Do you dress your religious beliefs? Some American religions (Judaism, Islam, Mormonism, to name a few) include doctrines about how practitioners should clothe their bodies. Other American religions have unofficial dress codes that mark congregants as insiders. What role has clothing played in American religion from the colonial era to the present? To learn more, check out my lastest post on the group blog, Religion in American History.

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