Professors Christopher MacEvitt (Religion) and Cecilia Gaposchkin (History) have been granted a Dartmouth Conference Award for their upcoming conference, "Cities of Relics."
In her essay in "The Immanent Frame: Secularism, Religion, and the Public Sphere," Susannah Heschel discusses the "wedding in a cemetery" tradition and its lessons for us today.
"What if the president had dropped to his knees in prayer for healing and reconciliation?" wonders Randall Balmer. "That silent gesture would have been the most eloquent statement he could have made in this time of suffering."
Congratulations to the winners of our Religion Department prizes: Tina Li '20, Sofia Carbonell Realme '20, Emma Morgan '20, Julianna Thomson '20, and Celia Pivo '20!
Susan Ackerman proposes a Bible quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, that suits our troubled times: "Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream."
In his forthcoming book, "Lift Every Voice and Swing," Assistant Professor of Religion and African and African American Studies Vaughn Booker '07 explores the role of jazz celebrities like Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and others as representatives of African American religion in the 20th century.
Congratulations to Vaughn Booker, Assistant Professor of Religion and African American Studies, who has just been awarded the Class of 1962 Faculty Fellowship!
In an Op-Ed in The Washington Post, Religion Professor Devin Singh argues that "in a time of global pandemic and national crisis, market fundamentalism...represents a grave threat to our nation."
In a profile in the Valley News, Religion Professor Susannah Heschel discusses celebrating Passover in a time of plague, as when the Jews escaped Egypt, and now as we face COVID-19.
Among the 30 new faculty members that Dartmouth welcomed to the College community this year is Assistant Professor of Religion Darryl Wilkinson. Welcome, Professor Wilkinson!
