Marilynne Robinson is the last in a long line of Protestant public intellectuals who draws on our country’s religious history to address questions of present concern. Join Columbia historians Richard John and Casey Blake as we read Robinson’s assessments of American Puritanism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the state of our universities and public discourse today.

On Tuesday, September 29, at 6 PM, join Richard John and Casey Blake (Columbia) for the second session, covering Emerson’s essay “The American Scholar.”

Series Overview

• Tuesday, September 22: Robinson, “Puritans and Prigs”

• Tuesday, September 29: Emerson, “The American Scholar”

• Tuesday, October 6: Robinson, “The American Scholar Now”

• Tuesday, October 20: Robinson, “Our Public Conversation”