Sacred & Profane

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There are hundreds of Confederate memorials across the U.S. With our colleague Jalane Schmidt, we explore an often overlooked part of their history: religion. Not only are these monuments often steeped in religious symbolism, white Christian communities also helped to build and maintain them.

And we hear from a group of Christians here in Charlottesville wrestling with that legacy today.

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Sacred & ProfaneBy The Religion, Race and Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia

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