Published on June 5, 2020 by Sean Flynt
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The interactive Avondale map offers multiple views of the area
Samford University religion professor David Bains has incorporated his students’ spring research into an interactive online map of thirty-nine current and twenty-one former religious sites in Birmingham’s historic Avondale neighborhood.
The map is part of an extensive, ongoing research project documented on Bains’ Magic City Religion website.
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.
