Religious Studies

Elon Religious Studies faculty attended and participated in the 2013 Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Religion, Society of Biblical Literature, and International Qur'anic Studies Association held Nov 22-26 in Baltimore, MD.

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Distinguished Emerging Scholar Amy Allocco was recognized as the second-place winner of the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion’s Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza New Scholar Award.

A dozen leading scholars of religious studies visited Elon on Nov. 17 for the inaugural Elon University Conference on Jewish-Christian Relations.

Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. in LaRose Digital Theater, Koury Business Center

Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 5-7 p.m., join us in the McBride Gathering Space in the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life. All are welcome to celebrate as Muslims break their fast in honor of Allah saving the Children of Israel and Moses from the oppression of Pharaoh.

Students living in Elon's newest residential neighborhood met Nov. 5 to consider tough issues related to the Holocaust.

The symposium brought together Jewish Studies scholars who study questions involving wealth and poverty.

Thursday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Numen Lumen Pavilion.

“Team Teaching India’s Identities Across State and National Borders” in Religious Studies News discusses some of the pedagogical strategies that informed the  “India’s Identities: Religion, Caste & Gender in Contemporary South India” Winter Term study abroad course.

A program at Elon's Numen Lumen Pavilion will bring together scholars to discuss the history and future of the relationship between the world’s Jewish and Christian communities.