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faculty curriculum student awards and projects after macalester related links
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Awards won by Macalester graduates. Every year the American Academy of Religion, the primary organization for professors and scholars of Religious Studies in the United States and Canada, gives an award for the scholarly book judged best first book in the History of Religions. For the second time in six years, a Macalester alum has won the award. Christian Novetzke ('93) won with his book Religion and Public Memory: A Cultural History of Saint Namdev in India (Columbia, 2008). Ananda Abeyskara ('92) won the same award in 2003 for his book Colors of the Robe: Religion , Identity, and Difference (University of South Carolina Press, 2002). Learn about the Arnold Lowe Lecture series. Religous Studies
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About the department The courses of the department of religious studies focus on the study of Christianity and Judaism in both their historical and contemporary expressions, and on the major non-Western religious traditions. While the introductory courses are broad in scope, they seek to be selective enough to allow an in-depth encounter with source documents through historical understanding. Methods of instruction include not only lectures and seminars but also opportunities for independent study and individual instruction. The program of the department aims to serve not only students whose academic specialization is religious studies but also students who seek courses that can help unlock the religious dimensions encountered in other disciplines. Religious studies is a broadly interdisciplinary investigation
that takes its place among the humanities, and majors typically
enter a broad range of vocations. Students planning to do post-graduate
work in religion and who plan either to teach, or to train for either
parish ministry or rabbinate, will profit from an exposure to religious
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