Brad CrowellISIS, America, and the Fractured Middle East: A SyllabusIn the 2017 American political imagination, the Middle East and its predominant religion of Islam have been flattened into caricatures of…Mar 8, 2017Mar 8, 2017
Brad CrowellTimelines and ReligionReligious Event/Movement Timeline project — (20%) In conjunction with reading The History of God, the class will produce a series…Feb 23, 2017Feb 23, 2017
Brad CrowellTrump’s Apocalyptic Inaugural SpeechMany observers have noticed a particular apocalyptic theme in Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric for quite some time. From Slate’s running…Jan 24, 2017Jan 24, 2017
Brad CrowellinApocalyptic AmericaHow Trump Really is Apocalyptic, but so was ObamaDuring the waning days of the presidential election of 2016, many recognized that the GOP nominee was trafficking in a certain apocalyptic…Jan 6, 2017Jan 6, 2017
Brad CrowellApocalyptic America in Film and Culture: Authoritarian Dystopia Edition2017 J-term Seminar at Drake UniversityDec 21, 2016Dec 21, 2016
Brad CrowellFinding Edith Roller’s birthplaceEdith Roller was born in Mount Harris, Colorado on December 18, 1915, at least according to the online obituary that I discussed in my…May 24, 2016May 24, 2016
Brad CrowellIn Search of Edith RollerJournaling a Search for the Journalist of JonestownMay 23, 2016May 23, 2016
Brad CrowellinApocalyptic AmericaDr. Carson, ISIS, and the End of the WorldThe long American presidential primary season tends to devolve into a bit of a circus (really…skywriting!?), but it also give potential…Jan 3, 20166Jan 3, 20166
Brad CrowellinApocalyptic AmericaAssignment: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ApocalypseObservant readers will recognize the title of this assignment as a play on Dr. Strangelove, but its also a reference to an article about…Jan 3, 2016Jan 3, 2016