{"id":1115,"date":"2019-10-23T09:11:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T13:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/religion\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2019-10-23T09:11:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T13:11:37","slug":"religious-literacy-month-dr-tia-noelle-pratt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/religion\/2019\/10\/23\/religious-literacy-month-dr-tia-noelle-pratt\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious Literacy Month: Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On October 22, we hosted our third event of Religious Literacy Month! Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt<\/a>, a sociologist of religion and scholar of systemic racism and Catholicism, joined us for a talk titled “Catholic Young Adults & Pro-Life Teachings: a Bellwether for the US Catholic Church.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In her talk, Dr. Pratt talked about how “pro-life” has come to only mean “abortion,” despite Church documents, leaders, and theological orientations having a far more expansive understanding of what “pro-life” includes. She talked about how for young Catholics, this collapsing of issues is a problem–for them and for the Church. As a sociologist, Dr. Pratt approaches these issues institutionally: how have institutions made choices? how do those choices impact the members of those institutions? what is lost or gained in such translations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Pratt pointed out in her talk that moving into public-facing scholarship–that is, research and writing aimed at a mass audience, rather than a paywalled, University-library audience–is a new feature of her research, and perhaps even part of her ongoing thinking about religious literacy. Here are some examples of this work: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find Dr. Pratt’s reflections on writing about Black Catholicisms here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as Dr. Vicki Brennan pointed out in her introduction, a really moving piece reflecting on Toni Morrison after her death here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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