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. Read more HERE.
Read more "A new website & a fresh new book on sustainable communities"
Ever wondered how to harness the powers of Google for your academic research? Ever wanted to go beyond using the search engine for basic queries? Google News Lab may be the resource you’ve been looking for. Designed for journalists and those interested in news writing, analysis, and commentary, its tools can also be used for […]
Ever wondered how to harness the powers of Google for your academic research? Ever wanted to go beyond using the search engine for basic queries? Google News Lab may be the resource you’ve been looking for. Designed for journalists and those interested in news writing, analysis, and commentary, its tools can also be used for […]
The University of Florida Religion Department is excited to announce its Spring Digital Humanities Seminars. The seminars with #UFreligion provide an ideal environment for discussing and learning about new computing technologies and how they are influencing teaching, research, dissemination, creation, and preservation in different disciplines, via a community-based approach. This semester there are three events to take part […]
Read more "Spring Digital Media Seminars — Meet n’ Greet, Maps, & More!"
by Meghan Mangrum, graduate student in the University of Florida’s College of Journalism & Communications who is enrolled in #UFreligion’s “Religion and the News” class. The halls of inner-city Chicago Catholic schools, gay-rights events in Havana, the Mexico-American border and refugee communities in Italy – Megan Sweas’ work has taken her all over the […]
Read more "The WHY of religion newswriting, from the source"
Can you believe it? Homecoming is upon us, Thanksgiving break is just around the corner, and it’s time to register for Spring classes. Time flies when you’re having fun (a.k.a. when you’re studying religion at UF). As you register for Spring coursework in the coming weeks we wanted to make sure you had all the […]
Read more "Our Spring courses bring all the students to the hall"
*This post is shared from one of our graduate students (Ken Chitwood, PhD ’14), who recently led a seminar on “blogging like an academic” as part of our Digital Humanities 2015-2016 Seminars. When I started blogging I had two readers: my mom and some random dude in Sweden. To say the least, I was a HUGE […]
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 […]
Read more "The Nintendo Power Glove Touches the Hand of God — Religion & Culture in a Digital Age"