Religious Studies

The conference, hosted by the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, will be held online Feb. 19-20.

Elon faculty members and visiting scholars participated in the third ‘On the Edge’ symposium organized by the Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society

Winfield presented her research on 13th century Japanese Zen master Dogen.

Winfield, professor of religious studies, penned the piece as part of her efforts to publish more public scholarship that contributes to the general understanding of religion in our world.

Sierra Club’s “Lens on the Border” photo exhibition is part of third biennial On the Edge symposium series. This year’s symposium will examine how cultural and religious forces interact at areas of physical and perceived intersection.

The article appeared in The Commons, the new online magazine of the Association of Public Religion and Intellectual Life.

Faculty in the Department of Religious Studies presented research and participated in leadership roles at the joint annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), which took place online between Nov. 29 and Dec. 10.

The lecture, “Living with the Dead in Hindu South India,” draws on Allocco’s current ethnographic research project and was sponsored by the Asia-Orient Institute.

The lecture, one installment of the 2014 Truitt Center series entitled "World Religions: A Whirlwind Tour," has gone viral particularly in South Asia, encouraging individual explorations and multifaith discussions.

The director of the Elon Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society joins the governing body of international scholarly society.