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Warm and Cozy Facts

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Russell McCutcheon

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What do you do when approaching an intersection and you see this sign?

Well…, do you read Japanese? Continue reading →

Posted in Faculty Blog, Relevance of Humanities, Religion in Culture | Tagged Clifford Geertz, Gilbert Ryle, Meaning, sigh, Social Construction, Symbol, wink | Leave a reply

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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