Tag: religion
Meet the new CLAS chairs and director
The UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences congratulates several faculty members on their recent appointments as department chairs.
Gender reveal parties are turning nature pink and blue
From trendy gender-reveal parties to entrenched rituals surrounding national holidays, spectacles can wreak havoc on the environment, according to Bron Taylor, a professor of religion, nature and ethics at the University of Florida, who was quoted in a recent article in Popular Science.
Wake-Up Calls
Environmental storytellers, advocates and visionaries work to repair humanity’s relationship with a changing world.
When Healing Requires More Than Medicine
Erin Prophet’s spirituality and health care course prepares pre-health students to address patients' spiritual needs.
Remembering Sam Hill
Hill is remembered as a thoughtful mentor of students and colleagues, a pioneering scholar and a key driver of the Department of Religion’s progress in the late 20th century.
New Endowment to Establish Jain Studies Program at UF
The Sri Kanjiswami Endowment in Jain Studies will support courses, research projects and other offerings that highlight the ancient Indian religious tradition.
Reimagining the Humanities
Now in its second decade, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere is bringing disciplines together to tackle grand-challenge questions.