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Religious studies graduate student Shafiu Alidu went in search of West Africa鈥檚 boldest believers in the Yan Hakika Sufi sectShafiu Alidu grew up in a unique mixing pot of Islam, Christianity and Sufism in Accra, Ghana. Now a master鈥檚 student in the
SPRING 2026 GRADUATE RESEARCH COLLOQUIAMONDAY, APRIL 13, 10:00 - 11:00 AMHUMN 230Eaton Humanities, 1610 Pleasant St.PRESENTERSGenevieve Hauer, M.A. Candidate, Religious StudiesCementing Celestial Sovereignty: Hagiographic and Photographic Depictions
Join us for a lecture by Catherine Hartmann, University of Wyoming on the topic of her new book:Making the Invisible Real: Practices of Seeing in Tibetan Buddhism4pm on Friday, April 10thE250 in the CASE Building, 麻豆免费版下载BoulderHow can a person learn to
Associate Professor Samuel Boyd recently edited a special issue of English Language Notes, which also includes his article "Where History Lies: Putting the Past Before Us".聽History is both everywhere and nowhere. It is omnipresent in the sense
Shafiu Alidu, a second year MA student in Religious Studies, has recently published an article in the Journal for the Institute of Sufi Studies entitled "Divine Whispers: Unraveling the Enigma of the Sufi 聽鈥淵an Hakika鈥 Movement in West Africa
Wednesday, February 4 at 5pm聽ENVD 134In an upcoming event, Prof. Max Perry Mueller (University of Nebraska Lincoln) and Forrest Cuch (Northern Ute) will discuss Prof. Mueller's recent book Wakara鈥檚 America: 聽The Life and Legacy of a Native
Join the Department of Religious Studies on February 24th for The Urdu Shi士i Practice of Khi峁乥at (oratory)January 24th, 5-6pmEaton Humanities 135On any given day in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, tens and hundreds of Urdu-speaking Shi士a kh膩峁璱bs
鈥淟iving in Beauty through Difficult Times: 聽A Talk by Din茅 Elder Lupita McClanahan鈥漈hursday, Nov. 13, 2025, 5-6pm, Eaton Humanities 250鈥淗ozho,鈥 or 鈥淭he Beauty Way,鈥 is a core practice of the Din茅 people. 聽Raised in secrecy by traditional
Selling Sacred Drugs: The Existential Stakes of Altering ConsciousnessGary Laderman, Goodrich C. White Professor of American History and Cultures, Department of Religion, Emory UniversityMonday, Oct. 27, 2025, 5pmHUM 250In this conversation, Gary
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Frederick Denny, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at 麻豆免费版下载Boulder, in March 2025.Fred Denny was a giant in the field of Islamic studies