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Anthea Butler
Associate Professor
Religion & Politics
Women & Religion
African American Religion
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Jamal J. Elias
Professor
Islam
Western and South Asia
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E. Ann Matter
Professor
Medieval & Early Modern
Latin Christianity
Women & Religion
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Justin McDaniel
Associate Professor
Buddhist Studies
Southeast Asia
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Timothy Powell
Senior Lecturer
Native American Religions
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Annette Yoshiko Reed
Assistant Professor
Ancient Judaism
Ancient Christianity

Emeritus Faculty

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Robert A. Kraft
Professor Emeritus
Second-Temple Judaism
Early Christianity
Papyrology

News

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Prof. McDaniel wins the Charles Ludwig Award for Distinguished Teaching for 2013
   
Graduating RELS majors win prizes

Congratulations to Emily Goshey, who has won the Rose Award for Undergraduate Research, and to Jamie O'Connell, who has been awarded the College Alumni Society Prize in Classical Studies.

Prof. Elias's new book featured in PennSAS Magazine

The latest issue (Spring/Summer 2013) of Penn Arts and Sciences Magazine includes a story on Prof. Elias's Aisha's Cushion and the relationship between art, narrative, and perception in Islamic Art and Material Culture.

Prof. Butler in SAS Frontiers

"Root Causes: Anthea Butler gives the issue of black women’s hair care an academic spin." See also the media coverage of her symposium on The Politics of Black Women's Hair on MSNBC and the Grio.

RELS profs in the DP

Recent articles have included an article mentioning Justin McDaniel as among those Penn profs whose courses “spark a genuine interest"; a profile of Anthea Butler; and an op-ed mentionning RELS 133

Prof. Elias and Prof. McDaniel awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
Prof. Matter wins TCPW/Provost Award

Ann Matter was chosen to receive the 2012 TCPW/Provost Award, which recognizes significant contributions in advancing the role of women in higher education and research at Penn.

Prof. Reed discusses her experiences as a College House Fellow

Recent essay in the Penn Almanac.

RELS 400 at CPAC

Students in Prof. Butler's "The Religious Right in America" went to Washington DC for the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference.

RELS Major Emily Goshey Featured in SAS Frontiers

An article in SAS Frontiers explores RELS major's research and fieldwork with local Muslim communities. 

Prof. McDaniel wins Kahin Prize for Best Book in Southeast Asian Studies

Prof. Elias wins AIPS "Best Senior Book" Prize

Prof. Elias' newest book On Wings of Diesel: Identity, Imagination and Truck Decoration in Pakistan (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2011) has been awarded the "Best Senior Book" prize by the American Institute of Pakistan Studies.

Prof. Butler on Pope Francis I

Hear her thoughts on the new pope on NPR and read her blog post on History News Network.

Aisha's Cushion in the Literary Review

Prof. Elias' newest book reviewed in The Literary Review. 

Prof. McDaniel interviewed on News Works Tonight
Audio Interview about RELS 356

Listen to Tricycle's on-line interview about Prof. McDaniel's course "Living Deliberately."

Excerpt from Prof. Elias's new book

"There exists a widespread belief that Islam can countenance no representational religious art...

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