Jacob Boss appointed to the steering committee
Jacob Boss has been appointed to the steering committee for the Human Enhancement and Transhumanism Unit at the American Academy of Religion.
URSA Spring Symposium Call For Papers
URSA will be holding their Spring Symposium on Mar 27-28, 2020. Call for Papers deadline Jan 17th.
Rowan Williams’ Shakeshafte played in February
The Center for Religion and the Human hosted a production of Rowan Williams’ Shakeshafte on Monday, February 10th at 5pm in the Hoagy Carmichael Room (Morrison Hall 006).
Maggie Slaughter spoke at the Renaissance Studies End-of-Year Roundtable
Maggie Slaughter spoke at the Renaissance Studies End-of-Year Roundtable featuring advanced graduate work about her research on Capuchins and Catholic Mummification in her talk titled “Pilgrims on Earth and Citizens of Heaven: Apostolic Effigies in the Monastic Dead.”
Anna Groover elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Congratulations to Anna Groover on being elected to Phi Beta Kappa this semester!
Congratulations to Joe Bartzel on the successful defense of his dissertation
Congratulations to Joe Bartzel on the successful defense of his dissertation! “From Riot to Reconciliation: The Ferguson Commission and the Future of St. Louis.”
2020 Graduate Student Conference Spring Conference
GRSA will be holding their Spring Conference on Religion & Abuse, Mar 6-7, 2020.
Emily Stratton presented a condensed overview of her dissertation-in-progress
Emily Stratton presented a condensed overview of her dissertation-in-progress, “Popular Pieties: Young Men, Digital Media, and Religious Form in Urban Ghana” at the International Sociological Association’s Annual Mid-Term Conference on the Sociology of Religion held at the University of Ghana, November 15-17.
Cooper Harriss named to the editorial board for Literature and Theology
Cooper Harriss was just named to the editorial board for Literature and Theology, a quarterly peer-review journal providing a critical non-confessional forum for both textual analysis and theoretical speculation, and encouraging explorations of how religion is embedded in culture.
Constance Furey contributed an article to The Garb of Being publication
Constance Furey contributed an article to a recently published volume entitled The Garb of Being about embodiment and holiness in Late Christianity.
Read J. Kameron Carter’s op-ed in Religion News Service
Read J. Kameron Carter’s op-ed in Religion News Service entitled “How a courtroom ritual of forgiveness absolves white America” where he explores the value of forgiveness and grace within the American social and political structure.
Lisa Sideris named to the editorial board for The Immanent Frame
Lisa Sideris was just named to the editorial board for The Immanent Frame which publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere.
American Religion project launches website
Professors Sarah Imhoff and Cooper Harriss launched their website behind the American Religion project which offers a forum for intellectual and creative engagement with religion in the Americas.
Sonia Velázquez visits Teatroteca
Sonia Velázquez spent a week this summer at the Teatroteca in Madrid, Spain looking at recordings of contemporary representations of 17th-century saints' plays to see how modern directors tackle the genre's peculiar blend of both spectacular special effects and didacticism.
Religious Studies has been awarded a $1 million grant by the Henry Luce Foundation
IU Religious Studies has been awarded a $1 million grant by the Henry Luce Foundation to support our 'Being Human' project.
Josie Wenig won the Theory Center Graduate Essay Prize
Josie Wenig won the Theory Center Graduate Essay Prize, with a paper entitled “Willing the Body: Sovereignty, Transition, and Ascetic Transformation.” Josie will present the paper, followed by a discussion and reception, at CAHI on November 15, at 4 p.m.
2019 Student Essay Winners Announced
Congratulations to our undergraduate award winners.
Lisa Sideris on Religion, Environmental Science, and her 2020 Gifford Lecture
Lisa Sideris talks with David Haberman about her upcoming Gifford lecture.
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