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."
Read more about Covid-19 is exposing market fundamentalism's many moral and practical flaws
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.
Read more about Celebrating Passover in a time of plague gives it particular resonance
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!
Read more about Welcome, Professor Darryl Wilkinson!
Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 4:30pm in Filene Auditorium. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. on "The Third American Founding: Re-imaginging America After Donald Trump." Free & open to all. Reception.
Read more about Orr Memorial Lecture on Culture & Religion: Thursday, 2/20/20!
Michelle Wang (Georgetown) on "Dunhuang: Buddhist Art at the Crossroads of Asia."Thursday, 1/23/20 at 4:30pm in 41 Haldeman Hall. Free & open to all. Reception follows.
Read more about 2020 Hardigg Family Fund Lecture: Thursday, 1/23/20!
Read Religion professor Tim Baker's interview in The Dartmouth (10-30-19) about his current interests and research here. Baker is also Assistant Dean of the Faculty and faculty advisor for the Humanities LLC.
Read more about Tim Baker on connection & compassion, sacred spaces, becoming like God
This year, Japanese scholar Emily Simpson will teach courses in Women and Religion in Japan (REL 19.29, 19F), Religions of Japan (REL 19.31, 20W), and Shinto: Foundations, Festivals, & Fox Shrines (REL 19.32, 20S). Courses are open to all students.
Read more about Welcome Emily Simpson, a Japanese scholar for 2019-20
Assistant Professor of Religion Zahra Ayubi has received a grant from the Greenwall Foundation's Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics to continue her research on the intersections of bioethics, gender, and religion within the context of Islam.
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Congratulations to the Religion majors who were awarded prizes at the Department's Commencement Reception. Monika Gabriele and Makena Kauhane were awarded the Dickinson Senior Writing Prize in Religion, and Marshall Harris was awarded the Hans H. Penner Prize in the Study of Religion.
Read more about 2019 Student prizes awarded
J. Edward Wright returns to the Religion Department this Spring Term! Check out his courses for this Spring Term, REL 4: Religions of Israel: The Hebrew Bible, and REL 57.07: The Apocalyptic Imagination.
Read more about J. Edward Wright returns to Religion Department for Spring Term
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