OU Religious Studies

OU Department of Religious Studies teaches the academic study of religion as vibrant and vital part of OU's liberal arts curriculum. Welcome to our community!

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Coming for the fall 2026 semester! Check out RELS 2703 001 History of Buddhist Traditions on M/W/F at 11 a.m. with Dr. Goble. It counts as an arts and humanities world culture gen ed credit (IV-WDC).

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Coming for the fall 2026 semester! Check out RELS 3763 001 Chinese Religions on M/W/F at 10 a.m. with Dr. Goble. It counts as an arts and humanities world culture gen ed credit (IV-WDC).

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Coming for the fall 2026 semester!

Check out RELS/HIST 3833 001 Biblical Archaeology on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. with Tyson Putthoff. It counts as an arts and humanities western culture gen ed credit (IV-WC).

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Coming for the fall 2026 semester! Check out RELS 1123 001 Introduction to World Religions on M/W/F at 1 p.m. with Dr. Moodie. It counts as an arts and humanities world culture gen ed credit (IV-WDC).

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Coming for the fall 2026 semester! Check out RELS 3623 001 Paul and Christian Origins with Tyson Putthoff on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m.

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Coming for the fall 2026 semester - a new course from Dr. Dallam! Check out RELS 1313 001 U.S. Religious Controversies on MWF at 10 a.m. It counts as an arts and humanities western culture gen ed credit (IV-WC).

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Coming for the fall 2026 semester!

Check out RELS 2713 001 History of Hindu Traditions on M/W/F at 12 p.m. It counts as an arts and humanities world culture gen ed credit (IV-WDC).

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Congrats to Associate Professor Deonnie Moodie who was awarded a select summer residency at the National Humanities Center. She will spend the month of June working on her monograph, *Business School Hinduism*, at the National Humanities Center in the Research Triangle.

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Coming for the fall 2026 semester! Check out RELS 1113 001 Introduction to Religious Studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3 p.m. with Dr. Mallette. It counts as an arts and humanities western culture gen ed credit (IV-WC).

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You are invited to join us on Friday, March 27 at 7 p.m. in Kaufman Hall Room 221b for a film screening of *Carving the Divine*, a documentary presenting traditional Japanese manufacturers of Buddha images, followed by a virtual discussion with the Director Yujiro Seki.

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You are invited to join us for the Third Annual Oklahoma Buddhism Conference on Saturday, March 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Price Hall room PH 3040. The theme of the conference this year is *Bridges of Compassion: Buddhism in Dialogue with Other Faiths*.

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The Schusterman Center for Judaic and Israel Studies, the Department of Religious Studies, and the Department of History invite you to a public lecture with Professor Ronald Hendel titled "How to Read Genesis: The Tower of Babel" on Wed., March 11 at 4:30 p.m. in Zarrow Hall.

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Congrats to Assoc. Prof. David Vishanoff and his colleagues for receiving another grant from the Templeton Religion Trust! It will provide extra research time for Vishanoff’s long-term project on Sacrificial Listening about which he will draft a book for a general audience.

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We are thrilled to announce that Assoc. Prof. Rangar Cline has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for his research on religious pilgrimage practices among Christians, Jews, and polytheists during the Roman Empire. See link in bio for more.

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Coming for the spring 2026 semester! Check out RELS/HSTM 4053 001 Approaches to the Study of Religion on MWF at 1 p.m. with Dr. Vermij. It counts as an arts and humanities western culture gen ed credit (IV-WC).

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Coming for the spring 2026 semester! Check out RELS 2653 001 Approaches to the Study of Religion on Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon with Dr. Goble. It counts as an arts and humanities western culture gen ed credit (IV-WC).📚

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Coming for the spring 2026 semester! Check out RELS 3153 001 Jesus Interpreted on M/W/F at noon with Dr. Putthoff. It counts as an arts and humanities western culture gen ed credit (IV-WC).📚

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Coming for the spring 2026 semester! Check out RELS 2303 001 Introduction to Islam on M/W/F at 11 a.m. with Dr. Vishanoff. It counts as an arts and humanities world culture gen ed credit (IV-WDC).📚

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Coming for the spring 2026 semester! Check out RELS 1113 001 Introduction to Religious Studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. with Dr. Mallette. It counts as an arts and humanities western culture gen ed credit (IV-WC).📚

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Coming for the spring 2026 semester! Check out RELS 3193 001 Biblical Literature on M/W/F at 1 p.m. with Dr. Putthoff. It counts as an arts and humanities western culture gen ed credit (IV-WC).📚