#FieldworkFridays hits UF Religion Social Media
June 29, 2017
During the summer our faculty & graduate students not only teach summer courses and attend to long neglected reading lists, they also depart for various locales to engage in invaluable fieldwork projects. This summer is no different. From Trinidad to
Graduate Program Expanded: Global Islam, Buddhist & Hindu Traditions Added
June 12, 2017
In the fall of 2017 the department will inaugurate a newly revised and expanded graduate program. While always intended to prepare students for careers both in and outside academia, our program now is more explicitly designed to prepare students not
A new website & a fresh new book on sustainable communities
May 31, 2017
This special summer bulletin features some fresh presentations from our faculty, publications from students and faculty, alumni news, and a new book from Dr. Whitney Sanford entitled Living Sustainably: What Intentional Communities Can Teach Us about Democracy, Simplicity, and Nonviolence.
Summer Students Explore Non-Western Healing Practices
March 30, 2017
RELIGION, MEDICINE AND HEALING (REL 3098/ ANT 3930) Professor Robin M. Wright (ONLINE) This course is dedicated to the study of non-Western healers and medicine in relation to various religious traditions around the globe. The most important themes we shall
Travel Ban Panel at UF Explores Race, Religion
March 13, 2017
*Aya Cockram is a graduate student in UF’s Religion Department. Cocrkam contributed this blog post in her personal capacity. The views expressed are her own and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Florida Religion Department, University of Florida’s College