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Congratulations to Susan Ackerman '80, Preston H. Kelsey Professor in Religion, who was just presented with the Elizabeth Howland Hand-Otis Norton Pierce Award for a Faculty Member Who is an Outstanding Teacher of Undergraduates by the Faculty of Arts & Sciences.
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Assistant Professor of Religion Zahra Ayubi was recently honored with a Dean of the Faculty Mentoring Award for 2016-2017 for her outstanding work as a mentor of Dartmouth students.
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In an interview with Matthew Lynch (Westminster Theological Centre, UK) for OnScript, which provides author interviews on new and noteworthy publications in biblical studies, Professor Susannah Heschel talks about her book The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany.
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Associate Professor of Religion and African and African American Studies Robert Baum is about to embark on a huge undertaking: writing “the first continent-wide history of African religion, with a focus on indigenous religions.”
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The members of the Religion Department strongly oppose US Executive Order, “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States,” issued on January 27, 2017.
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In opinion pieces in the Valley News and L.A. Times, Religion Professor Randall Balmer looks at the 1954 Johnson Amendment and recent proposals - primarily by the Religious Right - to repeal it.
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Susannah Heschel, Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, has just been presented with the Leo Baeck Institute's prestigious Moses Mendelssohn Award for her "outstanding scholarly contributions" to the study of German-Jewish culture.
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"From kung fu training in Thailand to poetry writing, Devin Singh, now beginning his second year at Dartmouth, is not your typical religion professor." Read an interview with Singh in the current issue of The Dartmouth.
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In his feature article in the current issue of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, Professor Devin Singh argues that including theology in the liberal arts curriculum helps prepare students to analyze and respond to the full scope of human experience in the world today.
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In his OpEd piece for Time, "This is What Ancient Greeks Would Have Called Donald Trump," Devin Singh goes back to the ancient Greeks' definition of tyrannos and explores whether or not Donald Trump is a tyrant, and if he poses a "fundamental threat to American democracy."
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