Omid Safi on American Muslims and the 2016 Election
Professor Omid Safi reflects on the choices facing American Muslims in light of the 2016 Presidential election. Safi is a columnist for On Being and
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Interviews
Impolite Conversation #17: The “God Gap” and Final 2016 Campaign Thoughts
This month on Impolite Conversation, we talk with a scholar who wants to challenge the conventional wisdom on the “God gap,” and then
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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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First Impressions # 94: Claire Chambers on Britain Through Muslim Literary Representations
What does Britain look like from the perspective of Muslims across the eighteenth century until today? Kristian Petersen talks with Claire Chambers, Lecturer
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First Impressions # 93: Julie Holcomb on the Quaker Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy
How can the simple choice of a men’s suit be a moral statement and a political act? When the suit is made of
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Impolite Conversation #16: Reading the Bible With Latinx Eyes
On this episode of Impolite Conversation, Miguel de la Torre joins us to talk about how the marginalization of Latinx culture creates new
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Amr al-Azm on the Syrian Civil War
How did the conflict in Syria begin? What does the future hold for the Syrian people? In this wide-ranging interview, Sarah Eltantawi speaks
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First Impressions #91: Josef Sorett on A Religious History of Racial Aesthetics
Most of the major African American literary and cultural movements of the twentieth century have been understood and interpreted as secular. In reality, religion
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First Impressions #90: Erik Hammerstrom on the Science of Chinese Buddhism
Chinese Buddhists saw modern science as an effective means for the investigation of knowledge but critiqued its underlying social ethic. Kristian Petersen talks
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Impolite Conversation #15: Teaching Evolution and Trump in Utah
For the month of September, Tim Hill and Dan Clanton discuss the challenges to teaching evolution with Josh Rosenau of the National Center for
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