On Tuesday, February 21 at 4:30 in Peabody Hall 115, Jewish Studies is sponsoring a talk "Education against Auschwitz: The Challenge of Learning about- and from- the Holocaust" by guest speaker Doyle Stevick.   

Prof. Yuval Gadot will deliver this year's Howard Lecture on Monday, Nov 14, 2022, in Peabody Hall 115.

New Revelations from Zion: the Archaeology of Jerusalem from the Great Age of Reform

The Department of Religion is proud to announce that Samaria Divine has been selected to receive a 2022 Doctoral Fellowship from the Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE). 

Jace Weaver has recently published an article on the concept of survivance in the Critical Theory for Political Theology 2.0 series for Political Theology. The article is open access and can be read at https://politicaltheology.com/survivance/

The Department of Religion is thankful for the creation of the Wanda Faye Wilcox (Xena) Memorial Scholarship, which embodies well her values and commitments as an advisor and teacher. The link for donating to this scholarship is: https://gail.uga.edu/commit?search=71767083&desonly=1

Congratulations to Dr. Carolyn Medine, who has been appointed as the inaugural All Shall Be Well Professor in Religion.

Wayne Coppins published translations of three books: Oda Wischmeyer's Love as Agape, Jens Schröter's The Apocryphal Gospels, and F.C. Baur's The Christ Party in the Corinthian Community.

Congratulations to Nathan Fleeson who has curated an exhibit case titled "Not All Vampires are Evil" at UGA's Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The case explores the changing perspective of vampires as monsters towards good vampires as a basis for vampire fan culture.

Chera Jo Watts has been selected as the Graduate Student Recipient for the Inaugural UGA First Award. Chera is pursuing an MA in Religion and a Graduate Certificate in African American Studies under the direction of Dr. Carolyn Medine. We congratulate her on this outstanding achievement!