Jacques Berlinerblau
Jacques Berlinerblau is associate professor and Director of the Program for Jewish Civilization at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He has doctorates in Ancient Near Eastern languages and literature (from NYU) and theoretical sociology (from the New School for Social Research).
He writes the blog The God Vote,[1], an exploration of the role of faith in the 2008 U.S. presidential race, for Newsweek's On Faith website. A nonbeliever himself, he also has written articles critical of the "New Atheism" movement.[2]
Berlinerblau hosts the show "Faith Complex" which is described as "a dialogue about the intersection of religion, politics and art." In 2010 he launched a second show with The Washington Post's Sally Quinn entitled "The God Vote" which focuses on news cycle issues involving faith and politics. In addition to this work in visual media, Berlinerblau blogs for The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Brainstorm" page where he writes about secularism, literature, and various subjects in higher education.[3]
[edit] Books
- Heresy in the University: The Black Athena Controversy and the Responsibilities of American Intellectuals (1999, Rutgers University Press) ISBN 0-81352-588-8
- The Secular Bible: Why Nonbelievers Must Take Religion Seriously (2005, Cambridge University Press) ISBN 0-52161-824-X
- The Vow and the 'Popular Religious Groups' of Ancient Israel: A Philological & Sociological Inquiry (1996, Sheffield Academic Press) ISBN 1-85075-578-7
- Thumpin’ It: The Use and Abuse of the Bible in Today’s Presidential Politics (2008, Westminster John Knox) ISBN 978-0664231736
- How to be Secular: A Field Guide for Religious Moderates, Atheists and Agnostics (Forthcoming 2012, Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt). [4]
[edit] References
- ^ The God Vote, Newsweek.com
- ^ Berlinerblau, Jacques (2007-06-01). "Secularism in the Elimination Round". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070829035841/http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=n6r9fjc076nx1zx7qmcx98f82shcp3vc. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
- ^ Jacques Berlinerblau - Brainstorm archive, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- ^ Jacques D Berlinerblau - Research, Georgetown University
