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10/12/2026

Columbus's ultimate goal was to journey to Jerusalem

NYC holiday parade celebrates a spiritual explorer.

10/12/2026

Columbus Day: the fire that burns in the heart

NYC holiday parade celebrates a spiritual explorer.

10/03/2026

Biblical roots of Golem and AI

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10/03/2026

Timeline of Golem in NYC from Biblical times to AI

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10/02/2026

Sukkot ends tonight! The meaning of our journey with Rabbi Soloveichik

Rabbi Dr. Meier Soloveichik, Congregation Shearith Israel and The Straus Center, Yeshivah University

10/02/2026

Sukkot ends tonight! The meaning of our journey with Rabbi Soloveichik

Rabbi Dr. Meier Soloveichik, Congregation Shearith Israel and The Straus Center, Yeshivah University

Rabbi Dr. Meier Soloveichik, Congregation Shearith Israel and The Straus Center, Yeshivah University

09/28/2026

Free books!

Ahead of the February 4, 2027 release of my upcoming book with Bloomsbury Academic, Christians in the City of New York. The Rise of the Postsecular City, two of my foundational backlist volumes are now released entirely free on Kindle. (Get them quickly because Amazon raises the price after a certain number of people download!)

Both New York Glory: Religions in the City (with Anna Karpathakis in 2001) and my Asian American Religions (with Fenggang Yang in 2004) are now open-access resources for researchers and students. Together, they establish the historical baseline for how immigration and urban spaces shape contemporary faith ecosystems.

My forthcoming volume picks up where this longitudinal research leaves off, exploring the postsecular realities of 21st-century New York. You can download the groundwork for free today and secure your pre-order of the new volume on the Bloomsbury Website.

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Asian American Religions https://tinyurl.com/nhhmwef6

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Christians in the City of New York. The Rise of the Postsecular City
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09/24/2026

How do you deal with paralyzing fears? This question was pondered frequently in the late 1850s in New York City. Layman’s Prayer Revival on Fulton Street, Wall Street area.

By hymn writer Phoebe Brown. How do you deal with paralyzing fears? This question was pondered frequently in the late 1850s in New York City. News of disasters, yellow fever quarantines in Staten I…

09/24/2026

September 23, 1857 Beginning of Layman’s Prayer Revival on Fulton Street, Wall Street area.

By hymn writer Phoebe Brown. How do you deal with paralyzing fears? This question was pondered frequently in the late 1850s in New York City. News of disasters, yellow fever quarantines in Staten I…

09/23/2026

September 23, 1857 Beginning of Layman’s Prayer Revival on Fulton Street, Wall Street area.

By hymn writer Phoebe Brown. How do you deal with paralyzing fears? This question was pondered frequently in the late 1850s in New York City. News of disasters, yellow fever quarantines in Staten Island, personal calamities, and rumors of economic collapse and of upcoming civil war were dusting the streets of Wall Street during noontime breaks. A prayer gathering's popularity unexpectantly soared so much that by 1858, it became a worldwide spiritual crossroads....

By hymn writer Phoebe Brown. How do you deal with paralyzing fears? This question was pondered frequently in the late 1850s in New York City. News of disasters, yellow fever quarantines in Staten I…