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Top FiveWelcome to Rice University's Department of Religious Studies website. Whether you're a current under-graduate student looking for information on courses, a potential graduate student in the department, or just curious about who we are and what we offer, we hope this site provides you all the information you need.

Of course, if you are unable to find what you're looking for, feel free to contact us.

Faculty Spotlight

David Cook

David Cook

David Cook's interests include the study of early Islam, Muslim apocalyptic literature and movements for radical social change, dreams, historical astronomy, Judeo-Arabic literature and West African Islam.
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News & Upcoming Events

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Comparing Anew: A lecture series examining a renewed and deepened comparative practices in the study of religion. »


Religious Studies Review

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Religious Studies Review

Rice is also home to the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion (CSSR), a federation of learned societies in the field of religion interested in enhancing and coordinating the field as a whole. CSSR publishes two quarterly journals, Religious Studies Review, which provides major review essays and short reviews for most publications in religious studies, and The Council of Societies for the Study of Religion Bulletin, which publishes current perspectives and issues on the study of religion. »

Latest Publication

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Above is the latest book from our faculty.

Faculty Publications