19/03/2026
UNISA - Religious Studies, Islamic Studies & Arabic
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The Department of Religious Studies and Arabic teaches three Disciplines: Religious Studies, Islamic Studies and Arabic. We emphasise the following aspects:
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The Department of Religious Studies and Arabic teaches three disciplines, namely Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, and Arabic. knowledge of facts about religions
2. empathy for and understanding of religions as expressions of the human search for meaning
3. the willingness and ability of students to think independently and critically
4. the training of students to do empirical and historical res
19/03/2026
Streaming the Sacred: Religion, Public Pedagogy, and Epistemic Diversity in The Believers. Lee Scharnick-Udemans
12/03/2026
The Department of Religious Studies and Arabic present their latest podcast titled 'Sacred Spaces in a digital age'
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09/03/2026
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/iran-after-khamenei/
Iran After Khamenei An interview with sociologist Asef Bayat on the U.S.-Israeli war, democratic opposition to the Islamic Republic, and the country’s uncertain future.
09/03/2026
Iran a deeper dive. A podcast from Unisa’s Department of Religious Studies and Arabic - listen at https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DzRRThaMJ/
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04/03/2026
You can register at c48adb59-cc8b-45c3-834d-765e59eaf154@ca9a8b8c-3ea3-4799-a43e-5510398e7a3b" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c48adb59-cc8b-45c3-834d-765e59eaf154@ca9a8b8c-3ea3-4799-a43e-5510398e7a3b
05/02/2026
23/01/2026
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1D4FEhJP9L/?mibextid=wwXIfr
🌍 BaobabX Podcast | BaobabX Talks
🎙️ Holy Algorithms: Studying Religion in the Age of Machines and Digitalisation
How are algorithms, AI, and digital platforms reshaping religion in Africa today?
Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with leading academics as we explore how religion is being transformed, expressed, and contested in a world shaped by machines, data, and emerging technologies. From online worship and WhatsApp sermons to TikTok preaching and digital pilgrimages, this session sits at the intersection of Religious Studies and African Digital Humanities.
📅 Date: Tuesday, 27 January 2026
⏰ Time: 18h00 – 19h00
📍 Platform: Facebook Livestream
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Let’s reflect together on faith, technology, ethics, power, and meaning-making in the digital age.
11/01/2026
Can artificial intelligence (AI) move beyond efficiency toward wisdom? In an interview with CGTN, Misha Tadd, a sinologist and director at the Global Laozegetics Research Center at Nankai University, reflects on how AI is used in academic research.
He notes that AI enhances efficiency in tasks such as comparing various translations of the "Tao Te Ching," a foundational text of Taoism, enabling scholars to conduct large-scale textual analysis with unprecedented speed. Yet its limitations are also notable. Built on language and data, AI cannot access the lived, non-verbal experiences that lie at the heart of the "Tao Te Ching," which reminds us, "The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao."
05/12/2025
https://history.stanford.edu/people/joel-cabrita
Joel Cabrita | Department of History Joel Cabrita is Professor of History at Stanford University and Director of the Center for African Studies. She is currently writing the first sustained history of CIA operations in apartheid South Africa. The book traces U.S. intelligence networks from the 1950s to the 1980s - including the CIA’s...
08/11/2025
https://youtu.be/N1-z5LB-i8U?si=Zh6OZw9x4uJszuT_
Faith, power & politics: The rise of Christian nationalism | DW News Christian nationalists are rising—and their vision could redefine the nation 250 years after its founding. What happens to democracy when faith takes the dri...
22/10/2025
Rethinking polygamy – new research upends conventional thinking about the advantages of monogamous marriage Simplistic stories about the dangers of polygamy can be compelling and intuitive. But new research suggests some arguments about its harms don’t hold up.
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