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Marti, “‘I was a Muslim, but now I am a Christian'”

Marti, Gerardo.  2016. “I Was a Muslim, But Now I Am a Christian”: Preaching, Legitimation, and Identity Management in a …

August 10, 2016 ndca-admin

Bielo, “Literally Creative”

Bielo, James. 2015. Literally Creative: Intertextual Gaps and Artistic Agency. In Scripturalizing the Human: The Written as the Political, edited by Vincent L. …

August 18, 2015 ndca-admin

Blanton, “Hittin’ the Prayer Bones.”

Blanton, Anderson. 2015. Hittin’ the Prayer Bones: Materiality of Spirit in the Pentecostal South. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.  Publisher’s …

June 1, 2015 ndca-admin

McVicar, “Take Away the Serpents from Us”

McVicar, Michael J. 2013. “Take Away the Serpents from Us”: The Sign of Serpent Handling and the Development of Southern …

December 20, 2013 ndca-admin

Elisha, “Prayer”

Elisha, Omri (2012) “Prayer.” Freq.uenci.es: A Collaborative Genealogy of Spirituality. Excerpt: “I lied to a dying man, although I meant …

January 7, 2012 ndca-admin

Goluboff, “Making African American Homeplaces”

Goluboff, Sascha L. 2011. Making African American Homeplaces in Rural Virginia. Ethos 39(3):368-394. Abstract: In this article, I propose that …

October 24, 2011 ndca-admin

Elisha, “Moral Ambition”

Elisha, Omri (2011) Moral Ambition: Mobilization and Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches, Berkeley: University of California Press Publisher’s Description: In this evocative ethnography, …

October 5, 2011 ndca-admin

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Sacred Heart - Naomi Haynes
Man painting, Dolls, Candles, Monastery Artabyunk - Hillary Kaell
Car - James Bielo

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