Monthly Archives: April 2009

God, the State, & the University – As It Was

I am currently holed up just outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, doing some research on the University of North Carolina’s role in opposing an anti-evolution bill that was introduced in the legislature during 1925 (at about the same time … Continue reading

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Rag and Bone: A Journey Among the World’s Holy Dead

A review of Peter Manseau, Rag and Bone: A Journey Among the World’s Holy Dead (Henry Holt and Co., 2009) What would possess people from all walks of life to marvel at and venerate leathery tongues, detached toes, bone fragments, … Continue reading

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