I’ve been putting quotation marks around the word religion for a long time now — some people dismiss them as affectations, others call them scare quotes. […]
Month: October 2014
ar·ti·facts with Prof. Altman
The next episode in our ar·ti·facts series has been uploaded! This installment features Prof. Altman and his “filtered” photograph of the Quad. Is it Instagram or is it just old? ar·ti·facts: The Filtered Past with Prof. Mike Altman from UA Religious Studies. […]
Help Prof. McCutcheon Find a Twitter Handle
As you may have noticed, our department is getting kind of excited about Twitter. So excited, in fact, that now Prof. McCutcheon wants to join Twitter. But there’s one small problem. What should his Twitter handle be? We’re asking for help from you, the students and friends of the Department of Religious Studies. Leave your suggestion for Prof. McCutcheon’s handle as a comment on this post, on Facebook, or tweet it to us @StudyReligion. A team of highly trained judges […]
REL 360 presents: Lage Raho Munna Bhai (another movie night!)
If you’ve been keeping up with the latest developments in the REL department, you probably know that we have a brand new one-credit course this year: REL 360. REL 360 screens a select group of movies throughout the semester, and the next one is coming up on Tuesday, Oct. 21. Everyone’s invited, not just those enrolled in the course! We’ll be watching Lage Raho Munna Bhai. We’re hoping for a good turnout from students involved in Asian Studies, too. Dr. […]
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Making an Awesome Leap of Faith, Part 2
Each Monday a new episode from the adventures of the Praxis Squad will be posted. […]
More than Just Ironic
Did you catch this Forbes online post? They’re so frustrating for so many different reasons (I commented on one a while back), but for now, just consider the name in the bottom right corner of the photo: Mark Scott is a professional photographer whose stock image was licensed from Getty Images by Forbes for this webpage. […]
Eudora Welty’s Jitney Jungle
By Jared Powell Jared Powell is a junior from Canton, Mississippi majoring in English and Religious Studies. I recently attended the first Hidden Humanities lecture, hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences, featuring Dr. William Ferris and his talk “Standing at the Crossroads: The Humanities and the American South.” The lecture struck a few chords with me–and not just because he also played a couple blues classics on a steel string guitar during the lecture–and got me thinking about […]
A Good Book with Prof. Altman
The next video in our A Good Book series has been uploaded and is ready for viewing! The third installment of our newest series features Prof. Mike Altman as he discusses Richard King’s book Orientalism and Religion, including the experience of meeting the author himself, who gave our annual Aronov Lecture last year. Enjoy! A Good Book with Prof. Altman from UA Religious Studies. […]
Learning to be Quick and Agile
Did you attend the inaugural Hidden Humanities Lecture last night in Gorgas Library (sponsored by the College and Arts & Sciences)? No? Well, you missed quite an event — it was filmed so watch for that in the coming weeks. And don’t forget, the second lecture is coming up in late February, with a new speaker. In the meantime, check out this video of Prof. Ferris, last evening’s lecturer, talking about the Humanities… the gateway to success, it’s the gateway […]
What Makes A Terrorist?
Katie Fortin, a native of northern Vermont, is in her senior year of undergrad at the University of Alabama. She is currently working towards a degree in English with a minor in Religious Studies. When you hear the word “terrorist” what do you think? You probably imagine a dark skinned Middle Eastern man. But why is that? Why don’t we picture someone like Timothy McVeigh, a white American, who was responsible for the Oklahoma City Bombings of 1995, the largest […]