University of Denver Religious Studies Department

Thank you for the great feature, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Denver!

We appreciate the chance to showcase some of the great aspects of our BA and MA programs 🤩

Congratulations to current senior (and future MA student!) Amelia Broderick-King on receiving this year's Theta Alpha Kappa: National Religious Studies / Theology Honor Society Undergraduate Achievement Award for our chapter!

Amelia, we are proud of you and of all you have achieved during your time as a Religious Studies major!

Thanks to Joint Doctoral Program in the Study of Religion - DU/Iliff student David Kemp for their thoughtful letter to the DU Clarion in support of Religious Studies. As David states,

"When we recognize the importance of religious studies and emphasize its usefulness to other programs, professional careers, and personal development, we will not only renew people’s interest in DU but set our university further apart from the competition.

This is The Denver Difference."

Read their full letter here:

LTTE: Religious Studies is necessary for DU’s ‘The Denver Difference’ – The Denver Clarion By: David C. Kemp | April 30, 2026 The University of Denver has many excellent departments, programs, faculty, staff, donors and initiatives that come together to create “The Denver Difference.” A funding campaign, but more importantly, a genuine selling point and multidimensional transformation...

Students, colleagues, and other DU friends: please join us this Monday, April 27, 2-3:30pm at the Religious Studies "front porch" (the area in front of our office!) for cookies, conversation, and copies of our Fall 2026 course schedule!

And, learn about our updated major: "Religion, Culture, & Society"!

We are so proud that Professor and current undergraduate advisor Andrea Stanton, along with Associate Professor and MA advisor Christy Cobb and Associate Professor (and former undergraduate advisor) Ben Nourse, have been awarded a grant from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning!

The grant focuses on emphasizing the career-readiness skills that our students develop in our BA and MA programs.

Learn more about it in this recent College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Denver news article: https://liberalarts.du.edu/news-events/all-articles/what-can-you-do-religious-studies-degree-du-faculty-are-rewriting-narrative.

What Can You Do With a Religious Studies Degree? DU Faculty Are Rewriting the Narrative Senior Associate Dean and professor of Islamic Studies Andrea Stanton has been awarded a competitive grant from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, positioning the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (CAHSS) at the forefront of efforts to connect humanitie...

Please join us this week for these two great events!

TODAY: “Capitalism and the Future of Democracy”

Book panel with RLGS and JDP students and moderated discussion with the audience.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Book panel: 430pm
Location: Lindsay Auditorium, Sturm Hall

Register for link to attend virtually!

TOMORROW: “Socially-conscious Sweatshops: The Politics of “Ethical” Capitalism”

This talk by Prof Lucia Hulsether discusses why ethical capitalism won’t save us.

Thursday, April 23, 2026
Reception: 5pm
Lecture: 6pm
Location: Anderson Academic Commons 290

Register now!

Attending virtually: After registering, you will receive a zoom link 24 hours before each event.

Congratulations to MA student Ayla Ozarslan, who has been awarded the 2026 Department of Religious Studies TAK Graduate Student Award.

This award, supported by Theta Alpha Kappa funding, supports graduate student research. This award supported Ayla's presentation at the March 2026 Regional Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Religion & Bible Society - the regional association of the American Academy of Religion.

We are proud to have had an active Theta Alpha Kappa chapter for nearly 15 years, and appreciate the opportunities that our chapter membership has provided to our students!

We have a number of great upper-level courses on offer this spring! Take a look and join us :)

Join us today for Cookies & Registration, or just take a look at our adorable, cookies-themed Spring Quarter schedule!

Join us on Tuesday, Feb 10, 10:30-noon in front of the Religious Studies suite!

This quarter, we’ve changed to “Cookies & Registration”: stop by for a cookie and a copy of our Spring Quarter schedule 🤩🤩🤩

Today at noon in the Chambers Center Garden Room (Room 190)! Please join us!

Please join us on Tuesday, Feb 3, at 12pm in the Chambers Center Garden Room (Room 190) for “Black Christianities: Racialized Purity Culture as Theological Haunting”, by Dr. Indhira Udofia!

Students, faculty, staff, and community members all welcome!

What: "Black Christianities: Racialized Purity Culture as Theological Haunting” talk
Who: Dr. Indhira Udofia
When: Tuesday, Feb 3, 12pm
Where: Garden Room, Chambers Center (Room 190)