Bruce Feiler

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name = Bruce Feiler


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birth_place = Savannah, Georgia
education = Yale University undergrad; University of Cambridge taught masters degree
occupation = Journalist, author
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credits = credited with formulating the Feiler Faster Thesis; authored book and hosted PBS special "Walking the Bible"
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Bruce Feiler (born October 25, 1964) is a writer on social issues and, particularly more recently, on religion. He tends to write in an accessible, conversational style, blending travelogue, interviews, autobiography, and personal musings with history and archaeology. He writes on religion from a progressive point of view. Some of his back catalog of books was republished in paperback after the commercial success of his "Walking the Bible" (2001). He hosted a television version with the same name, shown on PBS.

He is credited with formulating the Feiler Faster Thesis: the increasing pace of society and journalists' ability to report it is matched by the public's desire for more information.

Feiler is a native of Savannah, Georgia, and now lives in New York City with his wife and children. His wife sometimes appears as a traveling companion in his books.

Feiler was the guest on the November 2, 2005 episode of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report".

Feiler completed his undergraduate degree at Yale University in the United States, before spending three years time as an assistant language teacher in the JET Programme. Upon his return he spent a year earning a taught masters degree from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Works

Feiler is the author of the following:
* "Walking the Bible: A Photographic Journey" (2005) (ISBN 0-06-079904-8)
* "Where God Was Born : A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion" (2005) (ISBN 0-06-057487-9)
* "Walking the Bible (Children's Edition) : An Illustrated Journey for Kids Through the Greatest Stories Ever Told" (2004) (ISBN 0-06-051119-2)
* "Abraham : A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths" (2002) (ISBN 0-06-052509-6)
* "Walking the Bible: A Journey on Land Through the Five Books of Moses" (2001) (ISBN 0-380-80731-9)
* "Dreaming Out Loud: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, and the Changing Face of Nashville" (1998) (ISBN 0-380-79470-5)
* "Under the Big Top: A Season with the Circus" (1995) (ISBN 0-06-052702-1)
* "Looking for Class: Days and Nights at Oxford and Cambridge" (1993) (ISBN 0-06-052703-X)
* "Learning to Bow: An American Teacher in a Japanese School" (1991) (Republished as "Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan") (ISBN 0-06-057720-7)
* an introduction to the 2002 re-launch of H. V. Morton's classic 1936 travelog, "In the Steps of St. Paul" (ISBN 0-306-81112-X)

External links

* [http://www.brucefeiler.com Bruce Feiler - Official Site]
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* [http://bloggingheads.tv/video.php?id=318 Video discussions] [http://bloggingheads.tv/video.php?id=230] conducted on BloggingHeads.tv.

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