'Under My Skin:' Tattoos and Religion
Gustavo Morello
Boston College
Date: Thursday,听February 6, 2025
Time:听12 - 1pm
Location:听24 Quincy Road, Conference Room
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Are tattoos legitimate religious practices? Are they 鈥渞eal鈥� religion? For many humans throughout history, from members of Gen Z to those of the distant past, tattoos have been a way to connect with the supernatural. In this talk, he will explore the connections between tattoos and religion, their conflictive history, and their thriving present. Ultimately Morello will argue that tattoos may help us better understand our religious world.
Gustavo Morello, S.J., is a Jesuit priest and professor of sociology at Boston College. He was the principal investigator of the research project 鈥楾he Transformation of Lived Religion in Urban Latin America: A Study of Contemporary Latin Americans鈥� Experience of the Transcendent" (2015-2018), and delivered the D鈥橝rcy Lectures at Campion Hall at the University of Oxford, UK (2019). Morello studies the Latin American religious landscape, exploring how modernity affects people鈥檚 religious practices. His latest book is Religion in Latin America: An Enchanted Modernity (OUP, 2021).
Photo credits: Christopher Soldt, MTS