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. Read more about I Read, Therefore I Think
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." Read more about Is Donald Trump a Tyrant?
In an op-ed column in today's Los Angeles Times, Randall Balmer observes that evangelicals have become increasingly secular, and that their support of Donald Trump as a presidential candidate should come as little surprise. Read more about Evangelicals' Support of Trump Shouldn't Come as a Surprise
Coverage of market behavior, observes Professor Devin Singh in his OpEd article in the Huffington Post, has been "deeply tied to religion - and particularly the language of faith." Read more about Market Faith in Anxious Times
Professor Susannah Heschel spoke out his week at Boston University, urging students to counter anti-Islam bigotry in the wake of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's controversial call to bar Muslims from entering the country, reports The Boston Globe. Read more about "Speak Out Against Islamophobia"
"You'd be surprised how many conversations I start by wearing a cross and a Pride bracelet," observes Religion major Ethan Falleur '16, in a December 9, 2015, Huffington Post article, "Coming Out as Christian." Read more about Coming Out as Christian
Robert Baum's new book, West Africa's Women of God, just published by Indiana University Press, examines the history of direct revelation from Emitai, the Supreme Being, which has been central to the Diola religion from before European colonization to the present day. Read more about West Africa's Women of God
Dartmouth Now's "Far-Flung Thanksgiving: Off-Campus Programs Celebrate," includes a description of how the Religion and Philosophy FSPs - led by Religion Professor Kevin Reinhart and Philosophy Professor Susan Brison - are combining forces to celebrate Thanksgiving this year. Read more about A Scottish Thanksgiving
Elizabeth Pérez' new book, Religion in the Kitchen: Cooking, Talking, and the Making of Black Atlantic Traditions, will be published by New York University Press in January, 2016, and will be the subject of a discussion at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Read more about Religion in the Kitchen
This Fall term, the Religion Department will welcome Zahra Ayubi, who will be teaching REL 8 (Introduction to Islam) and REL 26 (Islam in America) and Devin Singh, who will be teaching REL 19.15 (God and Money). Read more about New Religion Department Faculty
