Timothy Morton Acts Up – The Los Angeles Review of Books

Rock Your World (Or, Theory Class Needs an Upgrade) – The Los Angeles Review of Books.

Morton reviews Shaviro — and gives academic theory a tongue-lashing.

Sacvan Bercovitch, Scholar Who Traced America’s Self-Image, Dies at 81 – NYTimes.com

Sacvan Bercovitch, Scholar Who Traced America’s Self-Image, Dies at 81 – NYTimes.com.

Political Theology | Journal of the Month

Political Theology | Journal of the Month.

I am on the Editorial Board. There is free access in January, plus discounts for subscriptions.

Shakespeare and Hospitality: Ethics, Politics, and Exchange

Shakespeare and Hospitality: Ethics, Politics, and Exchange (Hardback) – Routledge.

Book I am editing with David Goldstein already on the Routledge page! That sure turns up the heat.

Offering Hospitality // Books // University of Notre Dame Press

Offering Hospitality // Books // University of Notre Dame Press.

Interesting book on theology of hospitality.

 

 

Jew on a Hot Tin Roof – Forward.com

Jew on a Hot Tin Roof – Forward.com.

Tenessee Williams and the Jews. As I prepare to attend our local production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, I read this with special interest.

Lance Strate on Arendt and Media Ecology

Violence, Power, Technology, and Identity-Lance Strate « Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities.

Some interesting points here, especially around power and violence in relation to media.

And another Strate posting that also takes up Arendt’s relationship to media ecology:

http://www.hannaharendtcenter.org/?tag=ecology

Pamela Diaz Martinez: A different kind of haunting

Pamela Diaz Martinez: A different kind of haunting. : OC Art Blog.

Hannah’s art teacher Pam Martinez featured in this essay-interview on the dimension of holy spirit or ruach in abstract art. Mazel tov, Pam!

With Guile and Tiny Torah, Women Hold a Bat Mitzvah at the Western Wall – NYTimes.com

With Guile and Tiny Torah, Women Hold a Bat Mitzvah at the Western Wall – NYTimes.com.

Chuppah and Sukkah

Serious Sukkah-Envy: My Sukkot Report – 18 Holidays, 1 Wondering Jew – Forward.com.

Nice piece on erotic imagery that infuses our favorite holiday.