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"The photographer and the serpent handlers"--Story featuring Lauren Pond
Check out this latest feature on Lauren Pond's most recent book, Test of Faith: Signs, Serpents, Salvation!
Test of Faith provides a deeply nuanced, personal look at serpent handling…

“Here I Stand: Life and Work of the German Reformer Martin Luther,”
GLOBAL GALLERY The exhibit “Here I Stand: Life and Work of the German Reformer Martin Luther,” celebrates the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. The majority…
Hugh Urban Named ASC Distinguished Professor
Hugh Urban, current director of the Center for the Study of Religion, has been named a College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Comparative Studies. This honorific title…

Savko Undergraduate Awards Announced!
The Center for the Study of Religion is pleased to announce the recipients of its inaugural Savko Undergraduate Research Grant and Best Undergraduate Essay awards.
Michelle Sdao, a third-…

Lauren Pond Wins 2016 CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography
For Her Color Series Test of FaithLauren Pond, a photographer based in Columbus, Ohio, was chosen by curator Peter Barberie to win the eighth biennial Center for…

MINOR TIME CHANGE - "Religion and Sexuality Post-Obergefell"
PLEASE NOTE: The Center for the Study of Religion's 10/21 symposium on "Religion and Sexuality Post-Obergefell" will actually begin at 2:30 p.m. instead of 2:00 as originally noted by some sources…

American Religious Sounds Project Awarded $200,000 Grant from Henry Luce Foundation
The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a two-year, $200,000 grant to The Ohio State University Foundation for support of the American Religious Sounds Project, a collaborative, multidisciplinary…

Daniel Reff (Comparative Studies) receives the OSU Arts and Sciences Honors Faculty Service Award
Congratulations to Professor Daniel Reff (Comparative Studies), whose work with the Honors Program was acknowledged as part of the College of Arts and Sciences annual awards ceremony on Monday,…

New Location for Julia Jorati Lecture, 3/9/16
Please note the new location for Professor Jorati's lecture on March 9 at 7pm in 220 Sullivant Hall.
There is parking at street meters and in the Union South Garage at 1759 N. High Street,…