Religious Studies

Her chapter explains how two great Japanese Buddhist masters described their philosophies of form.

Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, Eric Hall, Amy Allocco and Jen Hamel, members of a collaborative research group facilitated by the Center for Research on Global Engagement (CRGE), recently published an open-access article in the journal New Directions in Teaching and Learning.

Ten individuals nominated by their colleagues were recipients of five annual awards recognizing contributions to teaching, mentoring, scholarship and service.

The professorships, announced during the university's Opening Day for the new academic year, support members of the faculty from a variety of disciplines across the university.

The volume explores diverse Jewish approaches to virtue and character.

The profile focused on the advocacy of the professor of religious studies to encourage religious institutions to talk more about abortion.

The Professor of Religious Studies writes a column featured in Newsweek following North Carolina's legislature overturning Gov. Cooper's SB 20 veto.

In this column, published by WIRED, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Christopher Howell writes about the flaws of generative AI.

Allocco will study in Tamil Nadu, India, beginning in summer 2023, documenting the songs, traditions and art forms created by a family of intergenerational pampaikkārar, drummer-priests. The pampaikkārar are unstudied Hindu musicians and ritual specialists.

Three members of the Class of 2023 and two members of the Class of 2022 have been selected for the prestigious program that offers opportunities for recent graduates in more than 140 countries.