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Jacques Berlinerblau

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Professor at Georgetown University

Jacques Berlinerblau
Jacques Berlinerblau in his office
Born	July 6, 1966 (1966-07-06) (age 59) Portland, Maine
Alma mater	New York University
Occupation(s)	Professor, Jewish Civilization,Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,Georgetown University

Jacques Berlinerblau is a professor of Jewish Civilization at theEdmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service atGeorgetown University. He has doctorates inAncient Near Eastern languages andliterature (fromNYU) and theoreticalsociology (from theNew 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.^[1] Berlinerblau has also written about professors and their discontents inCampus Confidential: How College Works, Or Doesn't, For Professors, Students, and Parents and in numerous articles about the Humanities forThe Chronicle of Higher Education.

From 2007 to 2009 he wrote the blogThe God Vote,^[2] an exploration of the role of faith in the2008 U.S. presidential race, forNewsweek 's On Faith website.^[3]

Berlinerblau hosted and produced the showFaith Complex which was described as "a dialogue about the intersection of religion, politics and art." In 2010 he launched a second show withThe Washington Post'sSally 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 forThe Chronicle of Higher Education's "Brainstorm" page between 2010 and 2012. He wrote about secularism, literature, and various subjects in higher education.^[4] His work on religion and politics and the 2012 election also appeared in theHuffington Post.^[5]

Outside his usual publications on scholarly areas of interest, Berlinerblau has turned his attention to the interview format in recent years.

His guests in the arts have included:

Georgetown ProfessorMichael Eric Dyson^[6] discussinghip-hop theology
Director of the Washington Ballet Septime Webre^[7] onhomophobia andballet
NovelistCynthia Ozick^[8]
NovelistGary Shteyngart^[9]
NovelistDavid Bezmozgis^[10]
NovelistLara Vapnyar^[11]
Dr. Derek Parker Royal^[12] (founder of the Philip Roth Society)
Literary criticsAdam Kirsch andLiel Leibovitz^[13] discussing Philip Roth's career;

Some of his interview subjects in the political sphere have included:

The former President ofPoland,Aleksander Kwaśniewski^[14]
The former Prime Minister ofSpain,José Maria Aznar^[15]
CongressmanJim Moran^[16]
The Special Envoy to Combat and MonitorAnti-Semitism,Hannah Rosenthal^[17]

Books

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Heresy in the University: TheBlack Athena Controversy and the Responsibilities of American Intellectuals (1999, Rutgers University Press)ISBN 0-8135-2588-8^[18]
The Secular Bible: Why Nonbelievers Must Take Religion Seriously (2005, Cambridge University Press)ISBN 0-521-61824-X
The Vow and the 'Popular Religious Groups' of Ancient Israel: A Philological & Sociological Inquiry (1996, Sheffield Academic Press)ISBN 1-85075-578-7
Thumpin’ It: The Use and Abuse of the Bible in Today’s Presidential Politics (2008, Westminster John Knox)ISBN 978-0-664-23173-6
How to be Secular: A Field Guide for Religious Moderates, Atheists and Agnostics (2012, Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt)ISBN 978-0-547-47334-5^[19]
Campus Confidential: How College Works, or Doesn't, for Professors, Parents, and Students (2017, Melville House)ISBN 978-1612196428^[20]
Secularism: The Basics (2021, Routledge)ISBN 9781000523423^[21]