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What a 2015 Church Burning Reveals About Race, Religion, and Life in America with Professor Todne Thomas

What a 2015 Church Burning Reveals About Race, Religion, and Life in America with Professor Todne Thomas

Update: 2025-12-12
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Socio-cultural anthropologist Todne Thomas, Associate Professor of Divinity and Religious Studies at Yale Divinity School, discusses researching a 2015 arson of a predominantly Black church in Tennessee, what it says about humanity, and why in-depth study of American religious life is critically important.


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What a 2015 Church Burning Reveals About Race, Religion, and Life in America with Professor Todne Thomas

What a 2015 Church Burning Reveals About Race, Religion, and Life in America with Professor Todne Thomas

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