Her MA in Religious Studies helped prepare for working with international students with organizing logistics and promoting education about difference […]
Are You Taiwanese or Chinese?
People in Taiwan identify as either Taiwanese or Chinese, which has influenced politics, recent elections, and relations in families. One factor is a shift in the teaching of History in the 2000s from Chinese history to Taiwanese history, generating some generational tensions. […]
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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American Examples S04 E01: “Religion Scholars are not human”
As an MA student in the “public humanities” core course at REL, Lauren Thompson observed a 2023 American Examples workshop. After making a video, she realized something about religion scholars: they’re inhuman. Read more to find out how and why! […]
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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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There are no Rip Van Winkles here!
Prof. Loewen wonders what religion scholars might learn about “being critical” from philosophers of religion. […]
Announcing the 2024 American Examples Participants
We are excited to announce the 2024 American Examples participants! American Examples is a series of three annual workshops for early-career scholars of religion funded by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. We look forward to welcoming this new cohort to the University of Alabama in the spring! […]
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How does curiosity lead to opportunity? A student’s development of new skills
People often enter the academic study of religion because of questions and curiosities
that we have about the world around us. Cultivating these curiositiescan lead to new questions about how groups and texts work. […]
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Understanding how things work: The benefits of Religious Studies for a career in technology security
Understanding the various systems that organize the world is one outcome of a major inReligious Studies. Though it was not his first expectation, that is exactly what Justin Nelson (RELmajor who graduated in 2007) credits for contributing to various successes he has experienced.Last month, Justin returned to campus for Grad Tales, a department event that features alumnisharing with students their journey from graduation to wherever they are now. It is anencouraging event to attend during undergrad as most, if not […]
Seeing Joseph Smith Jr.’s First Vision as an Ideology
Casey A’Hearn is an REL MA student who uses Louis Althusser’s theory of ideology to understand Joseph Smith Jr.’s First Vision.
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