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.
Under the direction of IU’s First Nations Educational and Cultural Center, Michael Ing accompanied students and faculty to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi’s Wild Rice Camp on the Pine Creek Indian Reservation in Michigan.
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The Department of Religious Studies welcomes Faraz Sheikh (Ph.D. 2015) for our Distinguished Alumni Lecture. Monday, November 3, 4:30pm.
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Maggie Slaughter (Ph.D. 2024) recently wrote about the 45th anniversary of Canadian icon Terry Fox in relation to medieval saint, St. Peregrine.
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The journal American Religion hosted a day-long event, “Crafting Religion: A Workshop in Memory of Nancy Hiller,” on September 27.
Read more about the workshopOur 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.
Nov 03
Religious Studies Distinguished Alumni Lecture
GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES BUILDING
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Nov 06
An Evening with Terry Tempest Williams
Buskirk-Chumley Theater
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Jan 29
Religion and the Human Lectures Series: Judith Weisenfeld
MAXWELL HALL
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The College of Arts