Tyler Tillinghast Roberts, professor of religious studies, died Thursday, June 3, at the age of 61.

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Religious Studies as a part of one’s liberal arts education

Gates Lecturer Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst will give the 2021 Gates Lecture on April 8 noon–1 p.m. on Webex.

Associate Professor of History and Religious Studies Caleb Elfenbein will discuss his newly published book "Fear in Our Hearts: What Islamophobia Tells Us about America".

Faculty are not only mentors and advisers — they’re role models for how to navigate classes, careers, and life.

Alexander Marcus will cover new trends in talk at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in Humanities and Social Studies Center, Room N3118.

Gates Lecturer: Michael Puett, Harvard University Michael Puett will present two lectures: “Ritual, Sincerity, and Human Flourishing: What Chinese Philosophers can Teach Us About the Good Life” and “Creating Worlds: Imagination and Interpretation in Classical China.”

When the FBI began mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, Buddhist priests were among the first to be incarcerated. "American Sutra" tells the story of Japanese American Buddhists (the largest group of Buddhists in the United States at that time) in the context of anti-Japanese sentiment during World War II and draws parallels to contemporary challenges to religious freedom facing Americans today.

Power and God-Talk: Apophaticism in Pseudo-Dionysius and Rowan Williams