David Voelker reviews Philip F. Gura, American Transcendentalism: A History (New York: Hill & Wang, 2007). See also Gura’s response to Voelker’s review on H-SHEAR. From H-Net Reviews.

Randall Stephens, one of the organizers of the recent Scandal of the Evangelical Mind conference, gives his report on the conference proceedings. He includes a video interview that he did with Mark Noll before the conference. From Religion in American History.

Joanna Brooks writes about Mormonism’s influence on conservative pundit Glenn Beck: “Some are familiar with Glenn Beck’s teary Mormon conversion story, but what many are not aware of is the extent to which Mormonism has given Beck key elements of his on-air personality and messaging—and how it may shape the future of American conservatism.” From Religion Dispatches.

Peter Althouse reviews Crawford Gribben, Writing the Rapture: Prophecy Fiction in Evangelical America (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009). From H-Net Reviews.