Stories about "Religious Studies"
Bates welcomes new faculty: Alison Melnick, religious studies
Thursday, September 17, 2015 12:53 pm
Religious studies gives "students a sense of cultural sensitivity and cultural literacy" important both at Bates College and thereafter, says Alison Melnick.
With Guggenheim, Strong to study Western views of Buddhist relics
Thursday, June 11, 2015 4:05 pm
Bates College professor John Strong has received a Guggenheim Fellowship to support research into ways in which Westerners have responded to Buddhist relics.
Second annual Emerge Film Festival has a pronounced taste of Bates
Monday, April 6, 2015 3:46 pm
As the Emerge Film Festival returns to Lewiston-Auburn this Thursday, members of Bates College will have important parts to play in the event's second year.
Theology professor looks at highs, lows of multiple religious participation
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:22 am
John Thatamanil of Union Theological Seminary speaks at Bates College about the pitfalls and possibilities of multiple religious identities on March 11.
‘Unusual Positions’ lectures explore relationships between religion, sexuality
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 10:14 am
Lectures in the Bates College series "Unusual Positions: Controversial Approaches to the Study of Religion and Sexuality" take place March 4 and 20, and April 8.
Marcus Bruce ’77 celebrates appointment to Mays Professorship
Monday, November 10, 2014 11:12 am
Bruce discussed how W.E.B. Du Bois and his contemporaries wrestled with what it meant to be both American and African American.
Marcus Bruce ’77, Mays Distinguished Professor, looks at Du Bois and the Paris Exposition
Friday, October 31, 2014 3:44 pm
Marcus Bruce '77 gives a lecture titled "The Ambassadors: W.E.B. Du Bois, The Paris Exposition of 1900 and African American Culture" on Nov. 5.
In Zerby Lecture, author and rabbi examines Israel/Palestine discourse on campus
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 10:54 am
An author, scholar and rabbi, Jay Michaelson discusses optimum ways to discuss Israel and Palestine in campus settings on Oct. 29.
‘Commonweal’ editor to discuss religious identity in this pluralistic age
Friday, March 28, 2014 4:22 pm
Paul Baumann, editor of Commonweal Magazine, discusses religious identity in this pluralistic age on March 31.
‘Agent provocateur’ Thomas Tracy is 2014 Kroepsch honoree for excellence in teaching
Friday, February 28, 2014 5:56 am
For students, the intrinsic value of studying philosophy is a "richer and more interesting life."