The Origins of Fascism: Islamic Fascism, Islamophobia, Antisemitism
Walter Laqueur looks at Islamic Fascism, Islamophobia and Antisemitism
Sex-crime movies
For movie-makers and viewers alike, sex-crime movies offer opportunities to explore the meanings of sexual offenses and to reflect on the boundaries that societies trace between illicit and illegal sexual behaviors. They can start transnational conversations with millions of people across the globe.
All-time worst music albums
Everyone has an opinion on the best pop music albums of all time. Call us pessimists, but at OUP, we were wondering, what are the worst albums? Luckily, we have the best resource for all things music, Colin Larkin editor of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music. He tells us what makes his ears ring.
Philip Jenkins at the Carnegie Council
On October 11th, OUP author Philip Jenkins had the honor of speaking before the Carnegie Council about his new book The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South.
Negro Leagues: Satchel Paige
Satchel Paige and the Negro Leagues.
Great Read in the Park
Great Read in the Park
Lives Across The Pond: Benjamin West
A biography of Benjamin West.
Journalism Past and Present
Until the age of 50, Mencken was called “America’s Foremost Bachelor,” praised for being the patron saint of single men. When H. L. Mencken married Sara Powell Haardt in 1930, the press concluded that the author of “In Defense of Women” was probably in the most embarassing position of any fiancee in recent years. They were bent in trotting out the old quotes. How, reporters insisted with glee, will Mencken explain that he had once said “A man may be a fool and not know it –but not if he’s married.” Long before, he had defined love as “the delusion that one woman differs from another.” To these queries Mencken replied; “I formerly was not as wise as I am now….the wise man frequently revises his opinions. The fool, never.”
Mourning Sheldon Meyer
Oxford University Press mourns Sheldon Meyer.
Why I Wrote The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot
Bart Ehrman talks about why he wrote his latest book, The Lost Gospels of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed.
A Few Questions for Bart Ehrman
Bart Ehrman answers some questions about his new book.
Why I’m Banned in the US: Tariq Ramadan
Tariq Ramadan responds.
Geneive Abdo on Ingrid Mattson
Honoring Ingrid Mattson.
A Lesson for Yom Kippur
The Cottage of Candles
A lesson for Yom Kippur from The Tree of Souls.
Hank Greenberg and Yom Kippur
A poem is excerpted from the book Jews in America by Hasia R. Diner. It recounts the tale of Hank Greenberg, a baseball legend, who put his religion before baseball when he went to synagogue instead of playing the Yankees in 1934.
Excerpt from The New Faces of Christianity
An excerpt from Philip Jenkins new book, The New Faces of Christianity.