God Goes To Harvard
D. Michael Lindsay looks at the changes in faith on campus.
Onward Christian Soldiers
D. Michael Lindsay looks at faith in the military.
Introductions: Michael Lindsay, Karen Hughes and America
Michael Lindsay shares with us how he secured an interview with Karen Hughes.
Christianity: An Email Dialogue Part Two
Philip Jenkins and Miranda Hassett continue their conversation.
Universal Virtues: Lessons From History
An excerpt from Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification.
The Inaugural Very Short Introductions Column: Atheism
Q&A with Julian Baggini, author of Atheism: A Very Short Introduction
Looking For a Few Good Muslims
Jenkins reflects on the Lancaster House conference on “Islam and Muslims in the World Today.”
God’s Continent: An Excerpt
An excerpt from the first chapter of Philip Jenkins’s God’s Continent.
A Few Questions For Philip Jenkins
Philip Jenkins author of God’s Continent answers some questions for OUP.
You Never Call! You Never Write!: A Video
A video interview with Joyce Antler.
Mother’s Marathon
Joyce Antler, author of You Never Call! You Never Write: A History of the Jewish Mother, is the Samuel Lane Professor of American Jewish History and Culture at Brandeis University. Yesterday we posted a Q and A with her daughter, comedian, Lauren Antler. Last week Joyce wrote about Passover. Today she weighs in on the […]
A Few Questions For Joyce Antler
Instead of asking Joyce questions ourselves, we asked her daughter, Lauren Antler to quiz her mom. Below is what Lauren found out.
Forbidden Fruit: An Excerpt
The plasticity of sexuality quickly becomes evident when one moves from talking about historical doctrine to speaking with real people. Indeed, understanding biblical texts and moderns’ interpretations of them is only so helpful. It provides a clear sense of what the religious resources about sex are, but conveys nothing of how regular people draw upon them, if at all. Even survey data—of which I will make extensive use—are limited in their ability to convey just how adolescents really think about sex, how they desire its pleasure or fear its pain, how they actually go about making sexual decisions, and how they reconcile their religious faiths with the choices they make.
Forbidden Fruit: An Author Reflects
Mark Regnerus is Assistant Professor of Sociology and a Faculty Research Associate in the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. His new book, Forbidden Fruit: Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers tells the definitive story of the sexual values and practices of American teenagers.
An Easter Journey Into The Silent Land
In anticipation of Easter, today we are excerpting from Into The Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation by Martin Laird. Laird’s truly beautiful book shows that the Christian tradition of contemplation has its own refined meditation teachings similar to the Hindus and Buddhists. He brings together the ancient wisdom of the […]
God At Work: An Excerpt
An excerpt from David Miller’s new book, God at Work.