December 2024- The Religion Department organized a series of engaging and impactful events throughout 2024. In the Fall, we kicked…
Faculty News
Faculty Highlight: Professor Devaka Premawardhana’s New Article on ‘Tribalism’
December 2024- Professor Devaka Premawardhana’s article, published in Harvard Divinity, states that political tribalism may be here stay, fueled by…
Faculty Highlight: Remembering Paul B. Courtright
December 2024- The Department of Religion is deeply saddened by the passing of our esteemed emeritus faculty member, Professor Paul…
Professors Wei Wu and Jiaying Lu Awarded Seed Grant for AI and Human Values Research”
December 2024- Professor Wei Wu (Emory Department of Religion) and Professor Jiaying Lu (Emory Nursing School’s Center for Data Science)…
“This is No Ordinary Anti-Blackness — The Racist History of the Pet-Eating Conspiracy.”
September 2024- Dr. Dianne Stewart and Dr. Kyrah Daniels co-authored a piece for the Religion Dispatches on former President Donald…
Dr. Reinders interview about his new book: Reading Tolkien in Chinese
July 2024- In a recent interview with Will and Hannah, Religion professor Dr. Eric Reinders talks about his recent book…
Faculty Highlight: Professor Dianne Stewart
August 2024- This month we would like to highlight our very own Religion Professor Dianne Stewart. On April 29, 2024,…
Dianne Stewart, the Author of Black Women, Black Love: America’s War on African American Marriage- Vox’s Podcast Interview
February 2024- Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Dianne Stewart, recently had an interview with Vox.…
The Rise of Sacred Drugs for Existential Struggles-Article Written by Professor Gary Laderman, Ph.D.
December 2023- Read more on the article at: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/religiousness/202312/the-rise-of-sacred-drugs-for-existential-struggles
Faculty Excellent Teaching Recognition- GAMMA CHAPTER of GEORGIA Fall Initiation Ceremony 2023
November 2023- Our esteemed Religion Professors, Ellen Gough, Michael Berger, and Kate Rosenblatt were recognized for their excellent teaching during…