religious studies

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…

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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A woman holds a lighted hanukkiyah, a menorah (candelabra) used specifically for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Each night of the eight-day festival, a successive candle is lit. (Yaroslav Shuraev / Pexels) By Gina…

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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…

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…

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…

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…

(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…

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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…

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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 major world religions: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. You will study their historical, theological, anthropological and…

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…

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…