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An Interview with Jason Francisco, Part 1: Photographing the “Sacred” in “Alive and Destroyed”

January 22, 2019 Leave a Comment

  Jason Francisco received his MFA in Photography from Stanford University in 1998 and is presently an Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Emory University. Professor Francisco’s photography spans a variety of subjects and themes, but several of

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Watering the Roots of Mormonism: The Erie Canal’s Contribution to the Faith

December 19, 2017 Leave a Comment

S. Brent Plate Religious groups took various routes out of the area, often seeking ever greener pastures to the west. Many groups that began along the canal, like the Mormons, Spiritualists, and Adventists, spread to remote corners of the globe.

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Orientations, Comparison, History

February 04, 2016 Leave a Comment

This is a three-part conversation. Kathryn Lofton and Tomoko Masuzawa, two of the leading lights in the study of religion, cover a variety of topics, including secularism, critical theory, history, comparison and more within the field. It is an engaging and wide-ranging conversation, for your enjoyment and illumination.

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