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By Margarita Mooney author of Faith Makes Us Live: Surviving and Thriving in the Haitian Diaspora What do religious narratives have to do with the adaptation of immigrants from the poorest country of the Western Hemisphere—Haiti? Is it only in the United States—a remarkably more religious country than other countries of the West where Haitian immigrants [more...]  [more...] On April 21, 2009, Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviewed Neil J. Smelser. Smelser is University Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of numerous books, including The Social Edges of Psychoanalysis, Problematics of Sociology, and Social Paralysis and Social Change, all from UC Press. He is also [more...] Lila Corwin Berman is Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies and Mal and Lea Bank Early Career Professor in Jewish Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is also the author of Speaking of Jews: Rabbis, Intellectuals, and the Creation of an American Public Identity, which was published by UC Press in January 2009. In [more...] Matt Tomlinson is Lecturer in Anthropology at Monash University in Australia and co-editor of The Limits of Meaning: Case Studies in the Anthropology of Christianity. Tomlinson’s latest book, In God’s Image: The Metaculture of Fijian Christianity was published by UC Press in January 2009. In his blog entry below, he talks about religious politics. By: Matt [more...] We are pleased to announce that Episode 9 of the UC Press podcast series is now available. In December’s episode, Chris Gondek of Heron and Crane Productions interviews two English professors, and a professor of Astrophysics. First, he interviews Jerome Rothenberg and Jeffrey Robinson, authors of Poems for the Millennium, Volume 3: The University of California [more...] Christopher G. White is Assistant Professor of Religion at Vassar College and contributes to the blog for The Social Science Research Council, The Immanent Frame. White is also the author of, Unsettled Minds: Psychology and the American Search for Spiritual Assurance, 1830-1840 (UC Press, November 2008). In his latest blog entry, “Mind Sciences and [more...] |
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