Religion prof explains the backstory to The Overstory and its “dark green religion”
June 11, 2019
During an interview in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Richard Powers indicated that in The Overstory, his Pulitzer Prize-winning arboreal novel, there is a lot of what University of Florida religion professor Bron Taylor called “Dark Green Religion” in his
2019-2020 Scudder Lecture Series Addresses Relevant Topics in Religion
May 29, 2019
The UF Department of Religion is excited to announce the first three speakers in its 2019-2020 Scudder Lecture series. The speakers, each leading scholars in their respective fields, will bring relevant and deep insight to a range of topics including
Professor Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons’ Retirement: A Look Back
April 25, 2019
Our very own Assistant Professor Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons devoted her life to civil rights, the public understanding of religion, justice, and international human rights. Now, she is entering into a new exciting phase in her career: retirement. During her distinguished
UF Religion Undergrads Present Research on Catholic Vaporwave Art
April 4, 2019
What do you get when you mix traditional Catholicism with Vaporwave art? The answer is, “TradWave.” TradWave is a microgenre of “cultural traditionalist themed vaporwave art with Catholic motives.” Vaporwave itself began as a sub-genre of electronic music and morphed
New Mellon-funded program led by UF Religion faculty, graduate students
February 13, 2019
The University of Florida (UF) Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere launched its Intersections Research-Into-Teaching Grants earlier this year, made possible with $400,000 in funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Awards of $30,000 were given to four