The seventh episode in our A Good Book series is now on Vimeo! This video features our newest faculty member, Prof. Nathan Loewen and his discussion of Jacques Derrida’s book Monolingualism of the Other. Want to learn more about Prof. Loewen? Check out an interview blog post here, and a video here. A Good Book with Prof. Loewen from UA Religious Studies. […]
Sarah Griswold is a junior double majoring in Mathematics and Religious Studies. She spends her “free time” analyzing her favorite shows on Netflix, which of course winds up ruining them. She is currently enrolled in an independent study with Dr. Simmons where she is analyzing the popular HBO series “True Detective.” “You know I’ve seen all the different types. We all fit a certain category.” – Marty Hart One of the great things about the Religious Studies department here at UA […]
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Yes, it’s time to put the banners up! And that can only mean one thing: Honors Day is right around the corner. So we hope you’ll join us — all REL majors, minors and Judaic Studies minors are invited to the Department’s Honors Day reception, along with their guests. As always, it takes place immediately after the A&S Convocation, on Friday, April 3. The College’s annual event goes from 10 am until about 11:30 so we’ll see you for the […]
What advice will our Undergraduate Advisor offer…? Tune in next Monday to find out. […]
Thomas J. Whitley is a Ph.D. Candidate in Religions of Western Antiquity at Florida State University where he studies sexual slander and identity formation in early Christianity. You can read more of his work on his blog and you can follow him on Twitter for the daily minutiae of his life @thomaswhitley. “C.I.A. Funds Found Their Way Into Al Qaeda Coffers” — so read the New York Times notification I received Saturday. The circumlocution was amusing. “Found their way” — […]
Now that spring break is here, we know our students have only one thing on their minds — Fall classes! So, when classes resume after the break, we will begin our advising period in the Department; REL majors and minors, and JS minors, will need to set up a meeting with Dr. Trost (filling in for Dr. Jacobs, who is on sabbatical this semester) on the clipboard in the main office. Wondering what classes we’re offering? Well take a look […]
See you next Monday for another dispatch from The Praxis Squad […]
We don’t know what you’re planning to do during Spring break this week — perhaps you’re working, catching up on homework, or maybe you’ve escaped to a beach somewhere. Whichever it is, we hope you have a good week and that you’re back safely in class next week. As for us, well, we plan on doing some reading and writing and sure, probably watch some Netflix too. […]
Mark Ortiz is a senior double-majoring in Religious Studies and New College with a depth study in Political Ecology. He is especially interested in climate politics and that bundle of things and stuff we call “nature.” Continuing a project I recently blogged about, I decided to make use of the American Academy of Religion’s (AAR) online “Syllabus Project”: a database of syllabi submitted voluntarily by professors and teachers in the field. I was looking for “Introduction to Religious Studies” course […]
What’s to be done? Tune in next week to find out […]