Friday, October 10, 2003
Author a part of USI’s CommUNITY celebration
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An expert in the history of American religion and communitarianism will present three programs in conjunction with University of Southern Indiana’s CommUNITY Month October 15-November 12. Dr. Timothy Miller, professor of religious studies at University of Kansas, will speak at 3:30 p.m. October 23 in Mitchell Auditorium in the Health Professions Center, when his topic will be “The Quiet Survival of Utopian Communities Today.” His second program, “Researching and Publishing about Modern Communes,” will begin at 10 a.m. October 24 in Room 1004 of the Liberal Arts Center. The third presentation, “The Cutting Edge of Utopian Communities: Eco-Villages and Co-Housing,” will begin at noon October 24 in Forum I in the Wright Administration Building. Miller is the author of Following in His Steps: A Biography of Charles M. Sheldon; American Communes, 1860-1960: A Bibliography; The Hippies and American Values; The Quest for Utopia in Twentieth-Century America; and The 60s Communes: Hippies and Beyond. American Communes and The 60s Communes each was cited as an “Outstanding Academic Book” by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. Miller also edited When Prophets Die: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements and America’s Alternative Religions. His articles have appeared in many publications, including The Cultic Milieu: Oppositional Subcultures in an Age of Globalization, New Religious Movements and Religious Liberty, and Imagine National: American Cultural Radicalism of the 1960s and ’70s. In addition to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, he has received numerous grants from University of Kansas. Miller holds a Ph.D. in American studies from University of Kansas, where he also earned an M.Phil., an M.A., and an A.B. He holds an M.Div. from Crozer Theological Seminary as well. USI’s Center for Communal Studies is sponsoring Miller’s free presentations on campus. |
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