Department News
Religion and the Global Future - New Spring 2019 Course
New and One Time Only Course Religious Studies 137Spring Semester 2019Tuesdays 1:30-3:30
Timothy Powell: In Memory
It is with profound sadness that the Department of Religious Studies announces the passing away of our wonderful colleague, Dr. Timothy Burgess Powell, on November 1, 2018.
SACRED STUFF: Religious Bodies, Places, and Things
New Course with Donovan Schaefer this fall!
Justin McDaniel - "Classroom Trailblazer"
RELS356301 Living Deliberately: Monks, Saints and the Contemplative Life
With particular strengths in the study of Christianity, Judaism, African-American religions, Islam, Buddhism and other Asian religions, and secularisms, the department emphasizes descriptive, historical, and theoretical approaches to the study of religion.
Faculty Bookshelf
The Throne Carrier of God
This book constitutes a comprehensive investigation of the life and teachings of one of the most famous Sufis of the Iranian world.
Death before Dying
These 115 poems introduce readers in English to Sultan Bahu (d. 1691), a Sufi mystical poet who continues to be one of the most beloved writers in Punjabi.
The FBI and Religion
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has had a long and tortuous relationship with religion over almost the entirety of its existence.
Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power
In Religious Affects Donovan O. Schaefer challenges the notion that religion is inextricably linked to language and belief, proposing instead that it is primarily driven by affects.
Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words
Winner of the Henry J.
