The Religious History of American Women by Catherine A. Brekus

This is a book that I have been thinking about for a few years, and I have been teaching about it. This really is a wonderful opportunity for me at maybe not the beginning of a project, but close to the beginning of a project. Thank you for coming to the Faith Angle.ĬATHERINE BREKUS: Thank you so much for inviting me. When she finishes, then we’ll have our Q and A. MICHAEL CROMARTIE: Well, this is a great group to do a trial run. I’m really looking forward to hearing comments and questions, because it will definitely help me.

MICHAEL CROMARTIE: But this is the trial run?ĬATHERINE BREKUS: This is a trial run. I have taught two courses about this and have written a little bit, but there is no publication date. So when will your book be out?ĬATHERINE BREKUS: This is a wonderful opportunity for me, because I am going on sabbatical next year to work on this book. One of our speakers at last Faith Angle, Grant Wacker, said the best person on this subject is our speaker today, and not only is she good on it, but she’s writing a new book on it called Chosen Nation: Christianity and Politics in American Destiny. We have a discussion about what should we be talking about at the next Faith Angle at the intersection of religion and public life, and I believe it was Will who said we really need to talk about religion and nationalism. and Will and Karen and Andy Ferguson and others. What we do is four months out, I meet with E.J. Her undergrad was at Harvard, and on this topic some of you have never been here before. I will not then read it back to you, simply to say that Professor Brekus, you may not know, was named the Harvard Divinity School Outstanding Teacher of the Year in 2014 and ’15. MICHAEL CROMARTIE: Now let me just say, I will introduce our speaker.

The Religious History of American Women by Catherine A. Brekus