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Tag: Maddie Brodbeck


Taking REL to Washington: A student’s experience on Capitol Hill

November 2, 2023 by Ellie Dilworth

Ellie Dilworth interviewed Maddie Brodbeck about how religious studies is useful on Capitol Hill. […]

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Studying Religion in Culture

Welcome to the blog of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. This site -- maintained by the faculty but also involving our students, our alumni, and the graduate teaching assistants who help us in our classes -- discusses the relevance of the study of religion, in particular, and the liberal arts, in general, for understanding both the past and present, by seeing religion as but one element of wider cultural practices.

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Coming attractions. Aidan Nuttall is asking applied questions about data production in his second year of MA studies at REL. Early morning seeding & fertilizing the front quad for next season. #TodayatUA Coming attractions. @honorscollegeua REL MA students got their new issues of The Bulletin. Chris, from Mississippi and who graduated from REL in 2008 (and now lives & works in LA where he’s also pursuing his career in music), made the trip to Tuscaloosa with Laura and said hello. #RELalum A is for Alabama. Jade stopped by! Once a tech ass’t in the @uastudentcenter, they graduated in REL & History a couple years ago and are now working for @linkedin as a systems engineer. #RELcareers #RELalums @rel_tide #emptyatUA

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