackery Heern
Kristian Petersen talks with Zackery Heern, Assistant Professor of History at Idaho State University, about his new book The Emergence of Modern Shiʿism:
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First Impressions #55: Heath Carter
Art Remillard talks with Heath Carter about his new book, Union Made: Working People and the Rise of Social Christianity in Chicago. Carter is
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