The question of immigration has always been a point of debate in American politics and public life. As the United States heads into another presidential election, the dispute over immigration seems set to intensify. How might American history help Americans respond to the contemporary immigration debate? The Department of Religion, in its third Scudder Lecture […]
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Pressures from the left and the right are shaping the next generation of American Islam creating new forms of identity and community. This was the argument Haroon Moghul offered in his wide-ranging talk on the Americanization of Islam at the Pugh Hall Ocora on Wednesday, November 6th. In the second Scudder Lecture for this year, […]
The Religious Right’s embrace of Donald Trump has fatally transformed American evangelicalism. This was the message Dartmouth Professor Randall Balmer delivered to a packed house of students, faculty and community members at the Pugh Hall Ocora on Tuesday, September 10th. A prize-winning historian and commentator on religion in American life, Balmer’s lecture was the […]
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The UF Department of Religion is excited to announce the first three speakers in its 2019-2020 Scudder Lecture series. The speakers, each leading scholars in their respective fields, will bring relevant and deep insight to a range of topics including “Donald Trump and the Death of Evangelical Christianity” with Dr. Randall Balmer, “Religion and Identity […]
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