Exploring another part of scholarship through a double major is a great opportunity, and Religious Studies is an ideal place to do that. […]
Category: Student Blog
Posts in this category are written by, or are about, undergraduate students in the Department.
Negotiating Difference: The Intersection of Religious Studies and Working with International Students
Her MA in Religious Studies helped prepare for working with international students with organizing logistics and promoting education about difference […]
Social Dynamics and the Transformations of Religious Texts
A Computer Science Honors student took REL105 with Prof. Simmons, and then got to thinking about how religions change over time. […]
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How an idea can be cultivated into undergraduate research and national presentation
Carter Sheldon a senior at UA was able to work with REL faculty members and eventually present his research at a national presentation. […]
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How Did We Get This Information? Questions from a Religious Studies Perspective
Aidan Nuttall is asking applied questions about data production in his second year of MA studies at REL. […]
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What do you mean, “I don’t look like a religious studies major”?
by Madeline Brodbeck, who is a junior majoring in Religious Studies and Political Science. While participating in an icebreaker last semester, we were asked to share our major with a small group of classmates. When it came to be my turn, I informed the group that I was double majoring in political science and religious studies. My classmates were very interested to learn more about my religious studies major. One classmate responded, “You don’t look like a religious studies major.” […]
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Humans and Nazis: Reevaluating the Conversation of Us and Them
Kadence D. Jackson is a freshman majoring in Political Science and Religious Studies, along with a minor in Judaic Studies. “Evil, animals…,” “Devils, monsters, equivalent to Satan himself…”—these are expressions commonly used when we reference those who belonged to the National Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party during the Second World War. This language is usually voiced casually, perhaps as a means of rationalization; but ironically, I believe it’s actually disassociating Nazis from mankind. […]
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Rituals, Traditions, and… Country Roads?
Ellie Dilworth is a sophomore double majoring in Business Management and Religious Studies. This past summer, I had the privilege of serving as a camp counselor. For 9 weeks straight, I was pummeled with at least 200 questions a day (no joke), most of which along the lines of: […]
When Do I Get to Be a Scholar?
Ellie Dilworth is a sophomore double majoring in Business Management and Religious Studies. Just the other day, I was visiting the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC. As I was walking around, I was brainstorming my upcoming blog post on the institution and thinking of my opening remarks. I was chiefly trying to decide whether to identify myself as a “religious studies scholar” or “scholar of the Bible.” In the midst of this conundrum, I had a very religious […]
REL100 in Retrospect, Part 3
The third of a three-part series on students’ reflections written as part of a final assignment in Prof. Vaia Touna’s REL 100 “Introduction to the Study of Religion” in Fall 2022. […]