First Impressions #65: Joseph Loconte on Tolkien, Lewis, and the Great War
The writings of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis are best understood as responding to the cataclysm of the First World War. Dave Krueger
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Interviews
First Impressions #64: Diana Butler Bass and the Emerging Spiritual Revolution
Even though church attendance is on the decline, signs of a new spiritual consciousness are springing up from the ground beneath us. Art
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A Conversation on Race, Faith and Community
Charles Halton talks with Leslie Dawn Callahan, Willie James Jennings, Christopher Doucot and Barbara Savage during the 30th anniversary celebration of the Grawemeyer
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Directions in the Study of Religion: Identity Formation
The malleability of identity formation: Kristian Petersen talks with Steven Ramey, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama, about the new
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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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Impolite Conversation #6: Climate Change as a Religious Issue
In this month’s episode, we talk to the Rev. Kim Morrow, whose ministry is focused on issues of climate change and sustainability, about
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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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