Religion, Spirituality, & Society for Current Students

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Have you ever wondered...? Could the Dalai Lama choose not to reincarnate? How does religion play a role in global conflict or peacemaking? What are religious views on artificial intelligence or genetic engineering? What do religious texts have to say about animal rights, immigrant rights, queer rights, or health rights?

For students seeking a socially engaged liberal arts education, the Department of Religion, Spirituality, and Society explores questions of power, knowledge, and identity as they relate to religious traditions.

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Poster inviting submissions to Relics Journal

Call for Submissions

The undergraduate journal for Religious Studies, Relics, Remnants, and Religion, is now accepting submissions for our Spring issue!

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Rex Dinner

Have Dinner with the Religious Studies Department! Thursday, April 1, 2021

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If Monkeys Could Talk

Late one evening in a Thompson Hall classroom, roughly a dozen students gathered to hear Puget Sound psychology professor Erin Colbert-White give a talk called “The Ethics of Animal Consciousness.”…

Puget Sound Podcast: Cat Shank '20

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Getting a Beer With Voldemort

So she invites accomplished philosophers to bring the field to life. Most recently, Western Washington University philosophy professor Neal Tognazzini, who has authored dozens of scholarly articles and edited several books…