Religious studies professors Thomas Sheehan and Stephen Prothero join historian Richard Fox for a lively conversation on the role of Jesus in the American imagination now and in the past.

RICHARD FOX
Richard Fox is a professor of history at the University of Southern California. As a scholar of modern American history, he is especially intrigued by the curious intermingling of religiosity and secularity in the United States. He was educated at Stanford. His book, Jesus in America: Personal Savior, Cultural Hero, National Obsession, was published in 2004.

STEPHEN PROTHERO
Stephen Prothero is chairman of the Department of Religion at Boston University where he teaches courses on American religious history, Buddhism in America, Hinduism in America, death, and Jesus. He was educated at Yale and Harvard. His book, American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon, was published in 2003.

THOMAS SHEEHAN (moderator)
Thomas Sheehan is a professor of religious studies at Stanford and professor emeritus of philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. He specializes in contemporary European philosophy and its relation to religious questions, with particular interests in Heidegger, Roman Catholicism, and Central American liberation movements. He is author of The First Coming: How the Kingdom of God became Christianity , a widely acclaimed and controversial account of Easter.