“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.
Read more about Professor Susannah Heschel on the Massacre in Charleston
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.
Read more about Professor Randall Balmer on presidential candidate Mike Huckabee
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.
Read more about Dartmouth's Geneva Bibles
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.
Read more about Philosophy of Religion and Ethics at Dartmouth
Professor Susan Ackerman '80, Preston H. Kelsey Professor in Religion, was interviewed for Dartmouth Now about the destruction of ancient Assyrian reliefs by Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Iraq. For more, click title (above).
Read more about Professor Susan Ackerman on cultural vandalism in Iraq
"What Selma Meant to Jews Like My Father": Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, right, marches with Dr. Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders (photo: Getty Images). For more, click title (above).
Read more about Professor Susannah Heschel on the Selma to Montgomery March
Professor Randall Balmer (upper left) has been appointed by Dartmouth president Philip Hanlon to serve as a faculty fellow in the new Dartmouth Society of Fellows, an interdisciplinary community that will support the integration of research and teaching excellence.
Read more about Professor Randall Balmer named Faculty Fellow
Professor Randall Balmer's review of Charles Marsh's new biography, Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, was published in the Sunday, August 8, 2014, New York Times Book Review.
Read more about Professor Randall Balmer on Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"The quest for civil rights has never been easy, and 50 years ago this summer all eyes were on Mississippi," says Religion professor Randall Balmer.
Read more about Freedom Summer, 1964
Professor Susan Ackerman ’80 recently spoke with Dartmouth Now about her work, her taste in mysteries, and what about her surprises people.
Read more about Professor Susan Ackerman '80 on the Phenomenon of Religion
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