Nancy Tatom Ammerman examines the stories Americans tell of their everyday lives, from
dinner table to office and shopping mall to doctor's office, about the things that matter most to …

" Exploring a dazzling variety of religious imagery, David Morgan shows how vision
functions as an active, physical process, embedded in bodily experience and profoundly …

In The Labor of Faith Judith Casselberry examines the material and spiritual labor of the
women of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc., which is based in …

Modesty is a common theme in the Abrahamic traditions of Islam, Christianity and Judaism.
Although modesty norms are largely based in religious scripture, the form in which they play …

In this essay I consider major themes in the scholarly treatment of African American women's
religious history and explore how particular emphases in the broader field of African …

This study examines the careers of African American beauty culturists as they worked in the
United States, Europe, and Africa between 1945 and 1965. Facing push back at home …

Christian identity is inextricable from gender identity. Throughout Christian history,
determining how individuals incarnate divine authority has been critical to the …

How the fashion industry has contributed to religious change From cross necklaces to
fashion designs inspired by nuns' habits, how have fashion sources interpreted Christianity …

With a fresh perspective, Authentically Orthodox: A Tradition-Bound Faith in American Life
challenges the current historical paradigm in the study of Orthodox Judaism and other …

In this study, we explored the church dress of African American women to determine the
influences that motivated their style of dressing that seems to be disappearing today. Ten …