Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society

Claussen's paper titled “The Legacy of the Kelm School of Musar on Questions of Work, Wealth and Poverty,” appears in Wealth and Poverty in Jewish Tradition, ed. Leonard J. Greenspoon (Purdue University Press)

Members of the Religious Studies department participated in and presented their research at the annual meetings of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature in Atlanta, GA, Nov. 20-23.

Claussen's paper was published in "Tikkun Olam: Judaism, Humanism & Transcendence", edited by David Birnbaum and Martin S. Cohen

"Sharing the Burden: Rabbi Simhah Zissel Ziv and the Path of Musar" by Assistant Professor Geoffrey Claussen recounts the life of a 19th century Jewish leader who greatly influenced a movement focused on the development of human character.

An Emory University historian uncovers the medical knowledge produced in convents, conservatories, and princely courts. 

Culinary historian and chef Michael W. Twitty will lead discussion over dinner on the theme of "Kosher/Soul: Black-Jewish Identity Cooking." RSVP required.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer defied Hitler at the cost of his life.

Elon University sent 20 delegates to the international interfaith gathering and presented two workshops at the conference.

Elon University’s Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society, and the Jewish Studies Program, host the acclaimed historian for a talk about Jewish Feminism in America

6-7:15 p.m. in the McBride Gathering Space in the Numen Lumen Pavilion.