During the Harlem Renaissance, music, religion, and spirituality were connected—not only in the church, but also in the jazz club. The public radio special “The Harlem Renaissance: Music, Religion, and the Politics of Race” combines music, archival audio, and guest commentary to explore this fascinating period in African-American history. Listen to this episode at iTunes…
Category: Media Rethinking Religion Episodes
Listen to a conversation with Neal Stephenson, author of Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, Anathem, and most recently Reamde. Moderated by Alfred E. Guy Jr, director of Yale College Writing Center. Rewiring the Real is a yearlong series of conversations with writers about the interplay of literature, technology and religion, Jennifer Egan on February 7 and Mark Z. Danielewski on April 24….
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by Ajay Singh Chaudhary and Abby Kluchin A response to a public talk with Neal Stephenson on December 1, 2011. In his 1960 novel A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter Miller wrote of the “Albertian Order of Saint Leibowitz,” a monastic order whose members—quite literally—religiously copy the texts of the scientists of a pre-apocalyptic…
Category: Event Responses Media
By Abby Kluchin A response to a public conversation with Gary Shteyngart on November 10, 2011. I put off writing about Gary Shteyngart’s conversation with McKenzie Wark about technology, religion, and literature—well, mostly because I had to write a conference paper. And then I went to San Francisco for the conference and…
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Listen to a conversation with Gary Shteyngart, author of The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, Absurdistan, and most recently Super Sad True Love Story. Moderated by McKenzie Wark, professor of media and cultural studies at The New School and author of Gamer Theory. Rewiring the Real is a yearlong series of conversations with writers about the interplay of…
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A radio episode from Rethinking Religion with journalists Jon Meacham, James Traub, and David Shipley. Jon Meacham is executive editor at Random House, former editor of Newsweek magazine, and the Pulitzer Prize winning author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. James Traub is a politics and international-affairs writer for New York Times Magazine. David…
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A radio episode from Rethinking Religion with journalists Nazila Fathi, Kelly Golnoush Niknejad, Omid Memarian, and Mehdi Yahyanejad. Nazila Fathi is a New York Times reporter covering Iran since 2000. Kelly Golnoush Niknejad is founder of the news site Tehran Bureau. Omid Memarian is an Iranian journalist and blogger. Mehdi Yahyanejad is co-founder of Balatarin.com, a Persian-language social…
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A radio episode from Rethinking Religion with George Rupp, Ruth Messinger, and Amanya Ebye. George Rupp is the president of the International Rescue Committee and author of Globlization Challenged: Conviction, Conflict, Community (2006). Ruth Messinger is the president of American Jewish World Service. Amanda Ebye is the head of Middle East International Rescue Committee programs….
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Terry Eagleton is an influential literary theorist and Distinguished Professor of English Literature at the University of Lancaster. He has written more than forty books, including Literary Theory: An Introduction (1983), The Illusions of Postmodernism (1996), and, most recently, Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate (2009). Terry…
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Philip Gourevitch is a journalist and the award-winning author of We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families about the Rwandan Genocide and, more recently, The Ballad of Abu Ghraib. Errol Morris is an Academy Award-winning film producer and director, who collaborated with Philip Gourevitch on the…
Category: Media Rethinking Religion Episodes