University of California Press Blog» Religion http://www.ucpress.edu/blog Blog Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:48:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Draw a Proof, Win a Book http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15670/draw-a-proof-win-a-book/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15670/draw-a-proof-win-a-book/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:28:46 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15670

Nathan Schneider, author of the forthcoming book God in Proof: The Story of a Search from the Ancients to the Internet (June 2013) is running a contest over at his website, The Row Boat, in which he asks readers to draw a proof of what they believe. Read Schneider’s description of the contest below.

What Do You Believe? How [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15670/draw-a-proof-win-a-book/feed/ 0 The Gospel of an Icon and End of an Era http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/13579/the-gospel-of-an-icon-and-end-of-an-era/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/13579/the-gospel-of-an-icon-and-end-of-an-era/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 21:06:21 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=13579 Now that The Oprah Winfrey Show has come to an end, will Oprah’s fans find a new icon to worship? In the run-up to the show’s final episode, which aired today, media outlets have been turning to Kathryn Lofton, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University and the author of Oprah: the Gospel of an [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/13579/the-gospel-of-an-icon-and-end-of-an-era/feed/ 1 The Gospel of Oprah: New Podcast with Kathryn Lofton http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12754/the-gospel-of-oprah-new-podcast-with-kathryn-lofton/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12754/the-gospel-of-oprah-new-podcast-with-kathryn-lofton/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:24:51 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=12754 Have you heard the good news? If you’ve been at all exposed to popular culture over the last two decades, chances are you’ve heard it—the message of Oprah’s gospel, that is. In the latest UC Press Podcast, we interview Kathryn Lofton, author of the forthcoming book Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon (March). Lofton, a [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12754/the-gospel-of-oprah-new-podcast-with-kathryn-lofton/feed/ 1 What if Oprah Gave Away Things that Mattered? http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12383/what-if-oprah-gave-away-things-that-mattered/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12383/what-if-oprah-gave-away-things-that-mattered/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:40:00 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=12383 The folks over at the Post Carbon Institute have created a spoof video around the fascinating, often disturbing spectacle of Oprah’s Favorite Things. The video illustrates some key points made in the book, The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises, edited by Richard Heinberg and Daniel Lerch.

In the chapter “Dangerously Addicted,” Dr. [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12383/what-if-oprah-gave-away-things-that-mattered/feed/ 1 Miracles and Healing: New Podcast with Robert Scott http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/11039/miracles-and-healing-new-podcast-with-robert-scott/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/11039/miracles-and-healing-new-podcast-with-robert-scott/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:20:52 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=11039 Out of the tens of millions of pilgrims who have sought healing at Lourdes since the 19th century, there have been 66 official miracles, says Robert Scott in this UC Press podcast. However, the number of people who report that their suffering vanished after visiting the site is astronomically higher.

Scott finds that for many, appealing [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/11039/miracles-and-healing-new-podcast-with-robert-scott/feed/ 0 The Bay Area’s Jewish History http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/6863/the-bay-areas-jewish-history-2/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/6863/the-bay-areas-jewish-history-2/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 19:50:29 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=6863 On KQED’s Forum this week, Fred Rosenbaum spoke to Michael Krasny about his book Cosmopolitans: A Social & Cultural History of the Jews of the San Francisco Bay Area, in which he chronicles the diverse ways the Jewish community has shaped and enriched the region, from the first congregations during the Gold Rush to the [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/6863/the-bay-areas-jewish-history-2/feed/ 4 State and Spirituality in China http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/6672/state-and-spirituality-in-china/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/6672/state-and-spirituality-in-china/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:05:44 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=6672 The American Public Media program Speaking of Faith recently rebroadcast a 2008 interview with author Mayfair Yang, in which Yang and host Krista Tippett discuss intersections of religion and state in China, and how attitudes toward religion in China have been shaped in part by the West. In her edited volume Chinese Religiosities, Yang explores [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/6672/state-and-spirituality-in-china/feed/ 3 A New Perspective on Science and Religion http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/4138/a-new-perspective-on-science-and-religion/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/4138/a-new-perspective-on-science-and-religion/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:27:12 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=4138 “We need to begin at the beginning. We need to begin at our beginnings”, writes Adam Frank in a recent post on the NPR.org blog 13.7: Cosmos and Culture, to which he is a regular contributor. Frank, an astrophysicist and author of The Constant Fire, argues for a new perspective on the relationship between [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/4138/a-new-perspective-on-science-and-religion/feed/ 3 Public Welfare Medal and PROSE Award Winners http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/3308/public-welfare-medal-and-prose-award-winners-3/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/3308/public-welfare-medal-and-prose-award-winners-3/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:08:40 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=3308 Eugenie Scott

The National Academy of Sciences has awarded its prestigious Public Welfare Medal to Eugenie Scott, author of Evolution vs. Creationism, in recognition of her work as executive director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), promoting and defending the teaching of evolution in schools.

“Eugenie Scott has worked tirelessly and very effectively to [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/3308/public-welfare-medal-and-prose-award-winners-3/feed/ 1 A Problem of Presence Wins Victor Turner Prize http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/805/a-problem-of-presence-wins-victor-turner-prize/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/805/a-problem-of-presence-wins-victor-turner-prize/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:23:49 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=805 Matthew Engelke’s A Problem of Presence: Beyond Scripture in an African Church has been awarded the 2009 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing from the Society of Humanistic Anthropology (SHA).

A Problem of Presence is a historical ethnography of the Friday Masowe apostolics of Zimbabwe. Members of this Christian movement do not read the Bible, and [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/805/a-problem-of-presence-wins-victor-turner-prize/feed/ 0