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WRITING


Conversations for The Revealer

A Conversation with Laura McTighe and Deon Haywood about the new book, Fire Dreams: Making Black Feminist Liberation in the South (Duke University Press, 2024).

A conversation with Judith Weisenfeld about her newest projects and the importance of African American religious history today.

A conversation with Peter Manseau about his newest novel, his work on religion at the Smithsonian, and his writing career.

A conversation with Ann Neumann about her column, The Patient Body, her book, The Good Death, and her writing about healthcare, vulnerability, and religion..

A conversation with Liane Carlson about how the pandemic exposed our need for — and fear of — touch, and our awareness of life’s fragility.

A conversation with Elayne Oliphant about her new book, The Privilege of Being Banal: Art, Secularism, and Catholicism in Paris

A conversation with Rebecca Bartel about her book, Card-Carrying Christians: Debt and the Making of Free Market Spirituality in Colombia

A conversation with Laura Levitt about her book, The Objects That Remain

A conversation with Darryl Li about his book, The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity

Secular Sex and Social Justice

A conversation with Janet Jakobsen about her book, The Sex Obsession, and what it can teach us about today's political dynamics

On Moodiness and Righteous Rage

A conversation with Karen Bray about her book, Grave Attending, and what it can teach us about today's protests for racial justice

A conversation with Anjuli Raza Kolb about her upcoming book, Epidemic Empire: Colonialism, Contagion, and Terror, 1817-2020.

A conversation with Brett Krutzsch about his book, Dying to Be Normal: Gay Martyrs and the Transformation of American Sexual Politics

A conversation with Briallen Hopper about her book, Hard to Love: Essays and Confessions

A conversation with Simran Jeet Singh about activism, writing, and why he spends so much time on Twitter.

A conversation with Lauren Pond book, Test of Faith: Signs, Serpents, Salvation

“The Patient Body” was a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. This month: Neumann discusses her new book, The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in American.

A conversation with Professor Josef Sorett about the launch of Columbia University's Center on African American Religion, Sexual Politics and Social Justice.



Images: Susan Sontag in a bear suit photographed by Annie Leibovitz; Jesus mosh pit GIF by Scorpion Dagger