
Cosmos and History
Prof. Patrick Michelson and his former colleague Lisa Sideris co-wrote an article about the “good Anthropocene.”
Read the articleOur 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.

Prof. Patrick Michelson and his former colleague Lisa Sideris co-wrote an article about the “good Anthropocene.”
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The Center of Religion and the Human hosts Professor Mary K. Farag for a talk titled “The Malleability of Memory: Remembering Pachomius and Theophilus in Late Antiquity.” Tues, Feb 17, 6pm in the Cook Center, Maxwell Hall.
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Prakriti Goswami has published her second book, The God of Contradictions: An Exploration of Devotional Philosophy of Vallabhācārya, with Dev Publishers, New Delhi.
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Sabina Ali, along with her AAR co-panelists, were invited to contribute to Contending Modernities with their reflections on the weaponization of religion in the context of Palestine.
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Fall 2025 semester found Professor Emeritus David Haberman teaching on the Semester at Sea ship again.
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Professor Emeritus Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, author of The Impossibility of Religious Freedom, and Terrence McDonald, University of Michigan Professor of History and Benjamin Berger, author of Law’s Religion recently discussed “Should Religion Play a Role in the Law?”
Watch the videoOur 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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