Elon to host event about conflict in the Middle East

Director of the Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society and Professor of Religious Studies

Brian K. Pennington is a historian of modern Hinduism and theorist of interreligious relations. His primary research interests are in colonial-era religion in India, the history of religion in South Asia, religion and violence, and contemporary religious change in India. He is the author of Was Hinduism… Read More

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Elon to host event about conflict in the Middle East

October 17, 2023

"Contextualizing the Conflict: Conversations about the Middle East" will feature more than 20 Elon faculty experts.

Waseem bin Kasim announced as the next CSRCS Scholar

December 14, 2021

The Assistant Professor of Geography was selected as the 2022-24 CSRCS Scholar to support public scholarship on religion and health.

Research team publishes preliminary findings on teaching methods in interreligious studies

September 24, 2020

Brian Pennington and Amy Allocco are joined by faculty from the Twin Cities to identify best practices in a new teaching and research field.

Sandy Marshall Named First CSRCS Scholar

November 15, 2019

Sandy Marshall, assistant professor of geography, was selected as the 2020-22 CSRCS Scholar to support his development of community-based research and multimedia projects.

'On the Edge of the Apocalypse' symposium delves broadly into the 'end times'

March 2, 2017

Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society celebrates successful completion of inaugural scholarly meeting

Author to speak on Muslim contributions to American culture

February 25, 2017

Amir Hussain's "Muslims and the Making of America" highlights leading Muslim figures in U.S. sports and popular music.

Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society Faces the End Times

January 30, 2017

Eleven North American scholars will participate in the center's first symposium, "On the Edge of Apocalypse," Feb. 9-11.

Syrian representative to the United Nations to speak Sept. 7 at Elon

September 5, 2016

The senior negotiator and democracy activist will speak on the current state of the civil war and prospects for peace.

Center for Study of Religion, Culture, and Society sponsors conference in South India

August 2, 2016

Historic University of Madras is the site for an international consultation on home-making.

Panel discussion of Geoff Claussen's new book

March 9, 2016

Faculty from UNC, Wake Forest, and Elon praise Claussen's scholarship, wrestle with his book's protagonist