By almost any reckoning, argues Randall Balmer in his article in Religion & Politics, Ted Cruz's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination presents voters with several paradoxes. But the paradox that most intrigues Prof. Balmer is Cruz's ties to evangelicalism.
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The exhibit “Daoist Ritual and Practice” at Baker-Berry Library Main Street, curated by Professor Gil Raz, explores religious interactions in traditional and modern China and will be on display at the library from April 11 through June 24, 2016.
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Religion professors Zahra Ayubi and Randall Balmer were guests on New Hampshire Public Radio's Exchange program, commenting on a new study by the Pew Memorial Trust that finds that Americans - especially American women - tend to be more religious than people in other developed countries.
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The Religion Department invited prospective majors and minors to celebrate Spring, explore the Religion major and minor, and enjoy free gelato on Wednesday, March 30, on the Thornton Hall front lawn. Read alumni stories on our website under "Undergraduate - Career Information."
[more]I began taking religion courses at Dartmouth as a contrast to my studies as a Biology major. As I approached my senior year, I discovered that I’d taken so many of the religion courses just out of interest that I was only missing the senior seminars to take the major, so in the end I double-majored in Biology and Religion. Not only were the topics so different, but I discovered that scholars across the disciplines had very different ways of seeing the world. It was eye-opening to find out that not everyone processed the same evidence in the same way I did.
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