RESEARCH NOTES::

In October 2007, Harper One is publishing a new book by Rodger Kamenetz, The History of Last Night's Dream, a study of the intersection between dream psychology and religion.  For more information visit http://kamenetz.com/.  Professor Kamanetz's previous book, The Jew in the Lotus, has just been republished in a new "plus" edition, with an afterword updating developments in the Tibetan political situation and the Jewish-Buddhist dialogue.  The book is now in its 33rd printing.

CURRENT NEWS ::

Mary Sirridge has been appointed to a three year term as the new department chair.  Gail Sutherland will serve as the new associate chair for Religious Studies. Ian Crystal will serve as the new associate chair for Philosophy.

Paula K. Arai (Ph.D. Harvard University) will join the Religious Studies faculty this fall as our new specialist in Buddhist Studies.

Congratulations to Rodger Payne and Delbert Burkett, both recent recipients of awards for excellence in undergraduate teaching.  Dr. Payne was recognized as the  2007 Tiger Athletic Foundation President's Award recipient for the College of Arts and Sciences, and Dr. Burkett received a TAF Teaching Award.

Congratulations to Reem Meshal who was recently awarded her Ph.D. by  McGill University's Institute of Islamic Studies.

Questions about meaning and value form the core of higher education in general and the humanities in particular.  Philosophy and religion have been the principal disciplines through which such questions have been raised, examined, and evaluated through the centuries.

Courses in philosophical and religious inquiry have been taught at LSU since the founding of the university.  The Department of Philosophy was organized as a separate academic unit in the 1930s, and a separate Religious Studies Program was added in 1980.  The department took its present name in 1997.

The department currently offers:

  • An undergraduate major in Philosophy
  • An undergraduate major in Philosophy with a concentration in Religious Studies
  • Undergraduate minors in both Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • The Master of Arts in Philosophy

Information about these programs can be obtained by clicking onto the appropriate link below.  Note that at the present time the department does not offer a graduate degree in Religious Studies.  Students interested in pursuing graduate studies in Religious Studies may wish to the consider the interdisciplinary program in Liberal Arts (Master of Arts in Liberal Arts) offered through the College of Arts and Sciences.

Philosophy

Religious Studies

 

Chair: Mary Sirridge
Univ. Administrative Specialist: Jen O'Connor
Located in 106 Coates Hall
 


Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies
Louisiana State University
106 Coates Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3901
Phone: (225) 578-2220
Fax: (225) 578-4897

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