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Religious Studies

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Religious Studies Major Charlie Johnson Inaugural Global Awareness Program Recipient of Hodgie Bricke Memorial Scholarship
February 20, 2023
Religious Studies and Center for East Asian Studies Co-sponsoring "Applying the Antidote: A Tantric Perspective on Body, Representation, and Imagination" by Rae Erin Dachille
February 8, 2023
Dr. Sam Brody: "From Theopolitics to Theoeconomics" at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities' international conference Martin Buber and His Legacy (View Dr. Brody's presentation here)
January 23, 2023
Religious Studies Professor Ben Guyer speaks with KU News about new book, "How the English Reformation was Named: The Politics of History, 1400-1700"
January 19, 2023
Book Release: How the English Reformation was Named by Dr. Benjamin Guyer
November 10, 2022
Dr. Sam Brody to join Filmmaker Andy Kirshner for a discussion of the film, 10 Questions for Henry Ford
November 7, 2022
Lawrence Preservation Alliance partners with Lawrence Modern and Historic Mount Oread Friends to host Endangered Smith Hall Open House
November 7, 2022
Religious Studies Professor Jackie Brinton Moderates Panel on Protests in Iran with Mike Wuthrich, political Science and Global & international Studies
October 24, 2022
Department of Religious Studies' Faith in the Free State Podcast featured on Faith in KC podcast and KSHB 41
August 29, 2022
Faith in the Free State Podcast launches today!
July 30, 2022
Professor Samuel Brody: Alice Walker’s Visit Is a Learning Opportunity In More Ways Than One
May 1, 2022
Emeritus Professor Paul Mirecki online event June 14th with The National Library of Israel: An Algerian Sefer Torah from 1840
June 10, 2021
Archivist Associate Patricia Cecil on Humanities Kansas' Humanities Hotline for June
June 3, 2021
2020-21 Department Newsletter
June 1, 2021
Congratulations to our 2021 Department of Religious Studies award winners and graduating students
May 13, 2021
Congratulations to Professor Molly Zahn, awarded a Hall Center Humanities Resident Faculty Fellowship for 2021-22
May 12, 2021
2021 Friends of the Department of Religious Studies Speaker: Order books via KU Bookstore
May 3, 2021
Associate Professor Michael Zogry in AccuWeather: The hidden story behind the invention of basketball
April 2, 2021
Adjunct Professor Timothy Miller in Input Magazine: Trouble in the Garden: The rise and fall of the infamous TikTok commune
April 1, 2021
Register for Annual Friends of the Department of Religious Studies Speaker Judith Weisenfeld | May 3, 2021
February 22, 2021
Associate Professor Michael Zogry in CNN Sports: James Naismith: Basketball inventor is celebrated with Google doodle
January 15, 2021
Department office closed for Winter Recess: December 27 - January 4
December 26, 2020
Religion in Kansas Project in US News: University archivist plans podcast on Black Kansas churches
December 25, 2020
Religion in Kansas Project in Topeka Capital-Journal: Humanities Kansas grant will help launch a podcast focused on Black churches in area
December 18, 2020
"Faith in the Free State" Religion in Kansas Project podcast recieves Humanities Kansas grant
December 10, 2020
Scribes as Authors in the Dead Sea Scrolls: video recording now available
November 23, 2020
Associate Professor Samuel Brody in the Berkley Forum: UBI and Jewish Traditions
September 10, 2020
Visual & Material Culture of the Silk Road(s) upcoming virtual symposium
September 9, 2020
Associate Professor Molly Zahn on CLAS Unwinding podcast: the evolution of writings in the Dead Sea Scrolls
September 4, 2020
Associate Professor Molly Zahn in KU News: How the Dead Sea Scrolls authors rewrote the Bible, literally
July 14, 2020
Religious Studies statement on recent events
June 9, 2020
Religious Studies M.A. alumnus Billy Jensen in the Lawrence Journal-World: How a famous true-crime journalist and podcast host honed his calling at KU
May 26, 2020
Congratulations to our 2020 Departmental Award Winners
May 14, 2020
Celebrating The Department of Religious Studies' 2020 Graduating Students
May 8, 2020
Adjunct Professor Tim Miller quoted in the Washington Post's analysis of Nintendo's Animal Crossing and Tom Nook
April 14, 2020
The Moore Reading Room is closed until further notice
March 18, 2020
Professor Emeritus Tim Miller in Huffington Post article, "Trump's Acquittal Shows the GOP Senate acts like a cult"
February 11, 2020
Assistant Professor Samuel Brody wins 2019 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award from the Association for Jewish Studies
November 12, 2019
Professor Emeritus Tim Miller & Religious Studies students in KU News: 'Forgotten other side' of religion explored in new anthology
October 17, 2019
Associate Professor Paul Mirecki in Kansas Alumni Magazine: KU professor researches origin of ancient Torah scroll
September 27, 2019
Associate Professor Molly Zahn in Times Free Press: Was there a Dead Sea Scrolls conspiracy?
August 26, 2019
Assistant Professor Samuel Brody in KU News: Jewish historian available to discuss recent rise of anti-Semitism in US
July 24, 2019
Professor Emeritus Tim Miller on Baby Boomers and intentional living communities in UPI
July 18, 2019
Dr. Paul Mirecki in the Jerusalem Post: Historic Torah scroll, severed in half, reunited after centuries
July 11, 2019
Dr. Paul Mirecki in KU Today: Historic scroll severed by warfare reunited through professor's quest
July 2, 2019
Department of Religious Studies mourns passing of graduate student Mahmoud Samak
May 16, 2019
Tim Miller in the UDK: KU religious studies professor finishes trilogy with book about contemporary communes
May 10, 2019
Tim Miller in KU Today: Communes carry on in individualistic America
May 2, 2019
News outlets feature recent discovery in Alabama cave; study published in journal Antiquity cites Dr. Michael Zogry's 2010 book Anetso, the Cherokee Ball Game
May 1, 2019
Columnist Jay Michaelson will discuss religious liberty, civil rights May 6
April 24, 2019
KU announces recipients of Keeler intra-university professorships for 2019-20
April 1, 2019
Religious Studies Alum Jay Bohanon: March 2019 College Office of Graduate Affairs Alumni Spotlight
March 29, 2019
Department of Religious Studies mourns passing of Dr. Robert Shelton
January 14, 2019
Religious Studies Assistant Professor Samuel Brody's book a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award
January 9, 2019
Professor of Religious Studies Timothy Miller honored by Kansas State Senate
December 17, 2018
Nathan Bowman, Religious Studies MA '15: Taking center stage
November 29, 2018
KU forum explores issues of anti-Semitism
November 19, 2018
From the UDK: Researchers set out to prove Topeka was the origin of Pentecostalism
August 29, 2018
Grant to help document Topeka's role in founding Pentecostalism
August 21, 2018
KU Dept. of Religious Studies receives Humanities Kansas grant
July 18, 2018
Professor Tim Miller in New York Magazine: The best books on cults, for these cult-obsessed times
June 5, 2018
Congratulations to our graduating Religious Studies students!
May 11, 2018
Religious Studies upcoming speaker featured in KU Today: Author, commentator will discuss religious literacy, nationalism
April 25, 2018
2018 Friends of the Department of Religious Studies Speaker Dr. Stephen Prothero: Religious Literacy in an Age of Religious Nationalism
April 6, 2018
Dr. Michael Zogry in USA Today: Villanova and Loyola reaching Final Four brings to light Catholic embrace of basketball
March 29, 2018
Religious Studies Professor Paul Mirecki speaker at "ReasonFest 2018"
March 23, 2018
Dr. Samuel Brody: Recalling the radical Zionist vision of Martin Buber
March 2, 2018
Hol(l)ywood Religion & Film in March
February 28, 2018
RS alumna selected for Young Scholars in American Religion program
February 21, 2018
Major Tirzah Chesky starts religious studies YouTube channel: Ground Up Religion
February 8, 2018
Religious Studies opens Theta Alpha Kappa chapter
January 30, 2018
Moore Reading Room Winter Break Hours
December 15, 2017
Which religion's followers get the most holidays? KU Religious Studies professors help National Geographic with the answer
November 30, 2017
Spencer Reserach Library wishes Smith Hall a happy 50th with Throwback Thursday feature
October 12, 2017
New KU website allows students to request time-off for religious observances
October 11, 2017
Dr. Daniel Stevenson in the Christian Science Monitor: Is Rohingya crisis changing West's 'romanticized' view of Buddhism?
September 29, 2017
Professor Tim Miller Interviewed by KCPT
August 28, 2017
Professor Paul Mirecki: 10 Interesting Points of Info Related to Solar Eclipses
August 28, 2017
Prof. Tim Miller in "Crux" on the reliablity of self-reporting church attendance in surveys
May 11, 2017
Dr. Hamsa Stainton's project examines 14th-century poetry to broaden interpretation of Hindu prayer
April 13, 2017
Dr. Tim Miller's book on Charles Sheldon shared with Kansas lawmakers
March 31, 2017
Dr. Paul Mirecki receives Pi Beta Phi Fraser Award for spring 2017
March 20, 2017
Religious Studies graduate students to compete in the 2017 KU Graduate Research Competition
March 14, 2017
Winter Break Hours for the Moore Reading Room
December 20, 2016
2016 Department of Religious Studies Newsletter
December 1, 2016
Oct. 14: Interactive talk with alumna Rachel Myslivy, coordinator for the Double Up Food Bucks program for Kansas
October 6, 2016
New technology opens up avenues for reading ancient texts, researcher says
September 26, 2016
Religious Observance Dates -- New Resource!
September 6, 2016
Religious Studies alumna Rachel Myslivy named one of CLAS' Hawks to Watch
July 5, 2016
KU Religious Studies alumnus named Chancellor's Professor at IUPUI
June 24, 2016
NPR's "Only a Game" features Naismith recording uncovered by Religious Studies' Dr. Zogry in collection of favorite origin stories
June 20, 2016
New! Graduate Certificate in Religious Studies
March 30, 2016
Dr. Samuel Brody awarded fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania
March 1, 2016
2016 FODORS Speaker, Dr. Robert Orsi: What is "Catholic" about the clergy sexual abuse crisis?
February 25, 2016
BBC Radio Interview with Dr. Michael Zogry
January 20, 2016
New York Times Article: Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Dr. Michael Zogry, discovers 'lost' recording of James Naismith
December 15, 2015
KU News: Professor discovers only known audio recording of James Naismith
December 15, 2015
Islamic televangelist: Book explores how Egyptian preacher used mass media
November 5, 2015
REL 365 is #1 on KU CLAS' list of 11 classes to help you succeed in a global society
October 16, 2015
Religious studies grad students: call for papers/panelists for MAASA
September 8, 2015
The frenzy about high-tech talent: why not study something you like?
September 3, 2015
New Religious Studies Graduate Student Orienation: Monday, August 24th
August 12, 2015
Biblical scholar leads panel exploring the meaning of dialogue with Judaism for Christian identity
June 19, 2015
Book traces origin of phrase in WWJD movement to Topeka minister, social activist
May 4, 2015
Most early Christian persecution was from mobs, researcher says
March 30, 2015
2013 Religious Studies alumna recieves Excellence in Conservation and Environmental Education Award
March 9, 2015
Spirituality After Darwin: 'Dark Green' Nature Religion and the Future of Religion and Nature with Dr. Bron Taylor, April 13th, 2015
February 5, 2015
Apply for 2015-2016 Religious Studies Departmental Scholarships!
December 12, 2014
2014 Fall Speaker Saba Mahmood
September 15, 2014
Department of Religious Studies Welcomes Sam Brody, New Faculty Member
August 20, 2014
New Graduate Student Orientation
August 20, 2014
Dr. Stewart Hoover, University of Colorado Boulder, to Present "Religion in the Media Age" at the FODORs Annual Banquet
April 28, 2014
KU Religious Studies professor Michael Zogry invited to speak at the University of Missouri
March 4, 2014
Philip Lutgendorf, Professor of Hindi and Modern Indian Studies at the University of Iowa, to speak at KU on February 28th, 2014
February 21, 2014
Religious Studies professor Timothy Miller's recent book recognized as a top academic title
February 21, 2014
Professor studies social causes behind world's intentional communities
February 13, 2014
Religious Studies professor Daniel Stevenson delivers inaugural Sheng Yen Buddhist Studies Lecture at Florida State University
February 11, 2014
Libraries Lecture Series to feature Religious Studies Professor Timothy Miller
January 31, 2014
Dr. Vesna Wallace, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara to speak in the Department of Religious Studies on October 21st, 2013
October 21, 2013
Religious Studies lecturer publishes monograph on Maximus the Confessor
August 2, 2013
Annual Religious Studies Reception and Lecture to feature Paul Gifford, renowned scholar of global Pentecostal Christianity and charismatic Christian movements in Africa
April 22, 2013
Dr. Leonard Primiano to lecture on ex votos
March 7, 2013
World Renowned Scholar on Religion and Ecology Mary Evelyn Tucker to Visit Lawrence in Conjunction with “Journey of the Universe” Film Screening
February 20, 2013
Dr. Tim Miller's book on Charles Sheldon shared with Kansas lawmakers
Dr. Michael Zogry in USA Today: Villanova and Loyola reaching Final Four brings to light Catholic embrace of basketball
Department of Religious Studies' Faith in the Free State Podcast featured on Faith in KC Podcast
Dr. Sam Brody: "From Theopolitics to Theoeconomics" at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities' international conference Martin Buber and His Legacy (View Dr. Brody's presentation here)
Celebrate Nowruz! with Religious Studies on March 20