Here are the Fall 2023 courses that bear credit to the World Religions Minor.

World Religions welcomes Philipp Rosemann as the new Cottrill-Rolfes Chair in Catholic Studies. He will begin teaching in the Department of Philosophy in January 2023. Prof. Rosemann has pursued high and varied academic ventures, from the time of his undergraduate studies at a German university, with triple qualifications in Philosophy, English Linguistics, and Islamic Studies. He holds a number of international degrees: an M.A. from Ireland, a Licentiate and Ph.D. from the Université catholique de Louvain, and, in 2020, a D.Litt. (the European “higher doctorate”) from the National University of Ireland. He is also an elected member of the Royal Irish Academy. Upon completion of his doctorate, he taught at the Uganda Martyrs University, before going to the University of Dallas, where he was on the faculty for twenty years, with an interlude at the École des hautes études en sciences

There is an exciting roster of courses this Spring that bear credit toward the World Religions Minor!  On the "Home" page of this website is the link for declaring the Minor.  It's a decision that is not written in stone, but which makes it easier for advisors to keep track of the credits as they accrue.  Please note that the one course required for the Minor, ANT 335 ("Religion in Everyday Life") will be offered this Spring.  There is a wide array of courses in a number of disciplines -- room for exploration!

The World Religions Minor welcomes Dr. Sinu Rose, the Cottrill-Rolfes Post-Doctoral Scholar in Catholic Studies!  Dr. Rose will be teaching HIS 330 “Christian Thought to the Reformation” in the Spring  Semester of 2022, as well as another course yet to be announced.  This is a wonderful opportunity for us to view the history of Christianity through fresh lenses!  Dr. Rose received her Ph.D. from the University of Hyderabad for her dissertation on the topic of Portuguese Impact on Christianity in Kerala with Special Reference to Church Architecture 16th-18th Centuries AD. She was awarded the UGC Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minorities Senior Research Fellowship (2016-2018) and the UGC Swami Vivekananda Single Girl Child Fellowship (2018-2019).  Her Master’s degree research was supported by the Indira Gandhi Fellowship for Single Girl Child, and she was awarded the

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