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Dr. Jonathan Tan Awarded a Sabbatical Grant for Researchers from the Louisville Institute

Dr. Jonathan Tan, the Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor of Catholic Studies has been awarded the Louisville Institute’s prestigious Sabbatical Grant for Researchers (SGR) award to support his project titled “Beyond Model Minority, Privilege, and Power: Rethinking and Transforming Asian American Theologies.”

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Dr. Justine Howe will Give a Lecture at the Institute for the Study of Islam in Africa at Northwestern University on February 12, 2020

“Suburban Islam: Religious and National Belonging in Chicago’s Exurbs.”

Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa at Northwestern University

Wednesday, February 12 , 2020

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

For more information please visit https://planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/560904.

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Read Dr. Clites’ article about the 2018 Pennsylvania grand jury report on sexual abuse in the Catholic church, or listen to his follow-up radio interview

Brian Clites, Instructor of Religious Studies, wrote about the 2018 Pennsylvania grand jury report on sexual abuse in the Catholic church. Although the report did not produce many tangible reforms, Clites has learned through his research that the grand jury succeeded in shifting public perceptions of survivors of clergy abuse. You can read his article in The Conversation, or listen to his 15-minute radio interview on The Attitude with Arnie Arneson. (Dr. Clites’ segment begins about 11 minutes into the 1-hour show.)

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5 questions with… Associate Professor Joy Bostic, teacher of “Religion and Popular Culture” course

As soon as Joy Bostic heard Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy award-winning album DAMN., she knew she had to develop a class around it. It became the basis for her well-received “Religion and Popular Culture” course. Though the standard course registration timing had passed, she listed the course online as an option for students. By the next morning, she received a call from the department assistant asking if she wanted to put a cap on registrations; nearly 50 students had already signed up. In the fall 2017 course, Bostic and her students examined the religious aspects of Lamar’s work. The course became a new take on similar concepts she had discussed in another of her popular classes, one exploring singer-songwriter Beyoncé’s Lemonade album, which was first offered in spring 2017 and is being taught again this semester.

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