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Amy Allocco presents invited paper at “Rethinking the Nonhuman: Asian, Continental, and Comparative Perspectives”
October 4, 2010
Amy Allocco, an assistant professor in religious studies, presented an invited paper titled "Nagas in the Kali Yuga: Reverence, Fear, and Karmic Retribution" at a multidisciplinary workshop focused on relationships between human and nonhuman animals.
Pamela Winfield publishes article on Japanese art history and religious studies
September 20, 2010
Pamela Winfield published a full-length review article entitled "State of the Fields: Recent Contributions to Japanese Art History and Religious Studies" for the peer-reviewed journal Religious Studies Review vol. 36 no. 3 (September 2010).
Amy Allocco, Pamela Winfield named co-chairs of regional AAR / SECSOR Conference Group
September 1, 2010
New Religious Studies faculty member Amy Allocco joins her departmental colleague, Pamela Winfield, in a major professional leadership role as co-chairs of the Religions of Asia section of the annual regional conference co-sponsored by the American Academy of Religion and the Southeastern Conference for the Study of Religion.
Winfield named to board of directors of ARIL
August 31, 2010
Pamela Winfield was named to the Board of Directors of the Association of Religion and Intellectual Life (ARIL) this summer. This is the governing board that has ultimate responsibility for all the activity of ARIL, which includes the publication of CrossCurrents journal, an annual summer research colloquium in New York as well as occasional programs made possible by additional fund raising activity.
Pamela Winfield presents paper at Association of Asian Studies
August 31, 2010
Pamela Winfield presented a paper on "Ito Shinjo’s Path of Oneness: The Life and Legacy of an Ambiguous Ajari” at the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference in Philadelphia on March 25, 2010.
Pamela Winfield publishes book review
August 31, 2010
Pamela Winfield published a book review of Fabio Rambelli’s Buddhist Materiality: A Cultural History of Objects in Japanese Religion (Stanford University Press, 2007) in July, 2010. The book holds interest for students and scholars of Japanese religion, history, material culture, environmental studies and ritual studies.
Toddie Peters delivers keynote address at Societas Ethica in Frankfurt
August 23, 2010
Toddie Peters, associate professor and chair of the religious studies department, presented a keynote address titled "Accounting for Difference: Rethinking Global Markets in a Postcolonial World" at the Societas Ethica Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Saturday, Aug. 21.
Peters delivers keynote address at College Theology Society
June 7, 2010
Professor Rebecca Todd Peters presented a keynote address titled, "Conflict and Solidarity Ethics: Difficult Conversations on Economics, Religion, and Culture" on June 6 to the College Theology Society in Portland, OR.
Faculty and staff honored at annual luncheon
May 12, 2010
Four faculty members were honored May 12, 2010, for superior scholarship, teaching, mentoring and service at Elon University’s faculty-staff awards luncheon. Those recognized included Eric Hall, April Post, Todd Lee and Jeffrey C. Pugh.