November 9 - Dr. Ryan Strickler, our former graduate student, presented a public lecture "Sophronius of Jerusalem: Apocalyptic Responses to Earliest Islam". Congratulations to Dr. Shattuck on the ...

In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Americans poured into houses of worship seeking answers to questions of life and death, chance and providence, and faith and fanaticism. Those questions ...

Father Francis X. Clooney, SJ, who is the Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology at Harvard University, will present the address “On the Edge: Reflections on Being a ...

Combining contemporary social theory with Islamic studies, this lecture looks at the various ways in which Muslims have dealt with the construction of social orders and forms of subjectivity in the ...

Zakir Naik says he has in the past verified with Dr Mahathir Mohamad, among others, on reports about local politicians praising him as an Islamic preacher. (Facebook pic) Controversial Islamic ...

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Max Mueller (1823-1900), a German philologist and Indologist who taught at the University of Oxford, remains a crucial figure in the development of comparative religion as an academic field. He is ...

OKLAHOMA CITY--? The Wimberly School of Religion will offer a series of talks on peace as it relates to a polarized church, nation and world during the Fall 2007 Willson Lectures at Oklahoma City ...

The 28 were among the hundreds of Muslims and non-Muslims who flocked to the Ramadan Forum to listen to the renowned Filipino Muslim orator, Rashid Indasan, who said that worshipping one Creator is ...

(RNS) CAIRO — The university's president withdrew the title awarded in a professor's contract after the professor refused a donor's demand that he advocate for Islam over other religions in his ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider whether La Plata High School violated a Christian student’s constitutional First Amendment rights to freedom of religion and speech by teaching ...