Teachingamericanhistory.org Podcast

Examine the role of religion and religious activity during times of crisis through a series of historical case studies. Join Dr. Jeff Sikkenga of Ashland University and Executive Director of the Ashbrook Center as he discusses these topics with Professor Melissa M. Matthes of the United States Coast Guard Academy. This special program, the last in our "Insights from History" series, aired at 1pm ET on Wednesday, 29 April. Suggested readings: The Babylonian Exile and the Love of God, Pastor Hideo Hashimoto, February, 1942 "We All Killed Kennedy," Reverend William Holmes, 24 November 1963 Letter from Thomas Merton to Coretta Scott King After Martin Luther King, Jr's Assassination, 5 April 1968 "http://lincoln.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/overview/ When a Community Weeps: Case Studies in Group Survivorship Ellen Zinner and Mary Beth Williams Preaching With Sacred Fire: An Anthology of African American Sermons 1750 - to the Present, ed. Martha Simmons and Frank A Thomas Lament for a Son Nicholas Wolterstorff Col