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.
[more]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.
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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!
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"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."
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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.
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