Don’t miss this! On October 14th at 4 PM, join Kevin O'Neill and Patrick Wall in conversation about Unforgivable, a critical look at abuse and accountability in the Catholic Church. 📍 Location: Northrop Crosby Seminar room #Unforgivable #KevinONeill #PatrickWall #UMNEvents #religiousprogram

Come be my colleague at the University of Minnesota -- we are hiring! @umn-rels.bsky.social The Religious Studies program at UMN is searching for a new TT position in Buddhist Studies. Please circulate widely!

We have two exciting opportunities for students that we want to share! We are offering a scholarship that is open to Religious Studies Majors/Minors, and Islamic Studies Minors, as well as hiring for a student worker position (open to all students). See the photos below for more details!

A WEEK FROM TODAY: We are excited to be co-sponsoring “Language and the Life of the Mind in the Age of AI” a talk by Meghan O’Gieblyn, author of God Human Animal Machine, hosted by @umnenglish.bsky.social on April 23, 2025, 4:30 - 5:30 PM. For all details about the talk, see the event post below.

We are excited to announce that in the fall, Dr. Antonio Musto joins our program as Assistant Professor of Early Islam. You can read more about Dr. Musto below, but he will contribute immensely to the program with incredible scholarship, innovative teaching, and exciting ideas. Welcome, Dr. Musto!

Our 2025 Roetzel Lecture was a success! We want to thank Dr. Anthony B. Pinn for an amazing lecture, the Roetzel family for their generosity, and all of you for attending and asking such thoughtful questions! The page below on our website has more photos and a link to a recording of the lecture.

TOMORROW: Dr. Anthony B. Pinn will be delivering our annual Roetzel Lecture, we hope to see you there!

We are excited to announce this talk, which will be presented by Dr. Francesca Chubb-Confer, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at Oberlin University. See all the details in the poster below.

We want to congratulate Religious Studies Core Faculty member Penny Edgell, who was recently quoted in a New York Times article about current trends in religion in the United States. The article can be read here: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/b...

Congratulations to Religious Studies Core Faculty member Aisha Ghani (Anthropology), who has been awarded a 2025–26 Institute for Advanced Study Residential Faculty Fellowship for her project, "Violence as Difference: Genealogical Theologies of Violence in Islam". See the IAS announcement below:

Congratulations to Religious Studies Affiliate Faculty member Dwight K. Lewis Jr. (Philosophy), who recently received a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation for his work with the Center for Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC) here at UMN. For more info about CCEC: www.minnesotaccec.com

We are excited to announce our 2025 Roetzel Family Lecture! See the following poster for more details

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