Why Study Religion?
International and Interdisciplinary Scholarship

Religion shapes, and is shaped by, every other dimension of human society. It is impossible to fully understand politics, law, history, or science without understanding religion. We invite you to learn more about the most interdisciplinary field in the university: Religious Studies.
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Teaching Law & Religion

The Teaching Law and Religion website provides templates for thinking and teaching creatively and comparatively about law, religion, culture and politic in a variety of distinctive contexts.
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Apr
24
2018
“Songs of Praise in a Broken World: Leonard Cohen from “Story of ...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Evanston
Manfred H. Vogel Memorial Lecture in Judaic Studies “Songs of Praise in a Broken World: Leonard Cohen from “Story of Isaac” (1969) to “...
May
1
2018
Rhetorical Construction of Solidarity in Mahāyāna Sūtra Literatur...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Lecture presented by Christian Wedemeyer, Associate Professor of the History of Religions; Associate Faculty in South Asian Languages a...
May
22
2018
Graduate-Faculty Colloqium
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Graduate Student Colloquium: Stephanie Brenzel