Religious Studies

The Religious Studies Department is now accepting applications for scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year. The application deadline is March 11.

This column by Professor of Religious Studies Rebecca Todd Peters and two of her colleagues at other institutions was published on the NBC Think site that includes opinion, analysis and essays.

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.