Religious Studies at Chico State Alumni

12/09/2024

Another recommended podcast--it's terrific!

Podcast by Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at LMU Munich and KCL London. Includes western, Islamic, Indian, and Africana philsosophy.

02/22/2024

02/10/2024

I *highly* recommend this series by cognitive behavioralist John Vervaeke from the University of Toronto. It makes the case for the significance of the history of religion, together with the history of philosophy, for understanding our current common psychological predicament. He makes use of important recent scholarship. You can also watch it on Youtube (Vervaeke lectures with a whiteboard and the scholarship he cites appears there clearly). The podcast version is for listening while you drive, work out, walk etc.

Listen to this episode from Awakening from the Meaning Crisis on Spotify. Video series can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLND1JCRq8Vuh3f0P5qjrSdb5eC1ZfZwWJ List of Books in the Video: •Michael Anderson - After Phrenology: Neural Reuse and the Interactive Brain •Barry Boyce...

02/08/2024

A 1:1 facsimile of the statue of Constantine shows how modern technology can help recreate the past, and offers new ideas for scholarship.

06/01/2021

Outstanding lifetime achievement (already!) from Comparative Religion grad Seve Christian!

Seve Christian has often felt like they need to choose between applying lipstick and securing a vote for a critical LGBTQ+ bill.

04/29/2021

Survey shows how poorly we understand the beliefs of people who identify as atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particular.

04/14/2021

Ben-Gurion saw the IDF as a modern instantiation of Joshua’s military might. The Israeli writer and politician S. Yizhar, in contrast, asserted that we should discard Joshua because of the violence and wholesale slaughter recounted in the book. Contemporary Israeli teachers grapple with the questi...

09/28/2019

Religious Studies and Humanities graduating seniors at the 2019 Comparative Religion and Humanities Student Symposium at Chico State

01/20/2019

CSU Online Programs Wired for Success Alisia Ruble 1/15/2019   Page Image Image Caption   Page ContentOnline programs at California State University campuses are among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2019 Best Online Programs rankings released January 15. U.S. News ...