In the Classroom
We offer a broad and diverse undergraduate curriculum focusing on the intertwined relationship between religion and politics across U.S. history, from the colonial era to the present. We also support early career scholars with fellowships that offer teaching and research opportunities at the Center.

Colloquium
The Center sponsors an ongoing colloquium to foster discussion of new scholarship in the broad domains of American religion, politics, and culture. It is a research-oriented workshop that aims to build a multidisciplinary community among students, fellows, and faculty, all drawn to the intellectual questions that animate the Center’s work. Professor Leigh Schmidt is the organizer of the colloquium in 2020-2021.
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Andrew Walker-Cornetta, John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Bad Devotion: Mothers, Mental Deficiency Professionals, and the Profligacy of Care
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Laurie Maffly-Kipp, John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
‘This is our time’: Mormons in West Africa
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Tazeen Ali, John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Interfaith and Intrafaith Solidarities at the Women’s Mosque of America
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Valerie Elverton-Dixon, Independent Scholar
The Christology of Jeremiah Wright, Jr.
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Marie Griffith, John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Women’s Varied Roles in the History of Clergy Sex Abuse within the U.S. Catholic Church
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Mark Valeri, John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
The Discourse of Religious Comparison in Eighteenth-Century Anglo-America
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