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Ryan P. Harper

Ryan P. Harper is an Assistant Professor of the Practice at Fairfield University’s Bellarmine campus in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and holds a Ph.D. in Religion in the Americas from Princeton University. He is the author of *The Gaithers and Southern Gospel: Homecoming in the Twenty First Century* (2017) and the poetry collection *My Beloved Had a Vineyard* (2018), which won the 2017 Prize Americana. A native of Southeast Missouri, he is also a jazz drummer, distance runner, and creative arts co-editor of *American Religion* Journal.

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Poetry Religious Studies Southern Gospel
The Gaithers and Southern Gospel: Homecoming in the Twenty-First Century (American Made Music Series)
The Gaithers and Southern Gospel: Homecoming in the Twenty-First Century (American Made Music Series)
2017