Category Archives: Christianity

Back to the Bible – A Conversation with Rachel Held Evans

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Eric

Rachel Held Evans is a New York Times best-selling author of four books, each covering changes and developments in her Christian faith. Her most recent, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Finding the Bible Again, approaches the Bible as … Continue reading →

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American Christian – A Conversation with Matthew Bowman

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Eric

Matthew Bowman is Associate Professor of History at Henderson State University. In his new book, Christian: The Politics of a Word in America, he documents a few of the many forms that Christianity has assumed over the past 150 years. … Continue reading →

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On Religious Freedom – A Conversation with Heath Brown

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Eric

Though The Rhetoric of Religious Freedom in the United States is arguably not new, and quite arguably not political science, it was featured this week on the New Books in Political Science podcast. In this episode, host Heath Brown and … Continue reading →

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Believing Donald Trump – A Conversation with John Fea

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Eric

John Fea is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Messiah College. In his new book, Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump, Fea draws upon four centuries of Christian history to diagnose the troubling persistence of … Continue reading →

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Fundamentalist U – A Conversation with Adam Laats

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Eric

Adam Laats is Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning & Educational Leadership at the State University of New York at Binghamton. In his new book, Fundamentalist U: Keeping the Faith in American Higher Education, Laats documents the challenges and … Continue reading →

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Christian Rock – A Conversation with Randall J. Stephens

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Eric

Randall J. Stephens is Reader and Associate Professor of History and American Studies at Northumbria University in northeast England. In his most recent book, The Devil’s Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock ‘n’ Roll, Stephens documents the turbulent … Continue reading →

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The Protestant Way – A Conversation with Alec Ryrie

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Eric

Alec Ryrie is a professor in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University in northeast England, and an ordained minister in the Anglican Church. His most recent book, Protestants: The Faith That Made the Modern World, seeks to … Continue reading →

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Conservative Liberals – A Conversation with Andrew R. Lewis

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Eric

Andrew R. Lewis is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati. His book, The Rights Turn in Conservative Christian Politics: How Abortion Transformed the Culture Wars, was published last fall by Cambridge University Press. In it, he … Continue reading →

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Why Donald Trump – A Conversation with Stephen Mansfield

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Eric

Stephen Mansfield is a historian, speaker, and best-selling author of books about George Whitefield, Booker T. Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, among others. His latest book, Choosing Donald Trump: God, Anger, Hope, and Why … Continue reading →

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America the Gullible – A Conversation with Kurt Andersen

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Eric

Kurt Andersen is a distinguished author, editor, and social critic. A former editor of New York magazine and founder of Spy, Andersen is the co-founder and host of Studio 360 from Public Radio International. His writing has appeared in Time, … Continue reading →

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Another Orientalism – A Conversation with Michael J. Altman

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Eric

Michael J. Altman is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. His book, Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: American Representations of India, 1721-1893, was published in August by Oxford University Press. In it, Altman documents almost two centuries of  … Continue reading →

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Origin Story – A Conversation with Frances FitzGerald

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Eric

Frances FitzGerald is a decorated journalist and historian. She is a recipient of the Bancroft Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award. Over the past five decades, her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York … Continue reading →

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Over the Empathy Wall – A Conversation with Arlie Hochschild

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Eric

Arlie Russell Hochschild is Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. For five years she traveled in the bayous of southern Louisiana, interacting with Tea Party conservatives and trying to understand their thinking about life, hope, faith, … Continue reading →

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Swords Into Plowshares – A Conversation with Kristen Tobey

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Eric

Kristen Tobey is Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at John Carroll University. Her book, Plowshares: Protest, Performance, and Religious Identity in the Nuclear Age, examines the methods of Plowshares activists, a small group of Catholic radicals known … Continue reading →

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Great Redemption – A Conversation with Alison Collis Greene

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Eric

Alison Collis Greene is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Mississippi State University. Her book, No Depression in Heaven: the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Transformation of Religion in the Delta, was published in December by … Continue reading →

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