Why Study Religion?
International and Interdisciplinary Scholarship

Religion shapes, and is shaped by, every other dimension of human society. It is impossible to fully understand politics, law, history, or science without understanding religion. We invite you to learn more about the most interdisciplinary field in the university: Religious Studies.
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Feb
3
2023
Lecture 4: Professor Melissa Curley, "Living Memory: Mass Body Re...
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, Online
Japanese Buddhists, medieval and modern, have made a dizzying number of things. A tiny fraction of these things are made out of body pa...
Feb
3
2023
(NARW) North American Religions February Workshop
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
NARW is an interdisciplinary workshop for Chicago-area students and faculty working in and alongside the field of North American Religi...
Feb
7
2023