Today, Benjamin Pietro Marcus, Religious Literacy Specialist with the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute, shares concrete strategies for building a lesson enriched by religious studies.

The modern field of religious studies contributes significantly to a liberal arts education, cultivating the investigation of religious thought, ritual, spiritual insight, culture, history, and sacred ...

The study of religions at Alfred University is global and focuses on activities and beliefs that people consider important in their cultural and personal lives. And because this study is inherently ...

It’s a good bet more Americans are able to name Santa’s nine reindeer than the Twelve Apostles. The United States boasts the highest rate of religious affiliation of the world’s developed nations, yet ...

I’ve just watched Bill Maher’s cheap-thrills-but-funny-and-semi-provocative Religulous and find myself fantasizing about having “Bill” in my Introduction to Religious Studies course, right next to ...

Dr. Halla Attallah holds a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Religion and a Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Studies from the University of Washington; a Masters in Middle East and Islamic ...

This brief introduction to the religions of Native Americans provides an overview of the latest research and thought in this area. In writing the book, Gill aims to introduce an academically and ...

Jews and Judaism in America. Department of History, Ohio State University, 1971-1989 Department of Religious Studies, William & Mary, 1989-Visiting Professor at California State University, Northridge ...

Imagine dressing as a hobbit named Frodo, fully decked out in The Lord of the Rings attire, going to a “Lord of the Rings class” with a fake ancient ring on your finger to understand the meaning of ...