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STUDY TOUR to the U.S. 2015 RELIGION in AMERICAN SOCIETY – Atlanta (Georgia), Birmingham (Alabama), Nashville (Tennessee), Montgomery (Indiana), Chicago (Illinois) – the fourth student study tour organized jointly by the Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, and the Institute of American Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany. This is a story about the study tour to the heartland of the United States, focused on the areas and cities mirroring central beliefs and values in American society. Fourteen Participants set out to discover various religious practices in the USA, to meet representatives of major denominations and academics knowledgeable of the role of religion, as well as to attend different religious services and ceremonies, while covering the distance of over 700 miles from the Bible Belt in the South up to Chicago, Illinois. Read more about their inspiring, eye-opening experiences!