- Jacques Berlinerblau
Jacques Berlinerblau is associate professor and Director of the Program for Jewish Civilization at the
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service atGeorgetown University . He has doctorates in Ancient Near Easternlanguages andliterature (fromNYU ) and theoreticalsociology (from theNew School for Social Research ).He writes the blog [http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/georgetown/the_god_vote/ The God Vote] , an exploration of the role of faith in the 2008 U.S. presidential race, for
Newsweek 's [http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/ On Faith] website. A nonbeliever himself, he also has written articles critical of the "New Atheism" movement [http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=n6r9fjc076nx1zx7qmcx98f82shcp3vc] .Books
*"Heresy in the University: The "Black Athena" Controversy and the Responsibilities of American Intellectuals" (1999, Rutgers University Press)
ISBN 0-81352-588-8
*"The Secular Bible: Why Nonbelievers Must Take Religion Seriously" (2005, Cambridge University Press)ISBN 0-52161-824-X
*"Thumpin’ It: The Use and Abuse of the Bible in Today’s Presidential Politics" (forthcoming, Westminster John Knox)External links
* [http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/jdb75/ Homepage at Georgetown]
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