General News

In conjunction with Dr. Thiede’s newest book Dr. Thiede interviewed scholars in connection with her newest book, Rape Culture and the Bible: Scholars Reflect. You can view the film here.

Coming in October! We are pleased to announce that Dr. Thiede’s newest book, Rape Culture and the Bible: Scholars Reflect, will be published by Routledge in October. You can find details on this newest publication here.

Julia Robinson Moore PhD gave a pair of well attended lectures at Chautauqua Institution this week. UNC Charlotte professor Julia Robinson Moore to give AAHH talk on work reclaiming lost history From The Chautauquan Daily, originally posted July 1, 2025 here Julia Robinson Moore Julia Robinson Moore is an associate professor of African American Religion in the Department […]

Resources for students Every class in our department is unique but we do share some similarities in our approaches to critical thinking, research, and communication. If you’d like to improve your work in these areas, please feel free to use any of these resources (and please come visit us in office hours!).

Finalist for the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Libbie Shepherd, shown here (right) with Olivia Stockwell at a department event, was one of 12 finalists (from more than 50 nominees) for the Graduate School’s Annual Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. This award recognizes the hard work of teaching assistants across campus, and Libbie has shown […]

The International Bulletin of Mission Research has named Dr. Kaloyanides’ book, Baptizing Burma: Religious Change in the Last Buddhist Kingdom, as one of the ten outstanding books in 2024 in Mission Studies, World Christianity, and Intercultural Theology.

Julia Moore was selected to participate in the 7th Annual Faculty Showcase for the Archiving Catawba Presbytery Project. The showcase will be on April 2, 2025, from 10:30 – 12:30 in the Halton Reading Room in Atkins Library. Please register online if you are interested in attending.

Congratulations to Will Sherman, who is one of two scholars who have been awarded the inaugural Carolina’s Outstanding Contribution to Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies from the UNC Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies! The awarding body writes that “These scholars have been selected for their exceptional contributions to their fields. Their work reflects […]

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First prize for undergraduate conference paper Olivia Stockwell, who is completing majors in Religious Studies and Global Studies with a minor in Arabic this spring, was awarded first prize for undergraduate papers at the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Association. Her paper was titled, “Tourism, Security, and Sacred Space at Bethany Beyond Jordan.” Congratulations […]