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Kristina García
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Religious Studies
In ‘Sacred Stuff,’ students explore religion through material culture
In ‘Sacred Stuff,’ students explore religion through material culture
In the Penn Global Seminar “Sacred Stuff” taught by religious studies professor Donovan Schaefer, students visited religious sites in England.
Mindfulness, monasticism, and women in Thai Buddhism
Mindfulness, monasticism, and women in Thai Buddhism
Ph.D. candidate Katherine Scahill’s research engages with three communities of female Buddhist monks (bhikkhunī) in Thailand and their chanting traditions.
Penn’s Katz Center: Working to cultivate the next generation of scholars
Penn’s Katz Center: Working to cultivate the next generation of scholars
For three decades, the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies has fostered research on Jewish studies and shares it with the world.
Two Penn Ph.D. candidates awarded 2024 Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Two Penn Ph.D. candidates awarded 2024 Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
The School of Arts & Sciences awardees are Arielle Xena Alterwaite, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in history, and Katherine Scahill, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in music.
Talking about antisemitism
Talking about antisemitism
More than 200 people attended a talk by author Dara Horn at Penn Hillel, the first of six speaker events in a new series on antisemitism and education organized by the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.
‘Jews and the University: Antisemitism, Admissions, Academic Freedom’
‘Jews and the University: Antisemitism, Admissions, Academic Freedom’
The Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at Penn is offering a spring speaker series, “Jews and the University: Antisemitism, Admissions, Academic Freedom,” that includes six events, the first on Tuesday at Penn Hillel.
Orthodox America
Orthodox America
In Orthodox America, students explore the history of Orthodox Christian communities influencing American religious, political, legal, and literary landscapes.
British opera and Jewish vocal artists in the 18th and 19th centuries
British opera and Jewish vocal artists in the 18th and 19th centuries
Katz Center fellow Uri Erman on the intersection of opera and the fraught experience of assimilation for British Jewish populations.
Finding light in dark times
Finding light in dark times
Professors Deven Patel and Steven Weitzman in the School of Arts & Sciences discuss why Diwali and Hanukkah, both festivals of lights, can act as symbols of hope.
Locust walks: Making connections and bridging differences
Locust walks: Making connections and bridging differences
Harun Küçük, faculty director of the Middle East Center, and Joshua Teplitsky, director of the Jewish Studies Program, started walking and talking as an act of campus diplomacy in the wake of the violence in Israel and Gaza.
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National Catholic Reporter
Catholics, abortion and the election: It’s complicated
Anthea Butler of the School of Arts & Sciences believes that white Catholics care less about abortion than about other issues like race.
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Religion News Service
Kamala Harris’ multi-religious identity is a map of the future
Anthea Butler of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Kamala Harris’s religious story is not a straight line, which mirrors the trajectory of many Americans today.
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MSNBC
Christian activists try Ten Commandments law, emboldened by compromised Supreme Court
Anthea Butler of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses Louisiana’s new law requiring the display of the Protestant version of the Ten Commandments in every school in the state.
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The Hill
Save America’s sacred places for civic purposes
In a co-written opinion article, John Dilulio of the School of Arts & Sciences says that neglected religious buildings should be preserved for civic use.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
‘Muslim-ish’: For less observant Muslims, Ramadan remains a cherished ritual
Jamal Elias of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the percentages of Muslims who practice their religion by praying five times a day, wearing the hijab, and eating halal food.
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The Conversation
For 150 years, Black journalists have known what Confederate monuments really stood for
Donovan Schaefer of the School of Arts & Sciences says that journalists at Black newspapers have historically criticized Confederate monuments for falsely enshrining Southern myths about why the Civil War was fought.
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