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The Twin Cities Houses of Worship Project hosted an event for the public to learn about and engage with the intertwining histories of Jewish and Black communities.

Director of Religious Studies Jeanne Kilde has organized an event centering Jewish and Black communities of North Minneapolis through the history of their shared worship space…

The Department of Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures hosts a series of discussions with scholars from all over the world. Their goal? To reflect on their past…

The Twin Cities Houses of Worship Project and partners are hosting a two-day community event about the histories of the Jewish and Black communities in North Minneapolis.

List of the Religious Studies Program Spring 2023 Class List.

List of the Islamic Studies Program Spring 2023 Class List.

A hearty congratulations to Cameron Ferguson, who finished He completed his graduate work at the University of Chicago Divinity School, from which he graduated in August 2019…

Tune in to Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) this weekend, to watch UMN religious architecture specialists Jeanne Kilde and Virajita Singh discuss religious buildings and…

Two CLA DFRACS (Dean's Freshman Research and Creative Scholars program) students currently working with Religious Studies faculty presented their research at the CLA Research…

We asked religious studies alumnus Richard Pittman Jr.: "What CLA experience continues to influence your life as a changemaker?"

How University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts faculty and students engage religion in class and on campus.

Visit the New Site of the Religion and the Public University Research Collaborative

In a recent WCCO-TV news segment titled "Why Are Fewer Americans Involved In Organized Religion?", RELS professor Penny Edgell provided her expertise to explain the decline in…

Katharine Gerbner, McKnight Land-Grant Professor in the History Department and the Religious Studies Program, is interviewed in a new PBS series, The Black Church, airing on…

RELS Professor Nabil Mater has recently published a new book: Mediterranean Captivity through Arab Eyes 1517-1798

On November 06, 2020, the Religion and Public University Research Collaborative at the University of Minnesota hosted a virtual colloquium, presented by John Schmalzbauer…

RELS professor and steering committee member, Paul Rouzer, has recently published a translation of the poetry of Wang Wei (701-761 CE).

Religious Studies Professor Mohsen Goudarzi presented a Zoom lecture titled "Judaism in the Qur'an" on October 14th, 2020, as part of the Center for Jewish Studies Annual…

How will life change after COVID?

The Religion and the Public University Collaborative will sponsor a colloquium on issues related to religion and public universities in conjunction with the 2021 spring…