Mary L. Bartling
Doctor of Liberal Arts
Areas of scholarship
Literature and Religion
Reciprocal nature of historical events, literature, and religion
American Protestantism
Development of Cold War era pre-millennial dispensationalism
Biography
I am an independent scholar with an interest in the overlap between religious studies and American literature, one that culminated in a Doctor of Liberal Arts degree at Washington University in St. Louis.
Current projects include an online community about banned books and how shallow readings of these works thwart constructive conversations about the relevant issues of our day. https://thisbookisbanned.com/
I am seeking collaboration with like-minded scholars who share my passion for and advocacy of the humanities, disciplines that cultivate critical and innovative thinking by nurturing insight into the world we live in and our place in it.
How to Read & Teach A Banned Book
(and why that matters more now than ever)
Papers
Doctor of Liberal Arts Dissertation
Selections from the Seedbed of Cultural Creativity:
Where “the Religious” and “the Secular” Converge.
or
How We Went from Antebellum Post-millennialism
to Cold War “Armageddon Theology.”
Master of Liberal Arts Directed Research Project
Biblical Text — The Message is More Than the Medium
