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J. Edgar Hoover's Stained-Glass Window, Dr. Lerone A. Martin, Assistant Professor, John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, 31-Jul-2016
This talk examines the FBI's historic relationship to American faith communities during the directorship of J. Edgar Hoover. The FBI's surveillance of faith communities is well known; however, its public and private cooperation with faith communities, clergy, and religious professionals is not. Dr. Martin of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics examines this little-known but significant history and explains how such cooperation shaped America's religious landscape.
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This talk examines the FBI's historic relationship to American faith communities during the directorship of J. Edgar Hoover. The FBI's surveillance of faith communities is well known; however, its public and private cooperation with faith communities, clergy, and religious professionals is not. Dr. Martin of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics examines this little-known but significant history and explains how such cooperation shaped America's religious landscape.