Desmangles, Leslie G.

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DESMANGLES, Leslie G.

DESMANGLES, Leslie G. American (born Haiti), b. 1941. Genres: Theology/Religion. Career: Assistant minister of Baptist church in Mount Holly, NJ, 1965-66, and United Methodist church in Ardmore, PA, 1966-67; campus minister at Methodist church in Philadelphia, PA, 1967-68; Eastern College, St. Davids, PA, lecturer in religion, 1968-69; Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH, assistant professor of religion, 1970-76; DePaul University, Chicago, IL, assistant professor of religion, 1976-78; Trinity College, Hartford, CT, assistant professor, 1978-82, associate professor, 1982-93, professor of religion, 1993-, director of Intercultural Studies Program, 1982-88, and Area Studies Program, 1988-89, acting affirmative action officer, 1992-. Ohio University at Marion, visiting lecturer, 1975-76; Union Theological Seminary, NYC, visiting lecturer, 1980; University of Connecticut, visiting lecturer, 1989; Hartford College for Women, visiting associate professor, 1989-91. Publications: The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti, 1992. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of articles and reviews to scholarly journals. Address: Department of Religion, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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