What is Religious Studies? Very few phenomena have the impact on human culture that religion does. Religious Studies is the exploration of religion within culture and history. As a secular academic discipline that takes a variety of approaches, Religious Studies is concerned with how religious beliefs and practices shape and are shaped by human experience. Religious Studies is not limited to a single tradition or religion; it encompasses all religions from all cultures and all times: it is global in scope. Contact Info General office Department of Religious Studies Arts & Administration Building, Room A-5007 Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's, NL, Canada A1C 5S7 T: (709) 864-8166 F: (709) 864-8059 E: [email protected] www.mun.ca/relstudies/ Memorial offers the Graduate Coordinator largest graduate Dr. Jennifer Selby Department of T: (709) 864-4046 program in Religious E: [email protected] Religious Studies in Atlantic www.mun.ca/relstudies/graduate/ Studies Canada, and one of The Text and Context the largest in the Master of Arts Program nation. THE MEMBERS OF OUR DEPARTMENT ARE ENGAGED IN A VARIETY OF RESEARCH AND Method and Theory SUPERVISORY ACTIVITIES IN SOME OF THE Your Choices Faculty: KP, JP, HR, LR, JS, MS, BS. FOLLOWING BROAD CATEGORIES: The department offers two programs: ► Historical-critical methods ► a one-year project stream; ► Historical textual approaches, manuscripts Religious Texts ► a two-year thesis stream. ► Anthropology of Religion, lived religion and Faculty: MD, PD, DH, KP, LR, HR, MS, BS. field-based approaches Our Faculty Members ► Hebrew Bible, Second-temple Judaism, early ► Secularism and post-secular studies rabbinic Judaism ► Dr. Michael DeRoche (MD) ► Philosophy of Religion ► Hindu religious texts and history Associate Professor, [email protected] ► Ritual Studies ► New Testament, early Christian literature ► Dr. Patricia Dold (PD) ► Modernism and postmodernism ► Chinese philosophy Associate Professor, [email protected] ► Patristic, Medieval, Reformation, and Early ► Dr. David J. Hawkin (DH) Modern studies Religion and Gender Professor, [email protected] ► Christian ethics, social justice Faculty: PD, KP, JS, JP, LR. ► Dr. K. I. Parker (KP) ► Environmental ethics ► Gender and Hinduism Professor and Head, [email protected] ► Philosophy of religion, Lonergan ► Feminist readings of biblical narratives ► Dr. Jennifer Porter (JP) ► Christianity and Modern Literature ► Muslim family life Associate Professor, [email protected] ► Western manuscripts ► Women and contemporary Christianity and ► Dr. Lee Rainey (LR) Associate Professor, [email protected] Islam ► Women in China ► Dr. Hans Rollmann (HR) Religious Contexts Professor, [email protected] Faculty: MD, PD, JP, LR, JS, HR, BS. ► Dr. Jennifer Selby (JS) ► Ancient Israelite religion Associate Professor, [email protected] ► Early, Medieval, Early Modern and Modern A small class with big connections ► Dr. Michael Shute (MS) Christianity Each year's graduate class is small, allowing our Professor, [email protected] ► Reception of Hindu religious ideals in South Asian graduate students the opportunity to get to know and diasporic contexts one another well and interact closely with faculty. ► Dr. Barry Stephenson (BS) Assistant Professor, [email protected] ► Implicit religion and Alternative Religions in North Graduate students have the use of a small, America dedicated library, located on the same floor as the We offer competitive funding ► Religion and Popular Culture rest of the department's offices. Here they meet with packages for full-time graduate ► Daoism and Confucianism in China one another to socialize, discuss class work, write students. ► Contemporary Islam in the West and research. The room is equipped with networked For more information on our Text and computers, a scanner, a printer and the students' Context program, please see our ► Religion in Newfoundland and Labrador personal mailboxes. Some students also maintain a graduate handbook available on our ► Christianity and Modernity private graduate study carrel in the QEII Library. webpage. ► Experiential Religion and Christian Revivalism .