04/21/2026
Join us for a screening of the documentary Sabbath Queen and a discussion with the film's director, Sandi DuBowski: Thursday, April 30 at 5pm. More info & register here: https://wp.nyu.edu/crm/events/
The Center for Religion & Media promotes the public understanding of religion and its place in media The Center started officially in May 2003.
The Center for Religion and Media at New York University is one of ten Centers of Excellence funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts from 2003–2007. The Center continues with an endowment from NYU to stimulate innovative research and teaching in the interdisciplinary study of religion. The Center seeks to develop interdisciplinary, cross-cultural knowledge of how religious practices and ideas are shap
04/21/2026
Join us for a screening of the documentary Sabbath Queen and a discussion with the film's director, Sandi DuBowski: Thursday, April 30 at 5pm. More info & register here: https://wp.nyu.edu/crm/events/
04/01/2026
Join us next week for a virtual event on April 8 at 6pm ET as editors from Religion Dispatches, ARC: Religion, Politics, Etc., and The Revealer discuss how to pitch, write for, and publish in mainstream religion publications. More info and register here: https://wp.nyu.edu/crm/events/
03/11/2026
Have you ever wanted to write for a religion publication? Join us for a virtual event on April 8 at 6pm ET as editors from Religion Dispatches, ARC: Religion, Politics, Etc., and The Revealer discuss how to pitch, write for, and publish in mainstream religion publications. More info and register here: https://wp.nyu.edu/crm/events/
11/03/2025
Next week: a hybrid event, Beautiful Mystery: Living in a Wordless World. Anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford will discuss her new book. 11/10 at 6pm, in person & on Zoom. More info here: https://wp.nyu.edu/crm/events/
10/27/2025
Hybrid event: Living in a Wordless World. Anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford will discuss her book Beautiful Mystery: Living in a Wordless World. 11/10 at 6pm, in person & on Zoom. More info here: https://wp.nyu.edu/crm/events/
10/21/2025
Next week: Join us for an exciting event about the new podcast "When We All Get to Heaven" with host and co-creator Lynne Ge**er. We will discuss a q***r church during the AIDS epidemic, its activism, and lessons for today. 10/29 at 6pm. More info & register here: https://wp.nyu.edu/crm/events/
10/09/2025
Join us for an exciting event: Lynne Ge**er, host & co-creator of the new podcast series When We All Get to Heaven, will discuss a q***r church during the AIDS epidemic, its activism, and lessons for today. 10/29 at 6pm. More info & register here: https://wp.nyu.edu/crm/events/
04/01/2025
Next Monday, April 7: "Black Panther Woman: Political Activism & Spiritual Self-Care." Mary Frances Phillips will discuss her book Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins, a q***r Black woman who brought spiritual self-care practices to the Black Panther Party that she developed while incarcerated. She'll also discuss how Huggins’ ideas can serve as a toolkit for activists today. 4/7 at 6pm. More info here: https://wp.nyu.edu/crm/events/
03/24/2025
Join us for a book talk! "Picturing Aura: A Visual Biography" Monday, April 14 at 6:00pm. Jeremy Stolow will discuss his book Picturing Aura. The talk will include images, video, & stories about the people, technologies, and enterprise of picturing aura and the challenges it poses to assumptions about religion, science, and art. More info here: https://wp.nyu.edu/crm/events/
03/17/2025
Join us for an event! "Black Panther Woman: Political Activism & Spiritual Self-Care." Monday, April 7 at 6:00pm. Mary Frances Phillips will discuss her new book Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins, a q***r Black woman who brought spiritual self-care practices to the Black Panther Party that she developed while incarcerated. She'll also discuss how Huggins’ ideas can serve as a toolkit for activists today. More info here: https://wp.nyu.edu/crm/events/
03/03/2025
Next week: Christian Nationalism and the Fever Dream of Fascism, a Conversation with Jeff Sharlet. Thursday, March 13 at 7:00pm. Sponsored by NYU's Tisch Performance Studies and co-sponsored by the Center for Religion & Media. More info here:
Christian Nationalism and the Fever Dream of Fascism: A Conversation with Jeff Sharlet Join us for a conversation with Jeff Sharlet, author of the New York Times bestseller The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War and Frederick Sessions Beebe '35 Professor in the Art of Writing at Dartmouth College.