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Mark Oppenheimer
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Mark Oppenheimer

Mark Oppenheimer is a regular writer for The New York Times Magazine, Slate, The New York Times Book Review, The Boston Globe, and The Forward. His journalism has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Harper's, Details, and Travel + Leisure, and his essays have appeared in The Believer, The American Scholar, and Yale Review. He is the author of two books, a founding editor of The New Haven Review, and an occasional commentator on NPR's All Things Considered and Day to Day. In the school year 2008-2009, Oppenheimer was a lecturer in the English and Political Science departments of Yale University and a visiting professor of creative writing at Wellesley College. He... Read full bio

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Wisenheimer will be released on April 26, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Apr 26, 2011
Wisenheimer is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 26, 2011
Wisenheimer will be released on April 13, 2010 in Hardcover, eBook
Apr 13, 2010
Wisenheimer is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Apr 13, 2010
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Apr 03, 2010
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Luther College Chips, May 10, 2012
...Being a journalist focusing in religion, Mark Oppenheimer is not one to shy away from controversial topics. During his visit to Luther last Wednesday, Oppenheimer gave a presentation entitled “The Pope Doesn’t Speak for Me!: American...
Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier, May 1, 2012
...DECORAH, Iowa --- Mark Oppenheimer, author and journalist, will present, "The Pope Doesn't Speak for Me!: American Religion and the Crisis of Authority" at Luther College at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The free...
New York Times, April 18, 2012
...Mr. Douthat offers a lively, convincing argument for what kind of religion we need. The Christian we, anyhow. Mark Oppenheimer writes the Beliefs column for The New York Times. He is the author of “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: American Religion in the...
New York Times, April 18, 2012
...Mr. Douthat offers a lively, convincing argument for what kind of religion we need. The Christian we, anyhow. Mark Oppenheimer writes the Beliefs column for The New York Times. He is the author of “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: American Religion in the...
Disinformation, April 15, 2012
...Gary Lachman. Photo: Ruth Jones Gary Lachman, author of the disinformation classic Turn Off Your Mind, is profiled by Mark Oppenheimer in the New York Times: One day, when he was 13 years old and growing up in Bayonne, N.J. — “the backside of the...
New York Times, February 23, 2012
...when they arise in our midst, we can at least ensure that they dont sip their cider alone. Mark Oppenheimer writes the Beliefs column for The New York Times...
New York Times, February 23, 2012
...when they arise in our midst, we can at least ensure that they dont sip their cider alone. Mark Oppenheimer writes the Beliefs column for The New York Times...
New York Times, February 23, 2012
...when they arise in our midst, we can at least ensure that they dont sip their cider alone. Mark Oppenheimer writes the Beliefs column for The New York Times...
New York Times, February 23, 2012
...when they arise in our midst, we can at least ensure that they dont sip their cider alone. Mark Oppenheimer writes the Beliefs column for The New York Times...
American Prospect, February 15, 2012
...mind that sex leads to babies, and therefore should be undertaken only with that in mind. the author, Mark Oppenheimer, quotes her forthcoming book here:  Since I was a girl, in the middle of a sexual revolution, I was repeatedly taught that we had...
Huffington Post, February 14, 2012
...I'm just not convinced that sexual fidelity is the testament to real commitment and love. In June, Mark Oppenheimer wrote an article for The New York Times Magazine on non-monogamous marriages, elaborating on the same point. Paraphrasing Dan Savage, he...
Huffington Post, February 14, 2012
...I'm just not convinced that sexual fidelity is the testament to real commitment and love. In June, Mark Oppenheimer wrote an article for The New York Times Magazine on non-monogamous marriages, elaborating on the same point. Paraphrasing Dan Savage, he...
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, February 12, 2012
...study New Testament the better Jew I become” is a quote from Dr. Levine (in an article by Mark Oppenheimer). If you both feel this way, tell me why - if you disagree it would make it even more interesting. What was the most negative response to the book...
America Magazine, February 10, 2012
...Maggie Gallagher, the founder of the National Organization for Marriage. Gallagher is profiled in a lengthy piece by Mark Oppenheimer for Salon (though you may recognize the author from the Beliefs column in the New York Times). Oppenheimer reports on...