Faculty News

Lynn Ross-Bryant Pilgrimage to the National Parks: Religion and Nature in the United States Introduced by Jordan Sass and Deborah Whitehead ______ Sam Gill Dancing Culture Religion Introduced by John Thibdeau and Greg Johnson ______ Rodney Taylor Confucius, the Analects: The Path of the Sage Introduced by Joanna Piacenza and...

Associate Professor Brian Catlos will speak at the Multicultural Mosaic Foundation on March 13 on "Islamic Spain and Modern Western Culture, or What Bill Gates and Bob Dylan Owe to Medieval Islam." Hard as it may be to believe, if a small Muslim army had not conquered what was then...

The Department of Religious Studies honored Professor Emeritus Fred Denny with a reception and guest lecture on Thursday, February 3rd. The reception was held on the top floor of Old Main with faculty and students in Religious Studies, Islamicists across campus, along with deans and longtime colleagues. The lecture by...

Emeritus Professor Frederick Denny introduced and moderated a discussion on ethnic diversity and Afghanistan's internal political and cultural problems at a recent meeting of the United Nations Association's Geopolitics session at Boulder Public Library.

Deborah Whitehead presented a paper entitled "Reflections on the Ethics and Aesthetics of Religion in a New Media Age" at the International Conference on Digital Religion, held at CU January 12-15, 2012, and hosted by the Center for Media, Religion, and Culture. She is a faculty member of the CMRC's...

Greg Johnson presented a working paper on the current Kawaiaha`o Church conflict at the University of Colorado Law School Summer Workshop on Law, Religion, and Culture, July 21-22, 2011.

Curious about the new iPhone confession app, virtual puja, or Wikileaks'publication of esoteric religious documents? What is the impact of new technologies on religion today? How is religion mediated in a digital age? The Department of Religious Studies invites all Religious Studies graduate students and majors to join us for...

On March 2nd and 3rd the Religious Studies Department hosted visiting scholars for two frutiful sessions on religion and digital media in conjunction with the Center for Media, Religion, and Culture. The visiting scholars--depicted in the photograph above with Reliigous Studies and Journalism faculty--are: Dr. Chris Helland (Sociology of Religion,...

Graduate students are invited to join a workshop on "Using Blogs for Assignments," sponsored by the Graduate Teaching Program and led by Religious Studies faculty member, Holly Gayley. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, June 29th from 3:00-4:30pm in ATLAS 200 as part of the summer series on Technology...

Professor Ku`ualoha Ho`omanawanui of the Department of English at the University of Hawai`i, Manoa will be speaking on her forthcoming article, "What Natives Really Think, About Captain Cook, For Example," in Greg Johnson's "The Past in the Present" seminar on Thursday, April 8 at 3:30 pm.