Why Religious Studies is Important

The Department of Religious Studies invites applications for a tenure-earning Assistant Professor position in Islam and/or South Asian Religion

Urban-Rural Contrast in India: Religion, Culture, and Environment – Delhi, Agra, and Mathura/Vrindavan
26 December, 2011 – 6 January, 2012

Want to spend New Year's Day in India?
Dr. Carlos Lopez, (Religious Studies) will be leading an 8-day study tour to India! The program will visit multiple locations from Delhi, Agra, where the world famous Taj Mahal is located, to the Vridavan, the land of Lord Krishna from December 26, 2012 - January 5, 2013. Participants will visit locations in urban and rural India and conduct research/field work on issues relating to religion, culture, and environment.

While India is one of the centers of the global information technology industry, a majority of its population lives in rural settings and continues to depend directly on agriculture for its livelihood. India serves as a case study for examining the coexistence of metropolitan, urban and rural landscapes and traditional cultural, religious and socio-economic systems, and the ongoing process and progress of the globalization of the world economy.