About David Mason

David Mason is Chair of Theatre and Director of Asian Studies at Rhodes College. He is also the editor of 'Ecumenica', a scholarly journal concerned d with theatre, performance, and religion. He holds a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in South Asian Studies and Theatre Research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of 'Brigham Young: Sovereign in America' (Routledge) and 'Theatre and Religion on Krishna's Stage' (Palgrave).

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Please Don't Tolerate Me

I'm traveling in India these days, which means that I'm enjoying a... read more

Sweep Out the Confederate Flag

We bought our first home, here in Memphis, more than a decade ago,... read more

God's Body Just Isn't What It Used to...

One of the things that keeps Mormonism from being Christian is its... read more

Archimedes' Divine Lever

Archimedes is reported to have said, lo, these more-than-two-millennia ago, that if... read more

The Boy Scouts of a Better America

Word has come from none other than Robert Gates that the Boy... read more

Self-less Giving and the Corporate Self

We finally have empirical evidence that Jesus knew everything. The son of... read more

Mike Pence Wears Pink Panties

The Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, or RFRA's, that the states are adopting,... read more

Thee and Thou and Little Lambs Eat Ivy

Anyone—Mormon or otherwise—who has sat through any LDS Mormon church services conducted... read more

Outsourcing My Easter

I do my exercises faithfully. Not only because I had back... read more

What the Heck is a Platypus?

In the mid-eighteenth century, Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish naturalist, figured out what... read more

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