Sometimes worked within it. They help us see how the politics of religious pluralism intersects with american empire with global migration and with free market capitalism and how local and state actors shape the meaning of religion in american life. At a time of growing religious diversity and of growing conflict over what it means to assert religious values in the public sphere today. These histories can offer valuable insight into the controversies. Were facing some quick introductions of our panelists and then ill turn it over to them first. Well hear from carly bariant whos phd candidate in the committee on the study of religion at Harvard University where she works on the history of American Religions and politics with a focus on United States empire missionaries and militarism in the pacific. Before graduate school carly lived and worked in the republic of the Marshall Islands, and shes finishing up a dissertation entitled for the good of mankind marshallese missionaries militari
Sometimes worked within it. They help us see how the politics of religious pluralism intersects with american empire with global migration and with free market capitalism and how local and state actors shape the meaning of religion in american life. At a time of growing religious diversity and of growing conflict over what it means to assert religious values in the public sphere today. These histories can offer valuable insight into the controversies. Were facing some quick introductions of our panelists and then ill turn it over to them first. Well hear from carly bariant whos phd candidate in the committee on the study of religion at Harvard University where she works on the history of American Religions and politics with a focus on United States empire missionaries and militarism in the pacific. Before graduate school carly lived and worked in the republic of the Marshall Islands, and shes finishing up a dissertation entitled for the good of mankind marshallese missionaries militari
contributions. we look forward to your continuing scholarship. as you said, you are looking at your next thing so we hope that we will be continuing to be in conversation with you. my name is tisa wenger. i m a professor of american religious history at yale university and it s my privilege to serve as moderator for this panel today. this session asks how national state and local governments have sought to manage religious diversity throughout american history. together these panelists tell a story of how us state actors working within seemingly secular realms like us military governance health care and taxation created an unstated religious policy that defined some religions as marginal. and others as mainstream in three different case studies, they show how religious communities have sometimes challenged this policy and has sometimes worked within it. they help us see how the politics of religious pluralism intersects with american empire with global migration and with free