Introductions: Michael Lindsay, Karen Hughes and America
Michael Lindsay shares with us how he secured an interview with Karen Hughes.
Confronting the Conflict between Fact-Based Judgments and Moral Values
Robert Cherry, author of Welfare Transformed reflects on the show Chasing Amy.
A Few Questions For Allan Horwitz
Allan Horwitz, co-author of The Loss of Sadness answers some questions for OUP.
A Few Questions For Elizabeth Beck
Elizabeth Beck has been kind enough to answer a few questions for OUP about her experiences with death row inmates and their families.
In The Shadow Of Death
In the article below Beck explores the tales of two men, one who is facing imminent execution.
Birds and Bees and Babies
Eve Mason Ekman comments on the problem of balancing careers with children.
The Mother’s Day Gift I Want: Author Joyce Antler Helps Us Celebrate
Joyce Antler helps us celebrate Mother’s Day.
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.
Passover and Mom
Joyce Antler teaches American Studies at Brandeis University and is the author of You Never Call! You Never Write!: A History of the Jewish Mother. Below Antler imparts some Passover wisdom in an article made for sharing with your mother. For those of you celebrating, “L’shana ha’ba-ah b’Yerushalayim.” While Jews everywhere in the world sit […]
The Mark of Shame: Stigma of Mental Illness and an Agenda for Change
An excerpt from The Mark of Shame.
This Day in History: Rosa Parks, Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
A tribute to Rosa Parks.
In The News: The Great Risk Shift
News and The Great Risk Shift.