New Books in Christian Studies

Marshall Poe

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Beth A. Berkowitz, "What Animals Teach us About Families: Kinship and Species in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature" (U California Press, 2026)

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Laura Rademaker

Decra Research Fellow at the School of History at the Australian National University

Australian National University

Episode: Found in Translation: Many Meanings on a North Australian Mission

David Frankfurter

Professor of Religion at Boston University and Editor of The Brill Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic

Boston University

Episode: David Frankfurter ed., "Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic" (Brill, 2019)

Beth Berkowitz

Professor and Ingeborg Rennert Chair of Jewish Studies at Barnard College

Barnard College

Episode: Beth A. Berkowitz, "What Animals Teach us About Families: Kinship and Species in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature" (U California Press, 2026)

Dr. Lynneth Miller Renberg

Historian with a focus on performance and medieval studies.

Author of Women, Dance and Parish Religion in England, 1300-1640

Episode: Lynneth Miller Renberg, "Women, Dance and Parish Religion in England, 1300-1640: Negotiating the Steps of Faith" (Boydell & Brewer, 2022)

Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga

Assistant professor of history at the University of Tennessee Knoxville

University of Tennessee Knoxville

Episode: Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga, "The Chronicle of John of Nikiu: Coping with Crisis in Post-Roman Egypt" (U California Press, 2025)

David Albertson

Professor at the University of Southern California, author of 'The Geometry of Christian Contemplation'

University of Southern California

Episode: David Albertson, "The Geometry of Christian Contemplation: Measure Without Measure" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Christopher Bonura

Visiting assistant professor and distinguished lecturer at the University of Washington, assistant professor of history at Mount St. Mary's in Maryland.

University of Washington; Mount St. Mary's University

Episode: Christopher J. Bonura, "A Prophecy of Empire: The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius from Late Antique Mesopotamia to the Global Medieval Imagination" (U California Press, 2025)

Dr. Jamie Kreiner

Professor of history at the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

Episode: Jamie Kreiner, "The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction" (Liveright, 2023)

Dr. Sonia Hazard

Author and scholar discussing her book on the American Tract Society

Oxford University Press

Episode: Sonia Hazard, "Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media" (Oxford UP, 2025)

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Todd H. Weir and Lieke Wijnia, eds., "The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Heritage in Contemporary Europe" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

Q: Could you talk about some successful examples of heritagization in the volume?

One example is the House of One in Berlin, which promotes inter-religious dialogue but faces challenges in inclusivity.

Todd H. Weir and Lieke Wijnia, eds., "The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Heritage in Contemporary Europe" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

Q: How did this project come about?

The project originated from an international conference organized in Groningen in 2019 that aimed to bridge academic and heritage professional perspectives.

Lynneth Miller Renberg, "Women, Dance and Parish Religion in England, 1300-1640: Negotiating the Steps of Faith" (Boydell & Brewer, 2022)

Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write the book?

I'm a historian whose research interests center on performance and how people perceive and think about performers, sparked by my own background as a dancer.

Beth A. Berkowitz, "What Animals Teach us About Families: Kinship and Species in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature" (U California Press, 2026)

Q: Can you just show who you are and how to get interested in writing about animals and the rabbis?

Beth reflects on her background in Jewish Studies, her interest in how Jews differentiate themselves culturally, and her fascination with the relationships between animals and human identity leading her to write her book.

Kevin Hart, "Lands of Likeness: For a Poetics of Contemplation" (U Chicago Press, 2023)

Q: Could you just explain to us the genesis of the book?

The book arises from the Gifford Lectures and looks at the concept of contemplation, particularly focusing on how poetry can be read contemplatively rather than in a linear fashion.

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