Gerald Murray

Gerald Murray is a retired (emeritus) faculty member of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida. The author of several books, he has done fieldwork in numerous countries including Haiti, Israel, Ghana and Brazil. Dr. Murray earned a B.A. from Harvard and an M.A. and PhD from Columbia University. His email is murray(at)ufl.edu.

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Haiti One Year Later: The Quake and Haitian Spirituality

It's been one year since a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, stealing hundreds of thousands of lives. Much of the media attention has focused on human suffering, the almost imperceptible recovery, and the international politics of the world’s response to the tragedy. But are we overlooking the spiritual dimension of these events? Anthropologist Gerald Murray investigates how Haitian theology has influenced the response to this tragedy.

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