We’re ready for the Fall semester — are you? If you’re not, then here’s last year’s welcome back video, to get you in the mood for the world premiere of the REL’s new welcome back video — tune in this Friday at 6:00 am (eastern time)…, or whenever you wake up. Welcome Back 2013! from UA Religious Studies. […]
The countdown to REL’s new welcome back video — starring our newest Assistant Professor, in some of his most challenging dramatic work to date — is now on. The world premiere is set for this Friday at 6:00 a.m. (eastern time). In the meantime, we provide, free of charge, this retrospective…, starting with 2012’s old school entry. Welcome Back! from UA Religious Studies. […]
Smartly dressed people in tweed jackets and elbow patches have been spotted on the balcony of Manly Hall, swapping stories of books read and written over the summer, madly typing in their offices, and making photocopies at an alarming rate — all of which can mean only one thing… […]
John Parrish graduated from the Department of Religious Studies in 2004. He went on to pursue graduate study in Christian Origins at the University of Alberta, the University of Toronto, and Brown University, while maintaining his interests in 19th & 20th C religious thought. In the following, John reflects on the role played in his own undergraduate education by the late Dr. Tim Murphy, pictured above as he looked when he arrived in the Department in the Fall of 2002. […]
Have you seen Prof. Altman’s new blog post? Here’s a sampling of what he has to say: “Europeans and Americans conceived of Buddhism as a world religion not because of ‘misconceptions’ that were corrected by ‘better understandings,’ but because it served their purposes within a growing discourse of ‘world religions’ in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Buddha became European because Europeans imagined him in their own image to serve their own purposes.” Interest piqued? Read the full […]
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Check out the department’s Vimeo page for our latest video. In the spirit of learning from our mistakes, we put together the bloopers from our recent projects and made a how-to guide to REL stardom! Julliard-trained, more like Manly-trained. 5 Tips for Being an REL Movie Star from UA Religious Studies. […]
The Vimeo page has been pretty active so far this summer, and the REL movie crew has produced yet another hit! We took a cue from Buzzfeed for our newest video, “5 Things You Always Wanted to Know About REL Majors.” Watch to hear how our majors answer such questions as, “Why did you major in REL?”, “What do you like about the department?”, as well as a few fun ones too. 5 Things to Know About REL Majors from […]
Do you ever wonder where our majors come from? Well, then, do we have a show for you! The department’s latest video shows that our students come to Alabama from all corners of the country, studying religion in culture from sea to shining sea. Stay tuned for more videos of our majors talking about their experiences in the department… Ain’t Nothin’ Local About the Study of Religion from UA Religious Studies. […]
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Registered for your Fall 2014 classes yet? There’s still room in some of the upper-level seminars…. Follow us on Twitter @StudyReligion […]
The third installment of our “Studying Religion and…” video series is ready to roll! This album showcases the range of interests of our students and professors. The newest video, “Wonderin’ Where Our Majors Are…,” features many of our current double majors, and even a few triple majors. While you’re watching this one, take a look back at the others in the album and you’ll see that we live by our motto of studying religion in culture… all across culture. Wonderin’ […]