Magic City Religion - Religion in Birmingham, AL

Explorations of Religion in Birmingham, Alabama, by @samfordreligion undergraduates; @davidrbains, founder and editor @HowardCollegeSU @SamfordU

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Over five years, by researching and writing 121 essays, 180 students have learned a lot about religion in Birmingham @HowardCollegeSU @SamfordU https://t.co/9NoWrAjF2l

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Our new season of essays exploring memorials and the future they encourage is now available. All are written by @HowardCollegeSU students. #memorials https://t.co/RJcu0NTbUl

[David R. Bains @DavidRBains]

This is number 100 in my hobby series of Birmingham Churches & Their Cornerstones. It features Bethel A.M.E. Church founded in 1888, current building completed in 1957. All photos taken on bicycle rides. #churches #amechurch https://t.co/4mcrnPfYFZ

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Today is the feast of Athanasius. Here is essay John Galloway wrote for our site on him last fall. https://t.co/pmDCGXXDjm

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First United Methodist Church in Birmingham was built in 1891. It is the 9th church in my series of Methodist churches this fortnight and the 90th overall. #umcgc #umcgc24 https://t.co/f9V4n8B8TI

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Our newest essay is on the highest religious image in Birmingham: Vulcan the god of the forge. https://t.co/fTWmqi9XoG

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Grateful for this @HowardCollegeSU @samfordu news article on our Magic City Religion project. @BHMReligion
Caroline Goss wrote about this mural of John Lewis in downtown Birmingham. https://t.co/Cu9LG398AO

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The first essay to be posted on Magic City Religion (@bhmreligion) this semester introduces one of Samford's most famous local alumni: Nina Miglionico, pioneering attorney and local government leader. It is by Kylee Stapleton. #samforduniversity https://t.co/SirA470T6f

[David R. Bains @DavidRBains]

Observe September 1 - October 4 as Care of Creation season. (post from 4 years ago) still a good idea: https://t.co/wYGznSefCJ
#liturgy #creation #stewardship #climatechange

[Paul Putz @p_emory]

Would you read this book? 👀

[David R. Bains @DavidRBains]

I'll be teaching History of Christianity to undergrads at a largely evangelical u. next spring. Suggestions?
(The course is the whole thing, but there are other courses on "Race and Relg. in the U.S.", "Global Christianity," and the history of Christian worship.) #amteaching

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@MaterializingB But weren’t they called the PC in the CSA in December 1861?

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@samaveryquinn I.e.: You are not speaking at Chautauqua.

[David R. Bains @DavidRBains]

Church of the Highlands’s Chris Hodges named as a defendant.

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This church lists women as well as men as deacons on its cornerstone. -- and makes clear that we know that. https://t.co/WvTmfcpITs

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Lots of focus on Christ's blood in this image from the east window of Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle, England -- I don't have details on the window, but surely late 19th, early 20th c. Photo Feb. 2022.

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https://t.co/D6LbtvM3jQ

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Our Center for Congregational Resources (CCR) is celebrating 20 years! Since 2003, the CCR received Lilly Endowment grants totaling $5.3 million. Since May 2023, the CCR awarded $207,311 grants to eight congregations and ministries. Read about the impact:
https://t.co/MyHRIvdK86

[Magic City Religion - Religion in Birmingham, AL @BHMReligion]

Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologises for country's role in slavery https://t.co/eKytp1QQrF

[David R. Bains @DavidRBains]

Interesting story about Cherokee traditions at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Decatur, Alabama. #cherokee #episcopal https://t.co/cfruL119Iw