What Would Oprah Do?
Oprah, by Lofton’s standards, problematizes the work of American religious historians by injecting pop culture as a necessity to the larger vision of Americans and their religiosities.
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Zombies, Millennialism and Consumption
While perusing facebook yesterday, I happened upon a friend’s event, entitled “Zombie Apocalypse.” The end via shambling, brain-eating zombies is scheduled for December, 22, 2012, so please mark your calendars. It seems that the zombie apocalypse follows very closely behind the Mayan calendar’s end on December 21 of the same year (unless you believe new
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Welcome!
Welcome to my eponymous blog. To tide you over until I have real content, please check out my posts at Religion in American History. Below I have attached links to my favorite posts: The End is Always an Arm’s Length Away (Sept. 19, 2010) Gender Me, Gender Religion (July 29, 2010) Saint, Prophet or Just Palin (June 18,