▪ Latest books (2010): Marketplace of the Gods: How Economics Explains Religion (Oxford University Press); The God Biographers: Our Changing Image of God from Job to the Present (Lexington Books).
▪ Currently writing: "Art Schooled: A Year Among Prodigies, Rebels, and
Visionaries at a World-Class Art College," based on eight-months of research/participation at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and travels to many venues of the "art world" in the United States. To be published by the University Press of New England. The author earned a bachelor's of fine arts in painting long ago, and in this project has returned to a lifelong interest in art.
▪ Project Editor: Templeton Science and Religion Series, a project of twelve short books by scientists giving an overview of their fields. (The Series Editors are J. Wentzel van Huyssteen, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Khalil Chamcham, physics, Oxford University). The volumes on medicine, psychology and neuroscience, technology, cosmology, paleontology, and mathematics are completed, with volumes on genetics, science and culture, and ecology in the pipeline -- and more topics on the way.
Marketplace of the Gods: How Economics Explains Religion
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(Oxford University Press, 2010)
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A City Upon a Hill: How Sermons Changed the Course of American History (HarperOne)
"Knows when to pick up the narrative pace and when to slow down for delicious detail."—Publishers Weekly
"The sermon is America's characteristic form of speech . . . a brilliant exposition."—Peter Gomes
"An important study worthy of a place in all libraries."—Library Journal
"A first-rate history of religion in America. . . . will reward readers in ways they can hardly foresee."—Edwin Gaustad
"Weaves a history of the theology contained in the American sermon."—Wall Street Journal
"Witham’s highly readable history of the American sermon strongly bolsters the contention that words change minds and alter the course of events."—Booklist
"[The author’s] engaging prose and broad and detailed history of American religious oratory will fuel discussion among students of American Christianity, homiletics, and U.S. history."—Choice
