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Kurien cited in India Abroad article on Sikh Americans, 2020 census
Burdick discusses rise of Pentecostalism in Amazonia in the National Catholic Register
Pentecostals deeply value the changes their new faith facilitated in their personal life, says John Burdick, professor of anthropology. They are primarily focused on personal salvation and disinclined to embrace political movements advocating radical change.
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Thompson examines the meaning of success in religious life in Global Sisters Report
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Silverstein to study religion, prosocial values among millennials
The degree to which religion is decoupled from prosocial goals and spirituality in contemporary young adults is one of many research questions to be addressed in the project “Spirituality and Prosocial Values in the Absence of Religion Among Millennials and Their Families.” This study will be led by Merril Silverstein, the Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor of Aging Studies in the Falk College and the Maxwell School.
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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."
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Schewe study on dairy herd health and antibiotic use published in Journal of Rural Studies
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Kurien discusses multiracialism in megachurches in Religion & Politics
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