religious studies

Deepak Sarma, professor in the Department of Religious Studies, will give a lecture on the fundamentals of Hindu bioethics. He also will discuss a related case, for which he was an expert consultant. The case considers the bioethical concerns related to a case in which an infant—the child of Hindu…

The Judaic Studies Program will host “A Conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi, Author of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor” Thursday, Oct. 25, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. Empathizing with Palestinians and unraveling his complex, wide-ranging feelings as a Jew living in Israel,…

When looking at the cover of the Grateful Dead’s self-titled first album, Deepak Sarma, professor of religious studies, recognized the image of Yoga-Narasimha, an avatar of the Hindu god Visnu. He investigated the imagery in an op-ed titled “A long strange trip: Exploring how Yoga-Narasimha landed…

Editor's note: This event has been postponed to a later date. Albert J. Raboteau, the Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion Emeritus at Princeton University, will deliver the Ratner Family Lecture in Religion Wednesday, March 21, at 4:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, ballroom…

The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women invites the Case Western Reserve University community to the first event in its Spotlight on Women's Research series, featuring Justine Howe, assistant professor of religious studies. Howe will give a lecture titled “All-American Islam: Leisure and Parenting…

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host a faculty-work-in-progress lecture with Brian Clites, instructor in the Department of Religious Studies. Clites will present “Sacred Protests: Politics and Faith after Sexual Abuse” Thursday, Feb. 1, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206.…

In the mid-2000s, a sense that the Islamophobia brought on by the 9/11 terror attacks had somewhat eased gave rise to a new feeling of optimism among some Muslim communities in the United States. They saw an opportunity to remake certain aspects of their public perception, setting out to prove…

Justine Howe, assistant professor of religious studies, recently wrote a piece for The Immanent Frame, which is an interdisciplinary publication produced in conjunction with the Social Science Research Council’s program on Religion and the Public Sphere. Howe’s piece, titled “What is scholarship…

Prior to last month’s solar eclipse, Deepak Sarma, professor in the Department of Religious Studies, described one Hindu myth relating to the eclipse. His article, titled “When Rahu Swallows the Sun: The Eclipse According to One Hindu Myth,” was published in HuffPost. Read about the myth.

Deepak Sarma, professor of religious studies, wrote an article for The Common Reader about Hinduism and money. His article, titled “The Dharma of Dollars,” describes the history of Hinduism and the stereotype that Eastern culture is guided by spirituality, while Western culture revolves around…