Jacques Berlinerblau

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::summary Professor at Georgetown University ::

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name	Jacques Berlinerblau
image	File:Jacques Berlinerblau-Full Frame.jpg
caption	Berlinerblau in 2021
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birth_place	Portland, Maine, U.S.
nationality	American
occupation	Professor, Jewish Civilization, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
alma_mater	New York UniversityThe New School
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| name = Jacques Berlinerblau | image = File:Jacques Berlinerblau-Full Frame.jpg | alt = | caption = Berlinerblau in 2021 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Portland, Maine, U.S. | nationality = American | other_names = | occupation = Professor, Jewish Civilization, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University | known_for = | alma_mater = New York UniversityThe New School Jacques Berlinerblau is a professor of Jewish Civilization at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He has doctorates in Ancient Near Eastern languages and literature (from NYU) and theoretical sociology (from the New School for Social Research). He has published ten books on a wide variety of scholarly subjects with special attention to secularism, secular aesthetics, Jewish-American literature (Philip Roth's fiction in particular), African-American and Jewish-American relations and biblical literature. Berlinerblau has also written about professors and their discontents in Campus Confidential: How College Works, Or Doesn't, For Professors, Students, and Parents and in numerous articles about the Humanities for The Chronicle of Higher Education.

From 2007 to 2009 he wrote the blog The God Vote, an exploration of the role of faith in the 2008 U.S. presidential race, for Newsweek 's On Faith website.

Berlinerblau hosted and produced the show Faith Complex which was described as "a dialogue about the intersection of religion, politics and art." In 2010 he launched a second show with The Washington Post's Sally Quinn entitled "The God Vote" which focussed on news cycle issues involving faith and politics. In addition to this work in visual media, Berlinerblau blogged for ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'''s "Brainstorm" page between 2010 and 2012. He wrote about secularism, literature, and various subjects in higher education.

Books

• Heresy in the University: The Black Athena Controversy and the Responsibilities of American Intellectuals (1999, Rutgers University Press)
• The Secular Bible: Why Nonbelievers Must Take Religion Seriously (2005, Cambridge University Press)
• The Vow and the 'Popular Religious Groups' of Ancient Israel: A Philological & Sociological Inquiry (1996, Sheffield Academic Press)
• Thumpin’ It: The Use and Abuse of the Bible in Today’s Presidential Politics (2008, Westminster John Knox)
• How to be Secular: A Field Guide for Religious Moderates, Atheists and Agnostics (2012, Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt)
• Campus Confidential: How College Works, or Doesn't, for Professors, Parents, and Students (2017, Melville House)
• Secularism: The Basics (2021, Routledge)

References

References

1. . (n.d.). ["Jacques D Berlinerblau"](https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014Ra3SAAS/jacques-berlinerblau). *[[Georgetown University]]*.
2. Berlinerblau, Jacques. "Georgetown/On Faith Archive, Category - The God Vote". Newsweek.washingtonpost.com.
3. "On Faith: A forum for news and opinion on religion and politics". Newsweek.washingtonpost.com.
4. Berlinerblau, Jacques. (2012-07-12). "What Is Secular Art? - Brainstorm". The Chronicle of Higher Education.
5. Nina C. Ayoub. (May 7, 1999). "Heresy in the University: The "Black Athena" Controversy and the Responsibilities of American Intellectuals". [[The Chronicle of Higher Education]].
6. Malik, Kenan. (November 6, 2019). "Book Review: How to Be Secular by Jacques Berlinerblau".
7. Phillips-Fein, Kim. (August 22, 2017). "In 'Campus Confidential,' a Professor Laments that Teaching Is Not the Priority of Teachers". [[The New York Times]].
8. Shimron, Yonat. (2022-01-25). "Secularism is not atheism. A new book explains why the distinction is so critical.".

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