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If you’re interested in attending/presenting at the annual American Academy of Religion conference in Boston this November, check out the CFP for North American Religions! A lot of generative topics to pitch work around. (Unrelated panels and papers also welcome.)

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1980 kid’s devotional #secondhandsacred

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1960s reprint of a 1940s fundamentalist classic #secondhandsacred

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A few more adds for the upcoming pilgrimage exhibit. Sourced from Chicago antiques store #secondhandsacred

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Hot off the press! The latest book in our Anthropology of Contemporary North America series with U Nebraska Press. Started this in 2013 with Carrie Lane, and this is our 11th title. Two more in press: next up, Prison Town: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

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A VHS for the upcoming “Pilgrimage, Near & Far” exhibit in a month or so. Who else looks for VHS? Is there something enchanting about older media? Under what conditions does it become old enough? #secondhandsacred

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In October 2024, the Martin Marty Center was very kind and hosted a launch event for the Secondhand Sacred exhibit there. If you have an extra 53:09, here's the recording: youtu.be/YXqeoooU7JQ?...

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Two LP finds from Evanston Goodwill #secondhandsacred

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Great to see this forum up on @critresrel about @joeblankholm's great book 'The Secular Paradox' (@NYUpress). Happy to have contributed to it! journals.sagepub.com/toc/crra/0/0

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First time at a new-to-me 2nd hand spot in Evanston. Mainly for crafters, they had a great postcard box to dig through. Found some gems! #secondhandsacred #postcards #ephemera

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Next up on 'Collecting Religion' is an excellent essay from Deana Weibel, "The Impossible Collection," reflecting on her ongoing engagement with space travel, material culture, and the sacred residues from beyond Earth's atmosphere. collectingreligion.wordpress.com/2025/02/03/t...

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Picked this week. Two 1950s Catholic comics #secondhandsacred

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Picked up a few LPs this week, including this. Others posting soon… #secondhandsacred

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A wonderful find yesterday #secondhandsacred

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"Material Catholic Afterlives," our new article, is out now! If you don't have access and would like a copy just let me know. It was such a pleasure to do this with Alyssa! muse.jhu.edu/pub/16/article…

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If your Southern university/institution holds LGBTQ and related archives and collections and they become at risk of inaccessibility, censorship, or destruction, please reach out to us. We have developed a long term loan program to keep the materials until it becomes safe to return them.

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#AcRel colleagues: I'm looking for examples of interesting projects that use museums as a resource for the study of religion.

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Stumbled on a CTA #tract drop #ephemera

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Um, how wild that I found this antique Bible in the free pile at a local library today? If you want to see illustrations from a particular book/section, let me know… #secondhandsacred

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Um, how wild that I found this antique Bible in the free pile at a local library today? If you want to see illustrations from a particular book/section, let me know… #secondhandsacred

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👇 Essay on why I'm drawn to collecting 100-year-old paper with Buddhist imagery on it. Many thanks to @secondhandsacred.bsky.social and @matthew-hayes.bsky.social! They've collected many wonderful essays by Religious Studies scholars exploring personal collecting habits, research, & teaching. 🗃️ 📜

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Collecting Religion in 2025 is off to an incredible start with “The Art of Collecting Paper Buddhas” by @peterromaskiewicz.bsky.social! @buddhasinthewest.bsky.social collectingreligion.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/t...

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1947 Viewmaster #secondhandsacred

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Goodbye, beautiful objects! We miss you! (Especially the Oral Roberts wallet. And the Last Supper lunchbox. And the King James Version belt buckle. And…)

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Fresh from its Fall run at the Martin Marty Center, the Secondhand Sacred exhibit "Wearing & Carrying" has a new home. Now on display at the C.H. Booth Library (Newtown, CT) through the end of March. @emilydcrews.bsky.social

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Today at Northwestern.

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"Ephemera in Circulation" is now live at the Martin Marty Center. Bits of paper travel the world. Mailed, gifted, kept, tucked inside a book - waiting between the sheets. #secondhandsacred It was an absolute pleasure to do this with @emilydcrews.bsky.social, Tiffany Annett, and Majid Nolley.

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I'm thrilled to share my first peer-reviewed #Disney /religion publication, which is open-access in Religion Compass! "Exploring Disney's World's Through Religious Studies." compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #AmRel #AcRel Immense thanks to reviewers; all errors mine <g>

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Thrifted. Calvary Chapel tape set + some other self-help media. #secondhandsacred

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1990 #secondhandsacred

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Our final ‘Collecting Religion’ essay of the year. ‘Just the Five of Us,’ my reflection on living with a collection and reckoning with its agency in our household. We’re excited for what’s coming in 2025! collectingreligion.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/j...

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1936 high school graduation program, Hamilton, NJ #secondhandsacred

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3 Goodwills = Which arrangement do you like best? #secondhandsacred

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Selections from the Christian ephemera collection #secondhandsacred

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My contribution to Collecting Religion focuses on book materiality, the role of the collector as preservationist, and how building a personal collection of Buddhist books sometimes feels like taming a wild animal. 📿 📖

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