Month: November 2022

I have never wanted to go to law school or to become a lawyer, though interestingly enough, at least for...

Bar none, Ken Burns (b. 1953) is decidedly America’s most important documentary filmmaker, notable as well for his multi-episode contributions...

American Examples is a collaborative working group for early career scholars who study religion in America, broadly conceived, from a...

A folk healer like Agnis trod a fine line between being someone people called upon when they needed help and...

We are really cranking out the podcast series on our Study Religion podcast here in REL. One of our latest...

This episode explores gender diversity in present-day Islam and in Jewish history. We chat with Dr. Katrina Thompson to learn...

(Image by Camilo Freedman for Getty Images) The scene is haunting: Families packing up their belongings and leaving their homes...

(Image by Elizabeth Brockway for the Daily Beast) “This is my beloved child in whom I am well pleased,” read...

(Image source: Shutterstock) When I google “gender” and “Talmud,” I find countless articles that enumerate the eight (or seven or...