Politics and Publics

Penn’s Department of Religious Studies is committed to promoting public understanding of religion and accounting for the development of public spheres in the modern period. Graduate students researching in this area consider religion’s complex interactions with media, culture, and power in the production of publics.

Fariha I. Khan 

Michele Margolis

Justin McDaniel

Fatemeh Shams 

Heather Sharkey

Davesh Soneji 

Melissa Wilde