Ten Buddhist monks will be at IUP from October 24–31, 2011, to create a sand mandala and to perform Tibetan chanting and dance. Once the mandala is done on October 31, it will be left on display for an hour and then swept up.

Dr. Tawny Holm’s book, Of Courtiers and Kings: The Biblical Daniel Narratives and Ancient Story-Collections, will be published in the series “Explorations in Ancient Near Eastern Cultures.”

The competition is open to all IUP undergraduates, and is not restricted to papers from or related to a course taught by a Religious Studies Department professor.

The Department of Religious Studies is pleased to announce that the 2010-2011 Emily A. Fabiny Memorial Scholarship was recently awarded to Adina K. Disney.

This is an upper-level Religious Studies course offered during the Summer pre-session (May 9–May 30, 2011).

Dr. Theresa Smith’s book, The Island of the Anishnaabeg: Thunderers and Water Monsters in the Ojibwe World, is being reprinted by the University of Nebraska Press.

“Atheism and Secularity in Ghana,” a co-authored chapter by Dr. Kwasi Yirenkyi, Department of Religious Studies, has been published in Atheism and Secularity, vol. 2, “Global Expressions.”