Professor of religious studies at Duke. Managing Editor of Material Religion. Sophie's second-favorite human.
Joined July 2012
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When good books go bad: Bibles as contraband, Bibles as talismans, Bibles as weapons in the Civil War. Check out my amazing partner @BrummittJamie's new essay "How Dare Men Mix up the Bible so with Their Own Bad Passions" doi.org/10.1080/17432200.202…
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Important note from the editors of Material Religion on the departure of @splate1: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Farewell and best wishes! Thanks for everything!
How has Brent's work as an editor and scholar impacted you?
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@HolocaustMuseum is hosting a workshop on sacred objects! "Interrogating the Sacred: Holocaust Objects and Their Care." What is a sacred object? How to care for such objects? Led by @llevitttemple and Oren Steir. Apply by March 25. bit.ly/3IikPR3
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When the noisy neighbor in Bénin is an òrìs.à (divinity), you listen whether you want to or not.
"sounding the voice of tolerance: the orò secret society at the yorùbá borderlands" by @briancsmithson
Free access. Just like Orò's voice.
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Need inspiration for your next ink? Want to rethink Catholic studies? To celebrate #aarsbl21 we've made "Men, Tattoos, and Catholic Devotion in Brooklyn" by the incomparable @emoprofessor available free for everyone. Read it!
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This semester I am giving extra credit to students who post pictures on the discussion board of their pets "helping" them with their final papers. Rats on the keyboard is my favorite so far.
Pretty sure every time I hit command+c, Word asks itself, "What is the most absurdly annoying formatting change I can make to this copied text?" Then, it thinks for a second while I move my cursor and does something even more diabolical when I hit command+v.
Academics should get paid by the minute every time someone says, "this will only take a few minutes of your time."
"A Textbook of True Temperance." Published by the American Brewers' Association. Spoiler: God permits drinking. goo.gl/xqYHVq
Justin Bieber has gone evangelical: God is like a "bomb" girlfriend; you want to tell everyone he's "the shit." goo.gl/w5XUAv
"The absurd practice of rice throwing [at weddings] should be abolished." - Godey's Lady's Book, 1895.
This bill is an outright attack on higher education in North Carolina. Don't destroy UNC and NCSU! newsobserver.com/opinion/op-…
