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Shimon
Gibson to give Witherspoon
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The 24th Annual Loy
H. Witherspoon Lecture in Religious Studies will be presented by
Shimon Gibson on April 22 at 7:00 p.m. in Fretwell 121. The
title of his lecture is "Jesus in Jerusalem: New Archaeological
Discoveries." , Dr. Gibson is senior associate fellow at the W. F.
Albright Archaeological Institute in Jerusalem.
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Schedule and descriptions of courses for
Fall 2008
Undergraduate Courses
Graduate Courses
Department welcomes two new full-time faculty members
David
Mozina, assistant professor of religious studies, teaches
courses in Chinese and East Asian religions, with a focus on Daoism.
He will defend his doctoral dissertation at Harvard University later
this spring. His dissertation is entitled "Quelling the Divine: Thunder Ritual in South China."
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Barbara
Thiede, who has taught at UNC Charlotte as an adjunct lecturer
for several years, has been appointed to a full-time lecturer
position. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri and
teaches courses in Judaism and Hebrew Bible, along with courses in
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Faculty notes
Ann Burlein
is Visiting Associate Professor at UC Berkeley
Recent
books
Sean McCloud, Divine Hierarchies: Class in American Religion and
Religious Studies (UNC Press, 2007)
James Tabor,
The Jesus Dynasty (Simon & Schuster, 2007
Rev Paperbk)
John C. Reeves,
Trajectories in Near Eastern Apocalyptic
(Brill/SBL, 2005)
M.A. in
religious studies
Applications are now being accepted
for Fall 2008.
Description of the M.A. program
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