Tag Archives: religion

Lighting A Lamp And Cursing The Darkness

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Todd Battistelli

Religion Professor Stephen Prothero’s essay on the place of religion in politics exemplifies the muddled terminology that often accompanies state-church separation discussions that I consider in my research. Prothero’s argument also interests me for another reason. In advocating for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Civic Rhetoric, State-Church Separation, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

2012 CCCC Paper Preview

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Todd Battistelli

On Thursday I’ll be presenting at the CCCC convention on religion in the writing classroom.  Here’s the introduction from my paper. Uneasy Transitions Between Sacred and Secular: Investigating the Unacknowledged Operation of Religious Privilege in Writing Studies Religion in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Interaction, Scholarship | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Difficult Scholarly Dialogues on Religion

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Todd Battistelli

I look forward to the responses garnered by Toby Coley’s Rhetoric Review article “Opening a Dialogue about Religious Restraint in Graduate Professionalization,” though not without some trepidation. Coley presents a careful argument, and I don’t doubt it could help spark the productive dialogue … Continue reading →

Posted in Scholarship | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The proliferation of stases and the loss of complexity

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Todd Battistelli

The outcry over the Cordoba House project is an appalling example of the depths to which US public deliberations can sink, yet it is hardly surprising given the history of US public debate. As with all public policy issues discussed on this … Continue reading →

Posted in Civic Rhetoric | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment