News

Please join us in congratulating professor David Perrin on his new book!

Congratulations to professor Jeff Wilson on his new article: "Buddhism Without Merit: Theorizing Buddhist Religio-Economic Activity in the Contemporary World", published by the Journal of Global Buddhism.

Welcome back to our Q&A series with Religious Studies instructors, alumni, and students. Get to know our people, research, and courses!

Welcome to our Q & A series with Religious Studies instructors, alumni, and students. Get to know our people, research, and courses!

Welcome back to our Q&A series with Religious Studies instructors, alumni, and students. Get to know our people, research, and courses!

If you missed it, check out part 1 of our Q&A with Dr. Batten to learn about the relevance of studying religion. This week, we will answer questions about our undergraduate program.

Religous Studies professor Douglas E. Cowan received an Arts Award in Excellence in Research at yesterday's ceremony. Here are photos of the event.

Congratulations, Doug!

Carmen Celestini, a PhD student in the Religious Diversity in North America program at University of Waterloo recently published the article, "Don’t Ignore the Role of “Christian Values” in Conservative Conspiracy". 

Each year the Religious Studies Department honours its outstanding students with a lunch at the University Club.  This year the award winners are"

Highest Second Year Average Award: Rebecca Chapeskie

Highest Third Year Average Award: Maddy Prevost

Highest Fourth Year Average Award: Douglas Wilson

Outstanding Contribution to the RS Department Award: Madlyn Prevost

Pictured: Maddy Prevost, Mavis Fenn, Ricardo Gouvea, Rebecca Chapeskie and Doug Cowan (seated).