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Thompson quoted in NY Times article about nuns and slavery

"A lot of communities now are very committed to dealing with issues of racism, but the fact is their own history is problematic," says Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science. "They’re beginning to confront their own racism, and their own complicity in the racism of the past."

August 8, 2019

See related: Labor, Race & Ethnicity, Religion, United States

New Dimensions in Spirituality, Religion and Aging

Merril Silverstein

December 31, 2018

See related: Aging, Religion

Schewe study on dairy herd health and antibiotic use published in Journal of Rural Studies

Rebecca L. Schewe & Caroline Brock

January 31, 2018

See related: Agriculture, Energy, Religion, Sustainability

Kurien discusses multiracialism in megachurches in Religion & Politics

Prema Kurien, professor and chair of sociology, examines how immigrants are influenced by, and in turn shape, U.S. megachurches in her article, "The 'Browning' of American Megachurches," published in Religion & Politics. "Nondenominational evangelical megachurches have become a ubiquitous feature of the American religious landscape, and there has been a lot of discussion about how they are 'remaking' American religious traditions," says Kurien. "But American evangelicalism has also had a profound impact on the church lives of contemporary immigrants and their children."

January 23, 2018

See related: Religion