religious studies

Jonathan Tan, the Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor of Catholic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies, was a guest on Vox’s “Today, Explained” podcast in September. Tan spoke with podcast host Noel King in an episode titled “The Pope's Big Bet on China,” which is available on Spotify, ...

Nadia Bolz-Weber What if it's too late to avoid some kind of ecological catastrophe? How might we begin to imagine alternative ways forward on such a horizon? What might it mean to collapse well? Sponsored by the Henry Luce Foundation and the Department of Religious Studies, renowned speaker Nadi...

Jonathan Tan, the Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor in Catholic Studies and associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies, participated in a recent roundtable event hosted by the Asia Research Institute (ARI) of the National University of Singapore. Marking the second anniversary o...

Erin Benay, associate professor of early modern art and director of undergraduate studies and Deepak Sarma, professor of religious studies and professor of bioethics have been named inaugural Distinguished Scholars in the Public Humanities. Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III made t...

The spooky season is upon us, and with it comes mounds of chocolate, horror movie marathons and imaginative costumes. But, where did some of these Halloween traditions even come from? The Daily wanted answers—and found them through Timothy Beal, a Distinguished University Professor and the Florenc...

The Reproductive Health Task Force is undertaking a speaker series to engage in discussions on various aspects of reproductive health. Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join a panel of experts as they explore diverse religious perspectives on reproduction and ...

Deepak Sarma, professor of Indian religion and philosophy at Case Western Reserve University, was recently named to two external positions. He was elected the vice president of the Grateful Dead Studies Association, an interdisciplinary academic organization for the study of the American rock band ...

Only three years after President Abraham’s Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation did enslaved people become free in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union Army Major General Gordon Granger proclaimed to the people of Texas that, “in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United S...

Timothy Beal, the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion at Case Western Reserve University, recently received positive reviews on his newest book, When Time Is Short: Finding Our Way in the Anthropocene. Publishers Weekly described Beal’s book as a “deconstruct(ion) of human exceptionalism” that ...

As Black History Month continues, The Daily is putting a spotlight on some of Case Western Reserve University’s incredible Black faculty members. As leaders in their fields, they share salient—and often groundbreaking—work in books, journals, media outlets and, of course, enlightening courses. Her...