Tag Archives: America

The Bible in Early America

Posted on October 27, 2015 by

Mark Noll, author of In the Beginning Was the Word: The Bible in American Public Life, 1492-1783 (Oxford University Press, 2015), will present “The Bible in Early America: Colonies, Empire, Revival, War ” on Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room … Continue reading →

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Do Guns Make Us Free?

Posted on July 28, 2015 by

One of the most emotionally charged debates in the United States centers on the Second Amendment and the rights of citizens to bear arms. In his new book, Do Guns Make Us Free?: Democracy and the Armed Society (Yale University … Continue reading →

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Atlantic rule

Posted on March 9, 2015 by

In a new book titled Global Rules: America, Britain, and a Disordered World (Yale University Press, 2014), Boston College Professor of History James Cronin charts the political relationship between the US and Britain and a new world order they created after the … Continue reading →

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Book award for Derber

Posted on January 12, 2015 by

Capitalism: Should You Buy It? (Paradigm Publishers, 2014) co-written by Boston College Professor of Sociology Charles Derber and Yale Magrass (University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth) has been selected as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2014 by the editors of Choice magazine, an … Continue reading →

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Inequality in American politics

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

Well-educated and affluent citizens have an advantage when it comes to participating in politics and getting their political voices heard, according to Moakley Professor of Political Science Professor Kay Lehman Schlozman, co-author of the new book  The Unheavenly Chorus: Unequal … Continue reading →

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