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Explore the study of religion at USC Dornsife: http://dornsife.usc.edu/religion/
Why study religion? The study of religion is not simply about faith or belief. Our majors study religious ideas, practices, and communities from a variety of disciplinary approaches, including those of politics, history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, visual culture, and literary studies. The religion major and
03/29/2024
https://religiondispatches.org/trumps-god-bless-the-usa-bible-is-no-joke/
Trump's 'God Bless the USA Bible' is No Joke As he makes another bid for the White House, Donald Trump is well aware of who his base is and what they believe. Indeed, the campaign has increasingly adopted more overtly Christian nationalist themes, particularly those that attach special importance to the role of Trump in the Christian god’s p...
12/13/2021
Congratulation to Prof. Duncan Williams for receiving the 2022 Grawemeyer Award for Religion!!
Work describing Buddhists' faith during confinement wins Grawemeyer Award /PRNewswire/ -- A scholar who explained how Japanese American Buddhists adhered to their faith even after being forced into World War II detention camps has...
06/18/2020
Stay safe everyone!
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, USC Office of Religious & Spiritual Life, Religion Discussion Mindfulness, Buddhist Journal
Take a Mindful Approach to Coronavirus Dr. Christiane Wolf on how to mindfully curtail the spread of coronavirus — and keep a cool head about it, too.
05/21/2020
Diane Winston, Knight Chair in Media and Religion and Associate Professor of Journalism was quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer article, "Philly-area religious leaders adapt to reach their faithful as pandemic drags on"
University of Southern California, USC Office of Religious & Spiritual Life, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Philly-area religious leaders adapt to reach their faithful as pandemic drags on The pandemic hit with full force in the United States just as all Abrahamic religions were observing major holidays: Easter, Passover, and month-long Ramadan, which ends May 23.
05/07/2020
Mark Letteney, USC Religion’s postdoctoral fellow talks about his discoveries at Bethlehem’s Pools of Solomon in this "The Daily Beast" article...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jerusalems-controversial-pools-of-solomons-secrets-have-been-unlocked?ref=scroll
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; USC Archaeology; University of Southern California
The Secrets of Bethlehem’s Controversial Pools of Solomon Have Been Unlocked Fiercely fought over by different sides in Israel and Palestine, archaeologists working at the famed Pools of Solomon have uncovered something sure to surprise everybody.
04/23/2020
Please join us in congratulating Donald Miller on his newest publication, "Becoming Human Again: An Oral History of the Rwandan Genocide Against the Tutsi" https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520343788/becoming-human-again
USC Dornsife Social Media Managers, University of Southern California, USC Center for Religion & Civic Culture
Becoming Human Again Genocide involves significant death and trauma. Yet the enormous scope of genocide comes into view when one looks at the factors that lead to mass killing, the struggle for survival during genocide, and the ways survivors reconstruct their lives after the violence ends.
10/01/2019
Just out from USC Religion's Prof. Cavan Concannon:
Every Day Is Already "Bring Your Bible to School Day" | Religion & Politics Focus on the Family is politicizing a common and protected practice.
03/21/2019
NEW from Prof. Concannon:
“They bought artifacts. They bought a building. What the Green family bought ultimately was expertise.”
On Good Government & Good Girls: How the Museum of the Bible’s Founding Family Turned Themselves into Bible Experts — The Revealer a review of religion & media
02/13/2019
Check out Prof. Concannon's new piece on Trump, Immigration, and the Late Roman Empire.
Immigration: How ancient Rome dealt with the Barbarians at the gate As Congress and President Trump struggle to devise a coherent immigration policy along the US southern border, there are lessons from ancient history that could prove instructive.
