Presentations

1: Read and Unite! In His Steps and the Politically Galvanizing Power of Religious Fiction

Christine Hedlin, U of Illinois, Urbana

2: Secular and Sacred American Revolutions: Origin Stories of Democracy and Belief

Gretchen Murphy, U of Texas, Austin

3: Alternative Science: Genre’s Hidden Role in Shaping Politics and Policy, a Case Study of ‘Young Earth Creationism’ at the Creation Museum

Brice Particelli, Pace U, NY

4: Jill Soloway’s Reimagining of Jewish Ritual

Roberta Rosenberg, Harvard Inst.

Presider

Adrienne Williams Boyarin, U of Victoria