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In Part One of Marginalia’s three-part conversation series lead by philosopher, scholar of religion, and Marginalia’s Editor-in-Chief, Samuel Loncar, historians Carlos Eire and Peter Harrison discuss how careful scholarship and history can guide us as we consider the supernatural in light of modern science and academic history.

Carlos Eire is a National Book Award Winner, author of They Flew: A History of the Impossible (Yale University Press), and the Riggs Professor of History and Religion at Yale University. Peter Harrison is author of Some New World: Myths of the Supernatural in the Secular Age (Cambridge University Press), the Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy at the University of Queensland, Australia, and former Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University.

In this conversation, Eire and Carlos explore their books and consider how historians can responsibly approach challenging topics such as levitation and bilocation, focusing on figures like St. Teresa of Avila and St. Joseph of Cupertino by applying the tools of history and science.

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BOOKS
They Flew: A History of the Impossible
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300280074/they-flew/

Some New World: Myths of the Supernatural in the Secular Age https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/some-new-world/300E90A9C1F983C06D4859F2BD365474

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