Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture
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https://raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/
The Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IUI explores the connection between religion and other aspects of American culture.
The Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IUI explores the connection between religion and other aspects of American culture.
Join us next year for the second half of Religion & Season 6! Continuing the theme of "World on Fire", we will see a variety of topics including Podcasts and Revolutions!
Learn more about the upcoming episodes here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
Learn more about the upcoming episodes here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Join us next year for the second half of Religion & Season 6! Continuing the theme of "World on Fire", we will see a variety of topics including Podcasts and Revolutions!
Learn more about the upcoming episodes here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
Learn more about the upcoming episodes here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
Did you know the ARDA offers in-depth guides that focus on a specific aspect of a community, like housing, education, or income? Check out the community profile builder and explore a variety of info on your local or global community!
www.thearda.com/us-religion/...
www.thearda.com/us-religion/...
Community Profile Builder | US Religion
The Community Profile Builder provides information about communities, including locations of churches in a selected area and social, economic and religious info
www.thearda.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Did you know the ARDA offers in-depth guides that focus on a specific aspect of a community, like housing, education, or income? Check out the community profile builder and explore a variety of info on your local or global community!
www.thearda.com/us-religion/...
www.thearda.com/us-religion/...
As we come closer to the end of the year, take a look at the most accessed Teaching Resource from our Teaching Resources Library!
Learn more about our resource library and submit your own resources: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/resources/
Learn more about our resource library and submit your own resources: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/resources/
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
As we come closer to the end of the year, take a look at the most accessed Teaching Resource from our Teaching Resources Library!
Learn more about our resource library and submit your own resources: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/resources/
Learn more about our resource library and submit your own resources: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/resources/
2025 was another great year for Religion & American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation! We saw a variety of article topics including health, tourism, media, and more! Check out the three issues that were released this year and the most read articles of this year!
December 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
2025 was another great year for Religion & American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation! We saw a variety of article topics including health, tourism, media, and more! Check out the three issues that were released this year and the most read articles of this year!
2025 is coming to a close! Take a look at some of our favorite 2025 YSAR moments. From a graduating cohort that has grown and flourished, to welcoming a new batch of great scholars, this year has been an incredible journey with our YSAR cohorts!
December 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
2025 is coming to a close! Take a look at some of our favorite 2025 YSAR moments. From a graduating cohort that has grown and flourished, to welcoming a new batch of great scholars, this year has been an incredible journey with our YSAR cohorts!
As 2025 comes to a close, reflect on the past year with us! Our 2025 Wrapped is full of fun memories, great resources, information on our projects, and more! Check out Religion & Wrapped, from the most watched episode to a look towards next year.
December 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
As 2025 comes to a close, reflect on the past year with us! Our 2025 Wrapped is full of fun memories, great resources, information on our projects, and more! Check out Religion & Wrapped, from the most watched episode to a look towards next year.
Teaching Resources, Show Notes, and more fore Religion & Teaching in Times of Tension ft. Dr. Robert Orsi are now available and free to access on our website!
Check them out here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/teaching_res...
Check them out here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/teaching_res...
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Teaching Resources, Show Notes, and more fore Religion & Teaching in Times of Tension ft. Dr. Robert Orsi are now available and free to access on our website!
Check them out here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/teaching_res...
Check them out here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/teaching_res...
Religion & Teaching in Times of Tension ft. Dr. Robert Orsi recording is now out and available to all!
Find it on YouTube or your favorite podcasting platform.
To learn more about the episode visit: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
Find it on YouTube or your favorite podcasting platform.
To learn more about the episode visit: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
December 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Religion & Teaching in Times of Tension ft. Dr. Robert Orsi recording is now out and available to all!
Find it on YouTube or your favorite podcasting platform.
To learn more about the episode visit: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
Find it on YouTube or your favorite podcasting platform.
To learn more about the episode visit: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
Issue 34.2 of Religion & American Culture is available! Check out an article from Daniel Vaca on pauperization, influence, and more!
Find the article and more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Find the article and more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Issue 34.2 of Religion & American Culture is available! Check out an article from Daniel Vaca on pauperization, influence, and more!
Find the article and more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Find the article and more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Issue 34.2 of Religion & American Culture is available! Check out an article from one of our Brett Hendrickson on health, religion, and science.
Find the article and more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Find the article and more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Issue 34.2 of Religion & American Culture is available! Check out an article from one of our Brett Hendrickson on health, religion, and science.
Find the article and more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Find the article and more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation Volume 34 Issue 2 is Now Available!
This issue features articles featuring topics such as health, society, feminism, communication, and more!
Read the articles here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This issue features articles featuring topics such as health, society, feminism, communication, and more!
Read the articles here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation Volume 34 Issue 2 is Now Available!
This issue features articles featuring topics such as health, society, feminism, communication, and more!
Read the articles here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This issue features articles featuring topics such as health, society, feminism, communication, and more!
Read the articles here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
As the semester wraps up & we start thinking about next semester courses, check out our Teaching Resource Library!
Whether you are looking for new ideas & resources, or want to share your syllabus with others, visit and submit!
raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/resources/
Whether you are looking for new ideas & resources, or want to share your syllabus with others, visit and submit!
raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/resources/
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
As the semester wraps up & we start thinking about next semester courses, check out our Teaching Resource Library!
Whether you are looking for new ideas & resources, or want to share your syllabus with others, visit and submit!
raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/resources/
Whether you are looking for new ideas & resources, or want to share your syllabus with others, visit and submit!
raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/resources/
Thank you for tuning in for our final episode of Religion & for 2025! If you missed today's episode, don't worry we will have a recording available.
We will see you in 2026 for our second half of season 6!
We will see you in 2026 for our second half of season 6!
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Thank you for tuning in for our final episode of Religion & for 2025! If you missed today's episode, don't worry we will have a recording available.
We will see you in 2026 for our second half of season 6!
We will see you in 2026 for our second half of season 6!
Teaching the humanities has always been precarious. Instead of asking students to think about world through a critical lense we should have them engage with their experiences and senses. These are tools we can take in the classroom and out. Asking students to make meaning.
#Religionand
#Religionand
December 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Teaching the humanities has always been precarious. Instead of asking students to think about world through a critical lense we should have them engage with their experiences and senses. These are tools we can take in the classroom and out. Asking students to make meaning.
#Religionand
#Religionand
There have been restrictions on speech at many universities. Are we needing to think about moving outside the university, are there better places to do the work? #Religionand
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
There have been restrictions on speech at many universities. Are we needing to think about moving outside the university, are there better places to do the work? #Religionand
I am having to do a lot of identity work as someone who is Israeli but also teaching in a classroom on genocide, power, violence, religion, etc. -Atalia Omer on her teaching thoughts #Religionand
December 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I am having to do a lot of identity work as someone who is Israeli but also teaching in a classroom on genocide, power, violence, religion, etc. -Atalia Omer on her teaching thoughts #Religionand
"It is important to invest in truth telling. Doing archival work makes us think about history and what has happened before and how we make light of it." - Nikki Young on #Religionand
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"It is important to invest in truth telling. Doing archival work makes us think about history and what has happened before and how we make light of it." - Nikki Young on #Religionand
Within our universities, our students are watching genocide and horrible things online, and administrators are telling students what they see is not what they see... how does this happen? What enables both media and leaders? #Religionand
December 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Within our universities, our students are watching genocide and horrible things online, and administrators are telling students what they see is not what they see... how does this happen? What enables both media and leaders? #Religionand
Matthew's project on American Catholic history helps show us how important looking back, digging deep and understanding history can be on understanding how "the masks are off" in the current moment.
#Religionand
#Religionand
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Matthew's project on American Catholic history helps show us how important looking back, digging deep and understanding history can be on understanding how "the masks are off" in the current moment.
#Religionand
#Religionand
Are new things happening in American culture or is history repeating?
"Repetition not as something that is "old" but rather newly discoverable." - Nikki Young on #Religionand
"Repetition not as something that is "old" but rather newly discoverable." - Nikki Young on #Religionand
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Are new things happening in American culture or is history repeating?
"Repetition not as something that is "old" but rather newly discoverable." - Nikki Young on #Religionand
"Repetition not as something that is "old" but rather newly discoverable." - Nikki Young on #Religionand
"A monster that has been made with familiar parts but is now roaming free on the globe on its own with its own life and vitality"
- Robert Orsi on the moments we are seeing in culture.
- Robert Orsi on the moments we are seeing in culture.
December 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"A monster that has been made with familiar parts but is now roaming free on the globe on its own with its own life and vitality"
- Robert Orsi on the moments we are seeing in culture.
- Robert Orsi on the moments we are seeing in culture.
This is not an unprecedented time, the moment and precedents are persistent and apply in different ways. The time makes us look back, reflect, and shift.
- Scholars on Religion &
- Scholars on Religion &
December 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is not an unprecedented time, the moment and precedents are persistent and apply in different ways. The time makes us look back, reflect, and shift.
- Scholars on Religion &
- Scholars on Religion &
Join us live for Religion & Teaching in Times of Tension: Featuring Robert Orsi:
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December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Join us live for Religion & Teaching in Times of Tension: Featuring Robert Orsi:
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Join us this afternoon for our final Religion & episode of 2025, Religion & Teaching in Times of Tension ft. Robert Orsi!
You won't want to miss this important conversation on a pressing topic.
Register: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
You won't want to miss this important conversation on a pressing topic.
Register: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Join us this afternoon for our final Religion & episode of 2025, Religion & Teaching in Times of Tension ft. Robert Orsi!
You won't want to miss this important conversation on a pressing topic.
Register: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
You won't want to miss this important conversation on a pressing topic.
Register: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...
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We are on a path where decades of public policy aimed at supporting Americans with disabilities is being weakened and overturned due to the ongoing influence of Christian nationalism.
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We are on a path where decades of public policy aimed at supporting Americans with disabilities is being weakened and overturned due to the ongoing influence of Christian nationalism.
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NEW COLUMN
We are on a path where decades of public policy aimed at supporting Americans with disabilities is being weakened and overturned due to the ongoing influence of Christian nationalism.
@kettering.org
kettering.org/ableism-in-a...
We are on a path where decades of public policy aimed at supporting Americans with disabilities is being weakened and overturned due to the ongoing influence of Christian nationalism.
@kettering.org
kettering.org/ableism-in-a...