Past Events



Reproducing Christianity

Mar 28, 2013 at -



50th year of Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins!

Mar 21, 2013 at -

See the PSCO website for video of panels reflecting on the origins and history of PSCO…



Angela Locatelli

Mar 21, 2013 at -



Politics of Race and Sacramental Identity in the seventeenth-century Atlantic World: The Case of Morgan Godwyn.

Mar 14, 2013 at -



The Sleep of Adam, the Making of Eve: Sin, Sex and Creation in Eriugena.

Feb 28, 2013 at -



Book Launch & Signing for Jamal J. Elias' Aisha's Cushion

Feb 16, 2013 at

Event at Twelve Gates Arts in Philadelphia. 



The Religious Studies department office will be closed on 12/21/2012 and 1/3/2013 for Winter Break

Dec 21, 2012 - Jan 3, 2013 (All Day)

The Department of Religious Studies wishes you and yours a happy and safe holiday season and a prosperous new year!



PSCO at 50: Reflecting on the Category of "Christian Origins"

Dec 6, 2012 at

Panel discussion with David Efroymsen (LaSalle), Phil Fackler (Penn), John G. Gager (Princeton), and Ross Kraemer (Brown). 



Talk by Jamal J. Elias at Penn Bookstore

Nov 8, 2012 at

Prof. Elias talks about his new book Aisha’s Cushion: Religious Art, Perception and Practice in Islam.



Departmental Colloquium- Towards Understanding Thai Buddhism

Oct 18, 2012 at

The dominant religion of the Thais has many unique characteristics. Baas Terwiel will first draw attention to the way the Thais depict the Buddha and the unusual shape of certain monastery buildings. This will lead…