Category: Events

December 7, 2020

Three Questions That Make One

By Bashir Bashir and Leila Farsakh

“Drawing on philosophy, politics, poetry, psychoanalysis, and history, and extending from North Africa and the Mediterranean to Europe and North America, this powerful book poses the Arab and Jewish questions as inextricable, intimate, and hybrid forces that shape our desires...

December 5, 2020

Video: Michael Alexander on the Origins of Making Peace with the Universe

 “What happens when worlds fall apart? It’s a question that so many of us have asked ourselves in times of crisis. The marvel of Michael Scott Alexander’s book is that he has transformed his own search into a discovery...

December 4, 2020

Michael Scott Alexander on Making Peace with the Universe

“A brilliant exploration of religious and spiritual experiences as they relate to the ability to heal the mind and promote psychological health. A missing piece of the puzzle of how religion intersects with psychological wellbeing.” ~Andrew Newberg, author of Neurotheology:...

December 3, 2020

The Op-Ed in an Evangelical Age

By L. Benjamin Rolsky

“Rise and Fall should garner a wide and varied audience, and it appears intentionally so. It is self-consciously and transparently situated, adeptly self-described in relation to a number of subfields, scholars, and paradigmatic shifts.” ~CARA BURNIDGE, Society for U.S. Intellectual History...

December 2, 2020

Video: Introducing Ms. Donna Haskins and Take Back What the Devil Stole

 “Like Karen McCarthy Brown’s Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn, this study of an impossibly ordinary life grabs you and refuses to let go, even as it offers new insights into a hidden spiritual world.” Stephen Prothero, author of Why Liberals...

December 1, 2020

The Environment as an Ethical Idea

By Anna M. Gade

“Anna M. Gade places her arguments within a rich exploration of historical and modern theoretical approaches to the environment and environmentalism. This book is theoretically sophisticated, lively, and interesting.” ~Marion Katz, author of Women in the Mosque: A History of Legal...

November 29, 2020

Take a Tour of Our AAR Virtual Exhibit with Wendy Lochner

Hi! I’m Wendy Lochner, the religion editor at Columbia University Press. Since the coronavirus pandemic has canceled fall conferences—SBL/AAR included—we are mounting virtual book exhibits on our blog to accompany our virtual booth. I will miss seeing so many friends...

November 18, 2020

Aging People in Prison and Caring Justice

By Tina Maschi

“Aging Behind Prison Walls fills a gap in the research literature by providing both quantitative and qualitative data not available elsewhere. Enriched by extensive data and compelling personal narratives, it offers a portrait of prison life that is comprehensive and...

November 17, 2020

Why Should Social Workers Care About Sex Positivity?

By SJ Dodd

“In Sex-Positive Social Work, SJ Dodd shows how to translate social work’s strengths- and justice-based commitments into practice related to sexuality. Such knowledge and skills are vital to social workers’ ability to promote the sexual rights, well-being, and dignity of all...

November 16, 2020

Take a Tour of Our CSWE Virtual Booth with Stephen Wesley

Welcome to the virtual book exhibit for the 2020 annual program meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. Over the next few days, we’ll be sharing a few posts that highlight new and forthcoming titles. If I were to...

October 25, 2020

Video: Matthew Hart Introduces Extraterritorial

 “A fascinating book about why the idea of being extraterritorial has come to preoccupy writers and artists and a rejoinder to celebrations of the cosmopolitan intellect or the ostensible age of postnational globalization. Hart highlights the aesthetic appeal and...

October 24, 2020

Video: Eric Bulson Introduces Ulysses by Numbers

 “Numbers in literature often have magical or secret meanings, but this remarkable book also shows us other, quite startling modes of literary counting, giving us the pleasure we find only in the best critical readings: we are surprised and...