
Making a King
Columbia University Press just released a new book, Making a King: The Political Theology of Joan of Arc, by Provost Professor Emeritus Winnifred Fallers Sullivan.
Read about the publicationOur 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.

Columbia University Press just released a new book, Making a King: The Political Theology of Joan of Arc, by Provost Professor Emeritus Winnifred Fallers Sullivan.
Read about the publication
Four Religious Studies graduate students presented papers at the June meeting of the American Academy of Religion on the theme of Social Political Idealization in Chinese Thought.
Read about the AAR panel
IU’s College of A+S did a recent interview with Candy Gunther Brown who is part of a group redeveloping courses to focus on making career skills present in the courses more legible to students.
Read the interview
Emeritus Professor David Haberman recently published a book entitled The Four Objectives of Human Life: An Introduction to the Thought and Practice of the Path of Grace.
Read about the publication
Please join the Department of Religious Studies for a talk by James Nati, (Santa Clara University Jesuit School of Theology). Tuesday, Oct 20, 5:30pm, Cook Center, Grand Hall.
Learn about Prof. James Nati
Congratulations to Laura Carlson Hasler on winning the 2026 Morley Early Career Teaching Award which honors an outstanding teacher both in and beyond the classroom.
Learn about Prof. Carlson HaslerOur 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.
Aug 20
College of Arts + Sciences Expo
Dunn Meadow
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Sep 10
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GLOBAL & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES BUILDING
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