Turning Students into Citizens, Religious Studies Edition
A response to Ivan Strenski’s “Can Religion Professors Save the Planet?”
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Modern Vampires: Your Neighbors and Spouses
In studying the world of vampires, a young religion scholar is courted by MTV, forced to reckon with subtle energy (“psi”), and confronts the concerns of journalists who recall the disappearance of a colleague at work on a vampire story.
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Tariq Ramadan in Montreal: Defining Ethics in Terms of Religion
Controversial Muslim Scholar Tariq Ramadan, banned from travel to the United States, spoke in Montreal last week at the annual convention of the American Academy of Religion. In a question-and-answer session he answered accusations of “doublespeak.”
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