Mia X, first lady of No Limit Records, to be inducted into hip-hop archives at Rice
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.
Rice-housed Religious Studies Review marks 50 years of documenting and shaping field
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.
Rice’s Boniuk Institute hosts global scholars to promote religious tolerance
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.
Religion and public life examined at Baker Institute, Boniuk Institute conference
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.
Students organize panel discussion about social movement activism for course’s final project
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.
Exploring big questions at Rice
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?”
A decade of discovery: 10 years of Rice’s Archives of the Impossible
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.
Rice to host international conference exploring Michel Foucault’s legacy
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.
Science and spirituality: Moody Fellow blends majors for holistic approach to health care
Now a junior at Rice on a pre-med track, Siddhant Patil has been busy double majoring in kinesiology and religion.
Hip-hop harmony: KRS-One event culminates in prestigious volunteer award for CERCL pioneers
Billed as “One-on-one with the Teacha,” a March 7 event hosted by the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning (CERCL) featured an intimate conversation with hip-hop legend KRS-One and quite the surprise for several of its organizers.
Religion and science beliefs affect attitudes toward mental illness, Rice study finds
Beliefs about the relationship between religion and science may be a key factor in people’s views on mental health conditions like anxiety and depression, especially in minority racial communities, according to new research from Rice University.
Rice’s Boniuk Institute unveils strategic plan to advance religious pluralism
Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance hosted a 10th anniversary celebration at Cohen House Oct. 4 to commemorate a decade of work and share its vision for the next 10 years. The event featured the launch of the institute’s strategic plan to understand the conditions that lead to religious discrimination and conflict and to promote religious tolerance locally and globally.
Tibetan Buddhists to build sand mandala at Rice’s Moody Center
Monks from the Gaden Shartse monastery in India will visit Rice University Oct. 16-20 to create a sand mandala with accompanying rituals and lecture at the Moody Center for the Arts.
Rice sociologist elected president of Religious Research Association
Elaine Howard Ecklund, the Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences and director of Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, has been elected president of the Religious Research Association (RRA) for 2023-24.
Religious discrimination from one’s peers has a far greater impact on an individual’s mental health than exclusionary organizational policies, according to a new study from Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance.