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Greta Austin

Greta Austin is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, and Director of the Gender & Queer Studies Program, at the University of Puget Sound. She has published a monograph, Shaping Church Law around the Year 1000, numerous scholarly articles on medieval Catholicism, and essays in forums like the American Scholar. Her work is available at http://ups.academia.edu/GretaAustin.

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Shoveling Dirt
On ritual and grief at a Jewish funeral

Paul is in a coma, said the person calling. The doctors think this is the end. His wife Jenni wants you to come. She wants everyone there around ...
On March 16, 2018 / By Greta Austin
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Living with Pain:
The Desert Fathers and Mothers, the Hindu Festival of Thaipusam, and the New York City Marathon

In Singapore my husband and I took our children to Thaipusam, a Tamil religious festival. Hindu penitents carry milk jugs, impale themselves with fishhooks, and walk two miles ...
On March 31, 2015 / By Greta Austin

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Shoveling Dirt
On ritual and grief at a Jewish funeral

Living with Pain:
The Desert Fathers and Mothers, the Hindu Festival of Thaipusam, and the New York City Marathon

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Shoveling Dirt On ritual and grief at a Jewish funeral

Living with Pain: The Desert Fathers and Mothers, the Hindu Festival of Thaipusam, and the New York City Marathon

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Shoveling Dirt
On ritual and grief at a Jewish funeral

Living with Pain:
The Desert Fathers and Mothers, the Hindu Festival of Thaipusam, and the New York City Marathon