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S. Brent Plate
S. Brent Plate teaches at Hamilton College and is the author of A History of Religion in 5½ Objects and coeditor of the forthcoming Religion in Museums.
One Day at a Time and the many ways to be Latina
The sitcom offers a complex and funny look at ethnicity, gender, and faith.
A museum of us
The Musée de l'Homme has a new look. It asks timeless questions.
Hieronymus Bosch’s art featured in two exhibits 500 years after his death
Hieronymus Bosch, who gave us many of our modern visions of hell, has inspired episodes of The Simpsons, rock ’n’ roll lyrics, a children’s book character, movies The Exorcist and...
Faith of the senses: Christianity in five objects
A story of Christian life is incomplete if it ignores material things. If we reorient our gaze, we can see faith through embodied practices.
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