First Impressions #102: Birgit Meyer on Ghana’s Hollywood
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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First Impressions #98: Su’ad Abdul Khabeer on Race, Hip Hop, and Muslim Cool
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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The Indie Scholar Podcast w/Dave Krueger
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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First Impressions #97: Emily Suzanne Clark on Afro-Creole Spiritualism in New Orleans
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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First Impressions # 93: Julie Holcomb on the Quaker Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy
How can the simple choice of a men’s suit be a moral statement and a political act? When the suit is made of
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First Impressions #89: Religion, Science, and Conflict in American Public Life
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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First Impressions #85: Elizabeth Pérez on Religion in the Kitchen
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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First Impressions #82: Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez on the Virgin Mary in Nineteenth-Century American Culture
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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First Impressions #76: Grawemeyer Award Winner in Religion: Susan R. Holman
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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First Impressions #75: Sean McCloud on Fighting Demons in American Culture
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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