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Kathryn Lofton, a professor of American and religious studies at Yale, spoke Thursday evening about culture’s influence on religion.

Kathryn Lofton, a professor of American and religious studies at Yale, spoke Thursday evening about culture’s influence on religion. (Sidney Hollingsworth/The Daily Campus)
This semester’s first Scott-Hawkins lecture began Thursday with speaker Kathryn Lofton, a professor of American and religious studies at Yale and author of “Oprah: The Gospel of an