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Episode 84: Ozarks Religious Movements on the Margins: A Conversation with Dr. John Schmalzbauer

Episode 84: Ozarks Religious Movements on the Margins: A Conversation with Dr. John Schmalzbauer

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 Most Ozarkers are familiar with Gerald L.K. Smith, the founder of the Sacred Projects, e.g., The Great Passion Play and the Christ of the Ozarks, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, but Dr. John Schmalzbauer, the Blanche Gorman Strong Chair in Protestant Studies at Missouri State University, takes us behind the veil to unpack Smith's more heterodox and toxic doctrines. From "British Israelism" to the "Ten Lost Tribes of Israel" to Smith's strident anti-Semitism, John initiates us into the topsy-turvy world of offbeat Ozarks religions. We hope you'll join us for a wild and wooly ride through our new series, "Movements on the Margins: A Survey of Profane, Profound, and Preposterous Religious Groups in the Ozarks."

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