Memo announcing the events sponsored by the Center for the Humanities at Grinnell College during the 2016/2017 academic year around the theme Rethinking Global Cultures.
Ever since Religious Studies emerged as a distinct area of inquiry in the 1960s and 1970s, scholars in the field have worried about its academic legitimacy. To put it a bit simplistically, they've worried about what constitutes the difference between teaching religion and teaching about religion.