Matthew L. Harris is Professor of History and Director of Legal Studies at Colorado State University – Pueblo. This interview is based on his new book, Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality (Oxford University Press, 2024). JF: […]
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The Author’s Corner with Linford D. Fisher, Sheila M. McIntyre, and Julie A. Fisher
Linford D. Fisher is Associate Professor of History at Brown University, Sheila M. McIntyre is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York at Potsdam, and Julie A. Fisher is a historian, educator, and editor. This interview […]
The Author’s Corner with William Cossen
William Cossen is a teacher in the Social Studies Department at The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology​. This interview is based on his new book, Making Catholic America: Religious Nationalism in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (Cornell University […]
The Author’s Corner with Mark Valeri
Mark Valeri is the Reverend Priscilla Wood Neaves Distinguished Professor of Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis. This interview is based on his new book, The Opening of the Protestant Mind: How Anglo-American Protestants Embraced Religious Liberty (Oxford […]
The Author’s Corner with Diane Winston
Diane Winston is Associate Professor of Journalism and Knight Center Chair in Media and Religion at the University of Southern California, Annenberg. This interview is based on her new book, Righting the American Dream: How the Media Mainstreamed Reagan’s Evangelical […]
Burge: “People are picking their religion based on their politics, not their politics based on their religion.”
Political scientist Ryan Burge writes: “There is no doubt in my mind that politics is one of the main culprits for the emptying out of American religion.” After laying out his statistical case, Burge adds: Social behavior doesn’t just change […]
The Author’s Corner with Matthew Smith
Matthew Smith is Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Regional Director of Public Programming at Miami University of Ohio. This interview is based on his new book, The Spires Still Point to Heaven: Cincinnati’s Religious Landscape, 1788–1873 (Temple University Press, […]
The Author’s Corner with James Byrd
James Byrd is Professor of American Religious History, Chair of the Graduate Department of Religion and Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. This interview is based on his new book, A Holy Baptism of […]