Events

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Chattahoochee Valley Libraries

April 23, 2012 (Monday), 7 pm, "Many Faiths, One Community: Compassion and Religion," part of a series on "Building Common Ground: Race, Religion and Politics in Columbus,"
Columbus Public Library Auditorium, Columbus, GA.

Dickinson College

April 11, 2012 (Wednesday), 7 pm, "God Is Not One," Mary Ellen Borges Memorial Lecture, Dickinson College, Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA.

St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church

November 18, 2010, 10 am, The Distinguished Lecture Series (2010-2011), St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Dallas, Texas.

New York City: Book Expo America Panel

May 27, 2010 (Thursday), 2pm, BEA, Jacob Javits Center, Room 1E17, 655 West 34th Street, New York, NY. Panel on "The Future of Fundamentalism in an Obama Era" with Jeff Sharlet, Frank Schaeffer, and Lynn Garrett, moderated by Becky Garrison.

Raleigh, NC: Quail Ridge Books & Music

May 13, 2010 (Thursday), 7 pm, "God is Not One" reading, signing, conversation, Quail Ridge Books & Music, 3522 Wade Avenue, Raleigh, NC.

Atlanta: Eagle Eye Bookshop (at St. John's Lutheran Church)

May 12, 2010 (Wednesday), 6 pm, "God is Not One" reading, signing, conversation sponsored by Eagle Eye Bookshop of Decatur, GA, but held at St. John's Lutheran Church, 1410 Ponce de Leon Ave, Atlanta GA, just down the road from my old home in Little Five Points.

Atlanta: Barnes & Noble (Buckhead)

May 11, 2010 (Tuesday), 7 pm, "God Is Not One" reading, signing, and conversation near my old Georgia State University haunts at Buckhead Barnes & Noble, 2900 Peachtree Road NE Suite 310, Atlanta, GA.

Manchester Center, VT: Northshire Bookstore

May 7, 2010 (Friday), "God is Not One" book reading, signing, conversation, Northshire Bookstore, 4869 Main Street, Manchester Center, VT.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Bookstore

May 6, 2010 (Thursday), 7 pm, "God is Not One" reading, signing, conversation, Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA.

Boston University Barnes & Noble Bookstore

April 27, 2010 (Tuesday), 7 pm, "God is Not One" reading, signing, conversation, BU Barnes & Noble (Level 5 Reading Room), Boston, MA.

Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington

April 17, 2010, 930 am, "Religious Illiteracy: Is it Really a Problem?" Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington annual convocation, Washington, DC.

Union University

March 10, 2010, 11 am, "Religious Literacy," Union Forum, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee.

University of Puget Sound

February 15, 2010, 7:30 pm: "Religious Literacy in a Furiously Religious World," Swope Lecture, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington.

College of DuPage

April 21, 2009: "Religious Literacy," College Lecture Series, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL.

Georgia Tech

March 2, 2009, 7:30 pm, "Landiss Lecture: Religious Literacy," Georgia Tech, Georgia Tech Student Center Theare, Atlanta, Georgia.

Harvard University Noble Lectures

November 18-20, 2008: "The Work of Doing Nothing: Wandering as Practice and Play," Noble Lectures, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The three lectures themselves are called: "Wandering Out: Leaving and Letting Go"; "Wandering Around: Out of Doors and Out of Mind"; "Wandering Home: Reckoning and Return."

Indiana Historical Society

November 14, 2008: "Religious Literacy," Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN.

Festival of Faiths

November 11, 2008: "Religious Literacy," Festival of Faiths, Kentucky International Convention Center, 221 South 4th Street, Louisville, KY, 7:30 pm.

Bentley College

November 28, 2008: "Religious Literacy," Bentley College, Waltham, MA.

Nextbook Boston Festival of Ideas: Promised Land: Exodus and America

October 26, 2008: "Exodus: Story of a Nation," Student Village F, Northeastern University, 1:15 pm. Conversation with Adam Kirsch and Eliza New on the ways in which the Exodus story has functioned throughout U.S. history as a core narrative for imagining the nation. [PDF]

Wilmington College

October 22, 2008: "Religious Literacy," Peace Symposium, Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio.

Harper College

October 8, 2008: "Religious Literacy," Harper College, Palantine, IL.

Alma College

October 7, 2008: "Religious Literacy," Alma College, Alma, Michigan

Museum of Biblical Art

May 9, 2008 (6:30 pm): "Biblical Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know and Doesn't," Museum of Biblical Art, New York City.

Fairfield University

April 10, 2008: "Religious Literacy," Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT.

Northwestern University

April 7, 2008: "Religious Literacy," Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Hofstra University

March 1, 2008: "Religious Literacy," Hofstra University, Long Island, New York.

Crichton Club

February 27, 2008: "Religious Literacy," Crichton Club, Columbus, OH.

Messiah College

February 26, 2008 (7 pm): "Religious Literacy," Messiah College, Grantham, PA.

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

February 13, 2008 (7 pm): "Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't," University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Irvin L. Young Auditorium.

Western Washington University

February 12, 2008 (3 pm): "Religious Literacy," Presidents Distinguished Lecture Series, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.

Oxford College at Emory University

February 11, 2008 (7 pm): "Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know-And Doesn't," February 11, 2008, Tarbutton Theater, Oxford College at Emory University, Oxford, Georgia.

Utah State University

February 1, 2008 (3:30 pm): "Religious Literacy," Old Main Room 225, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.

Falmouth Academy

January 17, 2008 (7:30 pm): "The Role of Schools in Teaching Religious Literacy," Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, Massachusets.

"On Point" on "The Golden Compass"

December 11, 2007: radio conversation about the controversy swirling around "The Golden Compass" on the NPR radio show "On Point." Other guests include Hanna Rosin of "Atlantic Monthly" and James Martin of "America: The National Catholic Weekly."

Eastern Nazarene College

November 8, 2007: "Religious Literacy in the United States," 7 pm, Schrader Science Lecture Hall, Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the ENC History Department, the Historical Society, and the DeFreitas Foundation.

University of Florida, Gainesville

November 7, 2007 (7 pm): "Religious Literacy in Public Service."

St. Joseph's College

October 29, 2007: "Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know," sponsored by the Institute for Religion in Community Life. Lecture at 12:40 pm, free. Lecture/reception/book signing at 7:30 pm, $15 advance, $20 at door. Both events at D'Ecclesiis Auditorium, St. Joseph's College, Long Island Campus, Patchogue, NY.

Cambridge Roundtable on Science, Art & Religion

October 17, 2007 (6:30) at the Harvard Faculty Club: "Religious Literacy," sponsored jointly by the Cambridge Roundtable on Science, Art & Religion and the Harvard University Committee on the Study of Religion. By invitation only.

Boston University Hillel House

October 16, 2007 (7:30 pm): "Jewish Literacy Kickoff: A Conversation with Stephen Prothero and Rabbi Avi Weiss." [PDF]

Colby College

October 10, 2007: Gerrish Fund Lecture on "Religious Literacy," 7 pm, Lorimer Chapel, Colby College, Waterville, Maine.

Modesto Bee Book Club

October 6, 2007: Two events at Central Valley High School, Ceres, CA: "Religion and Politics" (American Heritage Scholarship lecture), 11 am; and book discussion of "Religious Literacy," Modesto Bee Book Club, 2 pm.

University of Denver

October 4, 2007: Two lectures. Noon on "Religious Literacy and the Public Intellectual" (part of a series on "Politics and the Public Intellectual") at Tivoli Turnhalle, University of Denver; and 6:30 pm on "Religious Literacy and the American Scholar" (part of a series on "New Visions of the American Scholar") at the Laboratory of Arts and Ideas at Belmar, Denver, CO.

Mercersburg Academy

September 24, 2007 (7 pm): Schaff Lecture on "Religious Literacy" at Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA.

Columbia Basin College

September 14, 2007: "Religious Literacy" public lecture at Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA.

"To the Best of Our Knowledge"

This is a great NPR program out of Wisconsin, and I'm on this June 25, 2007 program alongside Elaine Pagels of Princeton and one of my all-time favorite writers, Anne Lamott.

"Religion and Ethics Newsweekly"

May 18, 2007: Coverage of "Religious Literacy" on the PBS show "Religion and Ethics Newsweekly."

Book TV on C-Span2 (Grace Cathedral)

May 12, 2007: Conversation with Alan Jones of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco on "Religious Literacy," aired Saturday, May 12, at 8:00 pm and Sunday, May 13, at 9:00 am.

Oprah and Jon Stewart and Tavis

For my appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and the Tavis Smiley Show, see my news page!

"Jesus in the Promised Land"

April 29, 2007: Conversation with Paula Fredriksen and moderated by Alan Segal on the afterlives of Jesus in America, academia, and Israel. The Center for Jewish History, New York City. 5:45 pm.

Cody's Books in Berkeley

April 24, 2007: "Religious Literacy" book signing at one of the Bay Area's great independent bookstores, Cody's Books of Berkeley.

Commonwealth Club, San Francisco

Conversation on religion and society in America with Rabbi Michael Lerner of "Tikkun" magazine and Michael Maudlin of HarperSanFrancisco.

Grace Cathedral's "Forum," San Francisco

April 22, 2007: "Religious Literacy" conversation for "The Forum" at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco with the Reverend Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral. Why religion needs to become the “Fourth R” of American education and what's wrong with the "new atheism." Click through for the webcast.

"AirTalk" with Larry Mantle

April 10, 2007: Return trip to this wide-ranging talk show on Southern California Public Radio (89.3 FM).

Barnes & Noble @ BU Book Signing

March 27, 2007 (7 pm): "Religious Literacy" book signing at Barnes & Noble @ Boston University. Click through for the webcast.

WGN Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg

March 23, 2007: WGN Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg on "The Talk of Chicago"

Leonard Lopate Show (WNYC)

March 15, 2007: Live, in-studio conversation about "Religious Literacy" in Manhattan with Leonard Lopate.

"Teaching Religious Literacy" at NPR's "On Point"

March 13, 2007: "On Point" is one of my favorite NPR shows and it features one of the sharpest hosts in the business, Tom Ashbrook. Here he asks whether we should be teaching about religion in the public schools. Barry Lynn says no. I say yes.

"America's Religious Origins"

November 11, 2006: "Writing the Story of America's Religious Origins," conversation at the Library of Congress with Mark Noll, Susan Jacoby, Jonathan Sarna, Catherine Albanese, and myself. Click on the link above for the full webcast.

NBC Nightly News Baseball & Religion

Airdate August 8, 2006: NBC Nightly News story on "faith nights" at baseball games with a sound bite of mine (or is it a sound morsel?) on the pitfalls of mixing praying and playing. Click on the link and then on "launch."

Rogers State University (Claremore, OK)

October 5, 2006: Public lecture on religious literacy.

Saginaw Valley State University (University Center, MI)

October 2, 2006: Public lecture on "American Jesus: Icon of a Nation."

Thomas Jefferson NEH Seminar

July 20, 2006: Talk at BU's School of Education on Jefferson and Religion for an NEH Summer Summer Institute for Teachers called "Thomas Jefferson: Personality, Character and Public Life."