Journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall reports from the the second half of life -- on books, writing . . . her husband, house, aging relatives and grown-up kids.
Alina, Vicki and Valerie with their husband Joe Darger at the RNA conference. Photo 2011 BF Newhall
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
I’m just back from the annual Religion Newswriters Association conference, where I got a close-up look at the polygamous Darger family – three wives, one husband – who inspired the TV series “Big Love.” [Read more...]
From Harvard University Press, an intriguing book by noted sociologist Robert Bellah entitled Religion in Human Evolution. Can’t wait to get my hands on a copy. It’s 600 pages; that should keep me busy. It did Bellah. The book was more than a decade in the making, I hear. Almost as long as it’s taking me to get Finding Holy off my desk.
For more about Bellah’s book, check out this Atlantic Monthly piece.
