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Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation

This semiannual publication explores the interplay between religion and other spheres of American culture. The journal embraces a diversity of methodological approaches and theoretical perspectives. Although concentrated on specific topics, articles illuminate larger patterns, implications, or contexts of American life. Religion and American Culture is devoted to promoting the ongoing scholarly discussion of the nature, terms, and dynamics of religion in America.

Meet the Editors

Julie Byrne

Fellow, Editor, Biennial, YSAR
Duke University
US religion; Catholicism; African American religions

Thomas J. Davis

Staff, Editor
Indiana University Indianapolis
Protestant Reformation; American Religious History; Philanthropy

Tracy Fessenden

Fellow, YSAR Mentors, Biennial, YSAR, Editor
Arizona State University
religion, literature, music, and other arts; religion and politics; secularization and secularity

Philip Goff

Staff, Editor, YSAR, Religion &
Indiana University Indianapolis
American Religious History; Religion and American Culture

Laura Levitt

Fellow, Religion &, Editor, YSAR Mentors, YSAR
Temple University
American Jewish life; gender; Trauma; Holocaust; Memory; material and visual culture.

Elaine Peña

Fellow, Religion &, Editor, Biennial, YSAR
George Washington University
Ritual; Borders and Boundaries; Geography of Religion; Performance Theory

Matthew A. Sutton

Fellow, Religion &, YSAR, Biennial, Editor
Washington State University
US religion; politics and foreign policy

Peter J. Thuesen

Staff, Editor, Religion &
Indiana University Indianapolis
American Religion; Christian History

Joseph L. Tucker Edmonds

Staff, Religion &, Editor
Indiana University Indianapolis
Black Theology; Womanist Thought; Alternative Christianities in the Black Atlantic; The role of scripture in African and African American Relgious Traditons

A JOURNAL OF INTERPRETATION: This semiannual publication explores the interplay between religion and other spheres of American culture.

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