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Sara M. Patterson

Sara M. Patterson (Ph.D Claremont Graduate University) is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Hanover College where she teaches courses in religion in the U.S., the intersections of race/ ethnicity and religion, and gender studies. In her research, Dr. Patterson explores understandings of sacred space in the American West. Her work, “Middle of Nowhere: Religion, Art, and Pop Culture at Salvation Mountain” (2015), explores a piece of outsider religious artwork in the southern Californian desert. Her current project examines the intersections of historical memory and sacred space along the Mormon trail.

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