Skip to main content
Body
Body
Shield
Rice University News and Media Relations Office of Public Affairs

Main Nav

Religion

boniuk at paris center

Boniuk Institute convenes leading religion scholars at Rice Paris Center

May 22, 2025

The Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance recently gathered scholars representing nearly a dozen different nations at the Rice University Global Paris Center to discuss new directions for global research on religious violence and pluralism.

Syed Akbar Hyder

Grief as witness, memory as resistance

April 22, 2025

Hosted by the School of Humanities, the annual Kazimi Lecture honors the memory of Syed Safdar and Samina Kazimi by inviting artists and scholars whose work deepens understanding of Shi’i Islam.

The Lemon Tree

Author Sandy Tolan discusses free speech and the Middle East at Rice Reflects event

April 9, 2025

Rice Reflects, an initiative from the Office of the Provost, brought bestselling author Sandy Tolan to McMurtry Auditorium March 10 to discuss free speech and the historical context of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Commission Shift Gulf Coast Scholars

Rice students build interactive platform to track carbon capture risks in Texas

February 11, 2025

The website functions like a digital museum exhibit, offering story maps, GIS map visualizations and advocacy tools to help communities understand and respond to potential environmental risks.

John Stroup

Remembering John Stroup: Scholar, professor and advocate for the humanities known for academic excellence in his field

January 23, 2025

A distinguished scholar of German Protestantism and intellectual history, John Stroup will be remembered for his wit and passion as well as his impact on academia, his colleagues and his students over a career that spanned more than four decades.

Religion in a Changing Workplace

Religious diversity in the workplace could foster more inclusion, experts argue in new book

October 14, 2024

Including religious identities in diversity, equity and inclusion efforts could positively impact workplace culture and communities as a whole, according to newly published research from Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance.

Rachel Schneider

Rice’s Boniuk Institute launches new Religion and Public Life Center

September 9, 2024

Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance hosted a celebration at Cohen House Aug. 28 to launch the new Religion and Public Life Center (RPLC). The center’s goal is to use research on religion to build common ground for the common good.

Mia X

Mia X, first lady of No Limit Records, to be inducted into hip-hop archives at Rice

September 5, 2024

Rice’s Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning will honor hip-hop pioneer Mia X by inducting her into its Hip Hop Archival Collection.

Religious Studies Review 50th anniversary

Rice-housed Religious Studies Review marks 50 years of documenting and shaping field

July 16, 2024

Since its establishment, RSR has been dedicated to providing comprehensive reviews of publications in the discipline, covering more than 1,000 titles annually through short and long reviews.

Elaine Howard Ecklund

Rice’s Boniuk Institute hosts global scholars to promote religious tolerance

June 4, 2024

Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance held its first Spring Convening on Religious Pluralism and Conflict May 29-31 at the Rice BioScience Research Collaborative.

Baker Institute's foyer

Religion and public life examined at Baker Institute, Boniuk Institute conference

April 29, 2024

Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Religion and Public Policy program and the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance hosted a daylong event April 26 to examine how Christian nationalism — an ideology and movement advocating a fusion of Christian symbols with American civic life — has risen to prominence over the past several years and its real-world implications for politics and policy.

Empower & lead poster

Students organize panel discussion about social movement activism for course’s final project

April 17, 2024

Under the guidance of Anthony Pinn, Rice University’s Agnes Cullen Arnold Distinguished Professor of Humanities and founding director of the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning (CERCL), students in Religion 216 spent the spring semester delving into the complex intersections of religion, politics and social justice, particularly within the context of the Black Lives Matter movement.

What Is Home big questions course

Exploring big questions at Rice

April 15, 2024

At Rice University, the School of Humanities fosters an environment where students are encouraged to grapple with profound inquiries through its Big Questions courses, and anticipation is already building for the thought-provoking topics coming in fall 2024: “What Is Religion?” and “What Is Home?”

Archives of the Impossible

A decade of discovery: 10 years of Rice’s Archives of the Impossible

April 9, 2024

It all started with a conversation during a ride to the airport in December 2014. Jeffrey Kripal, Rice University’s J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion, was wrapping up a trip to Berkeley, California, where he’d spent time with Jacques Vallée.

Niki Clements Foucault conference

Rice to host international conference exploring Michel Foucault’s legacy

April 8, 2024

Rice University will convene a group of international scholars as part Foucault: 40 Years After, a world congress commemorating the enduring legacy of Michel Foucault.

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Next page Next ›
  • Last page Last »
Body
Current Featured Releases Alerts Dateline Contact BACK TO TOP

6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005-1827 |

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892 |

713-348-0000 | Privacy Policy | Campus Carry