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Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, GR'15, has been named a 2016 Marshall Scholar. The scholarship will allow Khan to pursue a Master's of Philosophy in Islamic studies and history at Oxford University. Religion Professor Kevin Reinhart advised Khan on a graduate research paper while he was at Dartmouth.
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Robert Baum's new book, West Africa's Women of God, just published by Indiana University Press, examines the history of direct revelation from Emitai, the Supreme Being, which has been central to the Diola religion from before European colonization to the present day.
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Dartmouth Now's "Far-Flung Thanksgiving: Off-Campus Programs Celebrate," includes a description of how the Religion and Philosophy FSPs - led by Religion Professor Kevin Reinhart and Philosophy Professor Susan Brison - are combining forces to celebrate Thanksgiving this year.
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Elizabeth Pérez' new book, Religion in the Kitchen: Cooking, Talking, and the Making of Black Atlantic Traditions, will be published by New York University Press in January, 2016, and will be the subject of a discussion at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion.
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What is the value of studying religion at Dartmouth? Watch our new video and find out!
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This Fall term, the Religion Department will welcome Zahra Ayubi, who will be teaching REL 8 (Introduction to Islam) and REL 26 (Islam in America) and Devin Singh, who will be teaching REL 19.15 (God and Money).
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“When are we going to have reparation—for slavery, for Jim Crow, for the new Jim Crow? Unless you give back, there is no repentance for you,” says Susannah Heschel, Professor of Religion and Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, in a recent panel discussion on MSNBC.
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In an LA Times opinion piece, Professor Randall Balmer says Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is employing rhetoric that casts members of the religious right as victims of intolerance who are scorned for what they believe, and could even be jailed for it.
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Abby Thornburg '15, who is working on an independent study project with Professor Susan Ackerman this term, has mounted a small exhibit in Rauner Library focused on her research topic, Dartmouth's Geneva Bibles.
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A symposium honoring the careers of retiring Dartmouth Religion Professors Nancy K. Frankenberry and Ronald M. Green will be held on Saturday, May 30. 2015. Click title (above) for full schedule.
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