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Category: <span>Religious Studies</span>

Category: Religious Studies

Philosophy, Religious Studies

Attend the Spring 2024 Mercy Peace Forum on April 10: Michael Baxter’s virtual talk on “The Grace of Doing Almost Nothing: Reflections on Peacemaking Amid the Perplexities of War in Ukraine and Gaza”

Join a thought-provoking virtual discussion led by Michael Baxter, associate professor at the McGrath Insitute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. Delving into the complex issues surrounding war in Ukraine and Gaze, Baxter will juxtapose these conflicts with H. Richard Niebuhr’s essay “The Grace of Doing Nothing.”  …

Political Science, Religious Studies

Islamic Studies Virtual Lecture on April 8: Un/committed: American Muslims’ Electoral Preferences & Voting Behavior

Join this virtual talk and Q&A with Nura Sediqe Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and faculty in the Muslim Studies Program at Michigan State University.   With the rise in the #uncommitted movement among the voting public, this lecture will examine American Muslims’ political preferences, exploring the …

Alumni, Religious Studies

Annual 2024 Cushing Distinguished Lecture will be held by the Department of Religious Studies on April 3 at 5:00p.m. in Student Union Ballroom

The Department of Religious Studies will host the annual 2024 Cushing Distinguished Lecture on April 3 at 5:00 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. This year’s lecturer is Dr. Brian K. Blount, president emeritus of Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond VA, and Charlotte, NC.  The theme of his lecture this …

Faculty, Religious Studies, Thumbs up

Thumbs up: Patrick Kelly, S.J., featured speaker at JFAN Detroit luncheon, March 7

Fr. Patrick Kelly, S.J., author, alumnus and professor at Detroit Mercy, is the featured speaker at a Jesuit Friends and Alumni Network (JFAN) of Detroit luncheon, set for Thursday, March 7 at noon.  Doors open at 11:30 a.m. inside of the Student Union Ballroom on UDM’s McNichols Campus. Connect with …

Faculty, Religious Studies, Thumbs up

Thumbs up: Detroit Mercy Islamic Studies director to present at MSU conference

Katie Merriman, assistant professor of religious studies and director of the Islamic Studies program will be delivering a virtual presentation at the 17th Annual Muslim Studies Program Conference on Friday, Feb. 9 from 9:30-10:45 a.m.  Her presentation is titled “Revising American Muslim History from Personal and Communal Archives: A case …