Category Archives: Boston College Authors
Theology and imagination
Sense of the Possible by Callid Keefe-Perry offers an introduction to the ways in which theologians have thought about imagination—the powerful human capacity to envision a future that has not yet come. Containing perspectives from Scripture, theology, philosophy, and congregational … Continue reading
The U.S. Constitution
In their new book, Keeping the Republic: A Defense of American Constitutionalism (University Press of Kansas, 2024), BC Professors of Political Science Dennis Hale and Marc Landy examine why the United States Constitution has come under fire throughout its history. … Continue reading
Posted in Boston College Authors
Tagged Political Science department, U.S. government
Leave a comment
Kinship
Kinship, a new poetry collection from Boston College Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer, weaves together some of the principal themes in modern Jewish history, exploring such topics as ancestry in Eastern Europe, the Shoah, antisemitism, … Continue reading
Posted in Boston College Authors
Tagged English Department, Jewish Studies program, poems, poetry
Leave a comment
Art and fragility in eighteenth-century France
Eighteenth-century France witnessed a proliferation of materially unstable art, from oil paintings that cracked within years of their creation to pastel portraits vulnerable to the slightest touch or vibration. A Delicate Matter: Art, Fragility, and Consumption in Eighteenth-Century France (Penn … Continue reading
The Shepherd’s Book of Visions
The Shepherd of Hermas (70–150 CE) is one of the oldest Christian writings and was enormously popular during the early centuries as a catechetical text used for moral formation. In her new book, Boston College Clough School of Theology and … Continue reading
Posted in Boston College Authors
Tagged biblical studies, School of Theology & Ministry
Leave a comment
Accolades for ‘Kantika’
Professor of English Elizabeth Graver’s critically acclaimed novel, Kantika, is winner of a National Jewish Book Award in the category of Sephardic Culture. Kantika was inspired by Graver’s grandmother, who was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Istanbul and … Continue reading
Posted in Awards/Honors, Boston College Authors
Tagged English Department, historical fiction, Jewish history, novel, novelist
Leave a comment
Everyday objects in colonial Ireland
Irish Materialisms: The Nonhuman and the Making of Colonial Ireland, 1690-1830 (Oxford University Press, 2024), written by BC Assistant Professor of English and Irish Studies Colleen Taylor, is the first book to apply new materialist theory to the critical study … Continue reading
Prepare to win
Preparation is as powerful as it is simple. Yet, the rather elementary concept is difficult for many people to execute properly. Nick Cidado is an assistant strength & conditioning coach at Boston College and has worked with thousands of athletes … Continue reading
Keeping it “real”
BC Associate Professor of Communication Michael Serazio’s new book, The Authenticity Industries: Keeping It ‘Real’ in Media, Culture, and Politics (Standford University Press, 2023), examines the ways in which presentations of “authenticity” have been used by celebrities, politicians, and marketers … Continue reading
Posted in Boston College Authors
Tagged Communication Department, culture, media, politics
Leave a comment
Age of Identity
BC Lynch School of Education and Human Development faculty members Dennis Shirley and Andy Hargreaves, internationally recognized experts in the field of education, have collaborated on the new book, The Age of Identity: Who Do Our Kids Think They Are … Continue reading
BC Bookmarks 