Visually Sacred: Conversations on the Power of Images

1. Episode · Jul 15, 2026

   James Bielo: The Circulation of Religious Artifacts (opens the original)

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   James is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of five books, most recently "Materializing the Bible: Scripture, Sensation, Place." His current research focuses on the secondhand circulation of Christian material culture. I spoke with James about his path into studying material religion and why materiality is essential for understanding religious practice. We discussed the Bible as a powerful object, how creativity functions in the context of liter

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2. Episode · Jul 7, 2026

   Ryan K. Smith: Heritage and Holiness (opens the original)

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   Ryan is a Professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University. He specializes in American religious history, material culture, and historic preservation. His most recent book is Death and Rebirth in a Southern City: Richmond's Historic Cemeteries. He is also the author of "Gothic Arches, Latin Crosses: Anti-Catholicism and American Church Designs in the Nineteenth Century."​ Ryan is a founding member of the Richmond Cemetery Collaboratory and is the director of the Richmond Cemetery Project

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