A Buddhist Theory of Film
September 7, 2018
You are invited to join the Department of Religion for an upcoming lecture on Buddhism and film by Prof. Francisca Cho from Georgetown University. Title: “A Buddhist Theory of Film” Date: October 4, 2018 (Thursday) Time: 2:00-3:30 pm Place: 215
Interfaith leader turns religion degree into activism
August 16, 2018
Matt Hartley (M.A., 2017) took his graduate degree in religion back to Jacksonville where he long served as a youth minister active in the local interfaith community and turned it into a new opportunity for engagement. Now, Hartley serves as
Welcome Dr. Prophet: UF’s New Lecturer in Religion and Nature
July 26, 2018
The UF Department of Religion takes great pride in announcing that Dr. Erin Prophet is the newly hired Lecturer for academic year 2018 – 19. The Committee (comprised of Drs. Robin Wright, Chair, and Terje Ostebo, member) recommended that, based
Reading about Judaism, Antisemitism, in America
July 19, 2018
“How antisemitic was this country, this America, these United States?” — Laura Z. Hobson In the 1940s Laura Z. Hobson (1900-1986) set out to tell the story of antisemitism by writing Gentlemen’s Agreement (1947) about a magazine writer who poses
Religion Prof shares story of involvement in Mississippi Freedom Summer
July 17, 2018
Today, Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons is a professor of Islamic studies in the UF Department of Religion and teaches with African-American Studies. Her teaching is not only informed by years of careful research and study but from her experiences in