Religious studies

The Council of Muslim Organizations (CMO) has deplored the fact that religious studies are optional in the country's school curriculum. The organizations made the statement in a statement released by CMO…

Photo by Kenny Eliason on UnsplashSource: NATRE, RECTwo decades of growth in A-level RS are in jeopardy due to five-year funding crisis, says Religious Education Council as father of the house Sir Peter Bottomley warns government must not…

Added August 18, 2022 OPINION By: Dr Ashraf Amin Islam is one of the major world religions in terms of numbers only next to Christianity. In fact, there is a growing interest in Islam shown by people of other faiths. Although the…

Eds: This story was provided by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. (THE CONVERSATION) When news broke on August 12, 2022 that writer Salman Rushdie had been attacked, many…

August 10, 2022 The School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies, the largest transdisciplinary school in the humanities at Arizona State University, welcomes new faculty members to its…

(The Conversation) - In September 2021, a 3-year-old child was killed during an exorcism at a small Pentecostal church in San Jose, California. The child's throat was reportedly constricted and her head held down during the ceremony, which…

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In a 2016 file photo, students at a Catholic school in the United States take part in a classroom exercise. CNS Photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard A review of school data found a significant increase in the number of…

The separation of church and state is a foundation of the American Constitution. And perhaps because of this, many religions have flourished in the country and contribute to discussions in the public square. More recently, the May 2 leak…

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April 20, 2022 Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable Spring 2022 graduates.Langston "Languini" Tillman was born in California, but moved to Taiwan with his parents when…

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Get instant alerts when news breaks on your stocks. Claim your one week free trial for StreetInsider Premium here. MALIBU, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Byron Johnson, professor emeritus of social sciences at Baylor…

This time of year, the relationship between religion and food is often discussed during events like Lent and Ramadan. On March 13, Grand Valley State University's Religious Studies Minor Program hosted a panel discussion on the role food…

Frank Griffel Frank Griffel, one of the world's foremost scholars of Islamic intellectual history and philosophy, has been named the Louis M. Rabinowitz Professor of Religious Studies, effective immediately. He is a member of the…

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Theology Jessica Coblentz recently published a book called "Dust in the Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression" - which focused on the poignant realities of living with depression from a…

Matthew Pereira felt lost. As a freshman at San Clemente High School in San Clemente, California, he had no…

UC Riverside will host an unprecedented conference to launch the first academic journal devoted to queer and transgender scholarship in religious studies. The journal, “QTR: A Journal of Queer and Transgender Studies in Religion,” will be…

Stephen J. DavisStephen J. Davis, who studies ancient and medieval Christianity with a focus on the Eastern Mediterranean, has been named the Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of History, effective immediately. Davis…

Professor Anthea Butler, who is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania, will speak with WCSU's Dr. Daniel Barrett at the Mark Twain Library on…

SAN MARCOS — Joseph Laycock, associate professor of religious studies in the Department of Philosophy at Texas State University, joins the Big Ideas TXST podcast for the December episode, discussing religious freedom, new religious…

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TEHRAN (IQNA) - Professor S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate believes that religion is not a separate genre in cinema, as it appears in other major genres such as science fiction, romance, comedy, fantasy. Religious cinema and the production…

It was after registering for a course called "Magic and Religion" my first year that I decided to pursue a…

Nancy LeveneNancy Levene, a philosopher whose research spans religious studies, political theory, literature and the arts, and has focused on the ethical implications of our notions of modernity, has been named the Brooks and Suzanne…

It was after enrolling in a course called "Magic and Religion" in my first year that I decided to pursue a…

When Albert was still a baby, his mother, Mabel (Ishem) Raboteau, a teacher and domestic worker, moved with him and his two sisters to Ann Arbor, Michigan, both to escape the horrors of the Jim Crow Deep era. South and to find new…

The Department of Religious Studies at Trinity College hosted its annual Getlin Lecture, "The Buddhist Sexual Body," presented by José I. Cabezón, Dalai Lama Professor of Tibetan Buddhism and Cultural Studies at the!-->…

Religious studies scholar Anthea Butler addressed racism in American evangelism, describing it as a feature, not a bug, during Tuesday's "UNIV101 Presents" webinar titled "Religion, Race, and the…

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Anyone who finds religion fascinating and cares about the subject can pursue a university degree in this field. Enthusiastic followers of a well-known world religion like Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam and Taoism or of an…

Anyone who finds religion fascinating and cares about the subject can pursue a college education in this field. Enthusiastic followers of a well-known world religion such as Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam and Taoism or an…

ALLIANCE - Dr Susan Haddox, professor of religious studies at Mount Union University, will present the faculty lecture on October 12 at 7 p.m. at the Presser Recital Hall at Cope Music Hall on the Mount Union campus.Haddox will present…

Atheists in Kenya Society (AIK) called for the abolition of religious studies from the Kenyan education system. AIK President Nyende Mumia said Christian, Islamic and Hindu religious education (CRE, IRE and HRE) should be removed from the…

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Courtesy of Robert Segal * 84Gnostic myths "postulate worlds and gods beyond our own," says Segal Robert Segal * 84 is a mythical figure. He holds the Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen and is one of…

August 17, 2021 The American Political Science Association appointed Arizona State University Associate Professor Marc Ramirezthe most recent book in, the best book on race, ethnicity and politics…

(Photo: Unsplash / Priscilla Du Preez) An increase in the number of religious studies students at A…

A SIGNIFICANT increase in the number of religious studies (SR) students at level A - larger than for history or political studies - has led to new calls for greater protection of the subject and a national plan for the protection of the…

Philippe S. Gorski World-renowned sociologist and religious scholar Philip S. Gorski has been appointed Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Professor of Religious Studies, effective immediately. He is a member of the…

Van A. HarveyReligious studies professor George Edwin Burnell, emeritus, and a devoted leader and builder of the department, died in his Palo Alto home on July 11. He was 95 years old. Harvey joined the Stanford School of Humanities and…

(July 11, 2021, JNS wire) The University of Haifa today announced that its religious studies laboratory has received a donation of $ 50,000 from the Illinois-based Wayfarer Foundation and board member Steve Sarowitz, a businessman.…

Harry "Skip" Stout's enthusiasm for the study of religion in American life is contagious. Just ask one of its former graduate students. Catherine Brekus '93 Ph.D. was a first year doctoral student at Yale in the fall of 1987 when she…

Over the past few months, with very little national attention, a controversy has developed over religious education in Birmingham, prompting local comparisons to Tennessee's famous "monkey trial" in 1925.It is at least from this perspective…

ISRAELL got it last month a new government - a "bad guy" meant to boost secular education and withhold money from schools that refuse to study subjects such as English, science and math. Image via YouTube This, along with the fact that…

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UVa President James Ryan by James C. Sherlock University of Virginia President Jim Ryan was kind enough to read my column detailing the unacceptable behavior of two professors in the Department of Religious Studies. There are two…

Elder Cassie Ball did not come to Wake Forest thinking she was majoring in religious studies. If anything, the major found it. A native of Beckley, Virginia, Ball said she initially discovered Wake Forest through a recommendation from a…

Newscast New Mexico State University's Academy for Retired Learning (ALR) has announced that a retired clergyman and university faculty member in religious studies will lead the series Zoom from…

Christine hayesChristine Hayes, a specialist in classical rabbinic Judaism specializing in Talmudic-Midrashic studies and Jewish law in Late Antiquity, has been appointed Sterling Professor of Religious Studies, effective February 20.…

Maggie Pasterz | Layout Editor New Orleans is intimately linked to religion. Take Jackson Square, a nationally recognized city landmark. Its emblematic decor is the Saint-Louis Cathedral. Louisiana, as a state, ranks third nationally…

The department has changed its name to better reflect its broad academic scope and mission.…

A new report questions the "institutional dominance of theology" and warns that the discipline of religious studies "is in danger of becoming institutionally invisible". The report, recently published by the British Association for the…

In his response to my "controversy", Caleb Smith presents himself as a "critic of secularism". This is, I think, an accurate description. It might surprise him to learn that I too am critical. This remark of The Oxford Handbook on…

What you will learnDepending on the course, you will learn about the traditions of the main religions of the world: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. You will study their historical, theological, anthropological and…

What you will learnDepending on the course, you will learn about the traditions of the major world religions: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. You will study their historical, theological, anthropological and…

Why do people suffer? This is a difficult question to answer, especially for religious people. Because if God is omniscient, which means he knows everything, and omnipotent, he is all powerful and benevolent, he is kind, then why does he…

What happens when you die? No one really knows this, but some people believe that when their body dies, their spirit or soul continues to live elsewhere. The soul, some say, is a spark of life. The real you. Your mind, your personality,…

Is the Earth sacred? Or to put it another way, is it sacred? Is it special? Is it worth our respect? What if this is the case, and if not, who is responsible for taking care of it?Most religions believe the Earth is sacred because God…

We use animals in all kinds of ways: for food, work, sport and entertainment. But does it matter how we treat animals?Hindus and Sikhs believe that the life of God lives in all things and that animals should be treated kindly. And in…

Religious education in schools needs a major overhaul to reflect an increasingly diverse world and should include the study of atheism, agnosticism and secularism, a two-year survey concluded. .The topic should be renamed Religion and…

Today, Benjamin Pietro Marcus, specialist in religious literacy at the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute, shares concrete strategies to build a lesson enriched by religious studies. This article is based on that of…

Today, Benjamin Pietro Marcus, specialist in religious literacy at the Religious Liberty Center of the Newseum Institute, shares concrete strategies for building an education enriched by religious studies. This article is based on…

A group of parents and their children are to go to court to challenge the Government's decision to exclude non-religious worldviews from the new GCSE in Religious Studies.Under the revised curriculum, which will be taught in schools from…

Stanford Report, November 17, 2014 Hebrew Bible scholar and piano historian, Edwin Good was known for his literary approach to ancient Hebrew texts and his passion for ancient pianos. Through Veronique marian Humanities at…