Boston University Department of Religion

03/13/2023

Welcome back from break, terriers! There are a couple of awesome events coming up this week! Be sure to save the date!

08/26/2019

Today's : Religions of Asia with Professor Hughes! Offered this fall, the RN103 survey will cover Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Doaism, Confucianism, and Shinto.

08/23/2019

This fall, take African American Religious History with Professor Guillory! Topics include Judaism in the Af Am community, Voodoo, New Age religion in the digital age, and Africanized Christianity.

01/29/2019

Department of Religion Annual Lecture

06/28/2018

New course with incoming religion Professor Margarita Guillory!

Register Now! Don't miss this new Fall 2018 course on Religion and Hip Hop taught Tue/Thu 2-3;15pm by incoming Prof Margarita Guillory.

01/22/2018

Department of Religion Annual Lecture, February 8th.

08/09/2017

Stephen Prothero presented with Russell Chair in American Religion

Professor Stephen Prothero, author of many books on religion and American culture and teacher of such popular courses as “Death and Immortality” has been awarded the C. Allyn Russell and Elizabeth V. Russell Professorship for Religion in America.

C. Allyn Russell began his 26-year career at Boston University in 1961, focusing on the history of religion in America. In 1982 he received the Metcalf Cup. Prothero, who just won a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanites in their Public Scholars program (and appeared on both the Daily Show and the Colbert Report in their time), has been one of the major contributors to the national discussion about American religion.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/2017-neh-grants-encourage-great-scholarship-for-nonscholars-to-enjoy/2017/08/01/6e0e74f2-76e9-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html?utm_term=.4859f744073b

05/22/2017

Congratulations to our 2017 Religion Department Graduates!

04/21/2017

The BU Program in Scripture and the Arts is excited to present "Cosmos and Creation in the Twelfth Century: An Interpretation of Genesis 1," with Professor Margot Fassler, of the University of Notre Dame, and Christian Jara, digital artist. The event is on Monday, April 24th from 5:30-7:30pm at the Boston Museum of Science Planetarium (1 Science Park, Boston, MA).
More information on the program can be found at our website http://www.bu.edu/scriparts/events/upcoming-events/hildegard-of-bingen-planetarium-presentation/. Free tickets for the event can be found on our Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cosmos-and-creation-in-the-twelfth-century-an-interpretation-of-genesis-1-tickets-32103128321, reservations are required as seating in the planetarium is limited.

04/11/2017

Jenny Knust in BUToday!
http://www.bu.edu/today/2017/faculty-in-residence-bu/

Faculty-in-Residence program offers profs, students a unique opportunity

04/05/2017

BU Giving Day! Here's the link to make a donation to the Religion Department! https://trusted.bu.edu/s/1759/2-bu/giving.aspx?sid=1759&gid=2&pgid=481&dids=293&cid=1146&appealcode=WEBCAS

03/29/2017

Join us for our 21st Annual Lecture with Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús.