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Lowe Lecture Spring 2012 Check out the pics from this year's religious studies picnic! Check out what one Macalester Grad does with his Religious Studies degree, in Macalester Today! Juanita Garciagodoy ('74) Check out photos of Reli-120's drawing competition of Solomon's Temple!
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
studies at the college level. |
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EVENTS
Feb. 5, 2012 Shana Sippy Professor - Religion and Women and Gender Studies Departments @ Carleton College “Beyond Lake Wobegon: Diving into the Depths of the Global Religious Worlds of the Twin Cities:Fieldwork Reflections, Inspirations and Techniques from research on Minnesota's Diverse Religious Communities” Feb. 12, 2012 2012 Lowe Lecture speaker Robert Orsi, Professor of Religion at Feb. 19, 2012 Riv-Ellen Prell Professor of Religious Studies @ University of Minnesota “Americanizing Judaism and Jewish Culture-Through the Lens of Gender” Mar. 4, 2012 Bruce Forbes Professor of Religious Studies @ Morningside College “Cults” Controversies: Contested Religion and American Protestantism” Mar. 25, 2012 Father Kevin McDonough Pastor/Capellan at Incarnation/Sagrado Corazón in Minneapolis and Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis "From the Tropics to the Tundra: Latino and African Catholics Meet Minnesota Nice" Apr. 1, 2012 Dan Hodge Lecturer in the Pan African Studies department at Cal State Los Angeles and at Citrus College in the Sociology department, and a speaker, writer and activist "The Hostile Gospel: Exploring the Socio-Religious Meaning within Hip Hop" Apr. 15, 2012 Peter Harle Professor @ the University of Minnesota "The Buddha's Tooth : Exploring Tibetan America through Material Culture" Apr. 22, 2012 "Why Can't the Buffalo Tail Pass Through? Impasses on a Buddhist-Christian Path" Rev. K.P. Hong, Macalester College |
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