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The Author’s Corner with Edward B. Davis

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 19, 2024

Edward B. “Ted” Davis is Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at Messiah University and a Fellow of the International Society for Science & Religion. This interview is based on his new book, Protestant Modernist Pamphlets: Science and Religion […]

The Author’s Corner with Caroline Winterer

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 9, 2024

Caroline Winterer is William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and Professor by courtesy of Classics at Stanford University. This interview is based on her new book, How the New World Became Old: The Deep Time Revolution in […]

The Author’s Corner with Elizabeth A. Athens

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 26, 2024

Elizabeth A. Athens is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Connecticut. This interview is based on her new book, William Bartram’s Visual Wonders: The Drawings of an American Naturalist (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024). JF: What led […]

The Author’s Corner with Catherine McNeur

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 13, 2023

Catherine McNeur is Associate Professor of History at Portland State University. This interview is based on her new book, Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science (Basic Books, 2023). JF: What led you to write Mischievous Creatures? […]

The Author’s Corner with Jan Wim Buisman

Rachel Petroziello   |  July 13, 2023

Jan Wim Buisman is a retired Lecturer on the History of Christianity, now a Guest Researcher at the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR). This interview is based on his new book, Lightning in the Age of […]

The Author’s Corner with Eric Herschthal

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 6, 2021

Eric Herschthal is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Utah.Ā  This interview is based on his new bookĀ The Science of Abolition: How Slaveholders Became the Enemies of ProgressĀ (Yale University Press 2021). JF: What led you to write The Science […]