For Students:
- Next research trip: If you are interested in participating in a research visit to the Westboro Baptist Church, in Topeka, contact Dr. Gray.
- For student papers, contact Dr. Gray for access to our archive of recorded interviews.
To Learn More:
- Watch our YouTube videos. Visit our channel for many excerpts of our recorded interviews with Westboro Baptists.
- Join the discussion on Facebook. For nonjudgmental, respectful discussion of our critical-empathetic approach to WBC, and of our 2018 WBC interviews, visit our Facebook group!
- Like our Facebook page. If you want to interact with us on Facebook outside of the discussion group, like our Empathy and the Religious “Enemy” page.
- Follow us on Instagram. Find us on Instagram at @preaching.goes.viral
- Follow us on Twitter. Find us on Twitter at @EmpathyEnemy.
- Follow Dr. Gray on TikTok. Find content on the Westboro Baptist Church and much more at @profgray on TikTok.
- Empathy and the Religious “Enemy” project at Miami University and our Fall 2019 course
- Recent articles:
- “Surviving or thriving? Filmmaker’s update on Westboro Baptist doesn’t get it” by Hillel Gray, Religion News Service, July 2019
- “They’re still here: The curious evolution of Westboro Baptist Church” by Hillel Gray, Religion News Service, July 2018
- “I Interviewed The Westboro Baptist Church For 4 Days And Came Out A Changed Woman,” Odyssey, Sept. 5, 2018. Bobbie Hall discusses her personal experiences as an interviewer with the project in Topeka, KS.
- “Who deserves to be hated?” by Hillel Gray, The Immanent Frame, January 11, 2019
- “Empathy and the Religious ‘Enemy’: Miami students conduct interviews with Westboro Baptist Church members” Chi Pham and Dania Puente, Oct. 7, 2019. Profile of student researchers Alexa Lawhorn and Sofia Vlahakos.
Contact:
Miami University of Ohio
Department of Comparative Religion
200 Upham Hall
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-4300
religion@MiamiOH.edu