Philip Jenkins

Philip Jenkins

Philip Jenkins (born April 3, 1952) is an American professor of history at Baylor University in the United States, and co-director for Baylor's Program on Historical Studies of Religion in the Institute for Studies of Religion.[1] He is also the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University (PSU). He was professor (from 1993) and a distinguished professor (from 1997) of history and religious studies at the same institution; and also assistant, associate and then full professor of criminal justice and American studies at PSU, 1980–93.[2]

Jonathan Berkey

I teach the full range of Middle Eastern history since the rise of Islam, and I participate in Davidson's Humanities Program. My research and writing focus on Islamic religious culture and medieval Egypt and Syria.

Invitation to Syriac Christianity by Michael Philip Penn, Scott Johnson, Christine Shepardson, Charles Stang - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

National Geographic

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National Geographic

Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.

[OPINION] Pope Francis: 'A moral giant in a world gone crazy'

Pope Francis taught me that faith is essential to surviving — and thriving — in the creative destruction we are living through

Collections: What Do Historians Do?

For this week, I want to take a step back (we’ll be back to our series on Rings of Power next week!) and talk about the craft of history: we’ve talked about “How Your History Gets…

Always Interesting: “52 Things I Learned in 2022”

Something I look forward to at the end of each year is Tom Whitwell’s list of 52 things I learned in 20221 because I know I’m about to read about a bunch of int

Geoffrey Litt

Here’s a very incomplete list of people whose work I’ve found inspirational. If your taste is similar to mine, maybe you’ll get some inspiration from their work too.

Doctrine of Discovery Project

Explore the Doctrine of Discovery Project archive of legal history, papal bulls, repudiations, and resources on Indigenous sovereignty, justice, and decolonization.

Hi, I'm David Perell.

I write, host a podcast, and run a writing school called Write of Passage.

Developing creative identity

I was a theoretical physicist from 1992 to 2007. It was a romantic activity, exploring the fundamental nature of the cosmos! I became a university professor, wrote papers and books, and got to explore some of the most beautiful ideas ever discovered. In parallel, I also developed a fascination with the social systems humanity uses to make knowledge. Systems like the university or peer review are immensely deep inventions: our discovery system is itself one of the great inventions of humanity! But I believed a radically better discovery system must be possible. I became obsessed with this idea, eventually giving up tenure to work on it1. My first big project was to write a book helping develop and spread the fundamental ideas underlying the modern open science movement.

Shu Ding

I am a designer and developer at Vercel. My interests span a broad spectrum of subjects, encompassing web development, creative coding, game design, and human-computer interaction.

Journal of the Council for Research on Religion

Interdisciplinary Journal

Knowing and Doing: October 2018 Archives

I like this passage from John Urschel Goes Pro, about the former NFL player who is pursuing a Ph.D. in math:

What I Learned About the Future by Reading 100 Science Fiction Books

Over the past two years I’ve read 100 science fiction books, averaging about one per week. See the full list here, with my favorites.