Dr. Jerryson with be on the BBC program Beyond Belief on Monday 19 August. The program will be available online.
Month: August 2013
Reflections On My Studies At YSU – [Guest Post by Cary Dabney]
Cary Dabney is a recent graduate of our department. He will be pursuing his graduate studies at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge Massachusetts this fall. We live in a world today inundated with media that resists any sort of religiously homogenous environment. The study of religion in a multi-faith environment affects societies in general and…
Starting college? Here’s how to graduate with a job. – The Washington Post
Some good advice here for new (or relatively new) university students. I wonder what classes a student might take that emphasize these skills?: That means you need to go beyond memorizing and regurgitating information. You need to read critically; to sort the important information from the junk quickly; to try new approaches until you find…
Buddhists display the same emotions of anger, violence: Michael Jerryson – Times Of India
Dr. Jerryson interviewed in the Times of India on Buddhist violence. Buddhists display the same emotions of anger, violence: Michael Jerryson – Times Of India
More Humanities Majors: For and Against
The Washington Post recently published a couple of articles both for and against the need for more humanities majors. You can judge the arguments for yourself, but I am pretty sure I know where the majority of us in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies come down on this issue. A thanks to Dr….