Jessica Lauren Nelson

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Jessica Lauren Nelson is the Director of Religion and Cultural Initiatives at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art as well as a lecturer in history at Lake Forest College.

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Books by Jessica Lauren Nelson

Religion and the American West

Belief, Violence, and Resilience from 1800 to Today

Edited by Jessica Lauren Nelson / Foreword by John Vanausdall

Religion and the American West offers a lavishly illustrated and comprehensive overview of the ways religion has shaped the idea of the American West and how the region has influenced broader religious and racial categories. Starting when the concept of the American West emerged in the early nine...

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