Author Archives: Eric

About Eric

Eric Miller teaches in the Department of Communication Studies at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.

Religion in Public – A Conversation with Melissa Rogers

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Eric

Melissa Rogers is Visiting Professor at the Wake Forest School of Divinity and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. She served as President Obama’s executive director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships from 2013 … Continue reading →

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Defining Evangelical – A Conversation with Mark A. Noll

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Eric

Mark A. Noll is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Notre Dame. The author or editor of over thirty books, Noll is legendary in the field. Alongside George M. Marsden and David W. Bebbington, he is co-editor of … Continue reading →

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Family Matters – A Conversation with Hilde Løvdal Stephens

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Eric

Hilde Løvdal Stephens is Visiting Associate Professor of English at the University of Southeastern Norway. In her new book, Family Matters: James Dobson and Focus on the Family’s Crusade for the Christian Home, Stephens traces the history and influence of … Continue reading →

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Gospel of Denial – A Conversation with Robin Globus Veldman

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Eric

Robin Globus Veldman is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Texas A&M University. In her new book, The Gospel of Climate Skepticism: Why Evangelical Christians Oppose Action on Climate Change, Veldman provides a rigorous inquiry into evangelical climate skepticism, tracing … Continue reading →

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The Evangelical Identity – A Conversation with Thomas S. Kidd

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Eric

Thomas S. Kidd is the Vardaman Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University. In his new book, Who Is an Evangelical? The History of a Movement in Crisis, Kidd challenges the popular association between evangelicals and the Republican Party, tracing … Continue reading →

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Lear on the Left – A Conversation with L. Benjamin Rolsky

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Eric

L. Benjamin Rolsky is Adjunct Instructor in the History and Anthropology Department at Monmouth University and part-time lecturer in the Religion Department at Rutgers University. His The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left: Politics, Television, and Popular Culture in … Continue reading →

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Christian Diplomacy – A Conversation with Mark T. Edwards

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Eric

Mark Thomas Edwards is Associate Professor of US History and Politics at Spring Arbor University, where he researches the intersection of religion, politics, and diplomacy in the United States. In his new book, Faith and Foreign Affairs in the American … Continue reading →

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Christian / Democrat – A Conversation with James D. Bratt

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Eric

The late John F. Woolverton, an Episcopal priest, taught church history at Virginia Theological Seminary, the College of William and Mary, and the University of Texas. After his passing in 2014, his A Christian and a Democrat: A Religious Biography of … Continue reading →

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American Sutra – A Conversation with Duncan Ryūken Williams

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Eric

Duncan Ryūken Williams is Professor of Religion and East Asian Languages & Cultures at the University of Southern California, where he directs the Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture. In his new book, American Sutra: A Story of Faith and … Continue reading →

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Crude Christianity – A Conversation with Darren Dochuk

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Eric

Darren Dochuk is Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. In his new book, Anointed With Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America, Dochuk charts a partnership between Christian missions and oil exploration dating back to … Continue reading →

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Beating Guns – A Conversation with Shane Claiborne

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Eric

Shane Claiborne is the author of nine books; a co-founder of The Simple Way, a Christian collective in Philadelphia; and co-director of Red Letter Christians, a non-denominational progressive movement. His new book, Beating Guns: Hope for People Who are Weary … Continue reading →

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The Color of Compromise – A Conversation with Jemar Tisby

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Eric

Jemar Tisby is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at the University of Mississippi. In his new book, The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism, Tisby surveys American history with an eye … Continue reading →

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Nixon Kids – A Conversation with Seth Blumenthal

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Eric

Seth Blumenthal is Senior Lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University. In his new book, Children of the Silent Majority: Young Voters and the Rise of the Republican Party, 1968-1980, Blumenthal considers the conservative youth of … Continue reading →

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A History of Violence – A Conversation with Paul Hanebrink

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Eric

Paul Hanebrink is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University. In his new book, A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism, Hanebrink traces the violent history of European anti-Semitism from the Russian Revolution to the present. Because some Communists … Continue reading →

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The Evangelical Crackup – A Conversation with Paul A. Djupe

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Eric

Paul A. Djupe is Associate Professor of Political Science at Denison University. He is the former editor of the journal Politics & Religion, and current editor of Religious Engagement in Democratic Politics, a new book series from Temple University Press. … Continue reading →

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