Leela Prasad Elected to Leadership Role in American Academy of Religion Leela Prasad, professor of religious studies, has been elected vice president of the...
Protests Grow More Frequent As Young Iranians Demand More Freedoms, Experts Say Waves of protest suggest growing divide between young and old, secular and fundamentalist The recent death of a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, while in the custody of Iranian...
2021 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award Honors Generous Spirits Award recipients embody humanitarian service in Duke, Durham and abroad Duke honored the altruism of Duke staff member Anika Lucas and students John Amodeo and Tatayana...
Learning From the Bible’s Many Meanings In new book, Marc Zvi Brettler and Amy-Jill Levine explore different readings of religious stories During Yom Kippur, Jews traditionally read the entirety of the Book of Jonah from the Hebrew...
In Trump Era, More Progressive Churches Get Politically Active A Duke sociologist and co-author find a spike in the willingness of progressive Black churches to engage in politics during the Trump era.
(UPDATED 1/8/20) Killing of Iranian Commander Raises Legal, Strategic Questions Duke professors offer differing views of last week's incident Last week’s killing of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani has raised a number of legal...
