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First Impressions #97: Emily Suzanne Clark on Afro-Creole Spiritualism in New Orleans

November 14, 2016November 14, 2016

Messages from the spirit world offered an Afro-Creole community in New Orleans a forum for political activism inspired by republican ideals. Dave ... [Read More]

Impolite Conversation: Election Results 2016

November 13, 2016November 13, 2016

Will there be a difference between Trump the candidate and Trump the president? In this Impolite Conversation Supplemental, Dan and Tim talk (and ... [Read More]

First Impressions # 96: Media, Race, and Sexuality in Transnational Santería

November 8, 2016November 8, 2016

Santería, as a site of analytical inquiry, disrupts many of dominant theoretical approaches to the study of transnational religion. Kristian Petersen talks with ... [Read More]

Omid Safi on American Muslims and the 2016 Election

November 3, 2016November 3, 2016

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 ... [Read More]

Impolite Conversation #17: The “God Gap” and Final 2016 Campaign Thoughts

November 1, 2016November 1, 2016

This month on Impolite Conversation, we talk with a scholar who wants to challenge the conventional wisdom on the “God gap,” and then ... [Read More]

First Impressions # 95: Eva Mroczek on the Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity

October 25, 2016October 25, 2016

There was no such thing as the Bible when ancient Jewish literature was composed. With a more expansive view of sources, we can ... [Read More]

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]

Impolite Conversation #16: Reading the Bible With Latinx Eyes

October 4, 2016October 4, 2016

On this episode of Impolite Conversation, Miguel de la Torre joins us to talk about how the marginalization of Latinx culture creates new ... [Read More]

Amr al-Azm on the Syrian Civil War

September 27, 2016September 27, 2016

How did the conflict in Syria begin? What does the future hold for the Syrian people? In this wide-ranging interview, Sarah Eltantawi speaks ... [Read More]