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MTSU Philosophy Department hosts annual Lyceum lecture series with Mariana Alessandri

DeAsia Powell, Contributing writer • September 29, 2024

The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies hosted Mariana Alessandri Friday at its annual lecture series lyceum, “The Upside of Anxiety: Kierkegaard on Feeling Better About Feeling Bad.”

Vanderbilt University professor lectures on hardships of West African slaves at MTSU

Sidelines • April 11, 2018

Photo and story by Benjamin Shaw / Contributing Writer Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh, an assistant professor of religious studies, American religious history and African-American religious history at Vanderbilt...

MTSU to be first public university in Middle Tennessee to offer religious studies major

Sidelines • April 25, 2017

Story and Photo by Eric Goodwin / Contributing Writer Beginning Fall 2017, MTSU will offer a Bachelor’s degree in religious studies through the College of Liberal Arts. It will be the only program...

MTSU student recounts adventure, sacred ritual in Nepal | Photo gallery

Sidelines • November 18, 2015

Elizabeth Enck // Contributing writer Photos by Elizabeth Enck Smoke from incense and burning trash floats through beams of morning sunlight as shopkeepers say prayers to the gods, splash water on doorsteps...