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Laura Aime (center) recently won the Hanger Prize. Beside here are LCU professors Christine Reese and Professor Scott Pickard. LCU photo

LCU student awarded Phi Alpha Theta’s Hanger Prize

April 11, 2024

By LCU News

PINEVILLE, La. (LCU Media) –Laura Aime, a senior history major, of Baton Rouge, has been awarded this year’s Kimberly S. Hanger Prize at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional History Conference.

Aime, along with a student from Loyola University, each received the honor of having the best undergraduate history papers submitted to the conference, held on March 22 in New Orleans.

Aime’s paper was titled “Reaching the Hearts and Minds of the American Colonists: American Clergy, Their Sermons, and the American Revolution.”  In the paper, she analyzed numerous 18th-century sermons, arguing that pastors were a potent force in persuading their congregants to support the Patriot cause by drawing parallels between biblical texts and the American fight for liberty from British tyranny in their sermons.

“It was such an honor to be recognized as a co-winner for the Kimberly S. Hanger prize this year,” Aime said.

This is the second year in a row a student from LCU has won the Hanger Prize.

 

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