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Jesse F. Ballenger

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CollectionsYour library (2,743), Wishlist (11), Currently reading (2), To read (1), BLib (280), HLib (1), All collections (2,756)

Reviews59 reviews

TagsAmerican history (355), (331), blib (277), religion (262), American literature (241), fiction (161), history of medicine (133), philosophy (110), social criticism (107), poetry (98) — see all tags

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Favorite authorsM. T. Anderson, Sherwood Anderson, Samuel Beckett, Wendell Berry, Ray Bradbury, Albert Camus, Don DeLillo, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky, T. S. Eliot, Ralph Ellison, Paul Farmer, David Halberstam, Langston Hughes, Ivan Illich, Robinson Jeffers, Milan Kundera, Stanisław Lem, Denise Levertov, Philip Levine, Walter Mosley, Alice Munro, Tawni O'Dell, Terry Pratchett, J.D. Salinger, Jonathan Schell, Steven Shapin, Wislawa Szymborska, Mark Twain (Shared favorites)

Favorite librariesCase Western Reserve University - Kelvin Smith Library, Cleveland Public Library - Main, Penn State University Libraries

Other favoritesJohns Hopkins - Homewood Campus

About meI am a historian of medicine, teaching in the Science, Technology and Society Program at Penn State University.

I also have a blog called "A Little Bit of Change" that focuses on social justice: http://faithjustice.wordpress.com/

Homepagehttp://www.engr.psu.edu/sts/Faculty/Ballenger.htm

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Real nameJesse F. Ballenger

LocationCentral Pennsylvania

Emailjess.ballengergmail.com

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Member sinceAug 9, 2006

Currently readingSolidarity Will Transform the World: Stories of Hope from Catholic Relief Services by Jeffry Odell Korgen
Jesus Today: A Spirituality of Radical Freedom by Albert Nolan

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Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays by Bronislaw Malinowski

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Ideology and Utopia by Karl Mannheim

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The Nature of Prejudice by Gordon W. Allport

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Patterns of Culture by Ruth Benedict

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The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge by Peter L. Berger

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Voices from the Edge: Narratives about the Americans with Disabilities Act by Ruth O'Brien

After reading your page, I see why we have a number of books in common. I just got my doctorate in medical humanities, and I note with interest that Penn offers it as a minor. Its a wonderful area that crosses so many disciplines and offers such diversity of thought.

posted by Leel at 8:49 pm (EST) on Oct 11, 2008

Hello there, Your Highness; thanks for the nod. You have a very interesting library and, it seems, a great gig!

posted by starcitywoman at 9:02 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2008

Thank you for sharing your blog. I spend a large part of my time working with both secular and catholic organizations on social justice issues, and it's always great to read the perspectives of others. So, thank you!

Mary

ps: I love your screenname!

posted by aznstarlette at 9:14 pm (EST) on Oct 21, 2007

Prince,

Word to your review of [State of Fear]. Hope you don't mind that my review merely provides a link to yours.

eba1999

posted by eba1999 at 12:08 pm (EST) on May 18, 2007

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