What’s a blog good for anyway? Getting solid research out to the masses. Starting a conversation. Critically thinking about an important topic in a public forum. Being cool and hip-with-what-the-kids-are-doing-these-days. These are just some of the reasons, among others, that we at the University of Florida’s Religion Department (#UFreligion) are launching our brand new RELIGION+CULTURE blog. […]
Stories from fieldwork in a war zone. Tales of dog rescues (or tails…see what we did there?). European travels. Wisconsin. It’s all part of Dr. Anna Peterson’s life story and we want to share it with you in our featured Faculty Profile series! *Read a new Faculty Profile on Dr. Jonathan Edelmann Anna Peterson is professor […]
The University of Florida Religion Department is excited to welcome our newest faculty member, Dr. Jonathan Edelmann. Dr. Edelmann will be joining our faculty focusing on Religions of Asia. He comes to us most recently from Mississippi State University. He will serve as Assistant Professor of Hinduism, Department of Religion, at the University of Florida. Beyond […]
In 2003, #UFreligion took a major step forward, inaugurating a doctoral program. A particular strength of this program is its interdisciplinary nature. In approaching religion, we encourage our students not only to engage other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, but also to draw from university-wide resources in […]
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Religion and science. The company line is that the two are locked in some inexorable conflict, some primeval wrestling match that has no bloodless resolution. But what if, in one person, the two could reside simultaneously? What if that person was a student and planned to take her degree in religious studies and merge that […]
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In 1967 Lynn Townsend White, Jr. proposed in his essay, “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis” that it was Christian influence and Middle Age mechanical technologies that lie at the root of the ecological crisis of the 20th-century. While not the first to put forward such a critique, White published in the revered journal […]
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From studying environmental ethics to approaches to anthropology in Jewish studies and the exploration of Islam in Africa the Fall 2015 semester offerings from #UFreligion are as interesting as can be. With strengths in religion & nature, religion & the Americas, religions of Asia and expertise in both textual studies and ethnographic research the department is offering a wide-range […]
The Florida Division of Recreation & Parks (DRP) is collaborating with the University of Florida and the University of Central Florida on the “Wish You Were Here” project, a self-directed cultural trail for visitors to explore the rich cultural heritage of seven Florida state parks (Wakulla Springs State Park; Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings SHP; Homosassa Springs; Silver Springs; […]
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The Center for Global Islamic Studies is happy to announce the Graduate Certificate in Global Islam. The goal of this certificate is to train students to pursue careers in teaching and research related to Islam, and will broaden students’ understanding of the diversity of Islam in the global context. The certificate requires the completion of 15 credits for […]
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Need money for graduate school? As Lauren Ford from the Financial Aid and Education Team at OnlineMastersPrograms.org said, “Finances are such a huge factor for any student when it comes to weighing their educational opportunities, and we are hopeful that this tool will help connect students with more opportunities to continue their studies at the graduate […]
Over the last decade the study of religion has expanded its multidisciplinary reach by looking to see the ways in which religion and culture intersect with media and digital technology. Questions range from “How is religion represented in the media?” to “How are religious organizations using media and technology to promote their faiths” to more […]
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