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Laurie Maffly-Kipp is the Archer Alexander Distinguished Professor in the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis.

On October 25, Michael Bathgate (Saint Xavier University) will deliver the third annual Robert Morrell Memorial Lecture in Asian Religions on the subject of “Foxes, Gods, and Monsters in the Edo Anthropocene.”

Washington University in St. Louis is pleased to support the 2019 Green the Church (GTC) Summit on October 4th and 5th by providing no-cost registration for a limited number of St. Louis community members, as well as university students, faculty, and staff. GTC is a national initiative designed to tap into the power and purpose of the African American church community, and to explore and expand the role of churches as centers for environmental and economic resilience.

On Thursday, March 21, Amy-Jill Levine will deliver the annual E.G. Weltin Lecture in Early Christianity. Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, the Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies, and a professor of New Testament studies at Vanderbilt University.

When you dream at night, are the stories you encounter a product of your individual mind or something more communal? Robert Campany, a historian of medieval Chinese religion, says that how you answer that question depends in part on when (and where) you were born.

For nearly three decades, the Weltin Lecture Fund has enabled the Religious Studies Program and Assembly Series to bring renowned scholars of religion to the university. In spring 2018, Elaine Pagels delivered the lecture, sharing her riveting discoveries on art and politics in the Book of Revelation.

Jennifer Greenberg, senior majoring in Educational Studies and Religious Studies, won second place in the 2018 A&S Student Photo Context for her entry: Sunset in the East. Caption: Secluded study spots on the Danforth Campus are even more special in the light of St. Louis sunsets.

Muslim Student Association President Ishak Hossain is used to being the only Muslim in the room. By helping put together Islam Awareness Week, he hopes to help raise awareness and understanding of his religion.

Religious Studies is offering 3 new courses for Summer 2018!  Check out: L23  380 Anime and Animi - A Popular Cultural Approach To Shinto: Topics in Religious Studies；L23  3302 Religion And Health: From Holy Madness To Medicalized Meditation: Topics In Religion And Science；L23  140 Hinduism In Performance

Two WashU psychologists are teaching students about mindfulness, both as practitioners and as scientists. Todd Braver and Heather Rice explore the historical, religious, and scientific roots of the practice. You are invited to read the following three stories (Part I: The Basics, Part II: The Research, and Part III: Where Religion Meets Science) in any order.

Trick or Tweet 2017 has come to a close but the fun has not! You can help choose the best display by visiting the Trick or Tweet 2017 album on the ArtSci Facebook page and like your favorite department display by November 7th! Religious Studies has THREE photos so like them all!

Calling all Trick or Tweeters! Swing by the Religious Studies office (Busch Hall, room 111) on October 30-31 and snap a selfie with our ghoul. This year’s theme is Día de los Muertos or the Day of the Dead. The Mexican celebration fuses pre-Hispanic religious rites and Catholic feasts.

The latest edition of the Religious Studies' newsletter is now available.

Meet AJ Robinson in this WU Libraries Staff Spotlight. AJ joined WU Libraries as Islamic Studies and South Asian Studies librarian in 2015 and after the retirement of Marty Cavanaugh is now also interim religion librarian.

The Rev. Gary G. Braun, director of the Catholic Student Center (CSC) at Washington University and considered the “heart and soul” of religious life on campus, will be receiving an honorary degree of doctor of humane letters at this year's commencement.

The Religious Studies program created the film series this semester as a way to build community, both within the program and beyond. The series also offers students a chance to apply the skills they learn in Religious Studies courses to films in popular culture, whose themes aren’t always obviously religious.

Religious Studies is setting aside the week of November 14-18 to highlight and explore the variety of approaches to religious belief and practice. The week will culminate with faculty traveling to San Antonio, TX for the annual American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Language Conference.

The first issue of Revelation, the Religious Studies' newsletter, is now out.

Commencement Speaker, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, holds a B.A. in Religion and Philosophy from Fisk University and a graduate of the American Baptist Theological Seminary, both in Nashville, Tennessee. In his commencement address, he urges students: “If you see something that’s not right, not fair, not just, do something about it. ... Have the backbone to get in the way.”