St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church
November 18, 2010, 10 am, Distinguished Lecture Series (2010-2011), St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Dallas, Texas.
Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington
April 17, 2010, 930 am, "Religious Illiteracy: Is it Really a Problem?" Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington annual convocation, Washington, DC.
Union University
March 10, 2010, 11 am, "Religious Literacy," Union Forum, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee.
University of Puget Sound
February 15, 2010, 7:30 pm: "Religious Literacy in a Furiously Religious World," Swope Lecture, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington.
College of DuPage
April 21, 2009: "Religious Literacy," College Lecture Series, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL.
Georgia Tech
March 2, 2009, 7:30 pm, "Landiss Lecture: Religious Literacy," Georgia Tech, Georgia Tech Student Center Theare, Atlanta, Georgia.
Harvard University Noble Lectures
November 18-20, 2008: "The Work of Doing Nothing: Wandering as Practice and Play," Noble Lectures, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The three lectures themselves are called: "Wandering Out: Leaving and Letting Go"; "Wandering Around: Out of Doors and Out of Mind"; "Wandering Home: Reckoning and Return."
Indiana Historical Society
November 14, 2008: "Religious Literacy," Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN.
Festival of Faiths
November 11, 2008: "Religious Literacy," Festival of Faiths, Kentucky International Convention Center, 221 South 4th Street, Louisville, KY, 7:30 pm.
Nextbook Boston Festival of Ideas: Promised Land: Exodus and America
October 26, 2008: "Exodus: Story of a Nation," Student Village F, Northeastern University, 1:15 pm. Conversation with Adam Kirsch and Eliza New on the ways in which the Exodus story has functioned throughout U.S. history as a core narrative for imagining the nation.
Wilmington College
October 22, 2008: "Religious Literacy," Peace Symposium, Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio.
Museum of Biblical Art
May 9, 2008 (6:30 pm): "Biblical Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know and Doesn't," Museum of Biblical Art, New York City.
Northwestern University
April 7, 2008: "Religious Literacy," Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
February 13, 2008 (7 pm): "Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't," University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Irvin L. Young Auditorium.
Western Washington University
February 12, 2008 (3 pm): "Religious Literacy," Presidents Distinguished Lecture Series, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.
Oxford College at Emory University
February 11, 2008 (7 pm): "Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know-And Doesn't," February 11, 2008, Tarbutton Theater, Oxford College at Emory University, Oxford, Georgia.
Utah State University
February 1, 2008 (3:30 pm): "Religious Literacy," Old Main Room 225, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
Falmouth Academy
January 17, 2008 (7:30 pm): "The Role of Schools in Teaching Religious Literacy," Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, Massachusets.
"On Point" on "The Golden Compass"
December 11, 2007: radio conversation about the controversy swirling around "The Golden Compass" on the NPR radio show "On Point." Other guests include Hanna Rosin of "Atlantic Monthly" and James Martin of "America: The National Catholic Weekly."
Eastern Nazarene College
November 8, 2007: "Religious Literacy in the United States," 7 pm, Schrader Science Lecture Hall, Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the ENC History Department, the Historical Society, and the DeFreitas Foundation.
St. Joseph's College
October 29, 2007: "Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know," sponsored by the Institute for Religion in Community Life. Lecture at 12:40 pm, free. Lecture/reception/book signing at 7:30 pm, $15 advance, $20 at door. Both events at D'Ecclesiis Auditorium, St. Joseph's College, Long Island Campus, Patchogue, NY.
Cambridge Roundtable on Science, Art & Religion
October 17, 2007 (6:30) at the Harvard Faculty Club: "Religious Literacy," sponsored jointly by the Cambridge Roundtable on Science, Art & Religion and the Harvard University Committee on the Study of Religion. By invitation only.
Boston University Hillel House
October 16, 2007 (7:30 pm): "Jewish Literacy Kickoff: A Conversation with Stephen Prothero and Rabbi Avi Weiss."
Colby College
October 10, 2007: Gerrish Fund Lecture on "Religious Literacy," 7 pm, Lorimer Chapel, Colby College, Waterville, Maine.
Modesto Bee Book Club
October 6, 2007: Two events at Central Valley High School, Ceres, CA: "Religion and Politics" (American Heritage Scholarship lecture), 11 am; and book discussion of "Religious Literacy," Modesto Bee Book Club, 2 pm.
University of Denver
October 4, 2007: Two lectures. Noon on "Religious Literacy and the Public Intellectual" (part of a series on "Politics and the Public Intellectual") at Tivoli Turnhalle, University of Denver; and 6:30 pm on "Religious Literacy and the American Scholar" (part of a series on "New Visions of the American Scholar") at the Laboratory of Arts and Ideas at Belmar, Denver, CO.
Mercersburg Academy
September 24, 2007 (7 pm): Schaff Lecture on "Religious Literacy" at Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA.
Columbia Basin College
September 14, 2007: "Religious Literacy" public lecture at Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA.
"To the Best of Our Knowledge"
This is a great NPR program out of Wisconsin, and I'm on this June 25, 2007 program alongside Elaine Pagels of Princeton and one of my all-time favorite writers, Anne Lamott.
"Religion and Ethics Newsweekly"
May 18, 2007: Coverage of "Religious Literacy" on the PBS show "Religion and Ethics Newsweekly."
Book TV on C-Span2 (Grace Cathedral)
May 12, 2007: Conversation with Alan Jones of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco on "Religious Literacy," aired Saturday, May 12, at 8:00 pm and Sunday, May 13, at 9:00 am.
Oprah and Jon Stewart and Tavis
For my appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and the Tavis Smiley Show, see my news page!
"Jesus in the Promised Land"
April 29, 2007: Conversation with Paula Fredriksen and moderated by Alan Segal on the afterlives of Jesus in America, academia, and Israel. The Center for Jewish History, New York City. 5:45 pm.
Cody's Books in Berkeley
April 24, 2007: "Religious Literacy" book signing at one of the Bay Area's great independent bookstores, Cody's Books of Berkeley.
Commonwealth Club, San Francisco
Conversation on religion and society in America with Rabbi Michael Lerner of "Tikkun" magazine and Michael Maudlin of HarperSanFrancisco.
Grace Cathedral's "Forum," San Francisco
April 22, 2007: "Religious Literacy" conversation for "The Forum" at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco with the Reverend Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral. Why religion needs to become the “Fourth R” of American education and what's wrong with the "new atheism." Click through for the webcast.
"AirTalk" with Larry Mantle
April 10, 2007: Return trip to this wide-ranging talk show on Southern California Public Radio (89.3 FM).
Barnes & Noble @ BU Book Signing
March 27, 2007 (7 pm): "Religious Literacy" book signing at Barnes & Noble @ Boston University. Click through for the webcast.
WGN Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg
March 23, 2007: WGN Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg on "The Talk of Chicago"
Leonard Lopate Show (WNYC)
March 15, 2007: Live, in-studio conversation about "Religious Literacy" in Manhattan with Leonard Lopate.
"Teaching Religious Literacy" at NPR's "On Point"
March 13, 2007: "On Point" is one of my favorite NPR shows and it features one of the sharpest hosts in the business, Tom Ashbrook. Here he asks whether we should be teaching about religion in the public schools. Barry Lynn says no. I say yes.
"America's Religious Origins"
November 11, 2006: "Writing the Story of America's Religious Origins," conversation at the Library of Congress with Mark Noll, Susan Jacoby, Jonathan Sarna, Catherine Albanese, and myself. Click on the link above for the full webcast.
NBC Nightly News Baseball & Religion
Airdate August 8, 2006: NBC Nightly News story on "faith nights" at baseball games with a sound bite of mine (or is it a sound morsel?) on the pitfalls of mixing praying and playing. Click on the link and then on "launch."
