Department of Religious Studies
Making Magic
RLST 315: Defense Against the Dark Arts in the Jewish TraditionIn a course devoted to analyzing ancient Jewish magic, students create their own personalized incantation bowls.
Confronting the Unknown
Professor of Royal Rhodes discussed “Meanings of Death” and more at the annual Kenyon Unique lecture.
Pantry Parity
Students in a religious studies course explore social injustices by serving the local community.
Torday Takes Flight
Author Daniel Torday ’00 reflects on his time at Kenyon, including a class with religious studies professor Don Rogan.
Rock, Religion and Roberts
With a synoptic major, Justin Roberts ’92 focuses on “kindie” music.
John Green Never Forgets to Be Awesome
The author, who majored in religious studies and English, gave his Thoughts on How to Make Things and Why at Kenyon in 2014.
Language of Death
Professor of Religious Studies Royal Rhodes reflects on his experience teaching "Meanings of Death."
Exercising the Mind
Tobias Baumann ’19 studies Zen Buddhism at Jin’e Temple in Ningbo, China.
Why religion? Religion is a major source of inspiration and controversy that informs the history, literature, art, politics, economics and social structure of human culture.
The study of religion focuses on a range of traditions spanning from antiquity to modernity, and it employs numerous methodologies including, but not limited to, literary, historical, anthropological, social-scientific and philosophical. In an increasingly global society, awareness of religious traditions and the analytical skills to analyze their discourse provides a foundation for those who aim to participate responsibly in our complex world.