Biography

Gary Laderman, an expert on the sacred in American life, is editor of the new online religion magazine, ReligionDispatches.org (coming in November 2007). ReligionDispatches.org will be a central location for the dissemination of expert opinion and information about religion and a source for media providing stories from new voices and new angles. The site will also contribute to a wider appreciation and understanding of religious forces in the world today.

Over the last decade, Laderman has been interviewed on topics ranging from death and funerals to horror films and televangelists in a variety of media, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, US News and World Report, Ebony, The Lutheran, On Point, Odyssey, Charles Osgood CBS Morning Show, as well as on the NBC Evening News, and The Today Show.

Resources by this expert

• The Sacred Remains: American Attitudes Toward Death, 1799-1883 (Yale University Press, 1996).
• Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth-Century America (Oxford University Press, 2003).
• Religion and American Cultures: An Encyclopedia of Traditions, Diversity, and Popular Expressions (co-editor, 3 vols., ABC-Clio, 2003).
• Science, Religion, Societies: Histories, Cultures, Controversies (co-editor, 2 vols., 2006; ME Sharpe).

• The New York Times, May 25, 2007, "In Need of Income, Cemeteries Are Seeking Breathing Clientele"
• Washingtonian, August 2007, "Into the Sunset"
• Cox News Service, July 11, 2007, "In Crowded British Cemeteries, Burial Plots May Now be Reused"
• Journal of Religion and Health, July 27, 2006, "The Cult of Doctors: Harvey William Cushing and the Religious Culture of Modern Medicine."

Organizational links for this expert

• www.religiondispatches.org (coming in November 2007)
• Emory University Department of Religion 

 

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