Madie Keller has been awarded a URECA Center Wake Forest Arts & Humanities Research Fellowship for a project titled “The New Conservative Resurgence: The Evolution of Christian Political Messaging and Youth Mobilization in Turning Point USA.” Designed to provide students with the opportunity to participate […]
Religious Literacy & the Courage to Belong: Bridge-Building in a Polarized Public Square April 22nd 3:30pm Divinity/Religious Studies Building, Lower Auditorium Rev. Dr. Jenny Shultz-Thomas Senior Minister, Countryside Community Church Tri-Faith Commons, Omaha, Nebraska Rev. Dr. Jenny Shultz-Thomas is Senior Minister of Countryside Community Church, […]
Dr. Nelly van Doorn-Harder – Professor of Religious Studies, Co-Director of the MESAS program, and Kenan Professor of Humanities – embodies the Pro-Humanitate spirit in her research and teaching. Watch the short documentary, The Life of a Teacher-Scholar, to learn more about how Wake Forest […]
Study of Religions major Grace Hernandez is one of the students selected to present her senior oration “Everything is a Story.”The orations will take place in Pugh Auditorium in Benson on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, from 5:00–6:30 p.m. To attend the event via livestream, visit:https://events.wfu.edu/event/senior-colloquium-8336 Grace has also […]
Dr. Jessica Starling, Lewis and Clark College Thursday 9/25/25, 5pm. Broyhill Auditorium (Farrell Hall) Dr. Starling explores the question of where the cremated remains of those diagnosed with Hansen’s disease (also known as leprosy) should be interred: in communal ossuaries at the sanatorium where they […]
Please join us at our Spring 2025 Albritton Lecture Series! On March 18 from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. in the Lower Auditorium Divinity and Religious Studies Building, Dr. Christy Cobb (University of Denver, and MA Religious Studies WFU 2010) and Dr. Katherine Shaner (WFU School […]
Don’t miss the upcoming screening of Rising Hope, a documentary telling the story of a Mississippi Delta community where hope survives, despite generational poverty. The event will be held on the campus of Wake Forest University from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25 in Benson Center, Pugh […]
As he retires from a distinguished 34-year career teaching Hebrew Bible in the Department for the Study of Religions, Professor Kenneth (Ken) Hoglund leaves a legacy of grateful department colleagues and a long line of undergraduate and graduate students whose lives were significantly impacted by […]