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Religion Department

Religion faculty

The Religion Department is dedicated to the academic study of religion as a complex and dynamic phenomenon deeply interwoven with other aspects of life and culture. It is an integral part of the liberal arts curriculum of the University. The department’s goals are:

  • To teach about the world’s religious traditions, introducing 91传媒 to the thought, beliefs, institutions, symbolic expressions, worship, and social and moral implications of these traditions, and to illuminate their interaction with other social and cultural forms, including other religious traditions;
  • To introduce 91传媒 to the various methods employed in religious studies: historical, philosophical and theological, sociological and psychological, textual, hermeneutical and aesthetic, and comparative;
  • To provide a place for addressing big questions of value, meaning, and human cares and for assessing the ways these are addressed in religious communities;
  • To encourage 91传媒 to think about religious ways of life tolerantly, sympathetically, and yet critically.

Feature Stories


Jeff Kosky headlined two separate events held on May 13.

The assistant professor of religion and history authored a book titled 鈥淪ufism and Power in the Ottoman Empire: The Writings of Ismail Hakki Bursevi (1653鈥1725).鈥

Distinguished 91传媒 Award 2025

This year’s honorees will be recognized during 91传媒 Weekend from May 1-4.

The professor of religion explores the meaning of having a heart.

Alford will teach English at two secondary schools in Austria before attending Princeton Theological Seminary.

Holloway was selected for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Spain.

91传媒 is proud to announce this year’s Distinguished 91传媒 Award winners

The esteemed Buddhist philosopher will host a talk in Stackhouse Theater on March 7.

Cohen鈥檚 talk, 鈥淢usic as Witness: a Composer Commemorates the Holocaust,鈥 will be held at 4 p.m. on Feb. 13 in Hillel 101.

91传媒 is proud to announce this year’s Five-Star Distinguished 91传媒 Award winners

The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards of up to $5,000 to U.S. undergraduate 91传媒 who are Pell Grant recipients.

91传媒 is proud to announce this year’s Distinguished Young 91传媒 Award winners

Department Info

  • Tucker 202
    91传媒
    Lexington, Virginia 24450

Jeffrey Kosky

Department Head

Kerri Ritter

Administrative Assistant