Congratulations to our MSU Religious Studies graduates! After a two-year hiatus due to Covid, the Department of Religious Studies was delighted to host our graduation reception this spring on 20 May 2022 in the Strong Hall Atrium. Below are a few pictures from the event taken with my … [Read more...] about Congratulations to our Religious Studies Graduates!
Dr. Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, MSU Religious Studies BA (2012) and MA (2014) alumna, was interviewed by Odette Yousef for a news article on NPR.org today, "Orthodox Christian churches are drawing in far-right American converts". Based on Riccardi-Swartz's research on a community of mostly former evangelical Christians and Catholics who had joined the Russian Orthodox Church … [Read more...] about Religious Studies BA and MA Alumna Highlighted on NPR
Dr. Richard Hughes, who previously taught at MSU (then Southwest Missouri State University), recently published an article about our former Department Head and founding professor of the Department of Religious Studies, Dr. Gerrit ten Zythoff. The article, "Yes, they are children of Nazis, but we are Christians, and we will stand with those who suffer", appeared in the … [Read more...] about Former REL Professor Publishes Article on Gerrit ten Zythoff
You never know where your Missouri State University Religious Studies degree will take you! We recently heard from three of our Religious Studies alumni, Danielle (Thompson) Waldron, Tori Armstrong, and Jade Callaway, announcing that they started a new book-club podcast, "Bringing Reading Back", and just began the release of season two. Danielle (MSU REL M.A., 2019), Jade … [Read more...] about Religious Studies Alumni Produce New Podcast!
The MSU Graduate College has awarded yet another of our Religious Studies M.A. students the "Distinguished Thesis of the Year Award", this time to Danny R. Jones for his thesis, "How God Writes History: A Gramscian Analysis of Religion and Nature in the Writings, Life, and Legacy of John Muir", written under the direction of his advisor, Dr. Martha Finch (MSU Religious Studies … [Read more...] about REL Rocks Graduate Thesis Awards!