Religious Studies

Geoffrey Claussen, associate professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies, presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Jewish Ethics

The chapter is included in a volume that grew out of an April 2018 symposium at Colgate University honoring two of Allocco’s undergraduate mentors.

“The Exodus and Some Possibilities of Jewish Political Thought,” which Associate Professor Geoffrey Claussen co-authored with Emily Filler, appears in the new T&T Clark Handbook of Political Theology.

The special issue of CrossCurrents Journal is dedicated to Religion and Sex/ualities and was published by Wiley-Blackwell in December 2019.

Members of the Religious Studies Department presented their research and participated in the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature held Nov. 23-26 in San Diego, California.

Allocco worked with Dr. Jennifer Ortegren (Middlebury College) to organize the full-day symposium, “Shifting Sites, Spaces and Selves: Analyzing Ethnographic Practices in South Asia Over Time,” which included 13 presenters and attracted a robust audience.

Lynn R. Huber, professor of religious studies, published the essay "The Promise of Happiness in the Society of Biblical Literature."

Pamela Winfield, associate professor of religious studies, presented her research at the Comité Internationale de l’Histoire de l’Art in collaboration with the Max-Planck-Institut's Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz.

Rebecca Todd Peters, professor of religious studies, was selected for a second time to work alongside researchers and staff at the Public Religion Research Institute on policy issues.

The Sept. 11 dinner provided an opportunity for Alamance County and Elon University community members to engage in open and honest conversations regarding the portrayal of Muslims in the media, the role the Masjid plays in the community and other related topics.