INC NEWS - Durham history and culture

[mfragola at co.durham.nc.us]

If you're interested in Durham history and culture, you won't want to
miss this upcoming Durham County Library panel discussion, The History
of Religion in Durham, Sun., Sept. 14, 3:00, Main Library auditorium,
300 N. Roxboro. The discussion will be moderated by journalist and
historian Jim Wise.  

 

This panel discussion is the opening event of Divining America: Religion
in American History, a series of 11 lecture/discussions led by scholars
from UNC, Duke, Duke Divinity School and Elon College. For a complete
schedule, call 919-560-0268 or visit
http://www.durhamcountylibrary.org/divining.php. All lecture/discussions
are free and open to the public.

 

History of Religion in Durham Panelists are:

 

R. Kelly Bryant, a historian of Durham's black community, whose
great-grandmother founded historic White Rock Baptist Church, 

 

Charles Cooper, retired Herald-Sun photographer, who shot compelling
photographs of a religious sect that incorporated snake-handling into
their worship,

 

Rev. Joe Harvard, minister of downtown's First Presbyterian Church for
27 years, who knows the local religious community inside out and has a
long tradition of working across religious, economic, and racial lines, 

 

Len Rogoff, research historian at the Jewish Heritage Foundation of
North Carolina and editor of the Rambler, the newsletter of the Southern
Jewish Historical Society, who wrote Homelands:  Southern Jewish
Identity in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and

 

Yonat Shimron, who has covered the News & Observer's religion beat since
1996 and is a six-time recipient of Duke Divinity School's award for
excellence in religion reporting.

 

This promises to be a fascinating program in a fascinating series.  Hope
to see you there!

 

Marian Fragola

Humanities Coordinator

Durham County Library

mfragola at durhamcountync.gov

919-560-0268

 

 

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