#57 David Morgan | The Thing About Religion

The typical perspective of religion focuses on the beliefs and meanings derived from revealed scriptures, ideas, and doctrines, but is that the best way to look at religion as a whole? 

My guest today is Professor David Morgan who has led the way in radically broadening that framework to encompass the understanding that religions are fundamentally embodied in the material world.

Material religion includes the things people wear, eat, sing, touch, look at, create, and avoid. It also encompasses the places where religion and the social realities of everyday life, including gender, class, and race, intersect in physical ways. 

David Morgan is Professor of Religious Studies with a secondary appointment in the Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke. He chaired the Department of Religious Studies from 2013 to 2019. David received the Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1990. He is currently Director of Graduate Studies in Duke's PhD program in Religion. He has published several books and dozens of essays on the history of religious visual culture, fine art, and art theory.

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