ASRC offers students the opportunity to experience a variety of religious expressions in an academic context, fostering a wider worldview for all!
The Academic Study of Religion Club is a group of students and faculty from NC State that meets periodically to discuss anything relevant to the academic study of religion(s). All students at NC State are welcome and encouraged to join; you needn’t be a Religious Studies major or minor. Everyone is encouraged to attend ASRC events. These include lectures, film viewings, performances, trips to loca
02/09/2016
ASRC strives to provide events/trips/etc. that are educational, engaging, and peak the interest of those on campus. To that end we have created this short survey which will help us focus most on those topics which interest you! Please follow link below!
02/09/2016
Art, history, AND religious studies?
If you have an interest in any or all of these we'd like to encourage you to attend "Theology in Color!" Fr. Anthony Salzman, a creator of beautiful Byzantine icons, will be providing a lecture and Q&A about iconography this Thursday (February 11th) at 7pm in Park Shops 201!
This event is hosted, planned, and organized by the Orthodox Christian Fellowship.
01/13/2016
Come visit us in Talley Student Union's State Ballroom! We're here till 2pm!
12/03/2015
ASRC's exhibit for International Human Rights Day has a dual fold meaning. The various religious texts bound together represent our need for unity, understanding, knowledge of one another's faith traditions. The candle represents our commonalities, that which can draw us together.
12/03/2015
ASRC had the pleasure of joining with other student groups, OIED, and Chancellor Woodson for NCSU's observance of International Human Rights Day! You can view all the exhibits, including ours, here online and in person at Talley Student Union's Cultural Hearth.
HumanRightsSigning 2015 This gallery hosted by SmugMug; your photos look better here.
12/03/2015
Thanks to Dr. Deb Luckadoo from NCSU's Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity for sharing this with our President! The article really highlights many of the reason why we do what we do in ASRC and I hope you take a moment to peruse it.
The Value of Teaching Religious Literacy For the good of students and society itself, colleges should create interreligious learning communities on campus.
10/05/2015
Here are some photos from the event last week, courtesy of Rev. J. Dana Trent!
NC State Academic Study of Religions Club (ASRC) Gathering, October 1, 2015
10/02/2015
HUGE thanks to J. Dana Trent and Fred Eaker for being with ASRC for an awesome event!
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09/18/2015
For on this day He will forgive you: What is Yom Kippur? Though the holiest day on the Jewish calendar is just around the corner, how many of us know much about Yom Kippur?
09/09/2015
ASRC will be out at the Brickyard with other student orgs until 2pm! Drop in and see our booth to learn more about the club, meet some of our officers, and share your ideas for the coming semester!