John R. (Jack) MilesDistinguished Professor of English & Religious Studies, English |
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Research Interests |
Religion, literature, and international relations. Western scriptures (Jewish, Christian, Muslim) as literature. Religious poetry and music. Religion, science, and the environment. | |
| URL | www.JackMiles.com | |
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Academic Distinctions |
Pulitzer Prize, 1996. Honorary doctorate: Meadville-Lombard Theological School. Honorary doctorate: American Jewish University of Los Angeles. |
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| Appointments |
Fellow, Committee on the Conceptual Foundations of Science, University of Chicago. Regents Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara. Mellon Fellow, California Institute of Technology. Scholar in Residence, Getty Research Institute |
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| Publications |
Norton Anthology of World Religions (forthcoming). "Poetry as Nonfiction," Poetry, November 2007. "Judaist Israel, Islamist Palestine," Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Vol 33, No 2, Autumn 2005 "Religion and American Foreign Policy," Survival, Journal of the International Institute of Security Studies, Vol 46, No 1, Spring 2004. Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God ( Knopf, 2001) God: A Biography (Knopf, 1995) |
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| Grant | Guggenheim Fellowship, 1991; MacArthur Fellowship, 2003-2007 | |
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Professional Societies |
American Academy of Religion Pacific Council for International Policy Society of Biblical Literature Authors' Guild Academy of American Poets |
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| Graduate Programs |
Culture and Theory |
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| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5508 | |
| Last updated | 08/28/2009 | |