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Interviews with authors of books on #Secularism & #Atheism. Hosted by @CarrieLynnLand. 🎧 on Apple Podcasts: https://xitter.gq/t.co/GdbIGzfrGi

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As is made clear in the podcast, the Church of Satan and the Satanic Temple are not quite the same, being split by political ideology. The former align with Ayn Rand libertarianism (selfISH spectrum), the latter are more progressive (selfLESS spectrum). newbooksnetwork.com/speak-of…
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The premise of our podcasts over at @NewBooksNetwork 👇🏻 Did you write your diss on #Secularism, #ScienceFiction, or #ClassicalReception? Pitch me an interview on @NewBooksSecular or @NewBooksLitStud 📚🎙
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On @NewBooksSecular: Dr. James Bryant Reeves chats with me about his new book "Godless Fictions in the Eighteenth Century: A Literary History of Atheism" - not that there really were atheists then, mind you, but people were terrified of them nonetheless! buff.ly/3A6iipK
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In GENRES OF DOUBT (@McFarlandCoPub), Elizabeth M. Sanders shows how Victorian novels infused w/unreal elements offered a space to ponder the supernatural, the difference btw belief & knowledge & our place in the world. @CarrieLynnLand hosts! 🎙️👇#scifi newbooksnetwork.com/elizabet…
I had a great conversation about hope and secularity with @CarrieLynnLand at the @NewBooksNetwork. It reminded me: hoping is hard, especially now, but we can help each other hold on. You can listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/hope-in-… And here's the book: doi.org/10.1017/978110859510…
Against dogmatic complacency and despairing resignation, @dnewheiser argues that hope is the indispensable precondition of religious practice and secular politics. 👂Listen in as the author of HOPE in a SECULAR AGE (@CUPAcademic) joins @CarrieLynnLand ↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/hope-in-…
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Against dogmatic complacency and despairing resignation, @dnewheiser argues that hope is the indispensable precondition of religious practice and secular politics. 👂Listen in as the author of HOPE in a SECULAR AGE (@CUPAcademic) joins @CarrieLynnLand ↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/hope-in-…
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INTERROGATING SECULARISM: Race and Religion in Arab Transnational Art and Literature (@SUPress) deconstructs liberal accounts of secularism, examining the work of authors & artists from ethnic & religious minorities. Danielle Haque joins @BabaKristian ⬇️ newbooksnetwork.com/danielle…
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FERTILITY & FAITH (@Baylor_Press) maps the demographic revolution that has taken hold of many countries around the globe in recent decades and explores its implications for the development of the world’s religions. Philip Jenkins joins @CarrieLynnLand👇 newbooksnetwork.com/philip-j…
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Natural selection is a process without purpose, yet gives rise to purposeful beings who find meaning in the world. FROM DARWIN to DERRIDA (@mitpress) explains how a physical world of matter in motion gave rise to a living world of purpose and meaning.👂👇 newbooksnetwork.com/david-ha…
With nearly 1/4 of Canadian and American adults identifying as nonreligious, religious “nones” represent a sizable and growing group. On this episode @ellejaaaaay talks with @swilk033 & @joelthiessen about their new book, NONE of the ABOVE (@NYUpress) ⤵️ newbooksnetwork.com/joel-thi…
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Part spiritual autobiography, part homily on the “nihilism of grace,” HOPING AGAINST HOPE (@Fortresspress) calls believers and nonbelievers alike to participate in the “praxis of the kingdom of God." Tune in as @EnglanderYakir interviews John D. Caputo ⤵️ newbooksnetwork.com/john-d-c…
Interesting development on this topic as ultra-orthodox Jews turn to the internet for information on Coronavirus: xitter.gq/haaretzcom/status/1260…
What would you do if you questioned your religious faith, but revealing that would cause you to lose your family and the only way of life you'd ever known? Ayala Fader's HIDDEN HERETICS (@PrincetonUPress) explores this. 🎙️Fader joins @CarrieLynnLand ⤵️ newbooksnetwork.com/ayala-fa…
PROLEGOMENA to ANY FUTURE MATERIALISM (@NorthwesternUP) is Adrian Johnston's attempt to develop a systematic & thoroughly atheistic material ontology of the subject. Johnston joins @LDiakena to fill us in Volume I of the 3-Volume project on the podcast👇 newbooksnetwork.com/adrian-j…
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What would you do if you questioned your religious faith, but revealing that would cause you to lose your family and the only way of life you'd ever known? Ayala Fader's HIDDEN HERETICS (@PrincetonUPress) explores this. 🎙️Fader joins @CarrieLynnLand ⤵️ newbooksnetwork.com/ayala-fa…
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New podcast interview: G. Clinton Godart, “Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine. Evolutionary Theory and Religion in Modern Japan” @NewBooksEAsia @NewBooksNetwork @ClintonGodart romanpasca.com/podcast-inter…
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IS EUROPE CHRISTIAN? (@HurstPublishers/@OUPReligion) is an intervention into contemporary debates among European populists who lay claim to the Christian heritage of Europe without often embracing its values. Olivier Roy discusses the book w/@GribbenC ↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/olivier-…
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A fierce advocate for more religious diversity in public life, @SCOTUSHUMOR traveled the country engaging with a plurality of non-Christian religious and non-religious voices. He discusses OUR NON-CHRISTIAN NATION (@stanfordpress) with @CarrieLynnLand👇 newbooksnetwork.com/jay-wexl…
On this episode @DrHettie2017 interviews @ccamrun2, author of BLACK FREETHINKERS (@NorthwesternUP), the first comprehensive survey of black free thought from the Antebellum period to the demise of the Black Power era. 🗨️ Check out their conversation⤵️ newbooksnetwork.com/christop…
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Covering thinkers such as Herder, Kant, Hegel, and Schleiermacher, SECULARISM and HERMENEUTICS (@PennPress) traces how literary interpretation--once centered on textual analysis of the Bible--became a secular practice. @YaelAlmog2 joins @CarrieLynnLand 👇 newbooksnetwork.com/yael-alm…
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