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- We seek to understand the symbiosis that exists between religions and other social and cultural systems, and view religion as an embedded phenomenon, one that cannot be studied apart from its surroundings.
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16 hours ago · Helen Murphey is a postdoctoral scholar at the Mershon Center. She received her Ph.D in International Relations at the University of St. Andrews in 2023. Her research focuses on the role of identity and ideology in politics, with a specialization in religious political parties in North Africa, populism, conspiracy theories and polarization ...
Our work at Ohio State emphasizes the dynamic aspects of religious systems and the importance of studying them within carefully nuanced understandings of the larger social and cultural contexts in which they exist.
Our work at Ohio State emphasizes the dynamic aspects of religious systems and the importance of studying them within carefully nuanced understandings of the larger social and cultural contexts in which they exist.
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The Center for the Study of Religion was established in 2007 to encourage and support scholarly research on religion(s) at The Ohio State University. Without expectation of generating consensus, and without advocating for or against any specific religious perspective, the CSR cultivates disciplined reflection—among faculty, students, and a wider pu...
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Feb 23, 2022 · Why Study Religion? is a video series in which the CSR asks its faculty, students, staff, and guests what is important to them about the academic study of religion and why more folks should consider pursuing it. Find out more about the Center and its initiatives HERE.
The Ohio State University Center for the Study of Religion (CSR) capitalizes on the university’s extensive resources and expertise on religions to encourage and support scholarly research on religions.
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Students develop a broad knowledge of the world’s religions past and present, along with the opportunity for critical analysis of the role of religion in relation to other social and cultural domains: history, politics, art, literature, science, technology and the media.