# New Books in Religion

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## Episodes
- [Good Goy, Bad Goy: The Portrayal of Gentiles in Sketches from the London Yiddish Press](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/good-goy-bad-goy-the-portrayal-of-gentiles-in-sketches-from-the-london-yiddish-press) — 2026-07-01T08:00:00+00:00
- [Susannah Crockford, "A Perturbed System: Religion and Climate Change from the End of a World" (U Chicago Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/susannah-crockford-a-perturbed-system-religion-and-climate-change-from-the-end-of-a-world-u-chicago-press-2026) — 2026-06-29T08:00:00+00:00
- [John K. Roth, "Saving the American Dream: Meditations for Dark Times" (Wipf and Stock, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/john-k-roth-saving-the-american-dream-meditations-for-dark-times-wipf-and-stock-2026) — 2026-06-26T08:00:00+00:00
- [Gina M. Pérez, "Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities" (NYU Press, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/gina-m-p-rez-sanctuary-people-faith-based-organizing-in-latina-o-communities-nyu-press-2024) — 2026-06-26T08:00:00+00:00
- [Benjamin J. Nourse, "The Power of Publishing in Early Modern Tibetan Buddhism"(Lexington Books, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/benjamin-j-nourse-the-power-of-publishing-in-early-modern-tibetan-buddhism-lexington-books-2025) — 2026-06-26T08:00:00+00:00
- [Carola E. Lorea, "Communities of Sound: Religion, Displacement, and Caste in the Bay of Bengal" (Wesleyan UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/carola-e-lorea-communities-of-sound-religion-displacement-and-caste-in-the-bay-of-bengal-wesleyan-up-2026) — 2026-06-25T08:00:00+00:00
- [Hamsa Stainton and Anna Lee White, "Sanskrit Hymns Across Traditions: Studying Stotras" (Routledge, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/hamsa-stainton-and-anna-lee-white-sanskrit-hymns-across-traditions-studying-stotras-routledge-2026) — 2026-06-25T08:00:00+00:00
- [A Very Jewish Christmas: Jesus and Shabbtai Zvi, from Heretic to Hero](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/a-very-jewish-christmas-jesus-and-shabbtai-zvi-from-heretic-to-hero) — 2026-06-22T08:00:00+00:00
- [Don Baker, "Korean New Religions" (Cambridge UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/don-baker-korean-new-religions-cambridge-up-2025) — 2026-06-20T08:00:00+00:00
- [Youssef J. Carter, "The Vast Oceans: Remembering Allah and Self on the Mustafawiyya Sufi Path" (UNC Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/youssef-j-carter-the-vast-oceans-remembering-allah-and-self-on-the-mustafawiyya-sufi-path-unc-press-2026) — 2026-06-19T08:00:00+00:00
- [Brook Wilensky-Lanford, "A God-Shaped Nation: Five Hundred Years of Religion in America" (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/brook-wilensky-lanford-a-god-shaped-nation-five-hundred-years-of-religion-in-america-atlantic-monthly-press-2026) — 2026-06-15T08:00:00+00:00
- [John Longhurst, "Can Robots Love God and Be Saved? A Journalist Reports on Faith" (CMU Press, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/john-longhurst-can-robots-love-god-and-be-saved-a-journalist-reports-on-faith-cmu-press-2024) — 2026-06-15T08:00:00+00:00
- [Marinus De Jong, "A Church for a Secular World: The Development of Klaas Schilder's Ecclesiology" (Brill, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/marinus-de-jong-a-church-for-a-secular-world-the-development-of-klaas-schilder-s-ecclesiology-brill-2025) — 2026-06-14T08:00:00+00:00
- [Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande, "The Politics of Islamic Ethics: Hierarchy and Human Nature in the Philosophical Tradition (Cambridge UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/raissa-von-doetinchem-de-rande-the-politics-of-islamic-ethics-hierarchy-and-human-nature-in-the-philosophical-tradition-cambridge-up-2025) — 2026-06-14T08:00:00+00:00
- [Stephen Spector, "God and the First Families: Parenting, Trauma, and Healing in the Book of Genesis" (Jewish Publication Society, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/stephen-spector-god-and-the-first-families-parenting-trauma-and-healing-in-the-book-of-genesis-jewish-publication-society-2026) — 2026-06-12T08:00:00+00:00
- [Manasicha Akepiyapornchai, "Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India" (Oxford UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/manasicha-akepiyapornchai-surrender-to-god-across-languages-multilingual-intellectual-history-of-premodern-india-oxford-up-2026) — 2026-06-11T08:00:00+00:00
- [Susanna Drake, "Veiling in the Late Antique World" (Cambridge UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/susanna-drake-veiling-in-the-late-antique-world-cambridge-up-2026) — 2026-06-08T08:00:00+00:00
- [The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/the-diasporic-hindu-right-with-savera) — 2026-06-08T08:00:00+00:00
- [Stephen C.E. Hopkins, "⁠Translating hell: Vernacular theology and apocrypha in the medieval North Sea"⁠ (Manchester UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/stephen-c-e-hopkins-translating-hell-vernacular-theology-and-apocrypha-in-the-medieval-north-sea-manchester-up-2026) — 2026-06-08T08:00:00+00:00
- [Annie Selak, "The Wounded Church: Tending to the Harm within Catholicism" (Fordham UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/annie-selak-the-wounded-church-tending-to-the-harm-within-catholicism-fordham-up-2026) — 2026-06-07T08:00:00+00:00
- [Jane Kanarek, "Beyond Brutality: Reclaiming Female Presence in Bavli Sotah" (Brandeis UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/jane-kanarek-beyond-brutality-reclaiming-female-presence-in-bavli-sotah-brandeis-up-2025) — 2026-06-06T08:00:00+00:00
- [Ashok Malhotra, "Imperial Science, the Organic Movement and the Path to Shangri La, 1900-1969" (UCL Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/ashok-malhotra-imperial-science-the-organic-movement-and-the-path-to-shangri-la-1900-1969-ucl-press-2026) — 2026-06-06T08:00:00+00:00
- [Bruno Shirley, "Religion, Gender, and Politics in Medieval Sri Lanka: The Reconstruction of Buddhist Kingship, ca. 1070-1215" (ARC Humanities Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/bruno-shirley-religion-gender-and-politics-in-medieval-sri-lanka-the-reconstruction-of-buddhist-kingship-ca-1070-1215-arc-humanities-press-2026) — 2026-06-05T08:00:00+00:00
- [A Divine Comedy: On Hollywood, Creativity, and Religion with Rob Long](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/a-divine-comedy-on-hollywood-creativity-and-religion-with-rob-long) — 2026-06-03T08:00:00+00:00
- [Kati Curts, "Assembling Religion: The Ford Motor Company and the Transformation of Religion in America" (NYU Press, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/kati-curts-assembling-religion-the-ford-motor-company-and-the-transformation-of-religion-in-america-nyu-press-2025) — 2026-06-02T08:00:00+00:00
- [Steven Nadler, "Spinoza, Atheist" (Princeton UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/steven-nadler-spinoza-atheist-princeton-up-2026) — 2026-06-02T08:00:00+00:00
- [Joanna Dee Das, "Faith, Family, and Flag: Branson Entertainment and the Idea of America" (U Chicago Press, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/joanna-dee-das-faith-family-and-flag-branson-entertainment-and-the-idea-of-america-u-chicago-press-2025) — 2026-05-31T08:00:00+00:00
- [H. A. Drake, "The Wisdom of the Ancients: Four Ideas That Changed the World" (Oxford UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/h-a-drake-the-wisdom-of-the-ancients-four-ideas-that-changed-the-world-oxford-up-2025) — 2026-05-28T08:00:00+00:00
- [Frances Kneupper, "Prophecy and the Battle for Spiritual Authority, 1360–1400" (Oxford UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/frances-kneupper-prophecy-and-the-battle-for-spiritual-authority-1360-1400-oxford-up-2025) — 2026-05-28T08:00:00+00:00
- [Matthew R. Crawford and Aaron P. Johnson, "Cyril of Alexandria: Against Julian: Introduction and Translation" (Cambridge UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/matthew-r-crawford-and-aaron-p-johnson-cyril-of-alexandria-against-julian-introduction-and-translation-cambridge-up-2025) — 2026-05-25T08:00:00+00:00
- [Ellen Levitt, "Former Synagogues of the United States: Looking at Buildings That Once Housed Synagogues, Schools, and Other Jewish Institutions" (Resource Publications, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/ellen-levitt-former-synagogues-of-the-united-states-looking-at-buildings-that-once-housed-synagogues-schools-and-other-jewish-institutions-resource-publications-2026) — 2026-05-22T08:00:00+00:00
- [An-Ting Yi, "From Erasmus to Maius: The History of Codex Vaticanus in New Testament Textual Scholarship" (de Gruyter, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/an-ting-yi-from-erasmus-to-maius-the-history-of-codex-vaticanus-in-new-testament-textual-scholarship-de-gruyter-2024) — 2026-05-21T08:00:00+00:00
- [Jue Liang, "Conceiving the Mother of Tibet: The Early Literary Lives of the Buddhist Saint Yeshe Tsogyel" (Oxford UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/jue-liang-conceiving-the-mother-of-tibet-the-early-literary-lives-of-the-buddhist-saint-yeshe-tsogyel-oxford-up-2026) — 2026-05-14T08:00:00+00:00
- [Kenneth G. Zysk, "South Asian Animal Divination: A Critical Anthology" (Brill, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/kenneth-g-zysk-south-asian-animal-divination-a-critical-anthology-brill-2025) — 2026-05-14T08:00:00+00:00
- [Kira Ganga Kieffer, "Unvaccinated Under God: Religion and Vaccine Hesitancy in Modern America" (Princeton UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/kira-ganga-kieffer-unvaccinated-under-god-religion-and-vaccine-hesitancy-in-modern-america-princeton-up-2026) — 2026-05-13T08:00:00+00:00
- [Amy D. McDowell, "Whispers in the Pews: Evangelical Uniformity in a Divided America" (NYU Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/amy-d-mcdowell-whispers-in-the-pews-evangelical-uniformity-in-a-divided-america-nyu-press-2026) — 2026-05-13T08:00:00+00:00
- [Thomas A. Robinson, "Revisiting the God-fearer Thesis in the Development of Early Christianity" (T&T Clark, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/thomas-a-robinson-revisiting-the-god-fearer-thesis-in-the-development-of-early-christianity-t-t-clark-2025) — 2026-05-12T08:00:00+00:00
- [Samiha Rahman, "Black Muslim Freedom Dreams: Islamic Education, Pan-Africanism, and Collective Care" (NYU Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/samiha-rahman-black-muslim-freedom-dreams-islamic-education-pan-africanism-and-collective-care-nyu-press-2026) — 2026-05-11T08:00:00+00:00
- [Justin Michael Reed, "The Injustice of Noah's Curse" (Oxford UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/justin-michael-reed-the-injustice-of-noah-s-curse-oxford-up-2025) — 2026-05-10T08:00:00+00:00
- [Mariam Goshadze, "The Noise Silence Makes: Secularity and Ghana's Drum Wars" (Duke UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-religion-42803/mariam-goshadze-the-noise-silence-makes-secularity-and-ghana-s-drum-wars-duke-up-2025) — 2026-05-10T08:00:00+00:00

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