Department of Religion in the current issue of Bostonia
Professor Stephen Prothero talks about providing a synopsis of each of the eight major world religions in Twitter-speak. To read the article “Tweeting on High” click here. Professor Michael Grodin blends eastern healing and western medicine to aid torture victims in Tibet. To read the article “Treating Tibet’s Traumatized” click here.
Prof. Fredriksen in Bostonia
Professor Paula Fredriksen talks about her new book, “Augustine and the Jews: A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism” in the current issue of Bostonia. “Augustine and I met my junior year of college,” says Paula Fredriksen, “and we’ve been an item ever since.” To read the article in Bostonia click here. Professor Fredriksen will be […]
Prof. Frank Korom Receives Grant from American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies
Professor Frank Korom has received a nine-month grant from the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (http://www.aisls.org/index.html) to carry out fieldwork on the island for his latest project “Guru Bawa and Transnational Sufism.” The project looks at a charismatic Tamil Sufi saint known as Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral), who emerged from obscure origins to […]
Peter Manseau wins National Jewish Book Award
Peter Manseau wins National Jewish Book Award for novel, Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter. Peter was a student in the DRTS and department administrator (2000-2001) before leaving to devote himself to writing full time. His previous book, Vows, is a memoir of growing up as the son of a priest and a nun. For a […]
“Radical Enlightenment and Indian Religion: The Curious Case of Bernard and Picart”
Department of Religion 2009 Annual Lecture, Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 5:00pm Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Professor and Doshi Chair of Indian History, UCLA Professor Subrahmanyam has written extensively on religion, trade, and politics in early modern India (15th-18th centuries). His multifaceted and interdisciplinary approach to the study of religion in economic and political transactions across the Indian […]
“Augustine and the Jews” in Time Magazine
Professor Paula Fredriksen’s new book, “Augustine and the Jews” was released by Doubleday on December 2, 2008.
Professor Michael Zank receives Journal for the Study of Religion and ideology Prize
Professor Michael Zank receives Journal for the Study of Religion and ideology Prize to honor his contributions to the journal and to the field of Jewish Studies.
Professor Stephen R. Prothero to Deliver William Belden Noble Lectures
Professor Stephen R. Prothero to Deliver William Belden Noble Lectures Nov. 18-20 at the Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, on “the Work of Doing Nothing: Wandering As Practice and Play” Boston University Professor and New York Times best-selling author, Stephen R. Prothero, will travel to Harvard to deliver the prestigious William Belden Noble Lectures at The […]
What the Gods Demand: Blood Sacrifice in Mediterranean Antiquity
An interdisciplinary conference at Boston University November 19-21, 2008
Prof. Gina Cogan to speak at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University
November 7 (Friday), 4:00-5:30PM, Harvard University Porté Room S250, CGIS South Bldg, 1730 Cambridge St. “Serving the Buddha through Serving the Emperor: Imperial Buddhist Monks and Nuns as Abbots, Abbesses, and Adoptees in Early Modern Japan” GINA COGAN, Assistant Professor of Asian Religions, Boston University Moderator: RYUICHI ABÉ, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions, Harvard […]