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Our staff suggests books by recent Revealer writers.

Field Note

Ceding Authority: Notes on Identity and Power in the Classroom

December 10, 2019Abby Kluchin

How can we support students whose identities and experiences are different from our own?

Excerpt

American JewBu: Jews, Buddhists, and Religious Change

December 10, 2019Emily Sigalow

A book excerpt with an introduction by the author.

Perspective

Learning to Write about Religion

December 10, 2019Briallen Hopper

You, too, might be a religion writer.

Feature

The December Dilemma: Less Oy, More Joy

December 10, 2019Samira Mehta

How do Jewish-Christian interfaith families navigate the holiday season?

Editor's Letter

Editor's Letter: Intersecting Identities

December 10, 2019Brett Krutzsch

The Revealer’s Editor writes about conflicting identities and December holidays

Excerpt

Hunted: Predation and Pentecostalism in Guatemala

November 7, 2019Kevin Lewis O'Neill

A book excerpt with an introduction by the author.

Feature

Thea Bowman: A Black Nun for Sainthood

November 7, 2019Ashley Okwuosa

A nun who challenged the Catholic Church's racial injustices and her journey to sainthood.

Perspective

La Llorona Visits the American Academy of Religion: A Tribute to Luís D. León

November 7, 2019Daisy Vargas

Honoring a pioneering Latinx scholar of religion with the wailing female spirit known as La Llorona.

Feature

Moses Speaks Spanglish

November 7, 2019Daniel José Camacho

Bilingual and torn between identities, this writer imagines Moses as a proto-Latinx figure.

Editor's Letter

Editor's Letter: Borders & Boundaries

November 7, 2019Brett Krutzsch

The Revealer's Editor reflects on borders, race, ethnicity, and religion.

Photo Essay

Georgia Cemetery Rituals: A Photo Essay

October 10, 2019Pete Kiehart

Photojournalist Pete Kiehart captures Georgia's unique cemetery traditions.

Excerpt

America's Most Famous Catholic (According to Himself): Stephen Colbert and American Religion in the Twenty-First Century

October 10, 2019Stephanie N. Brehm

A book excerpt with an introduction by the author

Feature

Introducing the Quran to Europeans: The Orientalism of Translation

October 10, 2019Ryan T. Woods

The complicated history of Christians translating the Quran into European languages.

Feature

Forgiving the Unforgivable

October 10, 2019Susan Shapiro

If you woke up and your spouse and two kids were gone. . .How could you forgive the person...

Feature

The Apocalypticists Are Disappointing

October 10, 2019Liane Carlson

How do we face the climate crisis and ourselves?

Editor's Letter

Editor's Welcome Letter

October 10, 2019Brett Krutzsch

The Revealer's new Editor writes about the current issue, the Revealer's history, and its exciting future.

Conversation

There is always hope: A conversation with Chaplain Imam Abdul-Wahab Omeira

August 9, 2019Lauren Pond

Lauren Pond interviews the Muslim chaplain at the California State Prison, Los Angeles County in Lancaster, California

Feature

Representing Migration: Two photographers creating new ways to see history and sanctuary

August 9, 2019Ashley Okwuosa, Soumya Sankar Bose, Cinthya Santos-Briones

Images that challenge us to see migration differently

Review

Destruction on Display: The Politics of Preservation

August 9, 2019Raha Rafii

A review of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology's exhibition, “Cultures in the Crossfire: Stories from...

Conversation

Dying to Be Normal: Gay Martyrs and the Transformation of American Sexual Politics

August 9, 2019Brett Krutzsch, Kali Handelman

Revealer Editor, Kali Handelman, interviews Brett Krutzsch about his new book Dying to Be Normal: Gay Martyrs and the...

Feature

Hemophilology

August 9, 2019Anand Venkatkrishnan

The hemophilologist is a kind of secular witness, offering an account of truth, pain, sensitivity, and care, all at...

Feature

What is Called Thinking in the Anthropocene?

August 9, 2019Liane Carlson

Thinking is communal and our community is collapsing.

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Media Partnership Application with Sacred Writes

Winter Reading Recommendations

Ceding Authority: Notes on Identity and Power in the Classroom

American JewBu: Jews, Buddhists, and Religious Change

Learning to Write about Religion

The December Dilemma: Less Oy, More Joy

Editor's Letter: Intersecting Identities

Hunted: Predation and Pentecostalism in Guatemala

Thea Bowman: A Black Nun for Sainthood

La Llorona Visits the American Academy of Religion: A Tribute to Luís D. León

Moses Speaks Spanglish

Editor's Letter: Borders & Boundaries

Georgia Cemetery Rituals: A Photo Essay

America's Most Famous Catholic (According to Himself): Stephen Colbert and American Religion in the Twenty-First Century

Introducing the Quran to Europeans: The Orientalism of Translation

Forgiving the Unforgivable

The Apocalypticists Are Disappointing

Editor's Welcome Letter

There is always hope: A conversation with Chaplain Imam Abdul-Wahab Omeira

Representing Migration: Two photographers creating new ways to see history and sanctuary

Destruction on Display: The Politics of Preservation

Dying to Be Normal: Gay Martyrs and the Transformation of American Sexual Politics

Hemophilology

What is Called Thinking in the Anthropocene?

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