Sometimes worked within it. They help us see how the politics of religious pluralism intersects with american empire with global migration and with free market capitalism and how local and state actors shape the meaning of religion in american life. At a time of growing religious diversity and of growing conflict over what it means to assert religious values in the public sphere today. These histories can offer valuable insight into the controversies. Were facing some quick introductions of our panelists and then ill turn it over to them first. Well hear from carly bariant whos phd candidate in the committee on the study of religion at Harvard University where she works on the history of American Religions and politics with a focus on United States empire missionaries and militarism in the pacific. Before graduate school carly lived and worked in the republic of the Marshall Islands, and shes finishing up a dissertation entitled for the good of mankind marshallese missionaries militari
Thats coming up next on booktv. Thanks for that kind introduction. Its truly an honor to be here at the museum of chinese and america, an institution that has done so much to increase public understanding of not only the chinese immigrant experience in the United States, but also of asianamericans and the asian diaspora more generally. Im particularly, im an editor at the new york times, and i mostly traffic in words. And do careful editing. Im very attentive. I try to be to nuances of word selection, diction, syntax but also meaning. But im also very, very aware of the acute and enduring power thank you very much of images. And what was most striking to me in looking at these two books is the immense visual array of whats been amassed here which is really something quite distinctive. I dont think in any of the books that ive read that arabamericans, that asianamericans have i seen such a visually rich and, frankly, disturbing collection of images. So i think thats very impressive. Im
Sometimes worked within it. They help us see how the politics of religious pluralism intersects with american empire with global migration and with free market capitalism and how local and state actors shape the meaning of religion in american life. At a time of growing religious diversity and of growing conflict over what it means to assert religious values in the public sphere today. These histories can offer valuable insight into the controversies. Were facing some quick introductions of our panelists and then ill turn it over to them first. Well hear from carly bariant whos phd candidate in the committee on the study of religion at Harvard University where she works on the history of American Religions and politics with a focus on United States empire missionaries and militarism in the pacific. Before graduate school carly lived and worked in the republic of the Marshall Islands, and shes finishing up a dissertation entitled for the good of mankind marshallese missionaries militari
Good morning welcome to mornings on 2. It is sunday december 15th. Im claudine wong. Im mike mibach. A beautiful moon out there early this morning, if you didnt catch it. Lets head over to rosemary and a quick peek of the sunday forecast. Most of us waking up with clear skies, we have patchy fog, seeing it over parts of the north perhaps right along the coastline. A cool start to the morning but temperatures not as cold in most areas. Well have a look at your Current Conditions for the afternoon. Temperatures even warmer than what we had yesterday. Were going above the seasonal average for this time of year. It is another spare the air day. The warm air will continue for the first part of the week and then farther down the road the possibility of maybe a few sprinkles. Ill show you the futurecast model for that. New this morning, south africa bids farewell to Nelson Mandela. In a touching tribute the country buried its former president , a man known around the world as a leader of soci
Csi pleasure to moderate the panel on the new book ban list and its my honor to introduce you to this panel. I want to say by way of introduction, i am a proud veteran of the American Studies Program and its just too bad they didnt lead me to anything good in life. [applause] so you know, before we get started i just wanted to Say Something that you know this isnt really about looks. Its about our children and its about the freedom of thought and i just want to tell you that we are really blessed to have students here with us right now today. [applause] i wondered if you would all stand up for a second. Could you all stand up for a second . [applause] [applause] these are our children. Thats what its about. I want to introduce you to the editor of ban this , one of my favorite people in the world and somebody who is really doing the battle, Santino Rivera poet editor activist and as i said to the kids that we met earlier today, and this is a complement. He is an activist and i ask sant