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August 12, 2022
Beyond Missio Dei
Contesting Mission, Rethinking Witness
Sarosh Koshy
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Tiatemsu Longkumer
In Beyond Missio Dei: Contesting Mission, Rethinking Witness (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021), Sarosh Koshy strives to go beyond the mission model of Christianity that emerged alongside and within the colonial enterprise and …
Catholic Studies
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On Religion
August 11, 2022
Islamophobia
What Christians Should Know (and Do) about Anti-Muslim Discrimination
Jordan Denari Duffner
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Gregory Soden
Jordan Denari Duffner is an author and scholar of Muslim-Christian relations, interreligious dialogue, and Islamophobia. Jordan is currently pursuing a PhD in Theological and Religious Studies at Georgetown University. A …
Jewish Studies
August 3, 2022
The Bible with and Without Jesus
How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently
Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler
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Zalman Newfield
In The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently (HarperOne, 2020), Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler take readers on a guided tour …
Religion
July 28, 2022
The Origin of Sin
Greece and Rome, Early Judaism and Christianity
David Konstan
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Tiatemsu Longkumer
Where did the idea of sin arise from? In The Origin of Sin: Greece and Rome, Early Judaism and Christianity (Bloomsbury, 2022), David Konstan takes a close look at classical …
Religion
July 25, 2022
The Story of Religion in America
An Introduction
James P Byrd and James Hudnut-Beumler
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Jackson Reinhardt
The Story of Religion in America: An Introduction (Westminster John Knox Press, 2021) presents the broad scope of the story of religion in the American colonies and the United States. While …
Medieval History
July 22, 2022
Orthodox Cyprus Under the Latins, 1191-1571
Society, Spirituality, and Identities
Chrysovalantis Kyriacou
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Evan Zarkadas
Medieval and Renaissance Cyprus was a fascinating place of ethnic, cultural, and religious encounters. Following almost nine centuries of Byzantine rule, Cyprus was conquered by the Crusaders in 1191, becoming …
Catholic Studies
July 19, 2022
The Genocide Against the Tutsi, and the Rwandan Churches
Between Grief and Denial
Philippe Denis
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Allison Isidore
Why did some sectors of the Rwandan churches adopt an ambiguous attitude towards the genocide against the Tutsi which claimed the lives of around 800,000 people in three months between …
Religion
July 12, 2022
Demonic Bodies and the Dark Ecologies of Early Christian Culture
Travis W. Proctor
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Tiatemsu Longkumer
Drawing insights from gender studies and the environmental humanities, Demonic Bodies and the Dark Ecologies of Early Christian Culture (Oxford UP, 2022) analyze how ancient Christians constructed the Christian body …
Catholic Studies
July 11, 2022
Subversive Habits
Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle
Shannen Dee Williams
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Allison Isidore
In Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle (Duke UP, 2022), Shannen Dee Williams, provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the …
Christian Studies
July 5, 2022
Transatlantic Religion
Europe, America, and the Making of Modern Christianity
Annette G. Aubert and Zachary Purvis
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Justin McGeary
Annette G. Aubert and Zachary Purvis' edited volume Transatlantic Religion: Europe, America, and the Making of Modern Christianity (Brill, 2021) offers a new perspective on nineteenth-century American Christianity that takes into …
Women's History
June 30, 2022
Subversive Habits
Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle
Shannen Dee Williams
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Deidre Tyler
In Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle (Duke UP, 2022), Shannen Dee Williams provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the …
Irish Studies
June 21, 2022
Representing Magic in Modern Ireland
Belief, History, Culture
Andrew Sneddon
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Aidan Beatty
Andrew Sneddon is a Lecturer in International History at Ulster University. His research explores Irish witchcraft, magic and the supernatural in a comparative framework from the medieval to the modern …
Catholic Studies
June 20, 2022
Seeing Jesus in the Eyes of the Oppressed
Franciscans Working for Peace and Justice
Paul T. Murray
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Allison Isidore
Following World War II, the United States enjoyed unprecedented prosperity as the post-war economy exploded. While Americans pondered affluence, U.S. Franciscans focused on the forgotten members of U.S. society, those …
Critical Theory
June 16, 2022
Science and Religion
A Very Short Introduction. Second Edition
Thomas Dixon and Adam Shapiro
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Morteza Hajizadeh
Debates about science and religion are rarely out of the news. Whether it concerns what's being taught in schools, clashes between religious values and medical recommendations, or questions about how …
Early Modern History
June 10, 2022
Storied Places
Pilgrim Shrines, Nature, and History in Early Modern France
Virginia Reinburg
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Elspeth Currie
Today I talked to Virginia Reinburg about her book Storied Places: Pilgrim Shrines, Nature, and History in Early Modern France (Cambridge UP, 2019). Pilgrim shrines were places of healing, holiness, and truth …
Christian Studies
June 9, 2022
Spiritual Direction from Dante
Yearning for Paradise
Paul Pearson
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Michael Morales
Many people search for heavenly bliss on earth, allured by all the world has to offer. In Paradiso, the third volume of his masterpiece, the Divine Comedy, Dante corrects our …
Latino Studies
June 3, 2022
Brown Church
Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
Robert Chao Romero
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David-James Gonzales
For five hundred years, Latina/o culture and identity have been shaped by their challenges to the religious, socio-economic, and political status quo, whether in opposition to Spanish colonialism, Latin American …
Genocide Studies
June 1, 2022
The Memory of Goodness
Eva Fleischner and Her Contributions to Holocaust Studies
John K. Roth and Carol Rittner
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Kelly McFall
Today I talked to Carol Rittner and John K. Roth about their edited volume The Memory of Goodness: Eva Fleischner and her contributions to Holocaust Studies (National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education …
Early Modern History
May 26, 2022
The Dissolution of the Monasteries
A New History
James Clark
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Jonathan Megerian
In a mere four years, England’s monastic tradition—one of the richest in all of Europe—came to an end. The Dissolution of the Monasteries, as it’s come to be known, stands …
Jewish Studies
May 20, 2022
Three Philosophies of Life
Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Songs
Peter Kreeft
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Phil Cohen
"I've been a philosopher for all my adult life and the three most profound books of philosophy that I have ever read are Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Songs." This …
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