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Background Briefing with Ian MastersJuly 21, 2025 - James Zirin | Jacques Berlinerblau | Sidney BlumenthalIs Trump Suing Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal to Find Out Who the Leaker Is? | Cancelling Comedians to Muzzle the American Tradition of Political Satire | The Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse Driving Us Into a Hellscape: Trump, Miller and Vought
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2025-07-211h 02Background Briefing with Ian MastersJuly 21, 2025 - James Zirin | Jacques Berlinerblau | Sidney BlumenthalIs Trump Suing Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal to Find Out Who the Leaker Is? | Cancelling Comedians to Muzzle the American Tradition of Political Satire | The Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse Driving Us Into a Hellscape: Trump, Miller and Vought
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2025-07-211h 02
The God Show with Pat McMahonWhat IN THE WORLD is Secularism? Dr. Jacques Berlinerblau is an authority on what it is and most importantly- What IT ISN'T!
2024-07-0955 min
The God Show with Pat McMahonWhat IN THE WORLD is Secularism? Dr. Jacques Berlinerblau is an authority on what it is and most importantly- What IT ISN'T!What IN THE WORLD is Secularism? Dr. Jacques Berlinerblau is an authority on what it is and most importantly- What IT ISN'T!
2024-07-0700 min
The SyllabusJacques Berlinerblau, Georgetown University“So what upsets me about all the protesting, right? Leave aside my political views. It's making it really hard for people to learn,” says Georgetown professor Jacques Berlinerblau in this week’s episode of The Syllabus. “People that don't even know what's going on are being told, ‘Pick a side, man,’ and if they don't pick a side, their social life, like cascading dominoes, starts to veer off into another direction.”Berlinerblau worries that the prevalence of protests might impede the educational experience by pressuring students to take sides, potentially stifling learning opportunities. But Berlinerblau s...
2024-01-0431 min
Bright On BuddhismHow ought we evaluate the agenda of secular Buddhism and other sources in English about Buddhism?Bright on Buddhism Episode 79 - How ought we evaluate the agenda of secular Buddhism and other sources in English about Buddhism? Could one not argue that upon encountering a more secularly inclined audience, it would make sense for Buddhism to be syncretized to a more secular slant? How did/do people in Asia feel about secular Buddhism?
Resources: Batchelor, Stephen (1998), Buddhism without Beliefs, Riverhead Books, ISBN 1-57322-656-4; Batchelor, Stephen (2015), After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0300205183; Harris, Sam (2014), Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without...
2023-12-2235 minBright On BuddhismWhat is Secular Buddhism?Bright on Buddhism Episode 77 - What is secular Buddhism? What are its origins and principles? What are some of its strengths and weaknesses?
Resources: Batchelor, Stephen (1998), Buddhism without Beliefs, Riverhead Books, ISBN 1-57322-656-4; Batchelor, Stephen (2015), After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0300205183; Harris, Sam (2014), Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-1451636017; Payne, Richard (2021), Secularizing Buddhism: New Perspectives on a Dynamic Tradition, Shambhala Publications, ISBN 9781611808896; Stuart, Daniel M. (2020), S.N. Goenka: Emissary of Insight, Shambhala Publications, ISBN 9781611808186; Ward, Tim (1995), What the...
2023-12-0128 min
Byzantium & Friends94. What academic tenure does for you (yes, you!), with Jacques BerlinerblauA wide-ranging conversation with Jacques Berlinerblau (Georgetown University) on the changing nature of the academic profession, especially regarding the erosion of academic freedom through the expansion of contingent academic labor and direct attacks on it by the states. Is research becoming increasingly vulnerable to outside political pressures? The conversation is based partly on Jacques's book Campus Confidential: How College Works, or Doesn’t, for Professors, Parents, and Students (Melville House, 2017), and partly on articles that he has written for news outlets, including MSNBC and The Chronicle of Higher Education.
2023-05-181h 05
Религия и Общество - Religiolog017 Религия и Государство. Секуляризм во Франции, США, Индии и Дании – в чём разницаВ этом обзоре, на примере 4 стран (США, Франция, Индия и Дания) анализируется то, как в разных странах мира выстраиваются отношения между религией и государством (типы секуляризма). Вы узнаете сколько сегодня в мире светских стран и сколько официально антирелигиозных стран. Почему правительство Америки предпочитает не вмешиваться в дела религии, в то время как Франция не видит проблемы, если государство будет контролировать религию. Или, почему Франция с подозрением относится к истинно верующим людям, а США, наоборот, с подозрением относятся к неверующим. Обзор основан на работах ведущих мировых экспертов в вопросе секуляризма. Библиография в описании под видео. Дисклеймер: в обзоре автор не рассматривает секуляризацию, то есть процесс упадка влияния религии в обществе. Об этом я уже рассказывал в других роликах и буду рассказывать в будущем. То есть очень важно отделить секуляризацию от секуляризма. Здесь я говорю именно о секуляризме, и важно подчеркнуть, что о секуляризме как политической идеологии. В этом плане секуляризм это политический принцип, который затрагивает вопросы того, как государству относится к религии, как обеспечить равные права, и свободу вероисповедания, и как защитить людей с разными религиозными убеждениями от дискриминации. И да – это подразумевает принцип отделения религии от государства, но тут речь не только об этом. Еще такой важный момент. Часто секуляризм путают с атеизмом или желанием противостоять религии, но и это не всегда так. Как религиозные, так и нерелигиозные люди могут поддерживать секуляризм. Особенно религиозные меньшинства, они часто выступают за отделение религии от государства, потому что это позволяет им обрести свободу от дискриминации в мультикультурном обществе. Библиография: - Jacques Berlinerblau. 2013. How to be Secular A Call to Arms for Religious Freedom. - Rajeev Bhargava “The Distinctiveness of Indian Secularism.” In The Future of Secularism, edited by T.N. Srinivasan. Delhi: Oxford University Press.- Rethinking Secularism, Calhoun, Craig, Mark Juergensmeyer, and Jonathan VanAntwerpen, eds. - Ahmet Kuru. 2009. Secularism and State Policies Toward Religion: The United States, France and Turkey. Cambridge University Press.- Secular States, Religious Politics: India, Turkey, and the Future of Secularism. Sumantra Bose. 2018. Cambridge University Press.- “Secularism in France,” by Amelie Barras, in Oxford Handbook of Secularism, edited by Zuckerman and Shook- “Secularism in Turkey” by Kenan Sevinc, et al., in Oxford Handbook of Secularism, edited by Zuckerman and Shook- “Secularism in India” by Vidhu Verma, in Oxford Handbook of Secularism, edited by Zuckerman and Shook- Republic Unsettled: Muslim French and the Contradictions of Secularism, Mayanthi Fernando- Disenchanting India: Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India. Johannes Quack- Zuckerman, Phil (Фил Цукерман) 2008. Society Without God. New York, NY: New York University Press.- Zuckerman, Phil 2009 Why are Danes and Swedes so Irreligious?, Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, 22 (1): 55–69- Раджив Бхаргава. Индийская модель секуляризма: контекстуальность и принципиальная - дистанция. Государство, религия, церковь №2 · 2014. 248-264.
2023-01-1725 min
Unf*cking The RepublicThe Black & Jewish Divide in America: The Fractured "Grand Alliance."Fascism, Nazism and antisemitism are back in the headlines. Conservative media and the New Right are relaxing with popcorn and settling in to watch as tensions between the Black and Jewish communities increase once again. Today’s episode traces the legacy of conflict between Black and Jewish people in the United States from the so-called “Grand Alliance” of the Civil Rights era, the Black Power and Consciousness movements and the emergence of Zionism in the U.S. to the recent explosion in pop culture. Who stands to gain from this fracture should be painfully obvious, but that doesn’t make for...
2022-12-181h 27Unf*cking The RepublicWhere is the Religious Left? Dissecting the American Theocracy.Since the Civil War, white Christians in this country have swung wildly between advancing a social doctrine of equality and promoting outright racism, nationalism and hatred of the poor. Since the Eisenhower years, however, Christians of all stripes have decidedly split along similar fault lines to our politics. While secularists and the so-called religious left represent the majority of Americans, the fervent white Christian nationalist wing of the country seems to be fully in control of the national agenda. We invited Brad Onishi from the Straight White American Jesus podcast to help us unpack the divide between the religious...
2022-05-071h 11
Things Not Seen PodcastThe Continuing Importance of Secularism: Jacques BerlinerblauOur guest, Professor Jacques Berlinerblau, returns to the show to talk about his recent book, Secularism: The Basics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-02-281h 01
Good Faith WeeklyGood Faith Weekly, 02/18/2022 - Secularism: The Basics with Jacques BerlinerblauA weekly podcast exploring stories at the intersection of faith and culture through an inclusive Christian lens. This week Mitch and Autumn talk about the Super Bowl halftime show, Black History Month, and secularism.Later, Jacques Berlinerblau joins the show to talk about his new book, “Secularism: The Basics". Berlinerblau is currently the Rabbi Harold White Professor of Jewish Civilization at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Berlinerblau has published on a wide variety of issues ranging from secularism, to religion and politics, to Jewish-American fiction, to African-American and Je...
2022-02-1855 min
Beyond Atheism PodcastEpisode 30: The Basics of Secularism, with Dr. Jacques BerlinerblauAs societies become more and more religiously diverse, and more and more nonreligious, secularism takes on greater importance. But what is secularism? In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Jacques Berlinerblau, Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and the author of the new book, Secularism: The Basics. In addition to giving us a practical definition, Jacques introduces us to four main frameworks of secularism: the American, French, Indian, and Soviet models. We talk about some of the benefits and drawbacks of each, and he explains why some secular countries can and...
2022-01-061h 23
The Virtual Memories ShowEpisode 465 - The Guest List 2021Thirty of this year's Virtual Memories Show guests tell us about the favorite books they read in 2021 and the books they hope to get to in 2022! Guests include Jonathan Baylis, Zoe Beloff, Jacques Berlinerblau, Anne Cattaneo, Michael DeForge, Shary Flenniken, Sophia Glock, Heywood Gould, Glenn Head, Ron Hogan, Kate Lacour, Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, Matt Madden, Kate Maruyama, Robert McCrum, Robert Meagher, Anahid Nersessian, Scott Newstok, Weng Pixin, Alta Price, Keiler Roberts, Dmitry Samarov, Nadine Sergejeff, Dash Shaw, Jen Silverman, Edward Sorel, Rosemary Steinbaum, Karl Stevens, Andi Watson, and Heather Cass White (+ me)! • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memo...
2021-12-211h 14
Tablet StudiosPardon the InterruptionThis week on Unorthodox, we interrupt our usual programming to talk about interrupting, and the battle between extroverts in introverts.Liel speaks with Professor Jacques Berlinerblau about his new book The Philip Roth We Don't Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography, and Mark speaks with Hanna Stein, who portrays Shira Liedman on the Netflix's Never Have I Ever, and who was connected to us by her dad, a proud member of the J-Crew.We are launching our fundraiser! Please support Unorthodox and the other Tablet shows you know and love by v...
2021-09-301h 12
Culturally DeterminedReturning to Roth, with Jacques BerlinerblauHow #MeToo shaped Jacques's new book, The Philip Roth We Don't Know ... Jacques: Roth aimed to obliterate the critic ... Is it unethical to write a nasty fictionalization of an ex? ... Three levels of analysis of the misogynist charge ... Fiction and morality ... Roth's underexamined ideas about the existence of the self ... The fallout from the sexual assault allegations against Roth's biographer ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-09-271h 21
Bloggingheads.tv: Culturally DeterminedReturning to Roth (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Jacques Berlinerblau)How #MeToo shaped Jacques's new book, The Philip Roth We Don't Know ... Jacques: Roth aimed to obliterate the critic ... Is it unethical to write a nasty fictionalization of an ex? ... Three levels of analysis of the misogynist charge ... Fiction and morality ... Roth's underexamined ideas about the existence of the self ... The fallout from the sexual assault allegations against Roth's biographer ...
2021-09-2700 min
The Virtual Memories ShowEpisode 451 - Jacques BerlinerblauProfessor Jacques Berlinerblau joins the show to celebrate his new book, The Philip Roth We Don't Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography (UVA Press)! We get into a deep dive on All Things Roth: #metoo, reverse-biography, metafiction, rage merchants, Rothian Path Dependency, literary legacy & reputation, the changing expectations and tolerances of readers, and the writer Roth cites more than any other in his books. We also talk about the scandal around Roth's biographer and why I think it's greatest metafictional novel Roth never wrote, the role of race & racism in Roth's work (and in Jacques' broader areas of study), why J...
2021-09-141h 27Bloggingheads.tv: Culturally DeterminedThe Philip Roth We Don't Know (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Jacques Berlinerblau)Jacques's essay on race in Philip Roth's fiction ... Roth and Updike, compare and contrast ... Was Roth always totally in control of his powers? ... How Roth depicted the Newark riots ... Portnoy's Complaint and offensive humor ... Will we be reading Roth in 30 years? ... Roth's fictional (and actual) treatment of women ... Reading the reviews of the new authorized Roth biography ...
2021-03-1100 minCulturally DeterminedThe Philip Roth We Don't Know, with Jacques BerlinerblauJacques's essay on race in Philip Roth's fiction ... Roth and Updike, compare and contrast ... Was Roth always totally in control of his powers? ... How Roth depicted the Newark riots ... Portnoy's Complaint and offensive humor ... Will we be reading Roth in 30 years? ... Roth's fictional (and actual) treatment of women ... Reading the reviews of the new authorized Roth biography ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-03-111h 10
Bob Salter6-24-18 Public Affairs With Bob SalterBob is joined by Jacques Berlinerblau, Professor and Director of the Program for Jewish Civilization at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Followed by an interview with Peter Enns, Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Executive Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University & Author of Incarceration Nation.
2018-06-2436 min
Half Hour of HeterodoxyJacques Berlinerblau on How College Works (Or Doesn’t): Half Hour of Heterodoxy #8In this episode, Chris Martin (@Chrismartin76) interviews Jacques Berlinerblau (@berlinerblau), Professor of Jewish Civilization and director of the Center for Jewish Civilization at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Jacques talks about his new book, Campus Confidential: How College Works or Doesn’t, for Professors, Parents, and Students
0:00 Three factions in humanities departments
04:40 Advice for grads and undergrads in the humanities
11:20 How to repair the academy
13:30 Active learning and elite high school students
16:30 What should professors be like?
19:45 The secret weapon or creating intellectual diversity
24:00 The bi...
2017-08-1734 min
Things Not Seen Podcast#1223 - American Secularism: Jacques BerlinerblauThis week we revisit a 2012 conversation with Jacques Berlinerblau about his book, How to be Secular; Katie Lynn Murphy files a report from China Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2015-02-0852 min
Get Lost In This Heart-Pounding Full Audiobook — Perfect Between Meetings.How to Be Secular by Jacques BerlinerblauPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/168872to listen full audiobooks.
Title: How to Be Secular
Author: Jacques Berlinerblau
Narrator: Scott Douglas Wilson
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
Release date: 02-02-13
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 4 ratings
Genres: Religion
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2013-02-029h 29
Point of InquiryJacques Berlinerblau - How to Be SecularHost: Chris Mooney
On this show, we often debate the state of American secularism—covering topics like the rise of the so-called "nones," or the unending battle to rescue the country from the pernicious influence of Christian right.
Our guest this week, Jacques Berlinerblau, has a provocative thesis about all this. He says that American secularism has clearly and distinctly lost major ground. And to recover from that loss, well... he's got some suggestions that might not go down well—but it's important to hear them.
Even if, you know, you're not quite read...
2012-11-1334 min