host of the underview.
Historian Rachel Whitaker traces faith's arrival in NWA from the 1820s through the Civil War revealing how early churches functioned as institutions of social control, how denominations fractured over slavery, and how enslaved people built congregations as acts of resistance.
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Monica Kumar joins as co-host of Season 3 of the underview, "the faith of Northwest Arkansas." This episode is Monica's story and how she views faith, belonging, and how place is shaped by what people believe.
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A framing for the faith of Northwest Arkansas. Five words the season is built on faith, religion, theology, church, and why discernment begins with holding the terms apart, and what this season is and isn't asking.
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