Religious Studies

The Black Box Theatre event includes a performance by Bharatanatyam dancer Malini Srinivasan.

In an inaugural program hosted by the Elon Center for the Study of Religion, a prominent Christian ethicist argues in favor of same-sex marriage.

The Elon Center for the Study of Religion will be hosting a screening of the documentary "Question One: The Battle for Same-Sex Marriage in America." The screening will be held on Feb. 23 at 7:30 in the Oaks 212.

Amy Allocco, an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies, delivered a lecture titled “Visual Language, Architecture, and Memory in the Collages of a Contemporary Tamil Muslim Artist” at the Dishman Museum at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011.

Amy L. Allocco, assistant professor of religious studies, presented a paper titled "Earning respect, securing survival: Gender negotiations in a Tamil healing network" during the 2011 Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, Wisc., Oct. 20-23.

An Oct. 21 ceremony in the Academic Village comes weeks before construction begins on the future Numen Lumen Pavilion.

Religious Studies at the Crossroads presents "Hells, Demons and Sprits! Oh My! Envisioning the 'Otherworld' across Religious Traditions, " a panel discussion featuring faculty from across disciplines, including Dr. Amy Allocco (religious studies), Dr. Evan Gatti (art history), Dr. Tom Mould (sociology/anthropology), Dr. Michael Pregill (religious studies) and Dr. Pamela Winfield (religious studies).

Pamela Winfield compiled, edited, and wrote the Contributing Editor's Introduction to a specially-themed issue of Cross Currents Journal on “Religion in Asia Today”, vol. 61 no. 3 (Sept. 2011) pp. 286-421.

Assistant professor Pamela Winfield has published an article titled "Mandala As Metropolis" in Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia.