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‘Religious Studies’

READ THIS BOOK: October 2016

Oct. 9, 2016—Each month, we ask a member of the Vanderbilt Divinity School faculty to recommend a book they are currently reading. Our October recommendation is offered by Laurel C.Schneider, Professor of Religious Studies, Religion and Culture.  Professor Schneider recommends “Green Grass, Running Water ” by Thomas King. Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water is a brilliant, quirky novel that plays havoc with...

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READ THIS BOOK Roundup April 2015

Apr. 12, 2015—Each month, we ask a member of the Vanderbilt Divinity School faculty to recommend a book they are currently reading. Here is a roundup of the faculty and their recommendations from the 2014 – 2015 academic year.               March 2015 Evon Flesberg, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Pastoral Theology and...

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Three Questions with Michelene Pesantubbee

Oct. 29, 2014—  Michelene E. Pesantubbee, the Associate Professor of Religious Studies and American Indian Native Studies, University of Iowa, will deliver the 2014 Howard Harrod Lecture, titled Native American Food Culture and the Industrial Food Complex:  Bringing Back a Bison-Based Diet, on Thursday, November 6, 2014. For our readers to become acquainted with Professor Pesantubbee, we asked...

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