The first episode in our newest series, A Good Book, is up and running! This video features Prof. Finnegan and her discussion of Emile Durkheim’s The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life. A Good Book with Prof. Finnegan from UA Religious Studies. […]
Read More from A Good Book: Durkheim Time with Prof. Finnegan
Do you know this famous scene from “Night of the Living Dead” (1968)? Well, it’s the title of our upcoming Day Lecture on religion in popular culture. For those who can’t make it, we’ll be live tweeting from #Day2014 @StudyReligion… Learn more about the annual Day Lecture here. Learn more about this year’s lecturer here. […]
Join us each Monday for another spine-tingling episode from The Praxis Squad. […]
For those who can’t make it, we’ll be live tweeting from #Day2014 @StudyReligion… Learn more about the annual Day Lecture here. Learn more about this year’s lecturer here. […]
Each Monday a new episode from the adventures of the Praxis Squad will be posted. […]
Ever wonder if your professors have really read all those books in their offices? Well, they certainly have, and a few of those books have made lasting impressions on them. In our new series A Good Book, the REL faculty members each choose a book and discuss its influence on them — as a student, a scholar, and as a teacher. Eleanor Finnegan Merinda Simmons Mike Altman Sarah Rollens Steven Ramey Russell McCutcheon Nathan Loewen Ted Trost Steve Jacobs Richard Newton […]
When last year’s REL newsletter came out, Prof. Altman looked it over and said: “I want to know what these guys get up to!” And thus was born The Praxis Squad — a beginning worthy of Greek mythology. […]
New to Manly Hall this semester? Confused about what all REL has to offer? Well you’re in luck! Our handy dandy Manly Hall tips and pointers video has just hit the big screen. Give it a watch and you’ll be more than ready for the coming semester! You’re welcome. Manly Hall Handbook from UA Religious Studies. Did you see our new Welcome Back video? If not, give it a watch here. […]
Hopefully the Welcome Back video reruns whetted your appetite — because now the main course is here. That’s right — it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for…, the premiere of our 2014 Welcome Back video! It’s time to get back in the groove of school, because ready or not, it’s on! Welcome Back 2014! from UA Religious Studies. […]
Our own Dr. Merinda Simmons recently published a book, titled Changing the Subject: Writing Women Across the African Diaspora. In this post, she sat down for an interview to discuss the book, her work, and its relations to the academic study of religion. […]