Blum Lecture Available Online
04/09/2008
In a post titled "Du Bois in the Lone Star State 2.0", The Bald Blogger has made a recent lecture by Edward J. Blum, author of W. E. B. Du… READ MORE
Category: Religious Studies
Medieval Academy Prize Goes to Sara Poor
04/08/2008
Sara S. Poor’s Mechthild of Magdeburg and Her Book: Gender and the Making of Textual Authority has received another award. The Medieval Academy selected this study of a thirteenth-century mystic… READ MORE
A Newsweek Web Exclusive with Edward J. Blum
03/20/2008
A recent Newsweek Web article opens with the following line: As Sen. Barack Obama deals with the fallout of controversial remarks by his pastor, a noted historian explains how the… READ MORE
Edward J. Blum puts Jeremiah Wright’s Rhetoric in Context
03/18/2008
In an HNN.us commentary, “God Damn America” in Black and White, Penn Press author and historian Edward J. Blum places the Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s controversial oratory in the historical context… READ MORE
The Revolution of 1905 and Russia’s Jews–Now Available
02/28/2008
The Revolution of 1905 and Russia’s Jews Edited by Stefani Hoffman and Ezra Mendelsohn 336 pages | 6 x 9 | 9 illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4064-1 | $55.00… READ MORE
Blum’s Tours Campuses to Discuss Du Bois
02/06/2008
This month, Edward J. Blum, author of W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet, will visit campuses across the country to discuss the legacy of the renown scholar and activist…. READ MORE
Jackson’s Book Part of new MLK “Scholarly Synthesis”
01/17/2008
As schools and other cultural institutions prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with service, ceremony, and perhaps a little sleeping in, "The Prophet Reconsidered," a book review in… READ MORE
Singing the New Song–Now Available
01/02/2008
Singing the New Song: Literacy and Liturgy in Late Medieval England Katherine Zieman 312 pages | 6 x 9 | 6 illus. Cloth Dec 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4051-1 | $59.95… READ MORE
The Crusades and the Christian World of the East–Now Available
12/20/2007
The Crusades and the Christian World of the East: Rough Tolerance Christopher MacEvitt 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 3 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4050-4 | $49.95 |… READ MORE
Looking Inward–Now Available
12/19/2007
Looking Inward: Devotional Reading and the Private Self in Late Medieval England Jennifer Bryan 280 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4048-1 | $49.95 | £32.50 A… READ MORE
