Back in November during the AAR (the halcyon days when we could actually do conferences in person!), I sat down with Brett Esaki to talk about Faking Liberties for the Religious Studies Podcast. The episode dropped last week, and to my pleasant surprise it garnered responses from two scholars I deeply respect.
Read MoreAfter one publishes a book, there is always a weird moment of waiting to see what reviewers will have to say. Happily, all of the reviews of Faking Liberties that I’ve seen so far have been really positive and their critiques have been generally deserved and fair. Reviewers have also challenged some of my claims and taken issue with some of my rhetorical choices.
Read MoreI spoke with Gregory Soden at The Classical Ideas podcast about Faking Liberties, what brought me to write the book, and how religious freedom works as an abstract ideal versus how it works in lived experience.
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