Miscellaneous Links
Information about Reading Length for God: A Biography and Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God by Jack Miles.
Guide to the Jack Miles papers MS.F.045. Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries, (cc) 2023.
Jack Miles remembers Bill McClung [scroll down] on the In Memoriam blog on UC Press' site, posted August 4, 2020.
Jack Miles' message as the board chair of the Committee to Bridge the Gap, a group working against nuclear dangers and a safe, sustainable future in their Winter 2016 newsletter [PDF, page 7].
Jack Miles' JJ Norton author page - The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Volume 1: Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism; Volume 2: Judaism, Christianity, Islam. Forthcoming, November 2014.
Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek packs house - Žižek was paired with Jack Miles, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of God: A Biography The two served as a kind of point/counterpoint. From The Los Angeles Times website, September 11, 2008.
Jack Miles asks Bush a question in the Town Hall - From The New York Times, October 8, 2004.
How Many Scriptures Became One Bible (and Why the Change Matters) - Summary of a talk given March 19 2003 at the Penn Humanities Forum.
Response to Jack Miles, by Walter Wink - Wink's review of Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God. Miles reviewed one of Wink's books also.
Blur Circle Blog - Steve Yost's response to Miles's Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God. He has a few other posts about Miles (use the site's search engine).
Is Yahweh a Boy? - The Concept of the J Text Deity in Genesis (Written for Jack Miles).
The God: A Biography Reading Group Guide - Some questions to ask yourself about God: A Biography.
Jack Miles on hog slaughter in old Chicago - From The Atlantic letters to the editor, October 2002. [scroll down]
Jack Miles on 'dial'ing phones - Quoted halfway through the second paragraph. From The Atlantic letters to the editor, July 2001.
A Letter From Prison - Once bitten, the author shies from a reunion with a troubled friend. From Beliefnet, February 2000.
Prisoner's Dilemma - Follow-up to "A Letter From Prison." From Beliefnet, April 2000.
A Time to Keep Silence - Sometimes what we don't know hurts us least. From Beliefnet, January 2000.
The Countercharge - Miles's letter on Patricia Bosworth October 13 review of Claire Bloom's book Leaving a Doll's House. From The New York Times letters to the editor, November 10, 1996.
Teachers' Colleges - Letter by Miles on James Shapiro's Jan 4 review of George Dennis O'Brien's book All the Essential Half-Truths About Higher Education. From The New York Times letters to the editor, March 19, 2001, 1996.
Jack Miles is mentioned in this encyclopedia.com article on Larry Heinemann [scroll down], for defending his National Book Award win for Paco's Story in a review in the Los Angeles Times Book Review.
Derek Walcott and Jack Miles, with others. Photo of Miles with others and Derek Walcott from 1986, reprinted in the LA Times upon Walcott's death.
A Book Review song. Miles revises Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years" for the LA Times Book Review, 1985.
Jack Miles as a Jeopardy Question - What is Biography?
Jack Miles on Wikipedia - Jack Miles' Wikipedia page.
Jack Miles on Goodreads. Reviews, ratings, comments and more from fans and readers.
Jack Miles on Bookmarks: for God in the Qur'an and Religion as We Know It: An Origin Story
Jack Miles on AZ Quotes, including a meme.
Jack Miles on IMDb: a credit for an appearance on French television.
Jack Miles' Penguin Random House author page.
Jack Miles' W.W. Norton author page.
Jack Miles' articles on The Atlantic's website.
Jack Miles' author page on America magazine's website.
Jack Miles' author page on the Los Angeles Review of Books' website.
Jack Miles' faculty page at UC Irvine, his What Matters To Me And Why bio page, (also see his ratemyprofessors page).
Church of the Messiah, Santa Ana - where Jack Miles attends and is on the vestry.
Lisa Ruyter - Co-author with Miles of Stations of the Cross.
Michael J. Miles & The Magic Banjo - Miles's brother, a banjo virtuoso.
Catherine M. Wallace - Miles's sister, also an author.
Kathleen Miles - Miles' daughter, Executive Editor at The World Post.