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Everything is Connected | Peterson Toscano

Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson Toscano. Connecting issues and ideas to bizarre personal experiences, climate change, literature, and even the odd Bible story, Peterson transforms right before your eyes into a whole cast of comic characters who explore the serious worlds of environmental justice, gender, sexuality, religion, […]

Seeing Ourselves in Books | Amanda Mbuvi

Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, & Society September 26, 2019

Assistant Professor of Religion Amanda Mbuvi of High Point University presents “Seeing Ourselves in Books: What a Jewish Transracial Adoption Story Illustrates about Family and Identity.” In the children’s book “Rebecca’s Journey Home,” an American family’s experience adopting a baby from Vietnam and navigating issues of race, religion and nationality illuminates each of those modes […]

What’s Happened Over the Summer? | A panel discussion

Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, & Society September 1, 2017

Panelists include Drs. Jeffrey Pugh (Religious Studies), Megan Squire (Computer Science), and Tony Crider (Physics) as well as journalist and Elon alumna Jasmine Turner ’15. News clip compilation credit: Paul Leblanc (Elon student) Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society (CSRCS) and the Council on Civic Engagement. (185)

Guide to the End Times: Theology after You’ve Been Left Behind | Jeffrey Pugh

Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, & Society October 6, 2016

“Guide to the End Times” is a theological book by Elon’s own Jeffrey C. Pugh and part of the book-podcast series “Homebrewed Christianity” in which prominent theologians write for non-academic audiences. In his guide, Pugh reflects on his misspent youth in an apocalyptic cult and goes after Rapture Culture and its “bad theology.” Also present […]

The Face of the Syrian War | Dr. Najib Ghadbian

Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, & Society September 9, 2016

Elon University’s Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society (CSRCS) welcomes Najib Ghadbian, a special representative for the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces to the United States and United Nations. Ghadbian speaks to the Elon community about the current state of the Syrian civil war, the war-torn country’s future, and […]

Stand Your Ground | Kelly Brown Douglas

Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, & Society April 25, 2016

Kelly Brown Douglas is a professor of religion at Goucher College with areas of expertise in Women’s Theology and Sexuality & Black Church studies. In her “Stand Your Ground” lecture, she addresses the evolution of the Black Lives Matter campaign and the construction of the black body historically, and in today’s society. (291)

Race, Religion and the Changing American Electorate | Robert P. Jones

Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, & Society February 8, 2016

Robert Jones, CEO of the polling organization Public Religion Research Institute and columnist for The Atlantic, was on hand to discuss two critical factors in this year’s presidential election: race and religion. In addition, he addressed the PRRI’s most recent polling data, released on Jan. 28 just ahead of the Iowa caucuses, which shows the […]

John Thatamanil – ‘The Promise of Religious Diversity’

Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, & Society April 15, 2013

“The Promise of Religious Diversity: Dialogue after Religion,” a lecture by Dr. John Thatamanil, associate professor of theology and world religions, Union Theological Seminary, took place on Tuesday, April 9th 2013 in the McBride Gathering Space, Numen Lumen Pavilion. This event is made possible by the Elon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the Religious Studies […]