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Alan Jacobs is a Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Baylor University and a Senior Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. He has written books on Auden, Pynchon, Blake, Ruskin, and Christian humanism, and he blogs about culture, literature, and technology.
Sub-discipline. English literature. Institutions. Wheaton College. Baylor University. Website. ayjay .org. Alan Jacobs (born 1958) [1] is a scholar of English literature and a literary critic. He is a distinguished professor of the humanities in the honors program of Baylor University.
- August 28, 1958 (age 65)
- Literature
- American
Apr 23, 2018 · Learn about Alan Jacobs, a prolific and eclectic writer who bridges disciplines, audiences and traditions. He offers strategies for thinking well and living charitably in a fractious time.
Oct 15, 2017 · Politics. How American Politics Became So Exhausting. In a new book, the writer Alan Jacobs looks at why it’s impossible for people who disagree to hold a civilized conversation. By Emma Green....
In this smart, endlessly entertaining book, Jacobs diagnoses the many forces that act on us to prevent thinking—forces that have only worsened in the age of Twitter, “alternative facts,” and...
- illustrated
- Alan Jacobs
- Crown, 2017
Sep 8, 2020 · Sept. 8, 2020. BREAKING BREAD WITH THE DEAD. A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind. By Alan Jacobs. Alan Jacobs calls his latest work a “self-help book.” That slightly self-mocking...
Biography. Dr. Alan Jacobs is The Jim and Sharon Harrod Endowed Chair of Christian Thought and Distinguished Professor of the Humanities in the Honors Program at Baylor University. He began teaching at Baylor in 2013 and is a Resident Fellow of Baylor’s Institute for the Studies of Religion.
