First Impressions #15: Isaac Weiner
Art Remillard talks with Isaac Weiner about his new book Religion Out Loud: Religious Sound, Public Space, and American Pluralism. Weiner is Assistant
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Social Power, Pluralism, and Religious Sound in America – By Richard Kent Evans
Richard Kent Evans on Isaac Weiner’s Religion Out Loud Philadelphia in the late nineteenth century was a noisy place. The clip-clop of horse
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The Golem and the Jinni: A Conversation with Helene Wecker
Phillip Sherman talks with Helene Wecker about incorporating Jewish and Muslim traditions into her debut novel, The Golem and the Jinni. PS: How
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An Interview with Stephanie Paulsell
Stephanie Paulsell discusses experimental faith and the value of fiction for understanding religion Stephanie Paulsell is Houghton Professor of the Practice of Ministry Studies
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Interview with Scott Elliott
Scott Elliott talks to MRB from Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, KY Scott Elliott is Associate Professor of English at Whitman College and author
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Steelers Nation and the Seriously Religious Side of Football – By Arthur Remillard
Arthur Remillard on the religious devotion of football fans The Pittsburgh Steelers nearly broke Terry O’Neill’s heart. On January 15, 2006, O’Neill went
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Gustavo A. Ramirez on the Rock Art of Burgos, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Peyote, shamans, and pre-Hispanic rock art At the second meeting of Historic Archaeology at Mexico’s National History Museum, which took place on May 25th
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Art as an Arena for Interreligious Dialogue
Aaron Rosen on Ruth Illman’s Art and Belief Even as interreligious dialogue sets out to discover and appreciate difference, it often begins with
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A Conversation with Martin E. Marty
In November 2012, I had the opportunity to spend a morning with Martin E. Marty in his Chicago residence. Marty is the Fairfax
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