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Month: August 2017

The Center of the Mormon World: The Hill Cumorah Pageant

Daniel Gorman Jr. By combining Americana, worship, summer vacation, and theater, the pageant is a unique part of our religious landscape. 

Almanacs and Religious Life? 7 Questions for Troy Tomlin

Troy Tomlin I wondered what these little books could tell me about wider patterns and disruptions in early American religion and, most importantly, what ordinary men and women may have thought about them.

Annabelle Creation: A Creation Story for Catholic Secret Keeping?

Nicole Symmonds All of this because evil is not destroyed at its root.

Living with a Zombie Apocalypse: 7 Questions for Greg Garrett

Greg Garrett The sacred entered into this book in powerful ways, but my favorite moment comes in the final chapter in the book, which basically asks, “Is a zombie apocalypse a bad thing or a good thing?”

When Do Moviegoers Become Pilgrims?

S. Brent Plate The thing is, pilgrimage and tourism are not really that far apart.

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