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Tag Archives: New Religions

The Politics of Parody

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Russell McCutcheon

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Do you know anything about the new religion called Dinkoism, based on the cartoon character Dinkan? Continue reading →

Posted in Faculty Blog, Relevance of Humanities | Tagged Dinka, Dinkoism, India, New Religions, Parody, Politics | 3 Replies

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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