Christianity has greatly shaped popular filmmaking in Ghana. Kristian Petersen talks with Birgit Meyer, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Utrecht,
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African American culture plays a critical role in the construction Muslim American identity. Dave Krueger speaks with Su’ad Abdul Khabeer about her new
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We all know that successful completion of graduate school does not guarantee a job with a living wage. Today, more than 50% of faculty appointments are part
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Messages from the spirit world offered an Afro-Creole community in New Orleans a forum for political activism inspired by republican ideals. Dave
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Why do religion and science often appear in conflict in America’s public sphere? The more fundamental divide is between how media elites and ordinary Americans
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In Afro-Caribbean traditions, kitchen work is not merely a mundane activity. Cooking for the orishas is a means of spiritual transformation. Dave Krueger
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In the nineteenth-century United States, the Virgin Mary appealed to Protestants just as much as she did to Catholics. Dave Krueger speaks
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Why is religion so important for thinking about global health today? This a special edition of First Impressions featuring the winner of the 2016
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A haunted present is often the symptom of a repressed past. Dave Krueger speaks with Sean McCloud author of American Possessions: Fighting
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