Welcome to the website for the Department of Religion at Florida State University. The various links indicated on this page will provide you with information about our programs, faculty and staff, ongoing research, and teaching.

We are embarking on our forty-sixth academic year as a department, and are looking forward to visiting lecturers, the annual international grad student conference, departmental colloquia, Religion Club events, and various other occasional academic activities and social gatherings.

The study of religion at Florida State University is located squarely in the tradition of humanities scholarship. Our faculty represent a wide range of research orientations and our programs operate in close collaboration with several other departments and programs at the University. Please take time to visit the links provided for the various institutes, centers, programs, and affiliated departments. And please write with questions and comments—we’d like to hear from you. 

John Corrigan
Lucius Moody Bristol Distinguished Professor
Chair, Religion Department

Sheng Yen Professorship in Chinese Buddhist Studies and Fellowship for Graduate Students
The Sheng Yen Education Foundation of Taiwan has given two gifts—totaling $160,000—to the Department of Religion. >>Read More

Shannon Dunn wins Fellowships
Shannon Dunn (Ph.D. candidate, Religion, Ethics, and Philosophy)wins Charlotte W. Newcomb Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship and American Association of University Women Fellowship for 2011-2012.
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>>Read College of Arts and Sciences Article

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Upcoming Events

11th Annual Graduate Student Symposium
“Beyond Borders: Constructing, Deconstructing, and Transgressing Boundaries”
February 17-19, 2012

"Beyond the Fetishism of Commodities? Hyper-Animism and Materiality in the Present Age."
Presented by Dr. Manuel Vasquez, University of Florida
Friday, February 17th, at 6:30 pm in Dodd Hall Auditorium

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>>Download Program(PDF)