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This week Dr. Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez talks about history, religion, teaching and a whole lot more.  Dr. Alvarez studies and teaches American religious history at Temple University. Her first book, The Valiant Woman: The Virgin Mary in Nineteenth-Century American Culture was published in 2016 and considers the broad devotion across Christianity, both Protestant and Catholic, to Mary. Follow her on Twitter @hayesalvarez

Some Highlights: 

The history of the Immaculate Conception

American Christianity and the Virgin Mary

Catholics and Protestants in the United States

Mary as a unifying image

The patron saint of the United States

Teaching religion, gender, and sexuality

Teaching students from all over the world

Weekly Suggestions: 

Steven - Kevin Kruse suggests Historians you should follow on Twitter

Elizabeth - Mormon Stories Podcast; Unerased Podcast; NYT - Caliphate Podcast

Books Mentioned in the Episode:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Murillo's Immaculate Conception

 

https://youtu.be/Hh-m9cnVTAM