Our Religious Studies students are equipped to understand our diverse and rapidly changing world while learning much about themselves. This comparative field of study imbues students with the ability to assess diverse actions, traditions, and values. The knowledge and habits of mind learned in Religious Studies remain relevant forever, as key to a life of conscious choice and thoughtful, multi-cultural engagement.
Religious Studies courses help you examine your core values, both objectively and in terms of personal experience. In our classes, you will explore how people make sense of the world and enhance your global cultural knowledge as you engage in a wide variety of topics from barbecue to baseball, magic to mindfulness, and sexuality to the sacred.
Teaching Religion in Public (TRiP) spring series on “Things,” explores the meaning of “touch” and its prohibitions in a religious context, as well as discussing objects from the IUMAA, the Kinsey Institute, and the Eskenazi (April 17th) as the semester continues.
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Laura Carlson Hasler published an essay: “Citation, Collection, and the Protection of Memory in 2 Maccabees” in the recent volume, Uses and Misuses of Ancient Mediterranean Sources (Mohr Siebeck, 2022).
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Doctoral candidate Jacob Boss was interviewed by Dr. William Barylo, University of Warwick, for the AI and Faith project.
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The College of Arts and Sciences awarded Hannah Garvey and Maggie Slaughter the College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Completion Fellowship of $25,000 for 2023-2024.
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This term, the Center for Theoetical Inquiry in the Humanities discusses Volume One of Mystic Fable, de Certeau’s most personal and consequential work. Convened by Constance Furey and Sonia Velázquez.
Read moreOur department is home to an incredible community of teachers and students ready to support your intellectual and personal pursuits. We are innovative and open-minded researchers who welcome unconventional ideas to help us better understand the role religion plays in culture and society.
The study of religion broadens and deepens your understanding of the diverse richness and mystery that attends being human. Our faculty is engaged in research through the LUCE-funded Being Human project to learn more about what it means to be human in our rapidly changing world.
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Gayle Karch Cook Center at Maxwell Hall
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