Please join us for the next installment in our "No More Than A Page" series. This series gives an opportunity for faculty and advanced graduate students to receive feedback on their research in process. Presenters provide attendees with a one-page summary of their current research and attendees engage in a lively discussion.
This installment will feature Emily Bianchi, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies.
At the Shaker community in New Gloucester, Maine, Brother Arnold Hadd tells “monastic memories,” anecdotes that reanimate the words and actions of the “the good, the bad, and the indifferent” characters who have contributed to the life and faith. He regularly compared these stories to “gossip.” I examine how gossip aids the Shakers in their attempts to express their love of God by practicing radical love in a community of imperfect people. The Shakers demonstrate that gossipers do not merely evaluate people according to their secondhand deeds: gossiping can increase our understandings of each other and the conditions of the world.
This event is free, open to the public and welcoming to everyone. Co-hosted by the Center for the Study of Religion, the Department of Comparative Studies and the Humanities Institute.
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