Alan Jacobs (academic)

Alan Jacobs (born 1958)[1] is a scholar of English literature, writer, and literary critic. He is a distinguished professor of the humanities in the Honors Program of Baylor University.[2]

Career

Jacobs earned a B.A. from the University of Alabama in 1980 and a PhD from the University of Virginia in 1987.[3] He was the Clyde S. Kilby chair professor of English at Wheaton College (Illinois) until 2012 when his hiring to Baylor was widely noted as part of the competition between these two Christian colleges.[4]

In addition to his academic work and books, Jacobs has been a regular contributor to magazines including The Atlantic,[2][5] First Things,[2][6] and The New Atlantis.[3][7]

Books

Jacobs' books include:

  • The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis (Oxford, 2018)[8]
  • How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds (Currency, 2017)[9]
  • "The Book of Common Prayer": A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books, Princeton, 2013)[10]
  • The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction (Oxford, 2011)[11]
  • Wayfaring: Essays Pleasant and Unpleasant (Eerdmans, 2010)[12]
  • Original Sin: A Cultural History (HarperOne, 2008)[13]
  • Looking Before and After: Testimony and the Christian Life (Eerdmans, 2008)[14]
  • The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis (Harper, 2005)[15]
  • Shaming the Devil: Essays in Truthtelling (Eerdmans, 2004)[16]
  • Must Christianity Be Violent? Reflections on History, Practice, and Theology (ed. with Kenneth R. Chase, Brazos Press, 2003)[17]
  • A Theology of Reading: The Hermeneutics of Love (Westview Press, 2001)[18]
  • A Visit to Vanity Fair: Moral Essays on the Present Age (Brazos Press, 2001)[19]
  • What Became of Wystan? Change and Continuity in Auden's Poetry (University of Arkansas, 1998)[20]
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References

  1. "Jacobs, Alan 1958–", Gale Contemporary Authors, retrieved 2019-07-19
  2. Michael, David J. (April 23, 2018), "Alan Jacobs: a Christian intellectual for the internet age", America: The Jesuit Review
  3. "Baylor expands with new hire", Baylor Lariat, November 1, 2012
  4. Olsen, Ted (October 25, 2012), "Baylor Hires Alan Jacobs Away from Wheaton; He'll start at its Honors College in August 2013", Christianity Today
  5. "Alan Jacobs", Contributor profile, The Atlantic, retrieved 2014-01-11
  6. "Alan Jacobs", Contributor profile, First Things, retrieved 2018-04-07
  7. "Alan Jacobs", Contributor profile, The New Atlantis, retrieved 2014-01-11
  8. Reviews of The Year of Our Lord 1943:
  9. Reviews of How to Think:
  10. Reviews of The Book of Common Prayer:
  11. Reviews of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction:
  12. Reviews of Wayfaring:
    • Barbieri, Richard (September 13, 2010), "Review", America: The Jesuit Review
    • Staley-Joyce, Kevin (October 2010), "Review", First Things
    • Barrett, Matthew (Spring 2012), Christianity and Literature, 61 (3): 487–490, doi:10.1177/014833311206100314, JSTOR 44315196CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  13. Reviews of Original Sin:
  14. Reviews of Looking Before and After:
  15. Reviews of The Narnian:
  16. Reviews of Shaming the Devil:
  17. Reviews of Must Christianity Be Violent:
    • Dunn, Larry A. (Fall 2004), "Review", Direction: A Mennonite Brethren Forum, 33 (2): 212–213
    • Nelson-Pallmeyer, Jack (December 27, 2004), "In review", The Christian Century
    • Koontz, Ted (2005), "Review", Mennonite Quarterly Review, 79 (4): 561
    • Weaver, J. Denny (Spring 2005), "Review", The Conrad Grebel Review, 23 (2)
  18. Reviews of A Theology of Reading:
  19. Reviews of A Visit to Vanity Fair:
  20. Review of What Became of Wystan:
    • Martin, W. Todd (Fall 2000), South Atlantic Review, 65 (4 ed.), South Atlantic Modern Language Association, pp. 225–228, doi:10.2307/3201650, JSTOR 3201650
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