Nov 05
Charles H. Long Memorial Lecture by Anthony Pinn
LEE NORVELLE THEATRE AND DRAMA CENTER/MARCELLUS NEAL AND FRANCES MARSHALL BLACK CULTURE CENTER
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Skeptical of the modern political and intellectual division of labor between the religious and the secular, researchers at the Center for Religion and the Human deploy a range of both traditional and experimental formats to address the question of what it means to be human. Funding for the Center for Religion and the Human is provided by generous support from the Henry Luce Foundation and the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington.
Nov 05
Charles H. Long Memorial Lecture by Anthony Pinn
LEE NORVELLE THEATRE AND DRAMA CENTER/MARCELLUS NEAL AND FRANCES MARSHALL BLACK CULTURE CENTER
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Nov 06
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criticizing science
The Center for Religion and the Human at IU Bloomington announces Myrna Perez’s Criticizing Science: Stephen Jay Gould and the Struggle for American Democracy as winner of the 2026 Iris Book Award. Perez is Associate Professor at Ohio University, jointly appointed in Classics & Religious Studies and in Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies.
The Iris Book Award is a $2000 prize honoring outstanding work that gives new insight into the meaning and status of the human in relation to science, religion, and nature. Past recipients include David George Haskell, Terence Keel, Mary-Jane Rubenstein, and Sarah McFarland Taylor.
Learn more about the 2026 Iris Book Award
Charles H. Long Memorial Lecture by Anthony B. Pinn
Join us on Thursday, November 5 at 6:00PM in the Bridgwaters Lounge (Neal-Marshall) for the Charles H. Long Memorial Lecture by Anthony B. Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religion at Rice University.
Abstract: Reflecting on Robert Paxton’s The Anatomy of Fascism, Rob Riemen notes Paxton’s claim that fascism is culturally specific; its plasticity allows it to reflect the cultural mood of the times. Therefore, and here is where the point becomes interesting, “…fascism in the United States would be religious and anti-black…” This claim brings to mind two questions of human meaning-making posed by W. E. B. DuBois’s examination of racialized ontology captured in TheSouls of BlackFolk.
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American Religion's Spring 2026 issue features articles on the intersection of religious and Arab American studies, Moravian healthcare, enchantment, and evangelical religiopolitics. The issue also includes a comic and concludes with an essay and book reviews on the latest research in religious studies.
Stay tuned for Fall 2026 and an upcoming special issue on religion and health!
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