Mirabai: The Making of a Saint, the latest publication by Dr. Nancy Martin (Religious Studies), is about an extraordinary and (still) controversial woman—a sixteenth-century, royal devotee of Krishna who refused to live as a woman of her caste and class should. Instead, she sang and danced her impassioned love of God in public, interacting with
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences hosted Dr. Loriliai Biernacki, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, for a lecture on “A Yogurt Model of the Self: Robot Bodies and Tantric Bodies,” as part of the Department of Religious Studies, Huntington Lecture Series. Dr. Biernacki’s “yogurt model of the
Chapman University is hosting a free, three-day conference, Motherhood to Motherhoods: Ideologies of ‘The Feminine’ on April 28-30 2023. Dr. Julye Bidmead (Religious Studies) and Dr. Stephanie Takaragawa (Sociology) received a 2022-23 On-Campus Conference Award to organize this conference, which will investigate the construction of “motherhood” as a concept and connect community members to holistic
Marilyn J. Harran Professor of Religious Studies and History Stern Chair in Holocaust Education Chapman University On Saturday, April 24, for the first time, a U.S. president officially referred to the mass murder of Armenians during World War I as “genocide.” To say the statement was long overdue is a huge understatement. Indeed, it is
Dr. Ilana Maymind, a lecturer for the religious studies department at Chapman University, recently published a book called, “Exile and Otherness: The Ethics of Shinran and Maimonides.” Maymind puts a strong emphasis on critical thinking and interdisciplinary comparisons in her studies and finds the topic of Eastern and Western comparative thought particularly interesting. She strives
Earlier this week students were honored at the 2019 Annual Kugelman Arts and Humanities Awards Ceremony. Below is a list of the Wilkinson College winners. Congratulations to everyone! (Click here to see some pictures!) Art Art History Honors Loralynn Ingreso Grace Jones Ellen Joo Maguy Michelman Purcell Award Maguy Michelman Fine Arts Honors Amanda Burtness
We are excited to announce that Professor Dale C. Allison Jr. will be the visiting Griset Professor for Spring 2019. Professor Allison will be teaching Religion 324, Interpretation of the new Testament: The Gospels and The Historical Jesus on Mondays, 4-6:45 p.m. This course is designed to familiarize students with the issues involved in and
Chapman University’s Department of Religious Studies is pleased to invite you to attend a lecture by this year’s distinguished Visiting Griset Chair in Bible and Christian Studies, Professor Paul N. Anderson on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 7 p.m. in the Wallace All-Faiths Chapel, in a lecture titled – The Beast, the Antichrist, and 666:
You’re invited to a special evening with Dr. Keith Ward vs. Dr. Michael Shermer, “Has Science Made God Obsolete?: The Great Debate” – moderated by Dr. Daniele Struppa, Chancellor and President-Designate Chapman University on Monday, March 7, 2016, 7:30-9 p.m. in Memorial Hall Auditorium. In this great debate over one
You’re invited to a lecture and meditation workshop with Professor Robert Magliola on Wednesday, September 30, 5-6 p.m. in The Fish Interfaith Center, hosted by Women’s Studies , Departments of Sociology and Religious Studies and the Fish Interfaith Center. Professor Magliola’s talk will focus on the Catholic Trope of Mary the Vanquisher Cast in