It is a joy to share that a creative piece of mine has recently been published in Yale University's literary journal, The PERCH. See pp. 128-129. www.calameo.com/criscoladesi...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.” — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
all the way to being entirely present in highest political office in the United States. The rags-to-riches myth—based on a misinterpretation of, for instance, Horatio Alger’s novels—is alive and well and is used to sell everything from a product to a political character.
traced the cocreation of religion and sales in ostensibly secular parts of American life since Jefferson. The movement was never a monolith, was hotly contested at times, but was, most importantly, highly influential—
My #AARSBL25 paper 2 had a full room at 8:30am on the final morning of this year’s American Academy of Religion. Grateful for a lively and engaging Q&A, supportive colleagues and many guests and new friends.
My paper, “The American Theology of Winning: Trump, Peale, and the Metaphysical Tradition,”
Jobe’s new book is the first-ever peer-reviewed ethnographic publication on and from within prisons. Find your copy here: lnkd.in/ebq4ScPH
Thank you to the Reverend Dr. Sarah Jobe for her field-making ethnography on prisons and prison chaplaincy and to Ryan Schellenberg and friends at Chaplaincy Innovation Lab for gathering such an incredibly talented panel, with Drs. Jerusha Neal, Shelly Rambo, and Jason Evans. #AARSBL25 #SBLAAR25
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