Religious Studies

The Forum on Education Abroad recognized Wilbourne's research, which explores on impact of Japanese imperialism on a traditional Buddhist drum dance from Korea called “seungmu," or "Monk's dance."

Department of Religious Studies faculty 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 in San Antonio, Texas.

Allocco worked with Xenia Zeiler to organize the two linked panels, “Intensification vs. Sweetening? New Patterns in Contemporary Hindu Representation and Practice,” as one outcome of the Collaborative International Research Grant they were awarded by the American Academy of Religion

The Faculty Research and Development committee announced Peters and Dabrowski as the sabbatical receipts on Tuesday morning.

Three Elon faculty present on mentoring undergraduate research in global contexts at the AAC&U Global Learning Conference on October 7-9, 2021

For her project, 'Abortion and Religion: Listening to Women,' Peters sets out to interview over 100 people to understand how religious women in the United States think about their abortions.

Supported by the Henry Luce Foundation, the project examined the digital landscape in which scholars of religion reach public audiences.

Winfield, a professor of Buddhist Studies at Elon, provides examination of "tensions and tactics" of displaying Buddhist visual culture.

Religious Studies professor Rebecca Todd Peters' article appeared in this week in the Journal of Religious Ethics.

Faculty garner awards for Excellence in Mentoring, Service-Leadership, Teaching and Scholarship. Program and administrative assistants were recognized for hard work during COVID.