At Religion in American History, Edward J. Blum reflects on how blogging may influence a junior scholar's career, for better or for worse, and raises several important questions that we have also been puzzling about here at The Immanent Frame. In his piece, he draws on his own experiences as well as anecdotal evidence, and lays out his reservations about the academic blogging enterprise.
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Face to Faith program launched
by David WalkerThe Tony Blair Faith Foundation recently announced the launch of its "global schools program" in the United States.
September 29, 2010
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Did wind part the Red Sea?
by Lydia BrawnerA software engineer with the National Center for Atmospheric Research believes that the parting of the Red Sea recorded in Exodus may have been caused by a meteorological phenomenon known as "wind set-down," reports NPR.
September 29, 2010
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Holy ground zero?
by Aaron WeinsteinMore than nine years (and a few weeks) have now passed since the events of 9/11, and as Religion in America blogger Paul Matzko noted on the attacks' ninth anniversary earlier this month, the religious overtones of how Americans remember that day are palpable.
September 30, 2010
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Book of Esther showing up in unlikely places
by Lydia Brawner"Deep inside the computer worm that some specialists suspect is aimed at slowing Iran's race for a nuclear weapon lies what could be a fleeting reference to the Book of Esther," reports The New York Times.
September 30, 2010
events
AA Bronson lecture on art, religion, and social justice
by David WalkerAA Bronson---artist, curator, writer, teacher, and activist---will speak at Union Theological Seminary in New York City on Wednesday, October 6, as part of Union's 2010 Forum on Art, Religion and Social Justice.
October 4, 2010
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The Utopian, no. 7: “Pain & Pleasure”
by Charles GelmanThe latest issue of The Utopian is now online, featuring essays by Michel Houellebecq, Michael Goldstein, Damon Linker, and Alexander Lee, an interview with Charles Taylor, and new translations of poems by Heinrich Heine and Theognis.
October 4, 2010
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Consuming religion
by Charles GelmanDiane Winston offers up her take on the Pew Forum's U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey at The Huffington Post.
October 7, 2010
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Two recent journal issues of interest
by John D. BoyRecent issues of South Atlantic Quarterly and New German Critique contain articles of interest to scholars of religion and public life.
October 8, 2010
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Ross Douthat responds to James K.A. Smith on the Pew Religious Knowledge Survey
by Charles GelmanIn his New York Times blog, Ross Douthat comments on James K.A. Smith's response to the Pew Forum's U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey in our recent "off the cuff" forum.
October 12, 2010