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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Mar
2
2021
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Nisheeta Jagtiani
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM, Online
Nisheeta will present chapter one of her disseration, which examines the state of sectarianism and how rimé is understood among Tibetan...
Mar
4
2021
Gods of the Flesh: Black Atlantic Religion-Making in Jim Crow New...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Online
Presentation by Ahmad Greene-Hayes, a doctoral candidate in Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University. Abstract: Th...
Mar
10
2021
Lived Black Religion: Ethnographic Reflections on Religion, Race,...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Online
Presentation by Dr. Kijan Bloomfield, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College. Abstract: In this presentation, Dr. ...