Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society

Department of Religious Studies faculty presented research and participated in leadership roles at the joint annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), which took place in San Antonio, Texas.

Allocco worked with Xenia Zeiler to organize the two linked panels, “Intensification vs. Sweetening? New Patterns in Contemporary Hindu Representation and Practice,” as one outcome of the Collaborative International Research Grant they were awarded by the American Academy of Religion

Three Elon faculty present on mentoring undergraduate research in global contexts at the AAC&U Global Learning Conference on October 7-9, 2021

Supported by the Henry Luce Foundation, the project examined the digital landscape in which scholars of religion reach public audiences.

In this article, multiple faculty program leaders reflect on how the COVID-19 pandemic forced a reimagining of the student global engagement opportunities they manage at Elon.

“Bringing the Dead Home: Hindu Invitation Rituals in Tamil South India” is the cover article in the most recent issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion

The Critical Language Scholarships will give Elon students Sarah Jane McDonald '21 and Holly Cardoza '23 the opportunity to study foreign languages deemed critical to U.S. diplomacy and outreach.

Elon’s 2021 Smith-Chase Lecture featured three distinguished scholars.

Through a two-year fellows program, the five rising juniors of this interdisciplinary cohort will participate in specialized coursework, faculty-mentored undergraduate research, campus leadership, and community engagement in multifaith contexts.

The journalism major has turned her undergraduate research into a passion project, and it won a prestigious Hearst Journalism Award.