leibmanOct 15, 20141 minSpiritual Makeup: Religion and Cosmetics (Religion in American History Blog Post)For early Americans and Europeans alike, cosmetics carried spiritual and moral messages. In this post I look to three examples of the use...
leibmanSep 11, 20141 minFemale (Mis)Behavior, Class, and Religious Authority: Bath Attendants in Early America (Religion in What can baths tell us, then, about the everyday lives and challenges women faced in early America? In this post, I move beyond an...
leibmanSep 11, 20141 minVirtually Dead: Religion in the Age of the Internet (Religion in American History blog post)This past spring, I taught a digital humanities course on American Dead and Undead. The premise of the course was fairly simple: we...
leibmanJan 15, 20141 minClothing and Religion: Religion in American History Blog PostDo you dress your religious beliefs? Some American religions (Judaism, Islam, Mormonism, to name a few) include doctrines about how...
leibmanOct 16, 20131 minReligion in American History: Language, Media, Religion Mini-conferenceMy latest post on the Religion in American History Group Blog on a recent Language, Media, and Religion mini-conference and roundtable...