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Religion is a major force in human experience. To understand humanity it is crucial to understand the religious influences that have shaped much of the world's literature, politics, art, and economics. Religious studies does not aim to promote or undermine any particular religion or world view; the academic study of religion seeks to examine religion from outside the framework of any particular belief system.

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Religious Studies Spring 2012 Course Descriptions (PDF)

"The Mystery and the Mastery" Religion on Film series at IU Cinema More >

Students

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Congratulations to Religious Studies majors Sarah Brindle, Sarah Chestnut, Eleanor Hartley, and Jacob Hunnicutt on their Fall 2011 election to Phi Beta Kappa. More >

Congratuations to Tyler Chernesky, recipient of the Abel Scholarship from the College of Arts and Sciences for the 2011-2012 academic year. More >

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Gallagher and Senior Honors Essay Contests - Winners and details here!

Jessica Carr has been selected to receive the College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Year Fellowship for 2011-2012. More >

Congratulations to Sarah Dees and Ashlee Andrews, recipients of the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Graduate Student Annual Essay Contest - Winners and details here!

 

Faculty

Books by Professors Brakke and Miller recognized as "2011 Outstanding Academic Titles" by Choice >

Congratulations to Stephen Selka, recentrecipient of a 2011 FULBRIGHT CIES grant to study Religion and Tourism in Bahia, Brazil.

Congratulations to Rebecca Manring on her new book, The Fading Light of Advaita Acarya: Three Hagiographies (Oxford University Press, July, 2011)

Congratulations to Richard Nance, 2011 recipient of the College of Arts Trustees Teaching Award for Excellence in the Department of Religious Studies.

Richard Miller wins $199,617 grant for collaborative project on “Virtuous Empathy;" Sideris, Stalnaker team participants. More >

Study by Candy Gunther Brown finds proximity could be key to success of healing prayer. More >

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The latest Religious Studies Alumni Newsletter

 

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  Spotlight: Selka receives Fulbright grant
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Stephen Selka receives Fulbright CIES grant

Stephen Selka (Assistant Professor, Religious Studies) is the recipient of a 2011-12 Fulbright CIES grant to study Religion and Tourism in Bahia, Brazil.

 

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