Occultism and New Age Take Off in Iran: An Interview with Alireza Doostdar
RD: What inspired you to write The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations in Science, Islam, and the Uncanny?…
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The War Within: Religion and Our Tangled Relationship with Our Bodies
Author Michelle Lelwica answers RD’s 10 Questions
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Poets and Preachers: How Black Literature Blurs the Lines Between Sacred and Secular
The first book from Columbia University’s Josef Sorett examines the religious roots of African American literary and cultural movements of the 20th Century.
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Besides a Love of Chinese Food on Christmas, Why “JewAsian” Unions Work
A new book from married co-authors, Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Samuel Leavitt, explores the intricacies of mixed partnerships and blended heritages.
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The Audacity of Melancholy: Race, Tragedy, and the Anguish of Progress
In this RD10Q, Joseph Winters explores a new interpretation of hope that makes space for black melancholy and vulnerability.
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Indie Catholicism is Real: Married Clergy, LGBT Ordination, and Sacramental Justice for All
In this RD10Q, Julie Byrne follows the emerging movement of independent Catholics and the justice they inspire.
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Before Black Twitter: How the Early Black Press Shaped American Discourse Around Race and Religion
Early black newspapers helped to solidify black identity at a time when that identity was being attacked in the cruelest, most violent ways.
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A History of Prophetic Black Preaching That Doesn’t Start or End With Dr. King
“We preachers who have come of age in the 21st century stand on tall shoulders and drink from cisterns and wells we did not dig.”
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Power in a Union: How the Working Class Shaped Religion in America
A time when working-class identity and religion converged
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A Time to Break Down, and A Time to Build Up: Reinventing Ministry in Post-Katrina New Orleans
A disaster is not an “Act of God.”
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