In a book review for Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story, Boston Bibliophile calls Professor of Russian, English and Jewish Studies Maxim Shrayer‘s memoir “a searing portrait both of Soviet life as the Soviet Union was on the verge of collapse and the very daunting struggles of Jewish refuseniks to carve out a life while they waited to leave.” Read more about Shrayer’s book in this 11/18/13 BC Bookmarks post.
Roughly one-third of younger adults now say they have no religious affiliation; but who are they and why aren’t they in church? Boston University Professor Nancy T. Ammerman will present “Who are the Nones?” on Feb. 25 at 5:30 p.m. in Simboli Hall, room 100, Brighton Campus. Her presentation will examine the demographic, political and cultural trends that have expanded the ranks of the unaffiliated, and asks what local communities of faith can do in response. Ammerman is the author of Sacred Stories, Spiritual Tribes: Finding Religion in Everyday Life, Everyday Religion: Observing Modern Religious Lives, and Pillars of Faith: American Congregations and their Partners, among other works. Sponsor: 
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Madison’s Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention by Boston College Law School Professor and Lee Distinguished Scholar Mary Sarah Bilder has been named a finalist for the 2016 
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School of Theology and Ministry Assistant Professor O. Ernesto Valiente taps into his experiences in his native El Salvador for his new book, 
Assistant Professor of Sociology Gustavo Morello SJ, will discuss his new book, The Catholic Church and Argentina’s Dirty War, on Feb. 9 at noon in McGuinn 334. The book discussion is sponsored by the Center for Human Rights and International Justice. An RSVP is requested. In his book, Fr. Morello looks at the kidnapping of American Fr. James Week and five seminarians in Argentina as a case study into the relationship between Catholicism and state terrorism during Argentina’s Dirty War. Read more about the book in the 9/8/15 BC Bookmarks.
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