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Thank You, Flunking Sainthood Readers!

Jana Riess — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:41:10 +0000

OK, I admit it. I have a Google Alert on the title Flunking Sainthood, so that the search engine lets me know when...

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NYC Conference on Mormonism & American Politics, February 3-4

Jana Riess — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:09:19 +0000

"First Mitt won Iowa, then he lost Iowa? That's a classic Romney flip-flop."
--Stephen Colbert

Working with the theory that there hasn't been nearly enough attention to Mormonism and politics this year, what with it being in the news every single day and all, Randy Balmer and I are co-organizing a scholarly conference on the topic next weekend at Columbia University. Here is a brief...

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Writing Retreat

Jana Riess — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:47:20 +0000

Friends, I will be offline until January 23 for a writing retreat. I'm bringing my computer, but the place where I am going doesn't have email access, which is one of the reasons I love it. So if you are of a praying mind, please pray that this week is both productive and restful. I am hoping to tear through two writing assignments, make a dent in the stack of books by my desk (which now actually reaches the desk), and get some sleep in the bargain.

It's a strange feeling,...

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Fun with the Book of Lamentations

Jana Riess — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:33:13 +0000

Actually, no. That title was just a teaser. There really aren't any fun moments in the Book of Lamentations, which is why I had to make my own with the Twible. As you've probably guessed, Lamentations is a bit of a downer. Walter Brueggemann has described the book as Israel's post 9/11 wrestling. Just like America had to confront a lot of sudden insecurity about itself in the wake of 9/11 (Did we bring this on ourselves? Why do "they" hate...

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Washington Post on Faith: Is Romney Mormonism’s JFK?

Jana Riess — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:37:20 +0000

I have an article today in the Washington Post's "On Faith" blog, tackling the question of Mitt Romney's Mormonism and how it fits into American political history. Now that the Republicans seem to be holding their noses and voting for him instead of continuing their desperate search for a Romneydote, the question arises: If Romney is the Republican candidate,...

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Why Do We Do Spiritual Practices?

Jana Riess — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:23:10 +0000

I've been editing a superb book recently by Lynne Baab on spiritual practices. (Called Joy Together, it'll be out in the fall.) After exploring what congregations and churches can do to grow with God together by trying contemplative prayer, Sabbath-keeping, fasting and the like, she poses an important question: why do we do spiritual practices at all? She mentions a sort of backlash against spiritual practices that...

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Authors Behaving Badly

Jana Riess — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:45 +0000

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“Flunking Sainthood” on NPR This Morning

Jana Riess — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:02:47 +0000
Just a quick note to say that I'll be interviewed live today on Michel Martin's NPR show "Tell Me More" at 11:20 a.m. This is all thanks to Kelly...
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Print Book Sales Down by 9% in 2011 . . . But There’s Good News Too

Jana Riess — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:27:43 +0000
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