INFORMED BY HISTORY: Religion and Government, Part 2 -

In this episode, Jeffrey Powell, Special Lecturer and Visiting Assistant Professor, Oakland University Department of History will help us understand the relationships between religion and government in Colonial America. We start around the time of the Protestant Reformation, move through to Colonial North America and then show how burgeoning Democracy started to change the relationships.

INFORMED BY HISTORY: Religion and Government, Part 1 -

We are starting off with a contemporary view from reverend Myra Moreland, pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Troy, Michigan. Christianity is about inclusion and spirituality and definitely NOT about exclusion or using the cover of religion to try to legitimize political goals and actions.

"Informed By History" format is added along with "Glimpses of History" format.

"Glimpses of History"; EPISODE 6

Erin Austin Dwyer, Associate Professor, Oakland University Department of History is our guest on this episode. Professor Dwyer gives us a glimpse of her new book, Mastering Emotions: Feelings, Power, and Slavery in the United States. The book will be available October, 2021.  Find out more  at  publisher University of Pennsylvania Press 

Some other books recommended by Professor Dwyer during the podcast are:

The Navigation of Feeling: A Framework for the History of Emotions     By William M. Reddy

The Cooking Gene:  A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South     By Michael W. Twitty

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s sack, a Black Family Keepsake     By Tiya Miles

Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells     By Michelle Duster

"Glimpses of History"; EPISODE 5

Jeffrey Powell, Oakland University Department of History, provides a glimpse of early 20th century eugenics and social Darwinism surrounding the Supreme Court case of Buck vs. Bell.

"Glimpses of History"; EPISODE 4

There's is much more to history and anthropology research than just reading.  Many times we would like answers to questions for which written records don't exist. On this episode, we talk with Dr. George Milne, Associate Professor of History, and Associate Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Jon W. Carroll about GIS and other technical tools used in their research.

For additional reading by Professors Milne and Carroll  try-- 

https://oakland.edu/history/faculty-staff/george-milne

https://oakland.edu/socan/top-links/faculty/carroll     

"Glimpses of History"; EPISODE 3

Sean Farrell Moran is an Associate Professor in the History Department at Oakland University specializing in Modern Britain, Ireland, History of Ideas, 20th-Century Europe.   He is the author of "Patrick Pearse and the Politics of Redemption: The Mind of the Easter Rising, 1916". https://vurbl.com/station/49BGdftSxv3/ On this episode Professor Moran gives us a brief glimpse into his research and writings on Patrick Pearse. Other books mentioned by Professor Moran in this episode are:    "Patrick Pearse: The Triumph of Failure" by Ruth Dudley Edwards    "Patrick Pearse: The Making of a Revolutionary" by Joost Augusteijn    "Patrick Pearse and the Lost Republican Ideal" by Brian P. Murphy    "Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion" by Charles Townshend 

"Glimpses of History"; EPISODE 2

Our guest for this episode is Dr. Alexander Noonan.   Dr. Noonan is a cultural historian of American foreign relations studying how non-material forces such as memory, perception and emotion shape issues of diplomacy, war etc. In particular, his research examines relationships between trans-national anarchist terrorism, American foreign relations and security in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  On this episode, he gives a glimpse into the anarchists and assassins of this era.

For additional reading, Dr Noonan recommends these two books

- The Day Wallstreet Exploded - A Story of America in its First Age of Terror by Beverly Gage (2009)

- The Battle Against Terrorism - An International History, 1878 to 1934 by Richard Bach Jensen (2013)

Glimpses of History; Episode 1

Oakland University History Professor Andrea Wenz brings us this episode's glimpse of history.   Dr. Wenz tells us about Bernardino Ochino, a little known early modern Italian religious reformer.   Additional information on the subject can be found in a chapter written by Dr. Wenz included in the recently released book "A Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Siena" available at brill.com

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