The abolitionist work of Quakers during the antebellum era has been well documented, and their contemporary anti-war and anti-racism work is familiar to activists around the world. Allan W. Austin, a […]
Category: religion
Prof. Pradeep Dhillon discusses philosophies and practices of Sikhism
Professor Pradeep Dhillon, editor of our Journal of Aesthetic Education, sat down with the Illini News Bureau to discuss cultural aspects of Sikhism. In light of the August 5 tragedy […]
Religion Dispatches investigates southern gospel music
Douglas Harrison, author of the recent University of Illinois Press book, Then Sings My Soul: The Culture of Southern Gospel Music, is the subject of a new Religion Dispatches Q&A. […]
The Book of Mormon, Top 5
In the January 7, 2012, edition of the Wall Street Journal, Samuel Morris Brown identifies Grant Hardy’s The Book of Mormon: A Reader’s Edition as one of the top 5 best […]
Plaudits for Carla Bley
On November 21, 2011, we published Carla Bley, the latest edition in our American Composers series. Author Amy Beal has received praise from a variety of review outlets for capturing Bley’s […]
Religion in American History on Gospel of the Working Class
Last week the Religion in American History blog published a complimentary piece on Erik Gellman and Jarod Roll’s new book The Gospel of the Working Class: Labor’s Southern Prophets in New […]
Spirit of Rebellion wins WCSA award
Jarod Roll’s book Spirit of Rebellion: Labor and Religion in the New Cotton South has been awarded the Working Class Studies Association’s 2011 C.L.R. James Award for best published book for academic […]
A historian’s perspective on the 2011 Missouri spillway flood by Jarod Roll
Right now a man-made flood is inundating part of Missouri after the US Army Corps of Engineers ‘activated’ the Bird’s Point-New Madrid Spillway by dynamiting the riverfront levee guarding parts […]
Health Care, Hughes, and the The Huffington Post
Richard Hughes, author of the book Christian America and the Kingdom of God, keeps up the blogging momentum with a new column at The Huffington Post. “… the continued flap over […]
Richard Hughes on How We Can Save Our Country
Richard Hughes, author of Christian America and the Kingdom of God, started a new three-part series at The Huffington Post titled “Echoes from Gettysburg.” How We Can Save Our Country–Part 1 posted […]
Huffington Post’s The Christian Right in Context, pt. 4
The Huffington Post has published the final segment of a 4-part series by Richard Hughes based on his book Christian America and the Kingdom of God. The Christian Right in Context, Part 4: […]
Huffington Post’s The Christian Right in Context, pt. 3
The Huffington Post has published the third of a 4-part series by Richard Hughes based on his book Christian America and the Kingdom of God. The Christian Right in Context, Part 3: […]