Sunny Side Up

Thought we might make up for this winter's snow deficit by repairing to our Adirondack hideaway and weren't disappointed. A storm wh...

This week's New Yorker contained a long article on " The End of the English Major ." Author Nathan Heller, himself an English ...

I used ChatGPT in class today, albeit to break its spell. Our topic was the world religions paradigm, and I started by asking the class ...

Squeaking in just before the end of February, a little snow at last.

I'm going to be part of this event , although religious studies doesn't quite have a clear niche between "fashion, faith, and p...

I do hope we have a chance to teach a full-length version of our "What is college for?" course at some point. There's another ...

Brilliant juxtaposition at the Neuberger Museum of Art at SUNY Purchase: George Segal's "Appalachian Farm Couple, 1936" (1978)...

For the final session of our intensive mini-course "What is college for? Higher education in society" we spent most of our time wo...

In "After Religion" today I asked the students a question they didn't understand. I was trying to get from the wobbles in secu...

Our bit of the big storm was pretty, but still not snow...

Uptown happenings

"What is college for? Higher education in society" took a deep dive today into the most trenchant American critiques of higher edu...

 Rain helps the colors of the Lang courtyard maple buds pop!

Coming into focus: we may be on to spring without having had winter!

Trotted out the dead white men in "After Religion" today, as part of a rather overambitious overview of secularization as a god th...

The first assignment for the students in "After Religion" is a "Multi-generational spiritual portrait": 2-3 page narrati...