Alison Finn ’12 (Oswego, N.Y.) has always been interested in religious history, but after the events of Sept. 11, she was confused by media portrayals…
Lafayette honored more than 120 students for academic excellence at the annual All-College Honors Convocation May 1, in the Williams Center for the Arts…
Eric Ziolkowski, Dana Professor of Religious Studies, took an interest in Danish writer Søren Kierkegaard at an early age, first reading the 19th century…
Scholars from around the world are drawn to Syria to study Arabic, Islam, and the history of world civilizations. The country has a rich heritage and is…
Professor Robin Rinehart has always been fascinated by the interactions among different religions in the Punjab region, divided between India and Pakistan…
His talk is part of Lyman Coleman Guest Speaker series Religious scholar and author Bryan Rennie will present the lecture “Mircea Eliade and the ‘Cognitive…
Islam in Africa exhibit and lecture, film screenings, and a hip hop performance will take place throughout February The religion and culture of Senegal…
Events include lectures, an art exhibit, films, discussions, workshops, and performances; The keynote address by Molefi K. Asante, Jr. ’04 has been postponed…
His research focuses on the changing conceptions of myth Robert Segal, professor and chair of religious studies at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland…
Early Israel had a pantheon of gods, he says Mark S. Smith, Skirball Professor of Bible and professor of Hebrew and Judaic studies at New York University…