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Category Archives: Christianity
Another Orientalism – A Conversation with Michael J. Altman
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
Origin Story – A Conversation with Frances FitzGerald
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
Posted in Christianity, Culture War
Tagged Evangelicals, Francis FitzGerald
Over the Empathy Wall – A Conversation with Arlie Hochschild
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
Posted in Christianity, Civility, Culture War, Politics
Tagged Arlie Hochschild, Strangers in Their Own Land
Swords Into Plowshares – A Conversation with Kristen Tobey
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
Posted in Christianity, Politics
Tagged Berrigans, Kristen Tobey, Nuclear Weapons, Plowshares
Great Redemption – A Conversation with Alison Collis Greene
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
Posted in Christianity, Culture War, Politics
Tagged FDR, Great Depression, New Deal
Rescuing Jesus – A Conversation with Deborah Jian Lee
Deborah Jian Lee is an award-winning journalist and radio producer. She has written for Foreign Policy, Forbes, and Slate, among others, and has taught journalism at Columbia University. Her book, Rescuing Jesus: How People of Color, Women, & Queer Christians … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Civility, Culture War
Tagged Christianity, Rescuing Jesus
Rally ‘Round the Family – A Conversation with Seth Dowland
Seth Dowland is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University. His book, Family Values and the Rise of the Christian Right, charts the influence of Christian “family values” advocacy across three decades and a variety of … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Culture War, Politics
Tagged Christian Right, Family Values, Seth Dowland
Divided on the Right – A Conversation with Neil J. Young
Neil J. Young is a historian and co-host of the Past Present Podcast. His book, We Gather Together: The Religious Right and the Problem of Interfaith Politics was published last month by Oxford University Press. In it, Young argues that, despite … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Culture War, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Neil J. Young, Religious Freedom, Religious Right
Religious Left – A Conversation with Brantley W. Gasaway
Brantley W. Gasaway is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Bucknell University. His book, Progressive Evangelicals and the Pursuit of Social Justice, was published last fall by University of North Carolina Press. In it, Gasaway situates Progressive Evangelicalism primarily within … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Culture War, Politics
Tagged Evangelicalism, Gasaway, Progressive
Organized Religion – A Conversation with Heath W. Carter
Heath W. Carter is Assistant Professor of History at Valparaiso University. His book, Union Made: Working People and the Rise of Social Christianity in Chicago, was published this month by Oxford University Press. In it, Carter credits the working people … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Politics, Scholarship
Tagged Christianity, Heath Carter, Social Gospel, Unions
Superchurch – A Conversation with Jonathan J. Edwards
Jonathan J. Edwards is Instructor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of South Carolina. His book, Superchurch: The Rhetoric and Politics of American Fundamentalism, was published in April by Michigan State University Press. In it, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Civility, Culture War, Politics
Tagged Christianity, Culture War, Fundamentalism, Politics
The Fate of Freedom – A Conversation with Steven D. Smith
Steven D. Smith is the Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego. His most recent book, The Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom, advocates a return to what he calls “the American settlement”— an arrangement … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Civility, Culture War, Politics
Tagged Hobby Lobby, Politics, Religious Freedom
Creating Conservatism – A Conversation with Michael J. Lee
Michael J. Lee is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the College of Charleston. His book, Creating Conservatism: Postwar Words that Made an American Movement, was published this summer by Michigan State University Press. In it, he traces … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Convo, Politics, Scholarship
Tagged Books, Conservative Rhetoric
Beyond Right and Left – A Conversation with Karin Fry
Karin Fry is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. Her new book, Beyond Religious Right and Secular Left Rhetoric: The Road to Compromise, explores the positions commonly advocated by culture war adversaries, searching for opportunities for … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Civility, Culture War, Politics
Tagged Christianity, Culture War, Politics
Chaos and Concern – A Conversation with Leslie D. Smith
Leslie Dorrough Smith is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri. Her book, Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America, provides the first full-length analysis of CWA rhetoric. Smith situates CWA … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Culture War, Politics
Tagged Concerned Women for America, Leslie Dorrough Smith, Righteous Rhetoric
