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No matter what you want to do, understanding religion is essential to understanding the world around you. When you study religion, you're studying meaning – how we interpret, govern and determine our purpose in the world around us. 

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Department of Religion

J. Sage Elwell, Ph.D., To Present at Allen-Head Lecture

Professor of Religion J. Sage Elwell, Ph.D., has been selected as a lecturer for the Allen-Head Lecture at Austin College on Thursday, April 10. Professor Elwell will focus his lecture on AI, Art and Religion. 

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Recent Publications

Women and Representation in Buddhist Asia: Innovative Pedagogies, Alternative Narratives, and Reimagined Philosophies

Antoinette DeNapoli

Gurus, Priestesses, Saints, Mediums and Yoginis: Holy Women as 'Influencers' in Hindu Culture

Antoinette DeNapoli

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/Hindu_Culture

‘We Survived This’: California Missions, Colonialism, and Indigenous Survival

Abel R. Gomez

Qur’an Commentary and the Biblical Turn: A History of Muslim Exegetical Engagement with the Biblical Text

Samuel J. Ross

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