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University of Pennsylvania religion Professor Anthea Butler argued that racism has had a foothold in white evangelical religion from slavery to the current day. This virtual program was…

Columbia Journalism Review contributor Lyz Lenz talked about her book, God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America, in which she reported on faith and religion in middle…

Steven Waldman, author and co-founder of the multifaith site Belief.net, talked about his book, Sacred Liberty: America’s Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom, in which he provided…

Former New York Times correspondent and editor Steven Weisman provided a history of Judaism in America. He was joined in conversation by founding editor of On Faith, Sally Quinn.

History professor John Fea examined the history of evangelism in America and offered his thoughts on why some conservative evangelicals support President Trump.

Ambassador Omar Saif Ghobash talked about his book, Letters to a Young Muslim, about the dangers of Islamic extremism and what it means to be a good Muslim in the world. He spoke with…

Garry Wills talked about his book The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis, in which he questions whether Pope Francis is capable of producing significant change within the…

Alex Beam talked about his book, American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church, in which he recalls the assassination of Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith in…

Lawrence Wright, staff writer for the New Yorker, talked about his book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, in which he reports on the Church of Scientology. In…

Author Salman Rushdie discusses his memoir, Joseph Anton, in which he discussed his ten years spent in hiding as a result of the fatwa issued against him by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989 for…

Tariq Ramadan talked about the causes behind the 2011 popular uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, and the role Islam will play in the futures of the countries involved. He also…

Simon Sebag Montefiore talked about his book on the 3,000 year history of Jerusalem. He talked about his family connections to Jerusalem and the contributions to the book from the family…

Sarah Vowell talked about her book The Wordy Shipmates (Riverhead; October 7, 2008). In this book Sarah Vowell, the author of several books including The Partly Cloudy Patriot and Assassination…

Akbar Ahmed and his team of American assistants visited Muslim communities in 75 towns and cities in the U.S. to find out the views of people there on various topics including religion,…

Jeff Sharlet, contributing editor for Harper’s and Rolling Stone magazine, examines religious fundamentalism in American politics. Following up on his last book on the subject, The Family, Mr. Sharlet…

The Rev. Dr. Peter Gomes talked about his book, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What’s So Good about the Good News? He contended that the current religious climate is too focused on the…

E.J. Dionne talked about his book Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right, published by Princeton University Press. In his book Mr. Dionne contends that the era of the…

Noah Feldman talked about The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, published by Princeton University Press. His book is about the history and current popularity of the shari’a, a system of…

Matt Taibbi talked about his book The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire, published by Spiegel and Grau. In his…

Martin and Susan Tolchin talked about their book, A World Ignited: How Apostles of Ethnic, Religious, and Racial Hatred Torch the Globe, published by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. The…