Booker will be discussing Henry Louis Gates' new PBS documentary series, "The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song," which traces the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America.
As part of the on-going efforts to transition to an actively anti-racist department at Dartmouth College, the faculty of the Religion Department announce the establishment of a series of panel discussions and colloquia focusing on the intersection of race and religion.
The Religion department awards the Inaugural Sperry Writing Prize to three students for the best essay, body of essays, or research paper written in any course offered by the Religion Department.
Congratulations to Professor Zahra Ayubi! Her book "Gendered Morality" has won an Honorable Mention in the Association for Middle East Women's Studies Book Award!
"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."
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.
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!
