Fright at the Musuem, Ohio History Connection, 2024 (picture courtesy of Ohio HIstory Connection).

Exploring Unexpected Histories of Religion and the Human Body.

The human body is a fragile artifact. It is grows, changes, ages, and eventually dies. Religions have always had to reckon with the body, sometimes with reverence and other times with fear. Understanding how humans have interpreted the corpus humanus can therefore help historians understand lives of faith.

Neave family tombstone, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.

As a professional educator and historian based in Cincinnati, Ohio, I research, write, and speak on topics pertaining to religion, gender, disability, death, and dying (image: Putting flowers on the mass grave of the former residents of the Episcopal Burying Ground, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.

University Christian Church on the sight of the former Rohs Hill Hospital near West Campus, in the CUF neighborhood, Cincinnati.

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