Boundless love: changing understandings of sacred in americana music [taught as part of the newly redesigned honors scholars? Collaborative, this project will teach a set of courses that will train…

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $145,186 Project Grant to Belmont University under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will fund a project titled "BOUNDLESS LOVE: CHANGING UNDERSTANDINGS OF SACRED IN AMERICANA MUSIC" that will develop a set of humanities courses to train students on engaging with Americana music from the perspectives of religious studies and rhetoric. The project will create a template to support Belmont University's honors program students in conducting humanities research. The grant period runs from June 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026.

Boundless love: changing understandings of sacred in americana music [taught as part of the newly redesigned honors scholars? Collaborative, this project will teach a set of courses that will train students to engage with americana music from the perspectives of two disciplines in the humanities: religious studies and rhetoric. Through this lens, the project will allow for the creation of a template for supporting students in the university honor's program in the development and implementation of a research project in a humanities topic.]