Scott Dunkley Oral History

Oral histories created by University of Kansas students, staff and faculty as part of the Religion in Kansas Project are archived at http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12524 in KU ScholarWorks, the digital repository of the University of Kansas.Oral history with Scott Dunkley, conducted by Lev Smyth in Kansas City, Kansas on April 23rd, 2018. This interview is conducted with Scott Dunkley, a parishioner of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, an OCA (Orthodox Church in America) Church in Overland Park, Kansas. Scott discusses the appeal of conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy, his own conversion experiences in the midwest, and the experience of living in a mixed-religious home. Scott touches very frequently on how being a convert has shaped his family life and the lives of his children. This interview also touches on the conversion experiences of immigrants. This interview was conducted for the Religion in Kansas Project as part of semester-long internship with the University of Kansas Department of Religious Studies