From the organizers: Dr. Edward T. Linenthal, Professor of History at Indiana University and Editor of the Journal of American History, will be delivering the sixth annual Distinguished Lecture on Religion and Public Life. Dr. Linenthal (Ph.D. in Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 1979) has written several books dealing with public memory and memorialization in the U.S., focusing on the ways that the nation and its people have marked and commemorated catastrophic events such as the Pearl Harbor, the Civil War, the Holocaust, and the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing. He has worked with the National Park Service’s Civic Engagement and Public History Program and was a member of the federal advisory commission for the memorial to the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on 9/11/2001.
Date/Time: April 28, 2014. Time TBA.
Location: TBA
Cost: Free
For more information: Please contact the Department of Religious Studies at rsinfo@missouri.edu or at (573) 882-4769.
You can learn more about Dr. Linenthal’s work and perspectives at the following links:
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http://religiousstudies.missouri.edu/events/religion-publiclife.shtml