NSRNDavid Speed, University of New Brunswick Keywords: volunteering, civic engagement, atheism, nonreligion, comparative religion, Canada If I may don my Hat of Mild Hyperbole for a moment: one of the discussed virtues of religion is that it is steeped...
NSRNIn this post, Chris Miller reports on the NSRN’s 2024 Annual Virtual Lecture, presented by Dr. Donovan Schaefer and moderated by NSRN President Dr. Atko Remmel on May 8, 2024. Chris summarizes Schaefer’s lecture, highlighting his argument of how...
affecognitiveMusser opens her newest monograph with a discussion of Ming Smith’s 1988 photo, “Flamingo Fandango (West Berlin)” in order to …Continue reading →
Church HistoryAbstracts due by August 1, 2024 Original contributions are being sought for an edited collection on the Radical Religious Press in Western Europe and North America, to be published by the University of Edinburgh Press as part of a three-volume...
NAASROn March 16th, NAASR members gathered virtually to talk about their new research and the scholarship from outside of Religious Studies that was inspiring them. Dr. Lauren Horn Griffin (Louisiana State University) and Dr. Vaia Touna (University of...
American Indian Law AllianceWe are excited to announce the launch of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide (NY HELPS) program. The NY HELPS program was created to help New York State agencies fill thousands of critical positions open across the...
Religion MattersGuest Post: Journeys in Film Film offers an immersive and emotionally-engaging way to give students productive encounters with world religions, thereby building empathy and understanding. In the case of Buddhism, there are wonderful Buddhist films...
Studying Religion in CultureCasey A’Hearn completed their MA in Religion in Culture from the department in May 2024 and will be starting their PhD at Princeton in August 2024. In 2008, a group of Ravidassia practitioners held a parade in Bedford, England to celebrate the...
Religious Studies NewsBuddhist Chaplaincy in Japan with Adam Lyons Interview with Adam Lyons May 6, 2024Adam Lyons joins Kristian Petersen to discuss his award-winning book Karma and Punishment: Prison Chaplaincy in Japan (Harvard University Press). Interdisciplinary in...
RSN Podcast2023 AAR Presidential Address - Amir Hussain by American Academy of Religion