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The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a three-year, $500,000 grant to CMCI's����at the ���� to support an investigation of the changing nature of religious scholarship in the digital age.

The project officially kicks off today, May 18, with a meeting of prominent international scholars from a variety of fields and disciplines.

“Religion is more and more at the center of contemporary political and social life,” said Stewart Hoover, professor of media studies and director of the CMRC. “This project begins with the fact that religion’s role is increasingly defined by modern media.”