First Impressions #76: Grawemeyer Award Winner in Religion: Susan R. Holman
Why is religion so important for thinking about global health today? This a special edition of First Impressions featuring the winner of the 2016
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First Impressions #68: Roland Boer on the Sacred Economy of Ancient Israel
How a Marxist-inspired theory and Soviet-era Russian scholarship help us better understand the world of the Bible. Joseph Ryan Kelly talks with Roland
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Kevin Kruse Responds to the Forum
Kevin M. Kruse in the One Nation Under God Forum ※ See the Forum’s homepage here. ※ I am deeply grateful to these four scholars
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First Impressions #66: James Benn on the Religious and Cultural History of Tea in China
Tea has impacted Chinese society far beyond economics and agriculture. Kristian Petersen talks with James Benn, Professor of Religious Studies at McMaster University,
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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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The Invention of Corporate America’s Invention of Christian America – By Richard J. Callahan, Jr.
Richard J. Callahan, Jr. in the One Nation Under God Forum ※ See the Forum’s homepage here. ※ When the Supreme Court adjudicated on
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United We Stand: Faith, Freedom, and Free Enterprise – By Jeania Ree Moore
Jeania Ree Moore in the One Nation Under God Forum ※ See the Forum’s homepage here. ※ August 6, 2015: The first debate of
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Max Weber on Religion: Beyond Secularization – By Johannes Zachhuber
The dismissal of Weber’s worth as a theorist of historical and contemporary religion is premature. The so-called secularization thesis — the notion that
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Mallory Ortberg will join us at AAR/SBL, seize @MarginaliaROB
We have some exciting news to share. Mallory Ortberg will be joining us at the AAR/SBL Annual Meeting in Atlanta! Mallory Ortberg is
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MRBlog | Synodal Spin and the Authorized Jesus
By Thomas J. Whitley Now that the much-discussed, oft-maligned Synod on the Family has concluded, we can engage in everyone’s favorite pastime:
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