

Louis Venters
- Jan 19, 2016
- 1 min
UPCOMING: Janet Ruhe-Schoen on Her New Book about Louis Gregory, at Our House!
My family is looking forward to hosting Janet Ruhe-Schoen to an intimate gathering at the end of the month to discuss her new book from...


Louis Venters
- Sep 25, 2015
- 1 min
Announcing Will McCants's New Book about the Religious Origins of ISIS
My old friend William McCants, a fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy and director of the Project on U.S. Relations with the...


Louis Venters
- Sep 4, 2015
- 1 min
Anti-Islamic Prejudice Is a Devouring Flame: My Latest Piece for the Good Men Project
I'm pleased to share my latest piece for the Good Men Project, which draws on my wife's and my personal experience living and working in...


Louis Venters
- Aug 14, 2015
- 1 min
Publisher's Discount on My Forthcoming Book!
I recently received from my publisher, the University Press of Florida, a flyer with a product code for a VERY steep discount on the...


Louis Venters
- Jul 29, 2015
- 2 min
UPCOMING: Association for Baha'i Studies in Southern California
I'm happy to be heading next week to the 39th annual conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies in Orange County, California. The...


Louis Venters
- Jul 27, 2015
- 2 min
In Memoriam: Hon. Elaine O. Harris
At the most recent meeting of the South Carolina State Board of Review of the National Register of Historic Places, I learned that a...


Louis Venters
- Jun 24, 2015
- 2 min
“Open-and-Shut Case”: Iran’s Bahá’ís and Religious Freedom at Home and Abroad
I’m pleased to share this post from the blog of the Religious Freedom On the seventh anniversary of the unjust imprisonment of the seven...


Louis Venters
- Jun 18, 2015
- 1 min
As True Today as Half a Century Ago
The attack on Emanuel AME Church is not just about Charleston, or South Carolina. And it certainly appears not to be about one individual...


Louis Venters
- Jun 16, 2015
- 3 min
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2015 S.C. Historic Preservation Awards
I wasn't able to attend the presentation at the State House, but I wanted to add my hearty congratulations to those honored this year...


Louis Venters
- Apr 10, 2015
- 5 min
Of Temples and Trees: Social Change and the Emerging Bahá’í House of Worship in Rural Colombia
I recently read a thoughtful and inspiring article about unfolding plans for the establishment of a local Bahá’í house of worship in the...