News
2021
,Sue Crowley stands outside her home in Columbia at a Department event in 2011
,an editor corrects the Department's history by acknowledging Sue Crowley's foundational contributions.
,A list of faculty in Religious Studies in 1983
Announcing the publication of Critical Essays on Walker Percey (Boston, 1989)
We are deeply saddened by the loss of our beloved former colleague Sue Crowley, who passed away peacefully on February 20, 2021 at home at Friendship Village of Dublin, Ohio.
image: detail beaded decorative detail, 19th-century bead- and fur-decorated Native American ladle, Museum of Missouri history
https://mohistory.org/blog/curator-faves-mighty-mississippi-edition
Announcing the Confluences Project!
The Department of Religious Studies is launching a new public-facing research project celebrating Missouri’s religious diversity.
Paid Undergraduate Research Interns, Religion in Missouri Project:
2020
The Missouri Humanities Council (MHC) has awarded a grant of $ 2,500 to the Departments of Religious Studies and Black Studies at the University of Missouri in support of the project, “Confluences: Religious Diversity in Missouri, the first 200 years.” The MHC is the only state wide agency in Missouri devoted exclusively to humanities education
The Confluences project was awarded funding from the UM System to collate, analyze and publish data about how different religions influence access to health care in Missouri.
AAR Statement on Racism and George Floyd Murder
June 4, 2020
Dear 2020 graduates,
MA Religious Studies: Nichole Ballard
BA Religious Studies: Ernesto Aguirre, Rachel Foster, Alec LaFata, Justin Peters, Aldo Tucillo, Jessica Weiss, Ashlyn West
Here are some messages from the Religous Studies faculty in celebration of your achievements:
Due to concerns about the spread of the Coronavirus, several department events have been cancelled in accordance with university policy. This includes the film screening March 18 and the lecture by George Demacopoulos March 31st. Please watch this space for future updates.